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EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

This Common Stock Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of February 10, 2016 by and between
NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation with its principal office at 1319 Marquette Drive, Romeoville, Illinois 60446 (the “Company”), and
Bradford T. Whitmore (the “Purchaser”). 
 RECITALS 

A. The Company has authorized the sale and issuance of up to 2,600,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock of the
Company, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), to an investor in a private placement (the “Offering”). 

B. Under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Rule 506(b) promulgated
thereunder, the Company desires to sell to the Purchaser and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

The parties agree as follows: 
 1. Purchase
of the Shares. 
 1.1 Agreement to Sell and Purchase. At the Closing (as hereinafter defined), the Company shall issue and sell
to the Purchaser, and Purchase shall purchase from the Company 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $988,000 (the “Purchase Price”). The purchase price for each Share purchased hereunder is $0.38. 

1.2 Closing; Closing Date. The parties shall complete the sale and purchase of the Shares (the “Closing”) at 9:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”), remotely by.pdf or other electronic transmission of documents or at such other time and place as the Company and Purchaser may agree. 

1.3 Delivery of the Shares. At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company will deliver to the Purchaser a
stock certificate or certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as the Purchaser may designate by notice to the Company, representing the Shares, dated as of the Closing Date (each a “Certificate”), against
payment of the purchase price therefor by cash in the form of wire transfer, unless other means of payment is agreed upon by the Purchaser and the Company. 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser: 

2.1 Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement has been taken. The Company has the requisite corporate power to enter into this Agreement and carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of this Agreement. The Company has the
requisite corporate power to issue and sell the Shares. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, upon due execution and delivery by the Purchaser, this Agreement will be a valid and binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles. 

  
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 2.2 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted. 

2.3 SEC Filings; Financial Statements. As used herein, the “Company SEC Documents” means all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents filed or furnished, as applicable, by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, including the
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein. As of their respective filing dates, the Company SEC Documents since December 31, 2014 complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated thereunder, and none of these Company SEC Documents, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading. The Company SEC Documents include all filings on Form 8-K which may
have been required by reason of events occurring after December 31, 2014. The financial statements contained in the Company SEC Documents since December 31, 2014: (i) complied in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered, except as may be
indicated in the notes to such financial statements and (in the case of unaudited statements) as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to year-end audit
adjustments; and (iii) fairly present the financial position of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations, cash flows and the changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods covered
thereby. 
 2.4 Valid Issuance of Shares. The Shares are duly authorized and, when issued, sold and delivered and paid for in
accordance with the terms hereof, will be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes, liens, claims, encumbrances and charges with respect to the issue thereof; provided, however, that the Shares may
be subject to restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities laws or as otherwise set forth herein. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof will not be subject to preemptive rights of
stockholders of the Company. 
 3. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 3.1 Legal Power. The Purchaser has the requisite authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out and perform his
obligations under the terms of this Agreement. All action on the Purchaser’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Agreement have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing. 

3.2 Due Execution. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser, and, upon due execution and
delivery by the Company, this Agreement will be a valid and binding agreement of the Purchaser, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles. 
 3.3
Investment Representations. In connection with the sale and issuance of the Shares, the Purchaser makes the following representations: 

(a) Investment for Own Account. The Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for his own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view
to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Shares for any

  
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minimum or specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. 
 (b) Transfer Restrictions; Legends. The Purchaser understands that (i) the Shares have
not been registered under the Securities Act; (ii) the Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration, based in part upon the Company’s reliance upon the statements and representations made by the Purchaser in
this Agreement, and that the Shares must be held by the Purchaser indefinitely, and that the Purchaser must, therefore, bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the
Securities Act or is exempt from such registration; (iii) each Certificate representing the Shares will be endorsed with the following legend until the earlier of (1) such date as the Shares have been registered for resale by the Purchaser
or (2) the date the Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 under the Securities Act: 
 THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO EITHER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. 
 (iv) the Company will instruct any transfer agent not to register the transfer of the Shares (or any portion thereof) until the applicable date set
forth in clause (iii) above unless (A) the conditions specified in the foregoing legends are satisfied, (B) if the opinion of counsel referred to above is to the further effect that such legend is not required in order to establish
compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act or this Agreement, (C) if the Purchaser provides the Company with reasonable assurance, such as through a representation letter, that the Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, or (D) other reasonably satisfactory assurances of such nature are given to the Company. If so required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall cause its counsel to issue and deliver a legal opinion to the
transfer agent to effect the removal of the restrictive legend contemplated by this Agreement. 
 Purchaser may from time to time pledge,
and/or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement in connection with a bona fide margin account and, if required under the terms of such agreement or account, the Purchaser may transfer pledged or
secured Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer is not subject to approval or consent of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel to the pledgee, secured party or pledgor is required in connection with the
pledge, but such legal opinion may be required in connection with a subsequent transfer following default by the Purchaser to the transferee of the pledge. No notice is required of such pledge. At the Purchaser’s expense, the Company will
execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares. 

Certificates evidencing the Shares will not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in this Section): (i) upon the
effectiveness of a registration statement (including the Registration Statement (as defined below)) covering the resale of the Shares, or (ii) following a sale of such Shares pursuant to 

  
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Rule 144, or (iii) while such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, if such Shares have been held for one year or more pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144, or (iv) if such
legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the SEC). Following such time as restrictive legends are not required to be placed on
certificates representing Shares, the Company will, no later than three business days following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Shares containing a restrictive legend
and such other documentation and representations as the Company, its legal counsel or Transfer Agent may reasonably request to confirm compliance with the preceding sentence as applicable (provided, however, that neither the Company nor its legal
counsel will require a legal opinion in connection with any sale pursuant to Rule 144), deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company shall
cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the effective date of a registration statement covering the Shares if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend
hereunder. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section. Certificates for Shares subject to legend removal
hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company system. The Company will pay all fees and expenses of its transfer
agent and the Depository Trust Company in connection with the removal of legends pursuant to this Section 3.3(b). 
 Removal of the
restrictive legend from certificates representing Shares as set forth in this Section 3.3(b) is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Purchaser will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the
Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom. 
 (c) Financial Sophistication;
Due Diligence. The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The
Purchaser has, in connection with his decision to purchase the Shares, relied only upon the representations and warranties contained herein and the information contained in the Company SEC Documents. Further, the Purchaser has had such opportunity
to obtain additional information and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the Company, concerning the terms and conditions of the investment and the business and affairs of the Company, as the Purchaser considers necessary in order to form
an investment decision. 
 (d) Accredited Investor Status. The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as such term is
defined in Rule 501(a) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act. 
 (e) General Solicitation. The Purchaser
is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Shares published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over the television or radio or presented at any seminar or
any other general solicitation or general advertisement. Prior to the time that the Purchaser was first contacted by the Company the Purchaser had a pre-existing and substantial relationship with the Company. 

3.4 No Investment, Tax or Legal Advice. The Purchaser understands that nothing in the Company SEC Documents, this Agreement, or any
other materials presented to the Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as he, in his sole discretion, has
deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with his purchase of Shares. 
 3.5 Additional Acknowledgement. The Purchaser
acknowledges that he has independently evaluated the merits of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that he has independently determined to enter into the transactions contemplated hereby, and that he is not relying on any advice from or
evaluation by any other person. 

  
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 3.6 No Short Position. As of the date hereof, and as of the date of the public
announcement of the Offering, the Purchaser does not and will not (between the date hereof and the date of the public announcement of the Offering) engage in any short sale of the Company’s voting stock or any other type of hedging transaction
involving the Company’s securities (including, without limitation, depositing shares of the Company’s securities with a brokerage firm where such securities are made available by the broker to other customers of the firm for purposes of
hedging or short selling the Company’s securities). 
 3.7 Draft Form 10-K. The Purchaser has received a draft Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 dated February 3, 2016 (the “Draft Form 10-K”). The Purchaser acknowledges that the Draft Form 10-K is subject to modifications before it is finalized and filed with the SEC and such
modifications may, individually or in the aggregate, be material. 
 4. Reporting Status. With a view to making available to the Purchaser the
benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may permit the sale of the Shares to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act. The Company will otherwise take such further action as the Purchaser may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Purchaser to sell the Shares without
registration under the Securities Act or any successor rule or regulation adopted by the SEC. 
 5. Registration Rights. 

5.1 Demand Registration. 
 (a)
Requests for Registration. At any time after four years after the date of this Agreement, the Purchaser may demand that the Company register all or part of the Registrable Securities (as defined below) under the Securities Act (a “Demand
Registration”) on Forms S-1 or S-3 (or similar forms then in effect) (each, a “Registration Statement”) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act. Within ten days after receipt of a demand, the Company shall notify in
writing all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand. Any holder who wants to include his, her, or its Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration must notify the Company within ten business days of receiving the notice of the Demand
Registration. Except as provided in this Section 5, the Company shall include in all Demand Registrations all Registrable Securities for which the Company receives timely written demands for inclusion. All demands made pursuant to this
Section 5.1(a) must specify the number of Registrable Securities to be registered (which may not be less than one third of the Registrable Securities) and the intended method of disposing of the Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare
and file with (or confidentially submit to) the SEC a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities that the holders thereof have requested to be included pursuant to such Demand Registration within 90 days after the date on
which the initial request is given and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable thereafter, subject to compliance with review by the SEC. Once a
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall maintain its effectiveness for at least one hundred 120 days (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement
have been sold or withdrawn). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, a registration pursuant to any demand notice in accordance with this Section 5.1(a) after the Company has filed with the SEC three
Registration Statements (counting for these purposes only registrations which have been declared or ordered effective). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Shares, and (ii) any
Common Stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, any Shares.

  
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 (b) Selection of Underwriters. The Company shall select the investment bankers and
managers that will administer the offering as long as the investment bankers and the managers are reasonably satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Demand Registration. The Company shall
enter into a customary underwriting agreement with those investment bankers and managers. 
 (c) Delay in Filing. The Company may
delay the filing of the Registration Statement in connection with a Demand Registration for a period of not more than 120 days upon the advice of the investment bankers and managers that will administer the offering that a delay is necessary or
appropriate under the circumstances to prevent a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company may not use this right to delay more than once during the term of this Agreement. 

(d) Priority on Demand Registration. If the managing underwriters give the Company and the holders of the Registrable Securities being
registered a written opinion that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included exceeds the number of securities that can be sold, the Company will include in the registration only the number of Registrable Securities that the
underwriters believe can be sold. The number of securities registered shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of Registrable Securities on the basis of the total number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the registration.

 5.2 Piggyback Registration. 

(a) If at any time the Company proposes to prepare and file a Registration Statement or post-effective amendments thereto covering the
sale for cash of shares of Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock held by stockholders of the Company (in any such case, other than in connection with a merger, acquisition, pursuant to Form S-8 or successor form, or on any form which does
not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a Registration Statement covering the sale of Registrable Securities), it will give written notice of its intention to do so (“Notice”), at least
30 days prior to the filing of each such Registration Statement, to the Purchaser. Upon the written request of the Purchaser, made within 20 days after the Notice is given, that the Company include any or all of the Purchaser’s Registrable
Securities in the proposed Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of the Registrable Securities which it has been so requested to register (the “Piggyback
Registration”). 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.2, the Company may at any time after it has
given written notice pursuant to this Section 5.2 (irrespective of whether any written request for inclusion of Registrable Securities shall have already been made) to elect not to file any such proposed Registration Statement, or to withdraw
the same after the filing but prior to the effective date thereof, without incurring any liability to the Purchaser. 
 (c) If any
Piggyback Registration is an underwritten offering, the Company shall select the investment bankers and managers that will administer the offering, as long as the investment bankers and managers are reasonably satisfactory to the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities. The Company shall enter into a customary underwriting agreement with the investment bankers and managers. 

5.3 Registration Procedures. 

(a) Whenever the Purchaser requests the registration of any Registrable Securities under this Agreement, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to register and permit the sale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition, and to effect such registration and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all Registrable
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subsequently becomes eligible to use Form S-3, the Company shall file, as promptly as reasonably practicable, a new Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of the Registrable
Securities and replace the Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the new Registration Statement on Form S-3 upon the effectiveness of the new Registration Statement on Form S-3. 

