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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTED
COPY

VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT AUTO MASTER OWNER TRUST

Asset-Backed Notes

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 11, 2005

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Indenture Trustee

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TIA	 	 	 	Indenture
	 	 	Section	 	 	 	Section
	310

	 	(a)(1)
	 	 	 	6.8, 6.11	 
	 

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	 	6.8, 6.11	 
	 

	 	(a)(3)
	 	 	 	6.10	 
	 

	 	(a)(4)
	 	 	 	6.14	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 	 	6.11	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	 	 	N.A.	 
	311

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	6.12	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 	 	6.12	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	 	 	N.A.	 
	312

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	7.1, 7.2	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 	 	7.2	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	 	 	7.2	 
	313

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	7.4(a), 7.4(b)	 
	 

	 	(b)(1)
	 	 	 	7.4(a)	 
	 

	 	(b)(2)
	 	 	 	7.4(a)	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	 	 	7.4(a)	 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	 	 	7.4(a)	 
	314

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	3.9, 7.3(a)	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 	 	3.6	 
	 

	 	(c)(1)
	 	 	 	2.1, 2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a)	 
	 

	 	(c)(2)
	 	 	 	2.1, 2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a)	 
	 

	 	(c)(3)
	 	 	 	2.9, 4.1, 11.1(a)	 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	 	 	2.9, 11.1(b)	 
	 

	 	(e)
	 	 	 	11.1(a)	 
	 

	 	(f)
	 	 	 	11.1(a)	 
	315

	 	(a)
	 	 	 	6.1(b)	 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	 	 	6.5	 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	 	 	6.1(a)	 
	 

	 	(d)

(e)
	 	 	 	6.2, 6.1(c)

5.13	 
	316

	 	(a) last	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	sentence
	 	 	 	1.1	 
	 

	 	(a)(1)(A)
	 	 	 	5.11	 
	 

	 	(a)(1)(B)
	 	 	 	5.12	 
	 

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	 	Omitted

	316

	 	(b), (c)
	 	 	 	5.7	 
	317

	 	(a)(1)
	 	 	 	5.3(b)	 
	 

	 	(a)(2)
	 	 	 	5.3(d)	 
	318

	 	(b)

(a)
	 	 	 	3.3

11.7	 

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

Note: This cross reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 1.1 Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	2	 
	ARTICLE II. THE NOTES
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 2.1 Issuance of Notes; Execution, Authentication and Delivery
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 2.2 Form of Notes and Indenture Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 2.6 Persons Deemed Noteholders
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 2.8 Cancellation of Notes
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.13 Transferor as Noteholder
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.15 Special Terms Applicable to Subsequent Transfers of Certain Notes
	 	 	12	 
	ARTICLE III. COVENANTS
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Agency Office
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust
	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 3.4 Existence
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of Pledge
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance
	 	 	18	 

 

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	SECTION 3.10 Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer; Disposition of Trust Assets
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 3.11 Successor or Transferee
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.12 No Other Business
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.14 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 3.15 Servicer’s Obligations
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.17 Removal of Administrator
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 3.21 Indenture Trustee’s Assignment of Interests in Certain Receivables
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 3.22 Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 3.23 Perfection Representations
	 	 	22	 
	ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 4.4 Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	24	 
	ARTICLE V. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 5.1 Events of Default
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 5.4 Remedies; Priorities
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest
	 	 	31	 

 

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	 	Page
	SECTION 5.8 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 5.10 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.15 Action on Notes
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.16 Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.17 Early Amortization Events
	 	 	35	 
	ARTICLE VI. THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 6.3 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.7 Compensation; Indemnity
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.9 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 6.10 Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 6.14 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.15 Suit for Enforcement
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 6.16 Rights of Noteholders to Direct Indenture Trustee
	 	 	44	 
	ARTICLE VII. NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
	 	 	44	 

 

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	SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 7.2 Preservation of Information, Communications to Noteholders
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer
	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	ARTICLE
VIII. ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 8.1 Collection of Money
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 8.2 Trust Accounts; Allocations; Payments
	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Trust Accounts
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 8.4 Release of Trust Estate
	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	49	 
	ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 9.6 Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	52	 
	ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION OF NOTES
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 10.1 Redemption
	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice
	 	 	53	 
	SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 11.1 Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc
	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 11.3 Acts of Noteholders
	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver
	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.6 Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	58	 

 