(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to: 

(i) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary or advisable to keep the Registration Statement current and effective for the Registrable Securities held by the Purchaser for a period ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities may
be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule (“Rule 144”) during any three-month period without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under
Rule 144(c)(1), or (ii) such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144. The Company shall notify the Purchaser promptly upon the Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment
thereto, being declared effective by the SEC and advise the Purchaser that the form of Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement or post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, at the time of effectiveness meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act or that it intends to file a Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act; 

(ii) furnish to the Purchaser with respect to the Registrable Securities registered under the Registration Statement such number of
copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including supplemental prospectuses) filed with the SEC in conformance with the requirements of the Securities Act and other such documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request, in order to
facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Securities by the Purchaser; 
 (iii) make any
necessary blue sky filings; 
 (iv) pay the expenses incurred by the Company and the Purchaser in complying with Section 5,
including, all registration and filing fees, FINRA fees, exchange listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any
such registration (but excluding attorneys’ fees of the Purchaser and any and all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities by the Purchaser); 

(v) advise the Purchaser, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge of the issuance of any stop order by the SEC
delaying or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose; and it will promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its
withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued; and 
 (vi) with a view to making available to the
Purchaser the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Purchaser to sell Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep
public information available, as such term is understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (A) such date as all of the Registrable Securities qualify to be resold immediately pursuant to Rule 144 or any other rule of similar effect
during any three-month period without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) or (B) such date as all of the Registrable Securities shall have been resold pursuant to
Rule 144 (and may be further resold without restriction); (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and under the Exchange Act; and (iii) furnish to the
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Company as to whether it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (B) a copy of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail the Purchaser of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

 The Company understands that the Purchaser disclaims being an underwriter, but acknowledges that a determination by the SEC that the
Purchaser is deemed an underwriter does not relieve the Company of any obligations it has hereunder. 
 5.4 Transfer of Shares After
Registration; Suspension. 
 (a) Except if Section 5.4(b) applies, the Company shall: (i) if deemed necessary or
advisable by the Company, prepare and file from time to time with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by
reference or file any other required document so that such Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ii) provide the Purchaser copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 5.4(a)(i); and (iii) upon
request, inform the Purchaser if he so requests that the Company has complied with its obligations in Section 5.4(b)(i) (or that, if the Company has filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which has not yet been declared
effective, the Company will notify the Purchaser to that effect, will use its reasonable best efforts to secure the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment as promptly as possible and will promptly notify the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 5.4(b)(i) when the amendment has become effective). 
 (b) If: (i) of any request by the SEC or any other federal
or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the issuance by the SEC or
any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv) of any event or circumstance which
necessitates the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; then the Company shall promptly deliver a certificate in
writing to the Purchaser (the “Suspension Notice”) to the effect of the foregoing and, upon receipt of such Suspension Notice, the Purchaser will refrain from selling any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement
(a “Suspension”) until the Purchaser is advised in writing by the Company that the current Prospectus may be used, and has received copies from the Company of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in any such Prospectus. If any Suspension occurs, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the use of the Prospectus so suspended to be resumed as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery of a
Suspension Notice to the Purchaser. In addition to and without limiting any other remedies (including, without limitation, at law or at equity) available to the Company and the Purchaser, each of the Company and the Purchaser is entitled to specific
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 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 5.4, the Company shall
use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that (i) a Suspension shall not exceed 30 days individually, (ii) Suspensions covering no more than 45 days, in the aggregate, shall occur during any twelve month period and (iii) each
Suspension must be separated by a period of at least 30 days from a prior Suspension (each Suspension that satisfies the foregoing criteria being referred to herein as a “Qualifying Suspension”). 

(d) The Company shall, immediately following the Registration Statement being declared effective, cause its counsel to issue a legal
opinion to the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the restrictive legend contemplated by this Agreement. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement. Certificates for Registrable Securities subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer agent of the Company to the Purchaser by crediting the account of the
Purchaser’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company system. 
 5.5 Indemnification. For the purpose of this
Section 5.5: 
 (a) the term “Registration Statement” includes any final Prospectus, exhibit, supplement or
amendment included in or relating to, and any document incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement (or deemed to be a part thereof) referred to in Section 5.1; and 

(b) the term “untrue statement” means any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or any
omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

(c) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Purchaser may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise) insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon (i) any untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, (ii) any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement or the failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or (iii) any
failure by the Company to fulfill any undertaking included in the Registration Statement, and the Company will reimburse the Purchaser for any reasonable legal expense or other actual accountable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon,
an untrue statement made in such Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Purchaser specifically for use in preparation of the Registration Statement or the
failure of the Purchaser to comply with his covenants and agreements contained herein or any statement or omission in any Prospectus that is corrected in any subsequent Prospectus that was delivered to the Purchaser prior to the pertinent sale or
sales by the Purchaser. 
 (d) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement and each director of the Company) from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company (or any such officer, director or controlling person) may become subject (under the Securities Act or otherwise), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any failure by the Purchaser to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 5 or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement if, and only if, such untrue statement was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written 

  
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information furnished by or on behalf of the Purchaser specifically for use in preparation of the Registration Statement, and the Purchaser will reimburse the Company (or such officer, director
or controlling person, as the case may be), for any reasonable legal expense or other reasonable actual accountable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such action, proceeding or claim.
The obligation to indemnify is limited to the net amount of the proceeds received by the Purchaser from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. 

(e) Promptly after receipt by any indemnified person of a notice of a claim or the beginning of any action in respect of which
indemnity is to be sought against an indemnifying person pursuant to this Section 5.5, such indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying person in writing of such claim or of the commencement of such action, but the omission to so notify
the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Section 5.5 (except to the extent that such omission materially and adversely affects the indemnifying party’s ability to
defend such action) or from any liability otherwise than under this Section 5.5. Subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action is brought against an indemnified person, the indemnifying person is entitled to participate
therein, and, to the extent that it elects by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, is entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified person. After notice from the indemnifying person to such indemnified person of his or its election to assume the defense thereof (unless it has failed to assume the defense thereof and appoint counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party), such indemnifying person is not liable to such indemnified person for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that if
there exists a conflict of interest that would make it inappropriate, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the indemnified person, for the same counsel to represent both the indemnified person and such indemnifying person or any affiliate or
associate thereof, the indemnified person is entitled to retain his or its own counsel (who shall not be the same as the opining counsel) at the expense of such indemnifying person; provided, however, that no indemnifying person is responsible for
the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) for all indemnified parties. In no event is any indemnifying person liable in respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the
indemnifying person has approved the terms of such settlement; provided that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying person shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified person is or could reasonably have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. 
 (f) If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 5.5 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (c) or (d) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or other matters which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault is determined by reference to, among other things, in the case of an untrue statement, whether the untrue statement relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Purchaser on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement. The Company and the Purchaser
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (f) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable

  
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considerations referred to above in this subsection (f). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to above in this subsection (f) is deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (f), the Purchaser is not required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net amount received by that the Purchaser from the sale of the Registrable Securities to which such loss relates exceeds
the amount of any damages which the Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay to the Company by reason of such untrue statement. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) is
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. 
 (g) The parties to this
Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the provisions of this Section 5.5, and are fully
informed regarding said provisions. They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 5.5 fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and its business in order to assure that adequate
disclosure is made in the Registration Statement as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. 
 (h) The obligations of
the Company and of the Purchaser under this Section 5.5 survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement for a period of two years from the effective date of the Registration Statement. No indemnifying
party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. 
 5.6
Termination of Conditions and Obligations. The conditions precedent imposed by Section 3 or this Section 5 upon the transferability of the Registrable Securities cease and terminate as to any particular number of the Registrable
Securities when such Registrable Securities have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the intended method of disposition set forth in the Registration Statement covering such
Registrable Securities or at such time as an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company has been rendered to the effect that such conditions are not necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act. The Company shall request an opinion of
counsel promptly upon receipt of a request therefor from the Purchaser. 
 5.7 Information Available. So long as the Registration
Statement is effective covering the resale of Registrable Securities owned by the Purchaser, the Company will furnish (or, to the extent such information is available electronically through the Company’s filings with the SEC, the Company will
make available via the SEC’s EDGAR system or any successor thereto) to the Purchaser: 
 (a) as soon as practicable after it is
available, one copy of (i) its Annual Report to Stockholders (which Annual Report shall contain financial statements audited in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by a national firm of certified public accountants) and
(ii) if not included in substance in the Annual Report to Stockholders, its Annual Report on Form 10-K (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); 

(b) upon the request of the Purchaser, all exhibits excluded by the parenthetical to subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 5.7 as
filed with the SEC and all other information that is made available to stockholders; and 
 (c) upon the reasonable request of the
Purchaser, an adequate number of copies of the Prospectuses to supply to any other party requiring such Prospectuses; and the Company, upon the reasonable request of the Purchaser, will meet with the Purchaser or a representative thereof at the

  
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Company’s headquarters during the Company’s normal business hours to discuss all information relevant for disclosure in the Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities
and will otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser conducting an investigation for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the Purchaser’s exposure to liability under the Securities Act, including the reasonable production of information
at the Company’s headquarters; provided, that the Company is not required to disclose any confidential information to or meet at its headquarters with the Purchaser until and unless the Purchaser has entered into a confidentiality agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company with the Company with respect thereto. 
 5.8 Assignment of Registration
Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 5 may be assigned by the Purchaser to a party that acquires, other than pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144, any of the
Registrable Securities originally issued or issuable to the Purchaser as contemplated by this Agreement, or to any affiliate of the Purchaser that acquires any Registrable Securities. Any such permitted assignee has all the rights of the Purchaser
under this Section 5 with respect to the Registrable Securities transferred. 
 5.9 Selling Stockholder Questionnaire. The
Purchaser agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”). The Company is not required to include the Registrable
Securities of the Purchaser in a Registration Statement and is not be required to pay any liquidated or other damages hereunder to the Purchaser if he fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire at least three
business days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement. 
 6. Miscellaneous. 

6.1 Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to
the choice of law provisions thereof, and the federal laws of the United States. 
 6.2 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and administrators of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, and the Purchaser may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the assignee agreeing to be bound by the terms hereof
applicable to the Purchaser and make the representations required of the Purchaser hereunder. 
 6.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement
and the exhibits hereto, and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and no party is liable or bound to any other party in any
manner by any representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements except as specifically set forth herein or therein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein. 

6.4 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it is to the extent practicable, modified
so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable and to retain as nearly as practicable the intent of the parties, and the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions are not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

6.5 Amendment and Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term
of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either retroactively or prospectively, and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely), with the written consent of the Company and the Purchaser. Any
amendment or waiver made in accordance with this Section 6.5 is binding upon any holder of any Shares purchased under this Agreement, each future holder of all such securities, and the Company. 

  
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 6.6 Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company and the Purchaser
bear its or his own expenses and legal fees incurred on its or his behalf with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless of and from any liability the other parties
for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee to any broker or other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which such indemnifying party or any of his or
its employees or representatives are responsible. 
 6.7 Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
must be in writing, delivered (A) if within the United States, by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid or by facsimile or electronic mail, or (B) if from outside
the United States, by International Federal Express (or comparable service) or by facsimile or electronic mail, and deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, upon the business day received, (ii) if
delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after timely delivery to such carrier, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express (or comparable service), two business days after so mailed, or (iv) if
delivered by facsimile or electronic mail at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (Chicago time) on a business day, on the business day so delivered or, if delivered by facsimile or electronic mail after 5:30 p.m. (Chicago time) on a business day or on a day that
is not a business day, the next business day after the date of delivery, and addressed as follows, or to such other address or addresses as may have been furnished in writing by a party to another party pursuant to this paragraph: 

 

	 	•	 	if to the Company, to the address of the Company’s principal office set forth on the first page of this Agreement, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, e-mail: jess.jankowski@nanophase.com 

 

	 	•	 	if to the Purchaser, at his address on the signature page to this Agreement. 

 6.8 Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Purchaser herein survive the execution of
this Agreement, the delivery to the Purchaser of the Shares being purchased and the payment therefor, and a party’s reliance on such representations and warranties are not affected by any investigation made by such party or any information
developed thereby. 
 6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by electronic or facsimile signature and in any number of
counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one instrument. 
 6.10 Headings. The
headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and do not limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. 

[The Remainder of this Page is Blank; Signature Pages Follow] 

  
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 Signed: 
  

			
	NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Jess Jankowski

	 Name:
	 	 Jess Jankowski

	 Title:
	 	 President and CEO

 [Signature Page to Common Stock Purchase Agreement] 

 Signed: 
  

	
	 /s/ Bradford T. Whitmore

	 Bradford T. Whitmore

	
	Investment Amount (# shares): 2,600,000
	Investment Amount ($ @ $0.38/share): $988,000
	
	Address for Notice and Delivery Instructions:
	
	1603 Orrington Avenue
	Suite 900
	Evanston, IL 60201
	Telephone: 847 733 1230

 [Signature Page to Common Stock Purchase Agreement] 

 EXHIBIT A 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE 

NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 

Questionnaire for Selling Stockholder 

This questionnaire is necessary to obtain information to be used by Nanophase Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) to
complete a Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) covering the resale of certain shares of Company Common Stock currently outstanding. Please complete and return this questionnaire to Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, the
Company’s legal counsel, to the attention of Janelle Blankenship either by mail to Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, 600 East 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 or by fax to
317.569.4800. Please return the questionnaire by [Day], [Month Day], 20         or sooner, if possible. Call Janelle Blankenship at 317.569.4881 with questions. 

FAILURE TO RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRE MAY RESULT IN THE EXCLUSION OF YOUR NAME AND SHARES FROM THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. 

Please answer all questions. If the answer to any question is “None” or “Not Applicable,” please so state. 

If there is any question about which you have any doubt, please set forth the relevant facts in your answer. 

1. Please correct your name and/or address if not correct below 
  

			
	 Name:
	 	  

	 Address:
	 	  

		 	  

  
  

*See Appendix A for definitions 

  
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	2.	Please state the total number of currently outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that you beneficially own* and the form of ownership and the date that you acquired such stock. Include shares registered in
your name individually or jointly with others and shares held in the name of a bank, broker, nominee, depository or in “street name” for your account. (DO NOT list options, warrants or other derivative securities. See Question #3).

  

	3.	Please list any outstanding options and warrants to purchase Company Common Stock or other derivative securities to acquire Company Common Stock that you beneficially own*, including (i) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of such option or warrant, (ii) the date such option or warrant is exercisable, (iii) the expiration date and (iv) the exercise price per share of EACH such option and warrant.

  

							
	 Number of Shares
 Covered by
Option or
 Warrant
	 	Date Exercisable	 	Exercise Price	 	Expiration Date
		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	

  

	4.	Please list the number of shares of Common Stock listed under Question #2 above that you wish to include in the Registration Statement. 

 
  

 
 *See Appendix A for definitions 

  
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	5.	Please list the number of shares of Common Stock underlying warrants listed under Question #3 above that, upon exercise of such warrants, you wish to include in the Registration Statement. 

 

	6.	If you are a limited liability company or limited partnership, please name the managing member or general partner and each person controlling such managing member or general partner. 

 

	7.	If you are an entity, please identify the natural persons who exercises sole or shared voting power* and/or sole or shared investment power* with regard to the shares listed under Question #2 and Question #3.

  

	8.	Please advise whether you are a registered broker-dealer or an affiliate* thereof. If you are an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer, please explain the nature of the affiliation and disclose whether you acquired
the shares in the ordinary course of business and whether at the time of the acquisition you had any plans or proposals, directly or with any other person, to distribute the shares listed under Question #2 and Question #3. 

 

	9.	List below the nature of any position, office or other material relationship that you have, or have had within the past three years, with the Company or any of its predecessors or affiliates*. 

 
  

 
 *See Appendix A for definitions 

  
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	10.	If you expressly wish to disclaim any beneficial ownership* of any shares listed under Question #2 for any reason in the Registration Statement, indicate below the shares and circumstances for disclaiming such
beneficial ownership*. 

  

	11.	With respect to the shares that you wish to include in the Registration Statement, please list any party that has or may have secured a lien, security interest or any other claim relating to such shares, and please give
a full description of such claims. 

  

	12.	Please review Appendix B “Plan of Distribution.” Please identify and describe any method of distribution, other than described in Appendix B, that you plan on using to sell your shares of the Company’s
Common Stock. By signing below you agree to distribute your shares of the Company’s Common Stock as described in Appendix B and this Item 12 and to notify the Company of any plan to distribute the Company’s Common Stock that is not
described in Appendix B or herein under Item 12. 

 The undersigned, a Selling Stockholder of the Company, hereby
furnishes the foregoing information for use by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement. The undersigned will notify Janelle Blankenship, at the address specified above, in writing immediately of any changes in
the foregoing answers that should be made as a result of any developments occurring prior to the time that all the shares of Common Stock of the Company are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement referred to above. Otherwise, the Company is to
understand that the above information continues to be, to the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, information and belief, complete and correct. 

Dated:                     
    , 20         
  

			
	  

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	  

	 Its:
	 	  

  
  

*See Appendix A for definitions 

  
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 APPENDIX A 

TO EXHIBIT A 

CERTAIN TERMS USED IN QUESTIONNAIRE 

AFFILIATE 
 An
“affiliate” of a company is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such company. 

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 
 A person
“beneficially owns” a security if such person, directly or indirectly, has or shares voting power or investment power of such security, whether through a contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise. A person is
also the beneficial owner of a security if he has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, or the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account or similar
arrangement. 
 INVESTMENT POWER 

“Investment power” includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, a security. 

VOTING POWER 
 “Voting
power” includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security. 

  
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 APPENDIX B 

TO EXHIBIT B 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
 We
are registering for resale by the selling stockholder and certain transferees a total of              shares of common stock, all of which are issued and outstanding. We will not
receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholder of the shares of common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of common stock. If the shares of common stock are sold through
broker-dealers or agents, the selling stockholder will be responsible for any compensation to such broker-dealers or agents. 
 The selling
stockholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by him and, if he defaults in the performance of his secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common
stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus. 
 The selling stockholder also may transfer and donate the shares of common stock in
other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus. 

The selling stockholder will sell his shares of common stock subject to the following: 

 

	 	•	 	all of a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by the selling stockholder or his perspective pledgees, donees, transferees or successors in interest, may be sold on the OTC Bulletin Board Market, any
national securities exchange or quotation service on which the shares of our common stock may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, in the over-the counter market, in privately negotiated transactions, through the writing of options, whether such
options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise, short sales or in a combination of such transactions; 

  

	 	•	 	each sale may be made at market price prevailing at the time of such sale, at negotiated prices, at fixed prices or at carrying prices determined at the time of sale; 

 

	 	•	 	some or all of the shares of common stock may be sold through one or more broker-dealers or agents and may involve crosses, block transactions or hedging transactions. The selling stockholder may enter into hedging
transactions with broker-dealers or agents, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling stockholder may also sell shares of common stock short and deliver shares of
common stock to close out short positions or loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers or agents that in turn may sell such shares; 

  

	 	•	 	in connection with such sales through one or more broker-dealers or agents, such broker-dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling stockholder and
may receive commissions from the purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they act as broker-dealer or agent or to whom they sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular broker-dealers or agents may be in
excess of those customary in the types of transaction involved). Any broker-dealer or agent participating in any such sale may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and will be required to deliver a copy
of this prospectus to any person who purchases any share of common stock from or through such broker-dealer or agent. We have been advised that, as of the date hereof, the selling stockholder has not made any arrangements with any broker-dealer or
agent for the sale of his shares of common stock; and 

  

	 	•	 	in connection with any other sales or transfers of common stock not prohibited by law. 

 The
selling stockholder and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any profits realized by the selling stockholder and
any commissions paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. In addition, any shares of common stock covered by this prospectus which
qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholder may also transfer, devise or gift the shares of common stock by other means not covered in this prospectus in which
case the transferee, devisee or giftee will be the selling stockholder under this prospectus. 

  
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 If required at the time a particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a prospectus
supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the shelf registration statements of which this prospectus is a part, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of
the offering, including the name or names of any broker-deals or agents, any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers. 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or
dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with. There
can be no assurance that the selling stockholder will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part. 

The selling stockholder and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholder and any other participating
person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the
marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of common stock. 

We will bear all expenses of the registration of the shares of common stock including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission
filing fees and expenses of compliance with the state securities of “blue sky” laws. The selling stockholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions and expenses, brokerage fees and transfer taxes, as well as the fees
and disbursements of counsel to and experts for the selling stockholder, if any. We will indemnify the selling stockholder against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreement
or the selling stockholder will be entitled to contribution. We will be indemnified by the selling stockholder against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any written information furnished to us by
the selling stockholder for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related securities purchase agreement or will be entitled to contribution. Once sold under this shelf registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the
shares of common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates. 

  
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 Exhibit 4.1 

EXECUTION COPY 

INDENTURE 
 NISSAN AUTO
RECEIVABLES 2016-A OWNER TRUST, 
 as Issuer 

and 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, 
 as Indenture Trustee 

Dated as of February 10, 2016 

  

					
		  		  	(Nissan 2016-A Indenture)

							
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	  	 	2	  
	 SECTION 1.01
	 	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	 SECTION 1.02
	 	Usage of Terms	  	 	2	  
	 SECTION 1.03
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	 	2	  
	 ARTICLE II THE NOTES
	  	 	3	  
	 SECTION 2.01
	 	Form	  	 	3	  
	 SECTION 2.02
	 	Execution, Authentication and Delivery	  	 	3	  
	 SECTION 2.03
	 	Temporary Notes	  	 	4	  
	 SECTION 2.04
	 	Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	 	4	  
	 SECTION 2.05
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes	  	 	5	  
	 SECTION 2.06
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	  	 	6	  
	 SECTION 2.07
	 	Payments of Principal and Interest	  	 	6	  
	 SECTION 2.08
	 	Cancellation	  	 	7	  
	 SECTION 2.09
	 	Release of Collateral	  	 	7	  
	 SECTION 2.10
	 	Book-Entry Notes	  	 	7	  
	 SECTION 2.11
	 	Notices to Clearing Agency	  	 	8	  
	 SECTION 2.12
	 	Definitive Notes	  	 	8	  
	 SECTION 2.13
	 	Tax Treatment	  	 	9	  
	 SECTION 2.14
	 	Calculation Agent	  	 	10	  
	 ARTICLE III COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	10	  
	 SECTION 3.01
	 	Payment of Principal and Interest	  	 	10	  
	 SECTION 3.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	 	11	  
	 SECTION 3.03
	 	Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust	  	 	11	  
	 SECTION 3.04
	 	Existence	  	 	13	  
	 SECTION 3.05
	 	Protection of Owner Trust Estate	  	 	13	  
	 SECTION 3.06
	 	Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate	  	 	13	  
	 SECTION 3.07
	 	Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables	  	 	14	  
	 SECTION 3.08
	 	Negative Covenants	  	 	15	  
	 SECTION 3.09
	 	Annual Statement as to Compliance	  	 	16	  
	 SECTION 3.10
	 	Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms	  	 	16	  
	 SECTION 3.11
	 	Successor or Transferee	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 3.12
	 	No Other Business	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 3.13
	 	No Borrowing	  	 	18	  

  

					
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	 SECTION 3.14
	 	Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 3.15
	 	Capital Expenditures	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 3.16
	 	Removal of Administrator	  	 	18	  
	 SECTION 3.17
	 	Restricted Payments	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 3.18
	 	Notice of Events of Default	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 3.19
	 	Further Instruments and Actions	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 3.20
	 	Representations and Warranties	  	 	19	  
	 SECTION 3.21
	 	Regulation AB Covenants	  	 	20	  
	 ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	  	 	20	  
	 SECTION 4.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	 	20	  
	 SECTION 4.02
	 	Application of Trust Money	  	 	21	  
	 SECTION 4.03
	 	Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent	  	 	21	  
	 ARTICLE V REMEDIES
	  	 	21	  
	 SECTION 5.01
	 	Events of Default	  	 	21	  
	 SECTION 5.02
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	 	22	  
	 SECTION 5.03
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee	  	 	23	  
	 SECTION 5.04
	 	Remedies; Priorities	  	 	25	  
	 SECTION 5.05
	 	Optional Preservation of the Collateral	  	 	27	  
	 SECTION 5.06
	 	Limitation of Suits	  	 	27	  
	 SECTION 5.07
	 	Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 5.08
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 5.09
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 5.10
	 	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 5.11
	 	Control by Noteholders	  	 	28	  
	 SECTION 5.12
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	 	29	  
	 SECTION 5.13
	 	Undertaking for Costs	  	 	29	  
	 SECTION 5.14
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	 	30	  
	 SECTION 5.15
	 	Action on Notes	  	 	30	  
	 SECTION 5.16
	 	Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations	  	 	30	  
	 ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 6.01
	 	Duties of Indenture Trustee	  	 	31	  
	 SECTION 6.02
	 	Rights of Indenture Trustee	  	 	32	  

  

					
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	 SECTION 6.03
	 	Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 6.04
	 	Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 6.05
	 	Notice of Defaults	  	 	34	  
	 SECTION 6.06
	 	Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders	  	 	35	  
	 SECTION 6.07
	 	Compensation and Indemnity	  	 	35	  
	 SECTION 6.08
	 	Replacement of Indenture Trustee	  	 	36	  
	 SECTION 6.09
	 	Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 6.10
	 	Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee	  	 	37	  
	 SECTION 6.11
	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	 	38	  
	 SECTION 6.12
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer	  	 	38	  
	 ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
	  	 	39	  
	 SECTION 7.01
	 	Note Registrar To Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders	  	 	39	  
	 SECTION 7.02
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders	  	 	39	  
	 SECTION 7.03
	 	Reports by Issuer	  	 	39	  
	 SECTION 7.04
	 	Reports by Indenture Trustee	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.05
	 	Indenture Trustee Website	  	 	40	  
	 SECTION 7.06
	 	Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee	  	 	41	  
	 SECTION 7.07
	 	Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution	  	 	41	  
	 SECTION 7.08
	 	Asset Review Voting	  	 	42	  
	 ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
	  	 	42	  
	 SECTION 8.01
	 	Collection of Money	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 8.02
	 	Accounts	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 8.03
	 	General Provisions Regarding Accounts	  	 	43	  
	 SECTION 8.04
	 	Release of Owner Trust Estate	  	 	44	  
	 SECTION 8.05
	 	Release of Receivables Upon Purchase by the Seller or the Servicer	  	 	45	  
	 SECTION 8.06
	 	Opinion of Counsel	  	 	45	  
	 ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	  	 	46	  
	 SECTION 9.01
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders	  	 	46	  
	 SECTION 9.02
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders	  	 	47	  
	 SECTION 9.03
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	  	 	48	  

  