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	SECTION 11.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION 11.9 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	58	 
	SECTION
11.10 Separability
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.11 Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.12 Legal Holidays
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.13 GOVERNING LAW
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.14 Counterparts
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.15 Recording of Indenture
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.16 No Recourse
	 	 	59	 
	SECTION
11.17 No Petition
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION
11.18 Inspection
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION
11.19 No Substantive Review of Compliance Documents
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION
11.20 Amendment of Basic Documents
	 	 	61	 
	SECTION
11.21 Submission to Jurisdiction
	 	 	62	 
	EXHIBIT A Form of Transfer Certificate
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT B Form of Undertaking Letter
	 	 	 	 

 

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     AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE, dated as of August 11, 2005 (as the same may be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, this
“Indenture”), between VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT AUTO MASTER OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust
(formerly known as Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust, a New York common law trust) (the
“Issuer” or the “Trust”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking
association (as successor in interest to Bank One, National Association) (as indenture trustee and
not in its individual capacity the “Indenture Trustee”).

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of August
10, 2000 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time
prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, this Indenture amends and restates as of the date hereof in its entirety the Existing
Agreement, and upon the effectiveness of this Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Existing
Agreement shall be superseded hereby.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party agrees to follow for the benefit of the other party and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes and (only to the extent expressly provided
herein) the Residual Interestholder:

GRANTING CLAUSE

     The Issuer hereby confirms its grant of a security interest in, transfer, assignment and
conveyance to the Indenture Trustee on the Initial Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the
Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Residual Interestholder, all of
the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) all Receivables, all Collateral
Security with respect thereto, all monies due or to become due thereon (including all interest
thereon accruing after June 30, 2000, whether paid or payable) and all amounts received with
respect thereto and all proceeds thereof (including “proceeds” as defined in Section 9-102 of the
UCC) and Recoveries, existing in Accounts on the Initial Cut-Off Date, generated in the Accounts
after the Initial Cut-Off Date and Receivables existing in or generated in any Accounts designated
to the Trust on any Addition Date; (b) the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (including the rights
of Volkswagen Dealer Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Transferor”)
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement); (c) all Collections; (d) all funds and investments on deposit in the Trust
Accounts; (e) any Enhancement issued for a Series or Class of Notes; (f) a security interest in the
Vehicles; and (g) any proceeds of the foregoing (collectively, the “Collateral”).

     The foregoing grant has been made and will continue to be 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 (except as otherwise provided in any Series
Supplement or supplement hereto), to secure (only to the extent expressly provided herein)
distributions with respect to the Residual Interest, and to secure compliance with the provisions
of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. This Indenture constitutes a security
agreement under the UCC.

 

 

     The foregoing grant included and will continue to include all rights, powers and options (but
none of the obligations, if any) of the Issuer under any agreement or instrument included in the
Collateral, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give
receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Receivables included in the
Collateral and all other monies payable under the Collateral, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the Issuer or otherwise and generally to do and receive anything that
the Issuer is or may be entitled to do or receive under or with respect to the Collateral.

     The Indenture Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, and (only to the extent
expressly provided herein) the Residual Interestholder, acknowledges such grant and accepts the
trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Certain capitalized terms used in this Indenture shall have
the respective meanings assigned them in Part I of Appendix A to the Amended and
Restated Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2005 (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the “Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement”) among VW Credit,
Inc. (“VCI”), Transferor and the Trust. All references herein to “this Indenture” are to
this Indenture as it may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and all references
herein to Articles, Sections, subsections and exhibits are to Articles, Sections, subsections and
exhibits of this Indenture unless otherwise specified. All terms defined in this Indenture shall
have the defined meanings when used in any certificate, notice, Note or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The rules of construction set forth in
Part II of Appendix A to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall be applicable
to this Indenture.

     SECTION 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act (“TIA”), such 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 trustee” means the Indenture Trustee.

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

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by a Commission rule have the respective meanings assigned
to them by such definitions.

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ARTICLE II.

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.1 Issuance of Notes; Execution, Authentication and Delivery.

	 	(a)	 	Notes may be issued by the Issuer upon execution of this Indenture and from
time to time thereafter, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions
authorized by or pursuant to a Series Supplement. The Notes may be issued in one or
more Series. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes of all Series that may be
authenticated and delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is not limited.
	 
	 	(b)	 	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 office prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of
such Notes.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Prior to or concurrently with the delivery of any Note to the Indenture Trustee
for authentication, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Series Supplement
which will specify the principal terms of such new Series. The terms of such Series
Supplement may modify or amend the terms of this Indenture solely as applied to such
new Series of Notes.