					
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	 SECTION 9.04
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indenture	  	 	48	  
	 SECTION 9.05
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 9.06
	 	Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures	  	 	49	  
	 ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 10.01
	 	Optional Purchase of All Receivables	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 10.02
	 	Form of Redemption Notice	  	 	49	  
	 SECTION 10.03
	 	Notes Payable on Redemption Date	  	 	50	  
	 ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	50	  
	 SECTION 11.01
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc	  	 	50	  
	 SECTION 11.02
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 11.03
	 	Acts of Noteholders	  	 	52	  
	 SECTION 11.04
	 	Notices to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 11.05
	 	Notices to Noteholders; Waiver	  	 	53	  
	 SECTION 11.06
	 	Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 11.07
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 11.08
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 11.09
	 	Successors and Assigns	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 11.10
	 	Severability	  	 	54	  
	 SECTION 11.11
	 	Benefits of Indenture	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 11.12
	 	Governing Law	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 11.13
	 	Counterparts	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 11.14
	 	Recording of Indenture	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 11.15
	 	Trust Obligation	  	 	55	  
	 SECTION 11.16
	 	No Petition	  	 	56	  
	 SECTION 11.17
	 	Inspection	  	 	56	  

  

			
		
	EXHIBIT A	  	FORM OF CLASS [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] NOTE
		
	EXHIBIT B	  	FORM OF ASSET REPURCHASE DEMAND ACTIVITY REPORT

  

					
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	 TIA

Section
	  	Indenture
Section

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE 

(not part of this Indenture) 
  

					
	 (§)310(a) (1)
	  	 	6.11	  
	 (a) (2)
	  	 	6.11	  
	 (a) (3)
	  	 	6.10(b)(1)	  
	 (a) (4)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (a) (5)
	  	 	6.11	  
	 (b)
	  	 	5.04	  
		  	 	6.08	  
		  	 	6.11	  
	 (c)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (§)311(a)
	  	 	6.12	  
	 (b)
	  	 	6.12	  
	 (c)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (§)312(a)
	  	 	7.01	  
	 (b)
	  	 	7.01	  
		  	 	7.02(b)	  
	 (c)
	  	 	7.02(c)	  
	 (§)313(a)
	  	 	7.04	  
	 (b) (1)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (b) (2)
	  	 	7.04	  
	 (c)
	  	 	7.04	  
		  	 	11.04	  
	 (d)
	  	 	7.04	  
	 (§)314(a)
	  	 	7.03	  
		  	 	3.09	  
		  	 	11.04	  
		  	 	7.04	  
	 (b)
	  	 	3.06	  
		  	 	11.14	  
	 (c) (1)
	  	 	11.01	  
		  	 	6.02	  
		  	 	8.05(b)	  
	 (c) (2)
	  	 	11.01	  
		  	 	3.06	  
		  	 	3.10	  
		  	 	6.02	  
		  	 	8.05(b)	  
		  	 	8.06	  
	 (c) (3)
	  	 	11.01	  
	 (d)
	  	 	11.01(c)	  

  

					
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	 TIA

Section
	  	Indenture
Section

  

					
	 (e)
	  	 	11.01	  
	 (f)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (§)315(a)
	  	 	6.01	  
	 (b)
	  	 	6.05	  
	 (c)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (d)
	  	 	6.01(c)	  
	 (e)
	  	 	5.13	  
	 (§)316(a)(1) (A)
	  	 	5.11	  
	 (a) (1) (B)
	  	 	5.12	  
	 (a) (2)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (b)
	  	 	5.07	  
		  	 	9.02	  
		  	 	5.13(c),	  
	 (c)
	  	 	N.A.	  
	 (§)317(a) (1)
	  	 	5.04	  
	 (a) (2)
	  	 	5.03(c)	  
		  	 	5.03(d)	  
		  	 	5.04	  
	 (b)
	  	 	3.03	  
	 (§)318(a)
	  	 	11.07	  

  
 N.A. means
not applicable 

  

					
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 INDENTURE dated as of February 10, 2016 (this “Indenture”), between NISSAN
AUTO RECEIVABLES 2016-A OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee and not in its individual capacity (the “Indenture Trustee”).

 Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s
0.64000% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 Notes”), 1.06% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2a (the “Class A-2a Notes”), LIBOR + 0.35% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2b (the “Class A-2b
Notes,” and together with the Class A-2a Notes, the “Class A-2 Notes”), 1.34% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 Notes”), 1.59% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “Class
A-4 Notes”, and collectively with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”): 

GRANTING CLAUSE 
 The Issuer
hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the following
(collectively, the “Collateral”): 
 (i) the Receivables (including all related Receivable Files) and all monies due thereon
or paid thereunder or in respect thereof after the Cut-off Date; 
 (ii) the Accounts and amounts on deposit in the Accounts; 

(iii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by the Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any related property; 

(iv) any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles
or the Obligors; 
 (v) payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; 

(vi) the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment; 

(vii) the right of the Issuer to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have
secured a Receivable; 
 (viii) rebates of premiums and other amounts relating to insurance policies and other items financed under the
Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; 
 (ix) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and 

(x) all proceeds of the foregoing. 

The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the
Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, and subject to the subordinate claims thereon of the Holders of the Certificates, all as provided in this
Indenture. 

  

					
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 The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, acknowledges
such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Notes
may be adequately and effectively protected. 
 ARTICLE I 

Definitions and Incorporation by Reference 

SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or if the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), by and among Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, as seller,
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, as servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. 
 SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect
to all terms in this Indenture, the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their
respective terms and not prohibited by this Indenture; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors
thereto; and the term “including” means “including without limitation.” 
 SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“indenture securities” means the Notes. 

“indenture security holder” means a Noteholder. 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture. 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee. 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities. 

  

					
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 All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined in the TIA by
reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings so assigned to them. 
 ARTICLE II 

The Notes 
 SECTION 2.01
Form. The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case, together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in
substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof,
with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. 
 The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. 

Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this
Indenture. 
 SECTION 2.02 Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its
Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order
authenticate and deliver the Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $220,000,000, the Class A-2a Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $210,000,000, the Class A-2b Notes for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $175,000,000, the Class A-3 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $305,000,000, and the Class A-4 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of
$90,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective amounts except as provided in
Section 2.05. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $25,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that any Retained Notes shall be issued as Definitive Notes and the holder
of such Retained Notes shall be a Note Owner and a Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form included in Exhibit A, as the case may be, executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 

  

					
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 SECTION 2.03 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Issuer may
execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which
they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause
Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes of any Class, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor, a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of such Class of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes. 

SECTION 2.04 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 

(a) The Note Registrar shall maintain a Note Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar
shall provide for the registration of Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes as provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed Note Registrar for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers and exchanges of
Notes as provided in this Indenture. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee notifies the Issuer that it is unable to act as Note Registrar, the Issuer shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office or
agency located in St. Paul, Minnesota, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to act as successor Note Registrar under this Indenture. 

If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt
written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain
copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts
and number of such Notes. 
 (b) Upon the proper surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to
be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in authorized
denominations of a like aggregate principal amount. 

  

					
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 (c) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Class in any
authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 

(d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Indenture Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes. 
 (e) All
Notes surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Indenture Trustee. 
 (f) By
acquiring a Note (or any interest therein), each Note Owner (and if the Note Owner is any type of employee benefit plan or arrangement, its fiduciary) will be deemed to (i) represent, warrant and covenant that either (A) it is not, and is
not acquiring or holding the Note (or any interest therein) for, on behalf of or with the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject to Similar Law; or (B) the acquisition, holding and disposition
of the Note (or any interest therein) does not and will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law and (ii) acknowledge and agree that the Notes are not
eligible for purchase by Benefit Plans or any other employee benefit plan or arrangement that is subject to Similar Law at any time that the ratings on the Notes are below investment grade or the Notes have been characterized as other than
indebtedness for applicable local law purposes. 
 (g) The Retained Notes, if any (or interests therein), will not be transferred (other than
to a Person specified in the definition of Retained Notes) unless a written opinion of counsel, which counsel and opinion shall be acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, is delivered to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that, for federal income tax
purposes, such Notes after such transfer will be treated as debt and, if there are other Notes of the same Class as such transferred Notes which are not Retained Notes prior to such transfer, for such purposes such Notes will be fungible with such
other Notes of the same Class; provided, however, that fungibility need not take into account whether Notes are, or are not, Definitive Notes. 

SECTION 2.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the
Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Class. In connection with the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.05, the Issuer may
require payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. 

  

					
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 If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a
protected purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the
Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security
or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith. 

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.05 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes of the same Class duly issued hereunder. 
 The provisions of this Section 2.05 are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 

SECTION 2.06 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if
any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

SECTION 2.07 Payments of Principal and Interest. 

(a) The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2a Notes, the Class A-2b Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes shall
accrue interest during each Interest Period at the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2a Interest Rate, the Class A-2b Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate and the Class A-4 Interest Rate, respectively, and such
interest shall be payable on each related Distribution Date as specified in the applicable Note by applying amounts available pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 3.01 of this Indenture. Any
installment of interest or principal payable on any Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is
registered on the Record Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee, except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the applicable
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 (b) The principal of each Note shall be payable in installments on each Distribution Date by
applying amounts available pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the earlier of
(i) from and after the date on which the Notes have been declared to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02 in connection with an Event of Default and (ii) with respect to any Class of Notes, on
the Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date for that Class. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose
name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile not
less than 10 nor more than 30 days prior to such final Distribution Date, shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and
surrendered for payment of such installment. 
 SECTION 2.08 Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal
policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture
Trustee. 
 SECTION 2.09 Release of Collateral. Subject to Sections 8.05 and 11.01 and the terms of the Basic
Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(l) or an
Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates. 

SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. The Notes (other than any Retained Notes), upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of
typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, or a custodian therefor, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the
Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner thereof will receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note (other than in the case of any Retained
Notes), except as provided in Section 2.12. Except for any Retained Notes, and, otherwise, unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to
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 (a) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect; 

(b) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture
(including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the authorized representative of the Note Owners; 

(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section
shall control; 
 (d) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established
by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.12, the initial
Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and 

(e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or of the Notes of any Class, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or
Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee. 

SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, and except with respect to notices and communications to any Holders of Retained Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency and shall be deemed to have been given as of the date of delivery to the Clearing Agency. 

SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. Except for any Retained Notes (which shall be originally issued as Definitive Notes), if (i) the
Seller, the Owner Trustee or the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the Seller, the Owner
Trustee or the Administrator are unable to locate a qualified successor (and if the Administrator has made such determination, the Administrator has given written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee), (ii) the Seller, the Indenture Trustee
or the Administrator, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, advises each other such party in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of Default
or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of all Classes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry
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the Note Owners acting together as a single Class, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of
Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and
the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions
and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee, Issuer and
Administrator shall not be liable for any inability to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency. From and after the date of issuance of Definitive Notes, all notices to be given to Noteholders will be mailed thereto at their addresses of record
in the Note Register as of the relevant Record Date. Such notices will be deemed to have been given as of the date of mailing. Interest and principal payments on the Definitive Notes on each Distribution Date will be made to the holders in whose
names the related Definitive Notes, as applicable, were registered at the close of business on the related Record Date. Payments will be made by check mailed to the address of such holders as they appear on the Note Register, except that a
Noteholder having original denominations aggregating at least $1 million may request payment by wire transfer of funds pursuant to written instructions delivered to the Indenture Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the Distribution Date.
The final payment on any Definitive Notes will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Definitive Notes at the office or agency specified in the notice of final payment to Noteholders. From and after the Closing Date, the Holder of a
Definitive Note (other than any Retained Note) and the Issuer may elect for such Note to be issued in the form of a Book-Entry Note provided the Clearing Agency is then willing and able to discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book
Entry Notes. In connection with such election, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Order execute, authenticate and deliver the Book-Entry Note and documents related thereto in accordance with the terms hereof and the Issuer Order.

 SECTION 2.13 Tax Treatment. 

(a) The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes (other than the Retained Notes, if any) will be issued, with the intention that,
for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note
(and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes (other than the Retained Notes, if any) for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as
indebtedness secured by the Owner Trust Estate. 
 (b) Each Note Owner and Noteholder, by the purchase of such Note or its acceptance of a
beneficial interest therein, acknowledges that interest on the Notes will be treated as United States source interest, and, as such, United States withholding tax may apply. Each such Note Owner and each Noteholder further agrees, upon request,
to provide any certifications that may be required under applicable law, regulations or procedures to evidence such status and understands that if it ceases to satisfy the foregoing requirements or provide requested

  

					
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documentation, payments to it under the Notes may be subject to United States withholding tax (without any corresponding gross-up). Without limiting the foregoing, such recipient shall deliver to
the Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, at the time or times prescribed by the Code and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, such documentation prescribed by the Code (including as prescribed
by Code Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i)) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to comply with their respective obligations under FATCA, to determine that such recipient has complied with such
recipient’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent the Issuer is treated as a partnership for federal, state or local income or franchise purposes and a Noteholder (or Note Owner, as applicable) is treated as a partner in such partnership, the Noteholders (and Note Owners,
as applicable) agree that any tax, penalty, interest or other obligation imposed under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the income tax items arising from such partnership shall be the sole obligation of the Noteholder (or Note Owner, as
applicable) to whom such items are allocated and not of such partnership. 
 SECTION 2.14 Calculation Agent. U.S. Bank National
Association is hereby designated calculation agent with respect to each Floating Rate Note (including any successor or replacement calculation agent designated from time to time by agreement of the parties hereto, the “Calculation Agent”),
and in such capacity, on each Interest Determination Date, will (a) calculate the Interest Rate with respect to each Class of the Floating Rate Notes if the Floating Rate Note Balance is greater than zero on such Interest Determination Date and
(b) deliver to the Servicer written notice on such Interest Determination Date of such Interest Rate. All determinations of interest by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on
the Noteholders of the Floating Rate Notes. All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five millionths of a percentage point rounded
upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or 0.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or 0.0987655)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from that calculation on the Floating Rate Note will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upwards). The Calculation Agent may be removed by the Issuer at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Issuer, the Issuer will promptly appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent a leading bank
which is engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits and which does not control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Issuer or its Affiliates. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor having been
duly appointed. 
 ARTICLE III 

Covenants, Representations and Warranties 

SECTION 3.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. In accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Issuer will duly and punctually
(i) pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture and (ii) cause the Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to release from the Collection Account all other amounts
distributable or payable in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer
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 SECTION 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain in St. Paul,
Minnesota, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially
appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the
Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints
the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands. 
 SECTION 3.03 Money for Payments To Be Held in
Trust. As provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account, the Reserve Account, pursuant to Sections
8.02 and 8.03 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by the Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such accounts for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the
Administrator except as provided in this Section 3.03. 
 On or before each Distribution Date, the Issuer shall deposit in the
Collection Account or, in accordance with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, cause to be deposited (including the provision of instructions to the Indenture Trustee to make any required withdrawals from the Reserve Account, and to deposit such
amounts in the Collection Account) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes and the Certificates, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the Paying Agent is
the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 
 The Indenture Trustee, as Paying
Agent, hereby agrees with the Issuer that it will, and the Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee, as a condition to its acceptance of its appointment as Paying Agent, to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent will: 

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes or for release to the Issuer for payment on the
Certificates in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay or release such sums to such Persons as herein provided; 

(b) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual knowledge in
the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes or the release of any amounts to the Issuer to be paid to the Certificateholders; 

  

					
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 (c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; 
 (d) immediately resign as a
Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes (or for release to the Issuer) if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Paying Agent at the time of its
appointment; 
 (e) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes or
Certificates (or assisting the Issuer to withhold from payment to the Certificateholders) of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon, including FATCA Withholding Tax (including obtaining and retaining from Persons entitled to payments with
respect to the Notes any Tax Information and making any withholdings with respect to the Notes as required by the Code (including FATCA) and paying over such withheld amounts to the appropriate governmental authority); and 

(f) comply with any applicable reporting requirements in connection with any payments made by it on any Notes and any withholding of taxes
therefrom, and, upon request, provide any Tax Information to the Issuer. 
 The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 

Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the
payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed after such amount has become due and payable and after the Indenture Trustee has taken the steps described in this paragraph shall be discharged from such trust and be paid
to Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee upon presentation thereto of an Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Indenture
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. In the event that any Noteholder shall not surrender its Notes for retirement within six months after the date specified in the written notice of final payment
described in Section 2.07, the Indenture Trustee will give a second written notice to the registered Noteholders that have not surrendered their Notes for final payment and retirement. If within one year after such second notice any
Notes have not been surrendered, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be paid to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment specified by the Issuer or the
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 SECTION 3.04 Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer
will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to
protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate. 

SECTION 3.05 Protection of Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and
amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to: 

(a) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes
hereof; 
 (b) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture; 

(c) enforce any of the Collateral; or 

(d) preserve and defend title to the Owner Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Owner Trust Estate
against the claims of all persons and parties. 
 The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to
authorize, file and/or execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required to be executed and/or filed pursuant to this Section 3.05. 

SECTION 3.06 Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate. 

(a) On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the execution, recording and filing of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto, any requisite financing statements and continuation statements and any other
requisite documents necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of this Indenture or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest effective. 

(b) The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date within 90 days after
the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning in 2017, either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the execution, recording, filing or re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any
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statements and any other requisite documents necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is
necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the execution, recording, filing or re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto, any financing statements and
continuation statements and any other documents that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and security interest of this Indenture until the date in the following calendar year on which such Opinion of Counsel must
again be delivered. 
 SECTION 3.07 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables. 

(a) The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others that would release any
Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair
the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents. 
 (b) The Issuer
may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be
action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the Issuer has contracted with the Servicer and the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing its duties under this Indenture. 

(c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in the Basic Documents and in the
instruments and agreements included in the Owner Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of the Trust Agreement, this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. 
 (d) As
promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a successor servicer (the
“Successor Servicer”), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its
appointment as set forth in Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer and shall thereafter be entitled to the Total Servicing Fee.
Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee shall, if it shall be legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no successor Servicer has been appointed at the time
the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular business shall include the servicing of automobile
and/or light-duty truck receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Upon such appointment, the Indenture Trustee will be released from the duties and obligations of acting as Successor Servicer, such release
effective upon the effective date of the servicing agreement entered into between the Successor Servicer and the Issuer. 

  

					
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 In connection with any such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Issuer shall enter into an agreement with such Successor Servicer for the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer’s
duties as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article VI hereof shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in
its duties as Successor Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become the Successor Servicer, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as a subservicer any one of its Affiliates, provided
that the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Successor Servicer, shall remain fully liable for the actions and omissions of such Affiliate. 

(e) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly
notify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such
Successor Servicer. 
 SECTION 3.08 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not: 

(a) except as expressly permitted by Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the
Issuer, including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee; 
 (b) claim any credit on, or
make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by
reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Owner Trust Estate; 
 (c) except as may be expressly permitted
hereby, (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants
or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise
upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and
arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor), (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security
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 (d) assume or incur any indebtedness other than the Notes or as expressly contemplated by this
Indenture or by the Basic Documents. 
 SECTION 3.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will cause the Servicer to deliver
to the Indenture Trustee concurrently with its delivery thereof to the Issuer the annual statement of compliance described in Section 4.10 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In addition, on the same date annually upon which such annual
statement of compliance is to be delivered by the Servicer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, 

(a) stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that a review of the activities of the Issuer during such
year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and 
 (b) furnishing, to
the extent of the Authorized Officer’s knowledge, information regarding the Issuer’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout such year in all material respects. 

SECTION 3.10 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. 

(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless: 

(1) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the
duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;

 (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 

(3) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction; 

(4) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that
such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder; 
 (5) any
action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall have been taken; and 

  

					
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 (6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and any related supplemental indenture complies with this Article III and that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied
with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act). 
 (b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets,
including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, to any Person, unless: 
 (1) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer such
properties and assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred
shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture
Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes, and (E) expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified
Person) shall make all filings that counsel satisfactory to such purchaser or transferee and the Indenture Trustee determines must be made with (1) the Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act or the
appropriate authorities in any state in which the Notes have been sold pursuant to any qualification or exemption under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such state, in connection with the Notes or (2) the Internal Revenue Service
or the relevant state or local taxing authorities of any jurisdiction; 
 (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
 (3) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect
to such transaction; 
 (4) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture
Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder; 

(5) any action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement
or this Indenture shall have been taken; and 
 (6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with
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 SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee. 

(a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or surviving such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein. 

(b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), Nissan Auto
Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes and the Certificates immediately upon the delivery of written notice
to the Indenture Trustee stating that Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust is to be so released. 
 SECTION 3.12 No Other
Business. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Receivables and other
property comprising the Owner Trust Estate in the manner contemplated by the Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto. 
 SECTION
3.13 No Borrowing. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness
except for the Notes or other obligations permitted hereunder (including the obligation to reimburse certain expenses of the Servicer) or under another Basic Document (including indemnification expenses of the Issuer and certain fees and expenses of
the Administrator). 
 SECTION 3.14 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been
released from its duties and obligations hereunder, except as contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement, this Indenture, or the other Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or
indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with
the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person. 

SECTION 3.15 Capital Expenditures. Unless and until the Issuer shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the
Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty). 

SECTION 3.16 Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without
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 SECTION 3.17 Restricted Payments. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make
payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with the Basic Documents. 
 SECTION 3.18 Notice of Events
of Default. The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, and the Administrator (and the Administrator will provide notice thereof to each Rating Agency) prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder, each Servicer
Default and each default on the part of the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and NMAC of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement. 

The Indenture Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of record in writing of any Event of Default promptly upon an Authorized Officer obtaining
actual knowledge thereof. Such notices will be provided in accordance with Section 2.11. 
 SECTION 3.19 Further Instruments
and Actions. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 

SECTION 3.20 Representations and Warranties. The Issuer makes the following representations and warranties. Such representations and
warranties speak as of the Closing Date, but shall survive the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee shall not waive any breach of representations or warranties in this Section 3.20 without the
written consent of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class. 
 (a) This Indenture creates a
valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Indenture Trustee (to the extent such security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement), which security interest is
prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of any purchasers from the Issuer. 
 (b) The Issuer has taken all
steps necessary to perfect its security interest against the Obligor in the property securing the Receivables. 
 (c) The Receivables
constitute “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper” within the meaning of the applicable UCC. 
 (d) The
Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person. 
 (e) The
Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security
interest in the Collateral (to the extent such security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement) granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder. 

  

					
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 (f) Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture,
the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Issuer that includes a
description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest covering the Receivables has
been released. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer. 
 (g) The Servicer, as an agent of the
Issuer, and to the extent allowed by law, has in its possession all originals or authoritative copies of the tangible records constituting or forming a part of the Collateral. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control, as defined in
Section 9-105 of the UCC, of all electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files that constitute or evidence the Collateral do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Issuer
to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed or to be filed against the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following effect: “A
purchase of or security interest in any collateral described in this financing statement, except as permitted in the Indenture, will violate the rights of the Indenture Trustee.” 

SECTION 3.21 Regulation AB Covenants. So long as the Seller is required to file any reports with respect to the Issuer under the
Exchange Act, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee each agree to perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, set forth in Appendix A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
each makes the covenants and agreements therein applicable to it. 
 ARTICLE IV 

Satisfaction and Discharge 

SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes
except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon,
(iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12 and 3.13, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 4.02), and (vi) the rights of the Noteholders and the Certificateholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Notes, when: 
 (a) either (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes that have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable
or will become due and payable within one year (either because the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Class A-4 Notes is within one year or because the 

  

					
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Indenture Trustee has received notice of the exercise of the option granted pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused
to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due; 

(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer (but without taking into account any payments to
the Designated Account for distribution to the Certificateholder); and 
 (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee, an
Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel (if required by the TIA) and an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants (if required by the TIA and if such discharge is not related to a redemption of the Notes in
accordance with Article X), each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01 and, subject to Section 11.02, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 
 SECTION 4.02 Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and (a) applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment of which such moneys have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest or (b) released to
the Owner Trustee for application pursuant to the Trust Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by
law. 
 SECTION 4.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Notes, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and
applied according to Section 3.03 or 4.02 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. 

ARTICLE V 
 Remedies

 SECTION 5.01 Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body): 
 (a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
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 (b) default in the payment of the principal of any Note on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date
or the Redemption Date; 
 (c) a material default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer made in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) which shall continue or not be cured for a period of 90 days after there shall have been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single class, a written notice
specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder; 

(d) any representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such
misrepresentation or warranty was incorrect shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 60 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single Class, a written notice specifying such default or incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a notice of Default hereunder; or 
 (e) an Insolvency Event shall have occurred with respect to the Issuer.

 SECTION 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and
in every such case the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class may declare all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the unpaid principal amount of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. 

At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if: 
 (a) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

 (1) all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon such Notes if
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 (2) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel. 
 (b) all Events of Default, other
than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12. 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

SECTION 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee. 

(a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and
such default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Note at the related Final Scheduled Distribution Date or Redemption Date, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee,
pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest
shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel. 
 (b) In case the Issuer shall fail
forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable. 
 (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as more particularly provided in
Section 5.04, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders and, incidentally thereto, the Certificateholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most
effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable
right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law. 
 (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in
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appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor
upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, then, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise: 

(1) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of
the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings; 
 (2) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of
Notes in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings; 
 (3) to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and 

(4) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property. 
 Any trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of
payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith. 

(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such
proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person. 

  

					
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 (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes,
may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought
in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and
attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes. 
 (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also
any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any
Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings. 
 SECTION 5.04 Remedies; Priorities. 

(a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and result in the acceleration of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall make
payments as set forth in Section 5.04(b) of this Indenture, rather than pursuant to Section 5.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.06(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, if the Indenture Trustee collects any money or
property pursuant to this Article V and the Notes have been accelerated, it shall make the following deposits and distributions on such Distribution Date, to the extent of Available Amounts on deposit in the Collection Account for such Distribution
Date, in the following order of priority: 
 (1) pro rata, to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees,
expenses and indemnity payments due pursuant to this Indenture and the Trust Agreement, respectively, but only to the extent that such fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the Administrator and have been outstanding for at
least sixty (60) days, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts; 
 (2) to the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and
unpaid fees, expenses and indemnity payments due pursuant to the Asset Representations Review Agreement, but only to the extent that such fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the Sponsor and have been outstanding for at least
sixty (60) days, such amounts to be paid from Available Amounts; 
 (3) to the Servicer, the Base Servicing Fee and any unpaid Base
Servicing Fees from one or more prior Collection Periods; 
 (4) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this
clause to each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2a Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to
the Class A-2b Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the
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 (5) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in
respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal Amount for such Class of Notes, to the extent of Available Amounts and then, to the Class A-2a Noteholders, the Class A-2b Noteholders, the Class A-3
Noteholders and the Class A-4 Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Amount of each Class), until the total amount paid to such Noteholders in respect of principal from the Closing Date is equal to the Original Principal
Amount for such Class of Notes, to the extent of Available Amounts; and 
 (6) any remaining Available Amounts to the Designated Account for
distribution to the Certificateholders. 
 (c) If the Indenture Trustee, as a result of the operation of Section 5.04(a), is
deemed to have a conflict of interest under the TIA and is required to resign as Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer shall, pursuant to Section 6.08, cause the Servicer to appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. 