          (i) The Series Supplement shall set forth, in addition to all other requirements of such
certificate:

          (A) the name or designation of the particular Series (which shall distinguish such Series from
all other Series);

          (B) the initial aggregate principal amount of the Series (or method for calculating its
initial principal amount) which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration and transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Notes of such Series pursuant to this Indenture);

          (C) the method for allocating principal and interest to the Noteholders;

          (D) the rate or rates (or the method for determining its rate) at which the Notes of such
Series shall bear interest, if any, or the initial interest rate and the method for determining
subsequent interest rates;

          (E) the terms on which the Notes may be exchanged for Notes of another Series, be subject to
repurchase, optional redemption or mandatory redemption by the Transferor or be remarketed by any
remarketing agent;

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          (F) the date on which the Notes will begin their Accumulation Period or Controlled
Amortization Period;

          (G) the percentage used to calculate monthly Servicing Fees;

          (H) the issuer and terms of any Enhancement for that Series or the level of subordination
provided by the Residual Interest;

          (I) the Final Maturity Date for that Series; and

          (J) any other terms permitted by this Indenture.

          (ii) The obligation of the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Notes of such new Series and
to execute and deliver the related Series Supplement is subject to the delivery to the Indenture
Trustee of the following:

          (A) on or before the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Series Issuance Date, the
Transferor shall have given the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Servicer, each Rating
Agency, any Agent and any Enhancement Provider written notice of such issuance and the Series
Issuance Date;

          (B) a Series Supplement in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, executed by each party
hereto other than the Indenture Trustee;

          (C) the related Enhancement Agreement and any related agreement, executed by each party hereto
other than the Indenture Trustee;

          (D) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, (i) for federal income tax purposes, the
issuance of the Notes will not adversely affect the characterization of the Notes of any
outstanding Series or class of Notes, as debt, nor will the issuance cause a taxable event for any
Noteholder, (ii) the issuance of a new Series of Notes will be characterized as debt and (iii) the
Trust will not be an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation;

          (E) confirmation from the Rating Agencies that the issuance will not result in a reduction or
withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Series or class of Notes.

	 	(d)	 	Prior to or concurrently with each new issuance, the Transferor shall have
represented and warranted that the issuance shall not, in the reasonable belief of the
Transferor, cause an Early Amortization Event to occur for any outstanding Series or
class of Notes.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Upon execution and delivery of a Series Supplement and Opinion of Counsel to
the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver
the related Notes to or upon the written order of the Issuer, signed by any Authorized
Officer.

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SECTION 2.2 Form of Notes and Indenture Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

	 	(a)	 	The Notes shall be in the forms provided from time to time by or pursuant to a
Series Supplement in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Issuer may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as
may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Notes may be
listed or to conform to usage. 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 Authorized Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by such
officer’s execution of such Notes.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in
the following form:

INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., not in its
	 	 	individual capacity but solely as
	 	 	Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Dated:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	(c)	 	Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise
provided in the related Series Supplement, each Note shall be issuable as a registered
Note in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof.

SECTION 2.3 Temporary Notes.

	 	(a)	 	Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, if any, to be issued in exchange
for Book-Entry Notes the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, such Temporary Notes which 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 as are
consistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers

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executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

	 	(b)	 	If Temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall 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 Agency Office of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in
Section 3.2, without charge to the Noteholder. Upon surrender for cancellation
of any one or more Temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so delivered in exchange, the
Temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.4 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes.

	 	(a)	 	The Issuer shall cause to be kept the Note Register, comprising separate
registers for each Series and class of Notes, in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Issuer may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration
of the Notes and the registration of transfers and exchanges of the Notes (the
“Note Register”). The Indenture Trustee shall initially be the Note Registrar
for the purpose of registering the Notes and transfers of the Notes as herein provided.
Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Note Registrar or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the
duties of the Note Registrar.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note
Registrar, the Issuer shall 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. The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note
Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof. The Indenture Trustee
shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note
Registrar by Authorized Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the
Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Indenture Trustee or the Agency Office of the Issuer (and following the
delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee),
the Issuer shall execute, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder
shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Series in any authorized denominations
of a like aggregate principal amount.
	 
	 	(d)	 	At the option of the Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the
same Series and class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of such Notes to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office of
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following the delivery, in the former case, of such Notes to the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, such Notes
which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

	 	(e)	 	All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of other Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be duly endorsed by, or 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 such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such
signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company.
	 
	 	(g)	 	No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or Indenture Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges
pursuant to Sections 2.3 or 9.6 not involving any transfer.
	 