(d) In accordance with Section 5.03(c), if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do
one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05): 
 (1) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such
Notes moneys adjudged due; 
 (2) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with
respect to the Collateral; 
 (3) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect
and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and 
 (4) sell the Collateral or any portion thereof or
rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Collateral following an Event
of Default, other than an Event of Default described in Section 5.01(a) or (b), unless (A) the Holders of 100% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, consent thereto, or (B) the proceeds of
such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Owner Trust Estate may not
continue to provide sufficient funds on an ongoing basis to make all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent
of Holders of a 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, or (D) the Servicer exercises its option to purchase the Receivables pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
Section 10.01 hereof. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting
firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate for such purpose. 

  

					
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 (e) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders
pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee a notice that states the related record date, payment date and amount to be paid. 

SECTION 5.05 Optional Preservation of the Collateral. If the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under
Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, unless otherwise directed by the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Collateral and direct the Issuer, Servicer and Administrator not to take steps to liquidate the Receivables. It is the desire of the parties hereto and
the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the
Collateral. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Collateral, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Collateral for such purpose. 
 SECTION 5.06 Limitation of
Suits. Except to the extent expressly set forth in Section 7.07 of this Indenture or Section 10.13 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, no Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the other Basic Documents, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder unless such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default or breach of the Basic Documents by a party thereto (an “Action”), and: 
 (a) the Event of
Default or Action, as applicable, arises from the Servicer’s failure to remit payments when due; or 
 (b) the Holders of not less than
25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default or Action , as applicable in its own name as Indenture Trustee
hereunder and have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request, the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings, and no direction inconsistent with that written request has been given to the Indenture Trustee during the 60-day period by the holders of a majority in
principal amount of those outstanding Notes (or relevant class or classes of Notes). 
 It is understood and intended that no one or more
Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided. 

  

					
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 In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Indenture. 
 SECTION 5.07 Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any
other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note and in this Indenture (in
each case with reference to the calculations to be made pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 

SECTION 5.08 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall
continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted. 
 SECTION 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy. 
 SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, as the case may be. 

SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that:

  

					
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 (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; and 

(b) any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Collateral shall be by Holders of Notes representing not less than the
applicable percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes set forth in Section 5.04(d)(4); and 
 (c) the Indenture Trustee
may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. 
 Notwithstanding the rights
of Noteholders set forth in this Section, subject to Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not
consenting to such action. 
 SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of
the Notes as provided in Section 5.02 or the liquidation or sale of the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.04, the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, may waive any past
Default or Event of Default and its consequences except a Default or Event of Default in (a) payment of principal or interest on the Notes or (b) an Event of Default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively. 

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 

SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note or Note Owner by such
Holder’s acceptance of such Note or beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section
shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or a group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or
(c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this Indenture. 

  

					
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 SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 

SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture
shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired
by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Owner Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by
the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance with Section 5.04(a). 
 SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of
Certain Obligations. 
 (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the Administrator’s expense, the
Issuer shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer or to each other under or in
connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or by the Seller of its remedies under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in
connection with each such agreement to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their respective obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Purchase Agreement. 

(b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, and at the direction (which direction shall be in writing
or by telephone, confirmed in writing promptly thereafter) of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the
Seller or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or against the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure
performance or observance by the Seller, the Servicer or the Administrator, of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension, or waiver thereunder and any right of the
Issuer to take such action shall be suspended. 

  

					
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 ARTICLE VI 

The Indenture Trustee 

SECTION 6.01 Duties of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee, both prior to and after the occurrence of a Servicer Default under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. 
 (a)
The Indenture Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that shall be specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture. 
 (b)
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Indenture Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its own bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that: 

(c) the duties and obligations of the Indenture Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, the Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee, the
permissive right of the Indenture Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming on their face to the requirements of this Indenture; 

(1) the Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for an error of judgment made in good faith, unless it shall be proved that the
Indenture Trustee was negligent in performing its duties in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and 
 (2) the Indenture Trustee
shall not be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in good faith in accordance with the direction of (i) the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single
class, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. 

(d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties under this Indenture, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. 
 (e) All information obtained by the Indenture Trustee regarding the Obligors and the Receivables contained in the Issuer,
whether upon the exercise of its rights under this Indenture or otherwise, shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any other Person, unless such disclosure is required by any applicable law or
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 (f) If (i) pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, an Authorized
Officer of the Indenture Trustee discovers that a representation or warranty with respect to a Receivable was incorrect as of the time specified with respect to such representation and warranty and such incorrectness materially and adversely affects
such Receivable, or (ii) pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee discovers that a covenant of the Servicer has been breached with respect to a Receivable that would
materially and adversely affect such Receivable, the Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Servicer and the Owner Trustee of such incorrectness. 

(g) The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or other event unless an Authorized Officer
has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 
 SECTION 6.02
Rights of Indenture Trustee. 
 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01: 

(1) the Indenture Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate,
certificate of an authorized signatory, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, including, without limitation, provided to it via email or other suitable means of electronic distribution as permitted in writing by the Indenture Trustee; 

(2) the Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it under this Indenture in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel; 

(3) other than in connection with an Asset Review pursuant to Sections 7.08(a) or (b), the Indenture Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Indenture, or in relation to this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it, its agents and its counsel in compliance with such request, order or direction; 

(4) the Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed
by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 
 (5) the Indenture Trustee shall
not be bound to recalculate, reverify, or make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document,
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of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Administrator or, if paid by the Indenture Trustee, shall be reimbursed by
the Administrator upon demand; and nothing in this clause shall derogate from the obligation of the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Obligors; 

(6) the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers under this Indenture or perform any duties under this Indenture either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys have been selected by the Indenture Trustee with reasonable care;

 (7) in order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions,
including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the Indenture Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which
maintain a business relationship with the Indenture Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide the Indenture Trustee upon its reasonable request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be reasonably
available for such party in order to enable the Indenture Trustee to comply with Applicable Law; 
 (8) the rights, privileges, protections,
immunities and benefits given to the Indenture Trustee herein, including the right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Indenture Trustee in its capacities as Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent and Secured Party under
the Basic Documents; and 
 (9) all communications, notices, instruction and other documents to be received by the Indenture Trustee (with
the exception of those for which a non-electronic signature is expressly requested by the Indenture Trustee) may be provided to it via email with receipt confirmed via reply email, if requested, or other suitable means of electronic distribution as
permitted in writing by the Indenture Trustee. 
 (10) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officer’s Certificate (with respect to factual matters) and/or an Opinion of Counsel (with respect to matters of law), as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance
on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
 (11) The Indenture Trustee will not be responsible for special, indirect,
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 (b) No Noteholder will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture
except upon satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 5.06. 
 SECTION 6.03 Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.
The Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the Holder, beneficial owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee.
Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, in so doing the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12. 

SECTION 6.04 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Indenture or the Notes (other than the execution by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Issuer of, and the certificate of authentication on, the Notes), or of the Certificates. The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligation to perform any of
the duties of the Servicer or the Administrator unless explicitly set forth in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of the Notes
or any Receivable, any ownership interest in any Financed Vehicle, or the maintenance of any such ownership interest, or for or with respect to the efficacy of the Issuer or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Noteholders under
this Indenture, including without limitation the validity of the assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer or of any intervening assignment; the existence, condition, location and ownership of any Receivable or Financed Vehicle; the existence and
enforceability of any physical damage or credit life or credit disability insurance; the existence and contents of any retail installment sales contract or any computer or other record thereof; the completeness of any retail installment sales
contract; the performance or enforcement of any retail installment sales contract; the compliance by the Issuer with any covenant or the breach by the Issuer, Seller or Servicer of any warranty or representation made under this Indenture or in any
Basic Document or other related document and the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of notice or other discovery of any noncompliance therewith or any breach thereof; the acts or omissions
of the Issuer, Seller or the Servicer; or any action by the Indenture Trustee taken at the instruction of the Issuer or Servicer, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Indenture Trustee of its obligation to
perform its duties under this Indenture. Except with respect to a claim based on the failure of the Indenture Trustee to perform its duties under this Indenture or based on the Indenture Trustee’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, no
recourse shall be had for any claim based on any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or Certificates or assignment thereof against the institution serving as the Indenture Trustee in its individual capacity. The Indenture Trustee shall not have
any personal obligation, liability or duty whatsoever to any Noteholder or any other Person with respect to any such claim, and any such claim shall be asserted solely against the Issuer or any indemnitor who shall furnish indemnity as provided in
this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Notes or of the proceeds of such Notes, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Servicer in respect of the Notes.

 SECTION 6.05 Notice of Defaults. If an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee knows that a Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of such Default within 10 days of the occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Indenture Trustee may withhold
such notice if and so long as a committee of its Authorized Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders. 

  

					
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 SECTION 6.06 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver
or cause to be delivered annually to each Noteholder of record such information as may be required to enable such Person to prepare its federal and state income tax returns. The Indenture Trustee shall also deliver or cause to be delivered annually
to each Noteholder of record a report relating to its eligibility and qualification to continue as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, any amounts advanced by it under this Indenture, the amount, interest rate and maturity date of certain
indebtedness owed by the Issuer to such Indenture Trustee, in its individual capacity, the property and funds physically held by such Indenture Trustee in its capacity as such, and any action taken by it that materially affects the Notes and that
has not been previously reported. 
 SECTION 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Administrator shall pay to the Indenture Trustee
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services as have been separately agreed upon between the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Administrator shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable
compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts including in connection with the Indenture Trustee’s performance of its obligations under Section 10.13
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Sections 7.07 and 7.08 of this Indenture. The Administrator shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents and the performance of its duties hereunder or thereunder, including legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement
by such Person of any indemnification or other obligation of the Issuer or Administrator. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Administrator promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the
Administrator shall not relieve the Administrator of its obligations hereunder. The Administrator shall defend any such claim, and the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Administrator shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel.
The Administrator shall not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. To the extent not paid by
the Administrator and outstanding for at least 60 days, such fees and indemnities shall be paid by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, provided, that prior to such payment pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Administrator in writing that such fees and indemnities have been outstanding for at least 60 days. If such fees and indemnities are paid pursuant to Section 5.06 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Administrator shall reimburse the Issuer in full for such payments. 
 The Administrator’s payment obligations
to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 5.01(e) with respect to the Issuer, the
expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. 

  

					
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 SECTION 6.08 Replacement of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee may resign at any
time by providing written notice of its resignation to the Issuer. Noteholders representing a majority of the Outstanding Amount may remove the Indenture Trustee at any time and appoint a successor Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture
Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing. The Administrator may remove the Indenture Trustee if: 
 (a) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply
with Section 6.11; 
 (b) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; 

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or its property; or 

(d) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes legally or practically incapable of fulfilling its duties hereunder. 

If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee
in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. The successor Indenture Trustee shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with
removing and replacing the Indenture Trustee for a series of Notes and transferring the predecessor Indenture Trustee’s duties and obligations to the successor Indenture Trustee. To the extent not paid by the successor Indenture Trustee, the
Administrator shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with removing and replacing the Indenture Trustee for a series of Notes and transferring the predecessor Indenture Trustee’s duties and obligations to the
successor Indenture Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section 6.08. 
 A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture
Trustee, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Administrator. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. The retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture
Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee. 
 If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring
Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee, the Administrator or the Holders of a majority in Outstanding Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture
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 If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any Noteholder may at any
time thereafter petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee. 

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s and the Administrator’s obligations
under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee. 
 SECTION 6.09 Successor Indenture
Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without
any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee if such surviving Person or transferee corporation or banking shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 6.11. The Indenture Trustee shall provide the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee and the Administrator reasonable prior written notice of any such transaction (and the Administrator will provide notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Administration Agreement). 

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts
created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated;
and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee;
and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have. 

SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee. 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction
in which any part of the Owner Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee
or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Issuer, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Owner Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of
this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a trustee under
Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 6.08 hereof. 

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions: 
 (1) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon such separate trustee or co-trustee shall be
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understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in and/or directing such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding
of title to the Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee; 

(2) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and 

(3) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee. 

(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate
trustees and co-trustees as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its
acceptance of the trusts thereupon conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions
of this Indenture, including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee. 

(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its
estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee. 

SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a). The Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent shall have a long-term debt rating of
“Baa3” or better by Moody’s, or its equivalent rating or better by Fitch, or otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by
the second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding
if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met. 
 SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA
Section 311(a) to the extent indicated. 