	 	(h)	 	The preceding provisions of this Section 2.4 notwithstanding, the
Issuer shall not be required to transfer or make exchanges, and the Note Registrar need
not register transfers or exchanges, (i) of Notes that have been selected for
redemption pursuant to Article X, if applicable; (ii) of Notes that are due for
repayment within 15 days of submission to the Corporate Trust Office or the Agency
Office; or (iii) if Section 2.15 has not been complied with in connection with
such transfer.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall have any
responsibility to monitor or restrict the transfer of beneficial ownership in any Note
an interest in which is transferable through the facilities of the Depository.

SECTION 2.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.

	 	(a)	 	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 bona fide purchaser, the Issuer
shall execute and upon the Issuer’s written 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 a like Series and class and aggregate
principal amount; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost
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shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of
issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may make payment to the Holder of such
destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date,
if applicable, without surrender thereof.

	 	(b)	 	If, after the delivery of a replacement Note or payment in respect of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to subsection (a), a bona fide 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 (i) any Person to whom it was delivered,
(ii) the Person taking such replacement Note from the Person to whom such replacement
Note was delivered or (iii) any assignee of such Person, except a bona fide purchaser,
and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee 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.
	 
	 	(c)	 	In connection with the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section
2.5, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may require the 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 and any other reasonable expenses (including all fees and
expenses of the Indenture Trustee) connected therewith.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any duplicate Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 in replacement
for 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 found at any time or be enforced by any Person,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The provisions of this Section 2.5 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 2.6 Persons Deemed Noteholders. 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 Noteholder for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and
neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     SECTION 2.7 Payment of Principal and Interest.

	 	(a)	 	Interest on each Series of Notes shall accrue and be payable as provided in the
applicable Series Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series
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paid or duly provided for by a deposit by or at the written direction of the Issuer
into the Collection Account, on the applicable Payment Date and shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on
the applicable Record Date, by wire or check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to
such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date;
provided, however, that, with respect to Book-Entry Notes registered
on the applicable Record Date in the name of the Note Depository for which
Definitive Notes have not been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, payment
shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account
designated by such Holder.

	 	(b)	 	The principal of each Series of Notes shall be payable as provided in the
applicable Series Supplement. All principal payments on each Series of Notes shall be
made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Series entitled thereto unless otherwise
provided in the related Series Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Series Supplement, any installment of principal payable on any Note shall be punctually
paid or duly provided for by a deposit by or at the direction of the Issuer into the
Principal Funding Account on the applicable Payment Date and shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the
applicable Record Date, by wire or check mailed first-class, postage prepaid to such
Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date;
provided, however, that, with respect to Book-Entry Notes registered on
the Record Date in the name of the Note Depository for which Definitive Notes have not
been issued pursuant to Section 2.12, payment shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account designated by such Holder, except for the
final installment of principal on any such Note and the Redemption Price for any Notes,
if so called, which, in each case, shall be payable as provided herein. The funds
represented by any such checks in respect of interest or principal returned undelivered
shall be held in accordance with Section 3.3.
	 
	 	(c)	 	With respect to any Payment Date on which the final installment of principal
and interest on a Series of Notes is to be paid, the Indenture Trustee shall notify
each Noteholder of such Series of Notes as of the Record Date for such Payment Date of
the fact that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note is to be
paid on such Payment Date. With respect to Book-Entry Notes for which Definitive Notes
have not been issued, such notice shall be sent on the Business Day prior to such
Payment Date by facsimile, and with respect to Definitive Notes, such notice shall be
sent not later than three Business Days after such Record Date in accordance with
Section 11.5(a), and, in each case, shall specify that such final installment
shall 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. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to provide
notice to the Noteholders as required pursuant to this Section 2.7(c) to the
extent it has not received notice of such expected final Payment Date from the Issuer
not later than two Business Days after the Record

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Date. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to
Noteholders as provided in Section 10.2.

     SECTION 2.8 Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption,
exchange or registration of transfer 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 2.8, 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
returned to it; provided, however, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes
have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 2.9 Release of Collateral. If the Indenture is or is required to be qualified
under the TIA, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture, other
than as permitted by Sections 3.21, 8.2, 8.4 and 11.1, only upon
receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (to
the extent required by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and
314(d)(1).

     SECTION 2.10 Book-Entry Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series
Supplement, each Series of Notes, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of a
typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository
Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency by or on behalf of the Issuer and such Note or Notes
shall be registered on the Note Register in the name of the Note Depository (initially, Cede &
Co.). No Note Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in
such Note, except as provided in Section 2.12. Unless and until Definitive Notes with
respect to such Notes have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, with
respect to such Notes:

	 	(a)	 	the provisions of this Section 2.10 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 such Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder)
as the sole Holder of such Notes and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners;
	 
	 	(c)	 	to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.10 conflict with
any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.10
shall control;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the rights of the 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, and unless
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2.12, the initial Clearing Agency shall make book-entry transfers between
the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of
and interest on such Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants, pursuant to the
Note Depository Agreement; 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, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such
percentage only to the extent that it has (i) received written 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 (ii)
has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 2.11 Notices to Clearing Agency. With respect to any Notes issued as
Book-Entry Notes, whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under
this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes representing such Notes shall have been issued to
the related Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to the related Noteholders to the Clearing
Agency and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners.

     SECTION 2.12 Definitive Notes. If for any Notes issued as Book-Entry Notes (i) 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 such Notes and the
Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor; (ii) the Administrator, at its option, advises
the Indenture Trustee 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 Servicing Default, Note
Owners representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount
of such Notes advise the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of such Note Owners, then the
Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and the Indenture Trustee in writing of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to such Note Owners requesting the
same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note or Notes representing such
Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall
execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the related 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 fully protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the
issuance of such Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Notes as Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable if the Administrator or
the Indenture Trustee is unable to locate a qualified successor Depository (or Clearing Agency).

     SECTION 2.13 Transferor as Noteholder. The Transferor in its individual or any other
capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes of any Series and may otherwise deal with the
Issuer or its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Transferor.

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     SECTION 2.14 Tax Treatment. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by entering into
this Indenture, and the Noteholders and the Note Owners, by acquiring any Note or interest therein,
(i) express their intention that the Notes qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness secured
by the Collateral and (ii) unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities, agree to
treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Issuer secured by the Collateral for Federal income taxes,
state and local income, franchise, single business taxes and/or value added taxes and any other
taxes imposed on or measured by income in whole or in part.

SECTION 2.15 Special Terms Applicable to Subsequent Transfers of Certain Notes.

	 	(a)	 	The Notes may not have been registered under the Securities Act, or the
securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Consequently, such Notes (the
“Unregistered Notes”) are not transferable other than pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and satisfaction of certain
other provisions specified herein or in the related Series Supplement. Unless
otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, no sale, pledge or other transfer
of any Unregistered Note (or interest therein) after the date thereof may be made by
any Person unless either such sale, pledge or other transfer is (i) otherwise made in a
transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which
case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and
the prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor in
writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor, and (B) the
Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which shall not be at the
expense of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory to the
Transferor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will not violate
the Securities Act or (ii) satisfies the restrictions on transfer set forth in the
applicable Series Supplement. Neither the Transferor nor the Indenture Trustee shall
be obligated to register any Unregistered Notes under the Securities Act, qualify any
Unregistered Notes under the securities laws of any state or provide registration
rights to any purchaser or holder thereof.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, the Unregistered
Notes may not be acquired by or for the account of a Benefit Plan and, by accepting and
holding an Unregistered Note, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented
and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan and, if requested to do so by the
Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, the Holder of an Unregistered Note shall execute
and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an undertaking letter in the form set forth in
Exhibit B.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Unless otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement, Unregistered Notes
shall be issued in the form of Definitive Notes, shall be in fully registered form and
Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 of this Indenture shall not apply
thereto.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Each Unregistered Note shall bear legends to the effect set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) (if subsection (b) is applicable) above.

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ARTICLE III.

COVENANTS

     SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer shall duly and punctually
pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture. On each date on which any payments are to be made, the Issuer shall cause amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account or any Principal Funding Account to be paid to the Noteholders in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture, less amounts properly withheld under the
Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal. Any amounts so
withheld shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes
of this Indenture.

     SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Agency Office. As long as any of the Notes remains
outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office
(the “Agency Office”), being an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered to the
Issuer 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, which address is
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10004,
(telecopier no. (212) 623-5932), Attention: Global Debt-Structured Finance Admin. If the Indenture
Trustee is not the agent, the Issuer shall 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 of the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture
Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.

SECTION 3.3 Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.

	 	(a)	 	All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to
be made from amounts withdrawn from the applicable Principal Funding Account shall be
made, in accordance with written directions received, on behalf of the Issuer by the
Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such
Principal Funding Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except
as provided in this Section 3.3.
	 
	 	(b)	 	On or before each date on which payments are to be made or the Redemption Date
(if applicable), the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the applicable
Principal Funding Account aggregate sums sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming
due with respect to the Notes, such sums 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 in writing of its action or failure to so act.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
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Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section
3.3, that such Paying Agent shall:

          (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes 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 such sums to such Persons as herein provided;

          (ii) 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;

          (iii) 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;

          (iv) 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 if at any time it ceases to meet the standards
required to be met by a Paying Agent in effect at the time of determination; and

          (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments
made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any
applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.