  

					
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 ARTICLE VII 

Noteholders’ Lists and Reports 

SECTION 7.01 Note Registrar To Furnish Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Note Registrar shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer or the Administrator, within 15 days after receipt by the Note Registrar of a written request therefrom, a list of the names and addresses of the Noteholders of any Class as of the most recent
Record Date. If three or more Noteholders, or one or more Holders evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Applicants”), apply in writing to the Indenture Trustee, and such
application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes and such application is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such Applicants propose
to transmit, then the Indenture Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, afford such Applicants access, during normal business hours, to the current list of Noteholders. Such Indenture Trustee may elect not to
afford the requesting Noteholders access to the list of Noteholders if it agrees to mail the desired communication by proxy, on behalf of and at the expense of the requesting Noteholders, to all Noteholders. Every Noteholder, by receiving and
holding a Note, agrees with the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer that none of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the names and addresses of the Noteholders under this Indenture, regardless of the source from which such information was derived. 
 If the
Indenture Trustee shall cease to be the Note Registrar, then thereafter the Administrator will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee not more than five days after the most recent Record Date or at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee reasonably may request in writing, a list, in such form as the Indenture Trustee reasonably may require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date. 

SECTION 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders. 

(a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 (b) Noteholders
may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. 

(c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA Section 3.12(c). 

SECTION 7.03 Reports by Issuer. 

  

					
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 (a) The Issuer shall: 

(1) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 
 (2) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time
by such rules and regulations; and 
 (3) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Noteholders described in TIA Section 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(a) and by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 
 (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end on
March 31 of each year. 
 SECTION 7.04 Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section 313(a), within 60 days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies
with TIA Section 313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). 
 A copy of each report at the time of
its mailing to Noteholders shall be filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange. 
 SECTION 7.05 Indenture Trustee Website. The Indenture Trustee may make available to the Noteholders, via the Indenture
Trustee’s website, all reports or notices required to be provided by the Indenture Trustee under the terms of this Indenture and, with the consent or at the direction of the Servicer, such other information regarding the Notes as the Indenture
Trustee may have in its possession. Any information that is disseminated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.05 shall not be required to be disseminated in any other form or manner. Except for documents prepared by the
Indenture Trustee and subject to its obligations under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee will make no representation or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor. 

The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at https://www.ctslink.com or at such other address as shall be
specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the parties hereto. In connection with providing access to the Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer.

  

					
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 SECTION 7.06 Information to be Provided by the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
shall provide the Issuer and the Servicer (each, a “Nissan Party,” and collectively, the “Nissan Parties”) with (i) notification pursuant to Section 6.01(e), as soon as practicable and in any event within
ten Business Days, (ii) not later than the tenth day of each calendar month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day), beginning February 10, 2016, a report substantially in the form of Exhibit B with
respect to any demands communicated to an Authorized Officer of the Indenture Trustee during the immediately preceding calendar month (or, in the case of the initial notice, since the Closing Date) for the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant to
Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and (iii) promptly upon the request by a Nissan Party, any information in its possession reasonably requested by a Nissan Party to facilitate compliance by the Nissan Parties with Rule
15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act and Items 1104(e) and 1121(c) of Regulation AB. In no event shall the Indenture Trustee be deemed to be a “securitizer” as defined in Section 15G(a) of the Exchange Act, nor shall it have any
responsibility for making any filing required to be made by a securitizer under the Exchange Act or Regulation AB. 
 SECTION 7.07
Noteholder Demand for Repurchase; Dispute Resolution. 
 (a) If an Investor becomes aware of a breach of NMAC’s representations
and warranties in Section 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement or the Seller’s representations and warranties in Section 3.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement that would require NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, to repurchase a
Receivable pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, such Investor (the “Requesting Investor”) may, or by written notice to the Indenture Trustee
may direct the Indenture Trustee to, notify NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, in writing of such breach and request that NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, repurchase the related Receivable. Any such request, and any related direction to the
Indenture Trustee, shall identify the Receivable, as well as the related breach of representation or warranty. If the Requesting Investor is a Note Owner, then each written notice from such Requesting Investor must be accompanied by Verification
Documents. Upon receipt of any written notice of a repurchase request that complies with the requirements of this Section 7.07(a), the Indenture Trustee shall forward such written notice to NMAC or the Seller and request that NMAC or the
Seller, as applicable, repurchase the related Receivable pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable. For avoidance of doubt, following delivery of such notice and
request to NMAC or the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the determination by NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, to repurchase or not to repurchase the related Receivable or for monitoring whether or not
such repurchase occurs. 
 (b) If a Requesting Investor requests, or directs the Indenture Trustee to request, the repurchase of a Receivable
pursuant to clause (a) above, and the repurchase request has not been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of such Requesting Investor, within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by NMAC or the
Seller, as applicable, the Requesting Investor may, or by written notice to the Indenture Trustee may direct the Indenture Trustee to, refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 10.13 of the Sale and Servicing
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 SECTION 7.08 Asset Review Voting. 

(a) If the Delinquency Percentage on any Distribution Date exceeds the Delinquency Trigger, then Noteholders (if the Notes are represented by
Definitive Notes) or Note Owners (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) holding at least 5% of the Outstanding Amount as of the filing of the Form 10-D that disclosed that the Delinquency Percentage exceed the Delinquency Trigger (the
“Instituting Noteholders”) may elect to initiate a vote to determine whether the Asset Representations Reviewer should conduct an Asset Review by giving written notice to the Indenture Trustee of their desire to institute such a
vote within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger. If any Instituting Noteholder is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the Indenture Trustee may
require such Instituting Noteholder to provide Verification Documents to confirm that such Instituting Noteholder is, in fact, a Note Owner. If the Instituting Noteholders initiate a vote as described in this clause (a), the Indenture
Trustee shall submit the matter to a vote of all Noteholders, which shall be through the Clearing Agency if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes. The Indenture Trustee may set a Record Date for purposes of determining the identity of
Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, entitled to vote in accordance with TIA Section 316(c). The vote will remain open until the 120th day after the filing of the Form 10-D
disclosing that the Delinquency Percentage exceeds the Delinquency Trigger. The “Noteholder Direction” shall be deemed to have occurred if Noteholders representing at least a majority of the voting Noteholders vote in favor of
directing an Asset Review of the Subject Receivables by the Asset Representations Reviewer. Following the completion of the voting process, the next Form 10-D filed by the Seller will disclose whether or not a Noteholder Direction has occurred.

 (b) Within 5 Business Days of the Review Satisfaction Date, the Indenture Trustee will send a Review Notice to NMAC, the Seller, the
Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. 
 (c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 7.08, a Noteholder (if the Notes are represented by Definitive Notes) or Note Owner (if the Notes are represented by Book-Entry Notes) need not direct that an Asset Review be performed prior to (i) notifying (or directing
the Indenture Trustee to notify) NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, of a breach of NMAC’s representations and warranties in Section 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement or the Seller’s representations and warranties in Section 3.01
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement that would require NMAC or the Seller, as applicable, to repurchase a Receivable pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as applicable or
(ii) referring the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to Section 10.13 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

ARTICLE VIII  
 Accounts,
Disbursements and Releases 

  

					
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 SECTION 8.01 Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or
performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Owner Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V. 

SECTION 8.02 Accounts. 

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the Servicer to establish and maintain, in the name of the Indenture Trustee until
the outstanding amount of the Notes is zero, and thereafter, in the name of the Issuer, the Collection Account as provided in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer will cause the Servicer to establish and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee, until
the outstanding amount of the Notes is zero, the Reserve Account as provided in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause to be deposited an amount equal to the Reserve Account
Initial Deposit into the Reserve Account. 
 (c) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the Collection
Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes have been paid in full (or substantially all of the Collateral is otherwise released from the lien of this Indenture) to the Designated Account and shall take all necessary or
appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein and all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the Owner Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders, subject to the limitations set forth herein with respect to amounts held for payment to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such Distribution Date. 

SECTION 8.03 General Provisions Regarding Accounts. 

(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a portion of the funds in the Accounts shall be
invested in Eligible Investments and reinvested by the Indenture Trustee at the written direction of the Servicer, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. All income or other gain from investments of
moneys deposited in the Collection Account shall be deposited by the Indenture Trustee in the Collection Account and paid to the Servicer as servicing compensation on any Business Day on or after which such amount is deposited in the Collection
Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such account. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.07 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all income or other gain from investments of moneys deposited in the Reserve
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or after which such amount is deposited in the Reserve Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such account. The Servicer will not direct the Indenture Trustee,
and the Issuer shall cause the Servicer not, to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in the Accounts unless the security interest Granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or
the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver
to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect. 
 (b) Subject to
Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein at the
direction of the Servicer, except for losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee’s failure to make payments on such Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity as principal obligor and not as trustee, in
accordance with the terms thereof. 
 (c) If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any funds on deposit
in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account to the Indenture Trustee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02 or (iii) if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default,
amounts collected or receivable from the Owner Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration, then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and
reinvest funds in the Accounts in an Eligible Investment specified in an interest-bearing money market deposit account at U.S. Bank National Association. 

(d) Except as otherwise provided hereunder or agreed in writing among the parties hereto, the Servicer shall retain the authority to institute,
participate and join in any plan of reorganization, readjustment, merger or consolidation with respect to the issuer of any securities held hereunder, and, in general, to exercise each and every other power or right with respect to each such asset
or investment as individuals generally have and enjoy with respect to their own assets and investment, including power to vote upon any securities 

SECTION 8.04 Release of Owner Trust Estate. 

(a) Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the
provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions
precedent or see to the application of any moneys. 

  

					
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 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes outstanding and all sums due
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 (as certified by an authorized officer of the Issuer in the officer’s certificate delivered to the Trustee) have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Owner Trust Estate that
secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to or to the order of the Issuer, any funds entitled thereto then on deposit in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account. The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien
of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and (if required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314(d)(1) meeting the applicable
requirements of Section 11.01. 
 SECTION 8.05 Release of Receivables Upon Purchase by the Seller or the Servicer. 

(a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any purchase of any
Receivable by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, be deemed to release from the Lien of this
Indenture such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property with respect to such Receivable, and all security and any documents relating thereto, and the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, shall thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with respect thereto. 

(b) The Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and instruments and take such other actions as shall be reasonably requested by the
Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to effect the release of such Receivable pursuant hereto and the assignment of such Receivable by the Issuer pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 

SECTION 8.06 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven days notice when requested by the Issuer to take
any action pursuant to Section 8.04(a) (provided that the Indenture Trustee in its discretion may waive such notice), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and the Indenture Trustee may also require (and shall require, to
extent required by the TIA), except in connection with any action contemplated by Section 8.04(b), as a condition to such action, an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the legal
effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for
the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Owner Trust Estate. Counsel
rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such action. 

  

					
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 ARTICLE IX 

Supplemental Indentures 

SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. 

(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes or any Certificates and with prior written notice by the Issuer to the Administrator (and
the Administrator will provide notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Administration Agreement), the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

(1) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or to better assure, convey and
confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property; 

(2) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer contained herein and in the Notes; 
 (3) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer; 
 (4) to convey, transfer,
assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee; 
 (5) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture to the extent such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes; 
 (6) to evidence
and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or 
 (7) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of
this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by
the TIA. 
 The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further
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 (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, without the consent
of any Noteholder or any other Person, may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture subject to the satisfaction of one of the following conditions: (i) the Issuer delivers an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the
effect that such supplemental indenture will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or (ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such supplemental indenture; provided, however,
that in the event that any Certificates are then held by anyone other than the Administrator or any of its Affiliates, this Indenture may only be amended by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee if, in addition, (i) the Holders of the
Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Administrator or an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Owner
Trustee, materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders. It will not be necessary to obtain the consent of the Certificateholders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be sufficient
if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. Subject to
subsection (b) of Section 9.01, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may, with prior written notice by the Issuer to the Administrator (and the Administrator will provide notice
thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Administration Agreement) and with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class by Action of such Holders delivered to
the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture entered into in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby: 
 (1) change the due date of any installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, the Interest Rate thereon or redemption price therefor, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable; 

(2) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the application of funds available
therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates thereof; 
 (3)
reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
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 (4) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term
“Outstanding”; 
 (5) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to
sell or liquidate the Owner Trust Estate if the proceeds of that sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes pursuant to Section 5.04(d)(4); 

(6) reduce any percentage required to amend the sections of the Indenture that specify the applicable percentage of Outstanding Amount of the
Notes necessary to amend the Indenture; or 
 (7) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this
Indenture with respect to any part of the Owner Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security
provided by the lien of this Indenture. 
 The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any Notes would be adversely
affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any such
determination made in good faith. 
 Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes and to the Certificateholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 

SECTION 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive upon request therefor and (in the case of the case of the Indenture
Trustee, subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
No amendment or modification of this Indenture which adversely affects the Owner Trustee shall be effective without its prior written consent. The Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s or the Owner Trustee’s, as applicable, own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

SECTION 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this
Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of

  

					
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the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and
all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 

SECTION 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant
to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 

SECTION 9.06 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee
shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee
in exchange for Outstanding Notes. 
 ARTICLE X 

Redemption of Notes 

SECTION 10.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. If NMAC, as Servicer, shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of
its intention to exercise the option granted to it in Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement to purchase the Collateral (other than the Reserve Account), then the Indenture Trustee shall give written notice thereof to each Noteholder,
in accordance with Section 10.02, as soon as practicable after their receipt of notice from the Servicer. Upon deposit by the Servicer or any successor to the Servicer of the amount necessary to effect such purchase of the Collateral
(other than the Reserve Account), the Indenture Trustee shall make the final distributions to the Noteholders and the other distributions as set forth in Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall promptly transfer all of its
right, title and interest in and to any amounts or investments remaining on deposit in the Accounts to the Owner Trustee (in any event excluding any portion thereof necessary to make distributions to Noteholders described in
Section 3.03), and release from the lien of this Indenture all of the remaining Collateral in accordance with Sections 8.04 and 8.05. The Indenture Trustee shall execute, deliver and file all agreements, certificates,
instruments or other documents necessary or reasonably requested by the Issuer in order to effect such release and the transfer to the Issuer of the Collateral. 