	 	(d)	 	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.
	 
	 	(e)	 	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 for one year after such amount has
become due and payable shall upon request of the Issuer be discharged from such trust
and be paid by the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer upon receipt 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 (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid
to the Issuer), and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
payment, may at the expense 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
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publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be paid to the
Issuer. The Indenture Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of the
Issuer, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but
not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been
called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in
monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the
Indenture Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each
such Holder).

     SECTION 3.4 Existence. The Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights
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 shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall 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 Trust Estate.

     SECTION 3.5 Protection of Trust Estate; Acknowledgment of Pledge.

     The Issuer shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments
hereto and all such financing statements, amendments thereto, continuation statements, assignments,
certificates, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall 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 of a security
interest made or to be made by this Indenture;
	 
	 	(c)	 	enforce the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in any of the
Collateral; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate against the claims of all Persons and
parties, and the Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or other
instrument required pursuant to this Section 3.5. In addition, the Issuer
shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee all documents constituting “instruments” (as
defined in the UCC as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction) as shall have been
delivered to it by the Transferor pursuant to the terms of the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement relating to the Trust Estate with such endorsements attached as the Indenture
Trustee may reasonably require.

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SECTION 3.6 Opinions as to Trust Estate.

	 	(a)	 	On the Initial Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish 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 recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents, and with respect to
the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are
necessary to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of this
Indenture and reciting the details of such action, or stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such lien and security interest
effective.
	 
	 	(b)	 	On or before April 30 in each calendar year, beginning April 30, 2001, the
Issuer shall furnish 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
recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures
supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution
and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as is necessary to
maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture and reciting the
details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is
necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture.

SECTION 3.7 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables.

	 	(a)	 	The Issuer shall not take any action and shall use its reasonable 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 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 otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
the Administration Agreement or such other instrument or agreement.
	 
	 	(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 herein or in the Basic Documents or an Officers’ Certificate
of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be responsible for the action or inaction of the Servicer or the
Administrator. 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 shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and
agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the instruments and
agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing
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and continuation statements required to be filed under the terms of this Indenture,
the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement in
accordance with and within the time periods provided for herein and therein. Except
as otherwise expressly provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify,
supplement or terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof without the
consent of the Indenture Trustee.

	 	(d)	 	If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicing Default
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the
Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies in writing thereof, and shall specify in such
notice the response or action, if any, the Issuer has taken or is taking with respect
to such default. If a Servicing Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer
to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement with respect to the Receivables in the
Accounts, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall take all reasonable steps
available to them pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Receivables Purchase Agreement to remedy such failure.

SECTION 3.8 Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer
shall not:

	 	(a)	 	sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or
assets of the Issuer, except the Issuer may: (i) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise
dispose of the Trust’s interest in Receivables including Defaulted Receivables, (ii)
make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts and any Principal Funding Account and
(iii) take other actions, in each case as contemplated by the Basic Documents;
	 
	 	(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 Trust Estate;
	 
	 	(c)	 	voluntarily commence any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets
and liabilities or other proceeding, or apply for an order by a court or agency or
supervisory authority for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs or any other
event specified in Section 5.1(f); or
	 
	 	(d)	 	either (i) 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 except as may
be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) 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 Trust Estate or any part
thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens,
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otherwise contemplated by the Basic Documents) or (iii) permit the lien of this
Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Trust
Estate (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien);
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3.8(d) shall
prohibit a Lien in favor of VCI subject to the provisions of Article VII of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.

SECTION 3.9 Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee, on or before April 30 of each year, beginning April 30, 2001, an Officer’s
Certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer, dated as of December 31 of such year,
stating that:

	 	(a)	 	a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of the Issuer’s
performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s
supervision; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the
Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture throughout
such year, or if there has been a default in the compliance of any such condition or
covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature
and status thereof. A copy of such certificate may be obtained by any Noteholder by a
request in writing to the Issuer addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the
Indenture Trustee.

SECTION 3.10 Consolidation, Merger, etc., of Issuer; Disposition of Trust Assets.

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

               (i) 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 and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and timely 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;

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

               (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction
and such Person for each then outstanding Series of Notes;

               (iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
Indenture shall have been taken;

               (v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuer, each stating:

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               (A) that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Section 3.10; and

               (B) that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10 have
been complied with, which shall include any filing required by the Exchange Act; and

               (vi) the Issuer has received a Tax Opinion regarding the merger or consolidation.

	 	(b)	 	Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Indenture or the other Basic
Documents, the Issuer shall not sell, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any material portion of the properties and assets included in the Trust Estate to
any Person, unless:

               (i) the Person that acquires such properties or assets of the Issuer (A) shall be a United
States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any State and (B) by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee:

     (1) expressly assumes the 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 (and so long as any Enhancement is in effect, such
Enhancement and all related documents) on the part of the Issuer to be performed or
observed, all as provided herein;

     (2) expressly agrees that all right, title and interest so sold, conveyed,
exchanged, transferred or otherwise disposed of shall be subject and subordinate to
the rights of Noteholders;

     (3) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agrees
to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer against and from any loss,
liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes; and

     (4) expressly agrees that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one
specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and any other
appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;

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

               (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction
and such Person for each then outstanding Series of Notes;

               (iv) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this
Indenture shall have been taken; and

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               (v) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Issuer, each stating that:

                    (A) such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Section 3.10;

                    (B) such sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer or disposition and such supplemental
indenture have no material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer or to any Noteholder or the
Residual Interestholder; and

                    (C) that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10 have
been complied with, which shall include any filing required by the Exchange Act.

     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), the Issuer shall 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 immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the
Indenture Trustee from the Person acquiring such assets and properties stating that the
Issuer is to be so released.

     SECTION 3.12 No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any business or
activity other than acquiring, holding and managing the Collateral and the proceeds therefrom in
the manner contemplated by the Basic Documents, issuing the Notes, making payments on the Notes and
the Residual Interest and such other activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto, as set forth in Section 2.3 of the
Trust Agreement, including entering into and making payments under any Enhancements.

     SECTION 3.13 No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness for money borrowed other than
indebtedness for money borrowed in respect of the Notes or in accordance with the Basic Documents.

     SECTION 3.14 Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as
contemplated by 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
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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 Servicer’s Obligations. The Issuer shall use its best efforts to cause
the Servicer to comply with its obligations under Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 3.16 Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (whether
by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either real, personal or
intangible property) other than the purchase of the Receivables and other property and rights from
the Transferor on the Initial Closing Date and from time to time thereafter pursuant to the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 3.17 Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless the Rating Agency Condition for each
Series of Notes then outstanding shall have been satisfied in connection with such removal.

     SECTION 3.18 Restricted Payments. Except for payments of principal or interest on or
redemption of the Notes, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly:

	 	(a)	 	pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or
otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the
Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise, in each
case with respect to any ownership or equity interest or similar security in or of the
Issuer or to the Servicer;
	 
	 	(b)	 	redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or
equity interest or similar security; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;

provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions to
the Servicer, the Transferor, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Residual Interestholder as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose
under, the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement or the other Basic Documents.
The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection
Account or any other Trust Account except in accordance with the Basic Documents.

     SECTION 3.19 Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to give the Indenture
Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder, each
Servicing Default, any Insolvency Event with respect to the Transferor, each default on the part of
the Transferor or the Servicer of its respective obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement and each default on the part of VCI of its obligations under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, in each case promptly after the discovery thereof by the Issuer.

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     SECTION 3.20 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the
Issuer shall 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 3.21 Indenture Trustee’s Assignment of Interests in Certain Receivables. The
Indenture Trustee shall assign, without recourse, representation or warranty, to the Servicer or
the Transferor, as the case may be, all of the Indenture Trustee’s right, title and interest in and
to any Receivable assigned by the Issuer to the Servicer or the Transferor, as applicable, pursuant
to the Receivables Purchase Agreement or the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (in each case, to
the extent so assigned and upon the receipt of any related payment, if applicable), such assignment
being an assignment outright and not for security; and the Servicer or the Transferor, as
applicable, shall thereupon own the interest purchased in such Receivable, free of any further
obligation to the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or the Residual Interestholder with respect
thereto. If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the Servicer may not
enforce a Receivable on the ground that it is not a real party in interest or a holder entitled to
enforce such Receivable, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the Servicer’s expense, take such steps as
the Servicer deems necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in the Indenture
Trustee’s name, the names of the Noteholders or the name of the Residual Interestholder.

     SECTION 3.22 Representations and Warranties by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Indenture Trustee as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Good Title. No interest in any Receivable conveyed to the Issuer has
been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Issuer to any Person other than the
Indenture Trustee; immediately prior to the conveyance of such Receivables pursuant to
this Indenture, the Issuer had good and marketable title thereto, free of any Lien;
and, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
shall have all of the right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under such
Receivables, free of any Lien; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	All Filings Made. All filings (including, without limitation, Uniform
Commercial Code filings) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the Indenture Trustee,
upon the acquisition by the Issuer of any Eligible Receivable, a first priority
perfected security interest in such Eligible Receivable have been made.