SECTION 10.02 Form of Redemption Notice. Notice of redemption under Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed to each Holder of Notes as of the close of business on the Record Date of the month preceding the month of the applicable Redemption Date at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register. In
addition, the Administrator shall notify each Rating Agency upon the redemption of the Notes, pursuant to the Administration Agreement. 

All notices of redemption shall state: 

  

					
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 (a) the Redemption Date; 

(b) the Redemption Price; 
 (c)
the place where the Notes to be redeemed are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02); and 

(d) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note and that interest thereon shall cease to
accrue from and after the Redemption Date. 
 Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer. In addition, the Issuer shall notify the Owner Trustee upon redemption of the Notes. Failure to give notice of redemption (or any defect therein) to any Noteholder shall not impair or affect the validity of the redemption
of any other Note. 
 SECTION 10.03 Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption
as required by Section 10.02, become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any
period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price. 
 ARTICLE XI 

Miscellaneous 
 SECTION
11.01 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. 
 (a) Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, upon written request therefor from the Indenture Trustee, furnish to the Indenture Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, and (iii) (if
required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no such written request from the Indenture Trustee need be furnished (and only such expressly required documents need be delivered in connection therewith). 

(b) Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 

(1) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and the
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 (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which
the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

(c) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee (if so requested by
the Indenture Trustee or required by the TIA) an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other
property or securities to be so deposited. 
 Whenever the Issuer would be required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signatory thereof as to the matters described in this clause (c) if such an Officer’s Certificate had been requested by the Indenture Trustee or required by the TIA, regardless of
whether such an Officer’s Certificate was so requested or required, the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of the securities to be so deposited and of
all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then-current calendar year of the Issuer, as set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (c), is 10% or more of the Outstanding
Amount of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one
percent of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes. 
 Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture,
the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days of such release) of the property or securities
proposed to be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release will not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof. 

Notwithstanding Section 2.09 or any other provision of this Section, the Issuer may, without compliance with the requirements of
the other provisions of this Section, (i) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and Financed Vehicles as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents, and (ii) make cash payments out of the Accounts
as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents. 

  

					
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 SECTION 11.02 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by
only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents. 
 Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer’s
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such counsel knows, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Whenever in this Indenture, in
connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any
term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such
case be conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon
the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article VI. 
 SECTION 11.03 Acts of
Noteholders. 
 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly
provided such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Action” of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 

  

					
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 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient. 
 (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register. 

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of
every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note. 
 SECTION 11.04 Notices to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Action of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Action of
Noteholders is to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with (a) the Issuer, to Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust, c/o Wilmington Trust, National Association, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
19890, Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust, with a copy to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, One Nissan Way, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, Attention: Treasurer, or at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to
the Indenture Trustee, and (b) the Indenture Trustee, to U.S. Bank National Association, 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: NAROT 2016-A. 

Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies hereunder shall be in writing, personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to: (i) in the case of Moody’s, at the following address: Moody’s Investor Service, ABS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, and (ii) in the case of
Fitch, at the following address: Fitch Ratings, Inc., 33 Whitehall Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Asset Backed Securities Group, or as to each of the foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the
other parties; provided, however, that all notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications deliverable to any Rating Agency hereunder or under any other Basic Document shall be deemed to be delivered if a copy of such notice, request,
report, consent or other communication has been posted on any website maintained by or on behalf of NMAC pursuant to a commitment to any Rating Agency relating to the Notes in accordance with 17 C.F.R. 240 17g-5(a)(3). 

SECTION 11.05 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall
be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at his address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date,
and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given. 

  

					
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 Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by
any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver. 
 In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving
such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
 Where this
Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of Default. 

SECTION 11.06 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the
contrary, the Issuer may enter into any agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different from the methods provided for in this Indenture
for such payments or notices. The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements. 

SECTION 11.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. 

The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein
unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein. 
 SECTION
11.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 

SECTION 11.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents. 

SECTION 11.10 Severability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Indenture shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Indenture and shall in no way
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes or the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof. 

  

					
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 SECTION 11.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, the Owner Trustee and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders, any other party secured hereunder and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Owner Trust
Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 
 SECTION 11.12 Governing Law. THIS
INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
 SECTION 11.13
Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 11.14 Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such
recording is to be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording
is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. 

SECTION 11.15 Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or Certificates or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, (ii) the Seller, any Certificateholder or other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) NMAC or (iv) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any Certificateholder or other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this
Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement. 

  

					
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 SECTION 11.16 No Petition. The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and
each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all obligations of each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by
any Bankruptcy Remote Party, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause such Bankruptcy Remote Party to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against such Bankruptcy Remote
Party under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of such Bankruptcy Remote Party. 
 SECTION 11.17 Inspection. The
Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make
copies and extracts therefrom, to cause (at the expense of the requesting party) such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants, and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer’s officers,
employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to
the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its
obligations hereunder. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized and duly attested, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

							
	NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2016-A OWNER TRUST
		
	By:	 	 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but

solely as Owner Trustee

		 
		 
		
		 	By: /s/ Dorri Costello                    
		 	Name: Dorri Costello
		 	Title: Vice President
	
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
	
	By: /s/ Jessica J. Elliott                          
	Name: Jessica J. Elliott
	Title: Vice President

  

					
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	STATE OF DELAWARE            )
	
                          
                            ) ss

	COUNTY OF NEW CASTLE     )
	
	Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of February, by

 Dorri Costello. 
  

			
	 /s/ Christina M. Bader

	        Notary Public
	
	Name: Christina M. Bader
	My Commission Expires: 4-15-16

 Notary Seal 

  

					
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	STATE OF ILLINOIS                  )
	                                    
                   ) ss
	COUNTY OF COOK                    )
	
	Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of February, 2016, by

 Jessica J. Elliott. 
  

			
	 /s/ Mary Ann R. Turbak

	        Notary Public
	
	Name: Mary Ann R. Turbak.
	My Commission Expires: 6-3-16

 Notary Seal 

  

					
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 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF CLASS [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] NOTE 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO
THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 
 THIS NOTE IS NOT AN
OBLIGATION OF, AND WILL NOT BE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY, ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., ANY TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES. THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE SOLELY FROM PAYMENTS ON THE RECEIVABLES AND AMOUNTS ON DEPOSIT IN THE RESERVE ACCOUNT. 

EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE (AND IF THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE IS ANY TYPE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, ITS FIDUCIARY) OF THIS
NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) WILL BE DEEMED TO (A) REPRESENT, WARRANT AND COVENANT THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT, AND IS NOT ACQUIRING OR HOLDING THE NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) FOR, ON BEHALF OF OR WITH THE ASSETS OF AN “EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, OR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
OR ARRANGEMENT, THAT IS SUBJECT TO A LAW THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”) (EACH, A “BENEFIT PLAN”) OR (II) THE ACQUISITION,
HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTE (OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN) DOES NOT AND WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR LAW AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE
NOTES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE BY BENEFIT PLANS AT ANY TIME THAT THE RATINGS ON THE NOTES ARE BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE OR THE NOTES HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS OTHER THAN INDEBTEDNESS FOR APPLICABLE LOCAL LAW PURPOSES. 

  

					
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 NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2016-A OWNER TRUST 

[LIBOR +] [            ]% ASSET BACKED NOTES, 

CLASS [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] 
  

			
	No. R-        	  	 $                

CUSIP NO.                    

ISIN
No.                            

 Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust, a statutory trust organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein referred to as the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
            DOLLARS ($            ) payable on each Distribution Date in an aggregate amount, if any, payable from the
Collection Account in respect of the principal on the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture dated as of February 10, 2016 (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank
National Association, as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and Sections 5.06(a), (b) and (c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 10, 2016 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among
the Issuer, NARC II, as Seller, NMAC, as Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee (which amounts shall be limited to the portion of Available Amounts specified in such sections); provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of
this Note shall be due and payable on the Distribution Date occurring on             (the “Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Final Scheduled Distribution Date”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be. 

The Issuer will pay interest on this Note at the rate per annum shown above on each Distribution Date until the principal of this Note is paid
or made available for payment, on the principal amount of this Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all payments of principal made on the preceding Distribution Date), subject to certain limitations contained
in Section 3.01 of the Indenture. Interest on this Note will accrue for each Distribution Date, (for the Class A-1 Notes and the , Class A-2b Notes) during the period from (and including) the Distribution Date during the calendar
month preceding such Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, or if no interest has yet been paid, from (and including) the Closing Date) to (but excluding) such Distribution Date (for the Class A-2a Notes,
Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes) during the period from (and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, or if no interest has yet been paid, from (and including) the Closing
Date) to (but excluding) the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Interest will be computed on the basis specified in the Indenture for each Interest Period. Such principal of and interest on this Note shall be paid in the
manner specified on the reverse hereof. 
 The principal of and interest on this Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Note as provided above and then
to the unpaid principal of this Note. 

  

					
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 Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which
shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Note. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  

					
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile,
by its Authorized Officer, as of the date set forth below. 
 Date:
             
  

					
	 NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2016-A

OWNER TRUST

		
	By:	 	WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
		 	ASSOCIATION, not in its individual
		 	capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under
		 	the Trust Agreement
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:

  

					
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Notes designated above and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

Date:              

 

			
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture

Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  

					
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 REVERSE OF NOTE 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as LIBOR +
[            ]% Asset Backed Notes, Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] (herein called the “Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Notes”), all issued under the Indenture, to
which Indentures and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes. The Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b]
[A-3] [A-4] Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. 
 The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes
and the Class A-4 Notes, (collectively, the “Notes”) are and, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, will be equally and ratably secured by the collateral pledged as security therefor as
provided in the Indenture. 
 Principal of the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date in an
amount described in the Indenture. “Distribution Date” means the fifteenth day of each month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing March 15, 2016. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided
in Section 5.02 of the Indenture or following the exercise by the Servicer of its option to purchase the Receivables pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Section 10.01 of the Indenture. In case of an
unrescinded acceleration upon an Event of Default, all payments of interest and principal will be made to the Noteholders, as set forth in Section 5.06(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. In case of the optional purchase of the Receivables,
all interest and all principal payments on the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Noteholders entitled thereto. 

Payments of interest on this Note due and payable on each Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the extent
not in full payment of this Note, shall be paid to the Person in whose name of such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee,
except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Distribution Date or on the applicable Final Scheduled Distribution Date, which shall be payable as provided below. Any reduction in the principal amount of this
Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name
of and on behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof 

  

					
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as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such Distribution Date, and the amount then due and payable shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of this Note at the Indenture Trustee’s principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the Indenture Trustee’s agent appointed for such purposes located in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Class [A-1] [A-2a] [A-2b] [A-3] [A-4] Interest Rate to the extent
lawful. 
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on
the Note Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee as set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service
charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration
of transfer or exchange. 
 Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in
a Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) the Seller or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, (iii) NMAC or (iv) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign
of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual
capacity) and except that any such partner, owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to
such entity. 
 The Holder of this Note by its acceptance hereof agrees that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the
case of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and
enforcement against, the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Note. 

Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note or, in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, covenants and agrees
by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder or Note Owner will not at any time file, join in the filing of, or cooperate with or encourage others to file against a Bankruptcy Remote Party , any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Basic Documents. 

  

					
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 The Issuer has entered into the Indenture and this Note is issued with the intention that, for
federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Owner Trust Estate. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by acceptance of a
beneficial interest in a Note), agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer. 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue,
and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when
authorized by an Issuer Order, with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class. Section 5.12 of the Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, voting as a single class, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (or any one or more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder. 
 The term “Issuer” as used
in this Note includes any successor to the Issuer under the Indenture. 
 The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain
circumstances, to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of Notes under the Indenture. 
 The
Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth. 

This Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York), and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. 

  

					
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 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 

  

					
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 ASSIGNMENT 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:
             
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns
and transfers unto: 
  
  

(name and address of assignee) 
 the within Note
and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints             , attorney, to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises. 

Dated:                      
  */ 
 Signature Guaranteed: 

                       
             */ 
 */ NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatever. Such signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor
institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  

					
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 Exhibit B 

ASSET REPURCHASE DEMAND ACTIVITY REPORT 

Reporting Period: 
 X Check here if
nothing to report. 
  

									
	 Transaction
	  	 Loan No.
	  	 Activity During Period

	  	  	 Date of Reputed Demand
	  	 Party Making Reputed Demand
	  	
Date of Withdrawal of Reputed Demand

	 NAROT 2016-A
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 

  

					
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