     SECTION 3.23 Perfection Representations. The representations, warranties and
covenants set forth on Schedule 1 hereto shall be a part of this Indenture for all
purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any other Basic Document, the
perfection representations contained in Schedule 1 shall be continuing, and remain in full
force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully
paid and performed. The parties to this Indenture: (i) shall not waive any of the perfection
representations contained in Schedule 1; (ii) shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt
written notice of any breach of perfection representations contained in Schedule 1 and
(iii) shall not waive a breach of any of the perfection representations contained in Schedule
1.

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ARTICLE IV.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     SECTION 4.1 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
3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13,
3.14, 3.19 and 3.20; (v) the rights and immunities of the Indenture Trustee
hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7 and the
obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Sections 4.2 and 4.4); and (vi) the
rights of Noteholders 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, if:

	(a)	 	either:

          (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Notes that have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.5
and (B) 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 3.3) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or

          (ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation:

          (A) have become due and payable,

          (B) will be due and payable on their respective stated final maturity dates within one year,
or

          (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Issuer,

and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) of subsection 4.1(a)(ii) above, 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 unpaid principal and accrued interest on
such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due;

	 	(b)	 	the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid or performed all amounts and
obligations which the Issuer may owe to or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders under this Indenture or the Notes; and

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	 	(c)	 	the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of
the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee)
an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting
the applicable requirements of Section 11.1(a) and each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.

     SECTION 4.2 Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture and the applicable provisions of the Trust Sale
and Servicing Agreement, 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 or
redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and
to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such monies need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required herein or in the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement or by
applicable law.

     SECTION 4.3 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to each Series of Notes, all monies then
held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture
with respect to all such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Indenture Trustee
to be held and applied according to Section 3.3 and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.

     SECTION 4.4 Duration of Position of Indenture Trustee. Notwithstanding the earlier
payment in full of all principal and interest due to all Noteholders under the terms of the Notes
of each Series and the cancellation of such Notes pursuant to Section 2.8, the Indenture
Trustee shall continue to act in the capacity as Indenture Trustee hereunder to the benefit of the
Residual Interestholder and the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Residual Interestholder,
shall comply with its obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, as appropriate,
until such time as all distributions due to the Residual Interestholder have been paid in full.

ARTICLE V.

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. For the purposes of this Indenture, “Event of
Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

	 	(a)	 	failure to pay any interest on any Note as and when the same becomes due and
payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 5 days; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	except as set forth in Section 5.1(c), failure to pay any installment
of the principal of any Note as and when the same becomes due and payable, and such
default continues unremedied for a period of 5 days; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	failure to pay in full the unpaid principal balance attributable to any Series
of Notes on or prior to the Final Maturity Date for such Series or class; or

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	 	(d)	 	default in the observance or performance in any material respect 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 specifically dealt
with elsewhere in this Section 5.1) which failure materially and adversely
affects the rights of the Noteholders of any Series, and such default shall continue or
not be cured for a period of 60 days after there shall have been given, by registered,
certified or overnight mail or by hand delivery, to the Issuer and the Transferor (or
the Servicer, as applicable) by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Transferor (or the Servicer, as applicable) and the Indenture Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes of such Series, a written notice
specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is
a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	the filing of an order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial part of the Trust Estate in an
involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, and such order shall have continued
undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order by
a court having jurisdiction in the premises approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Issuer under any
other Insolvency Law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 90 days; or the filing of a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of
the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the Issuer’s affairs,
and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of
90 consecutive days; or
	 
	 	(f)	 	the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code;
or the filing of a petition or answer or consent by the Issuer seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition under any other Insolvency Law, or consent to
the filing of any such petition, answer or consent; or the consent by the Issuer to the
appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or for any substantial part of
the Trust Estate, or the making by the Issuer of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
such debts become due; or
	 
	 	(g)	 	any other event designated as such in a Series Supplement. The Issuer shall
deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies within five Business Days
after learning of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would
become an Event of Default under Section 5.1(d), its status and what action the
Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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	 	(a)	 	If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes should occur and be
continuing, then and in every such case, unless the principal amount of the Notes shall
have already become due and payable, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of
Notes representing not less than a majority of the principal amount of the then
outstanding Controlling Class for that Series of Notes may declare the principal of
those Notes to be immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer and
the Rating Agencies (and to the Indenture Trustee if given by the Noteholders) setting
forth the Event or Events of Default, 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. Such
declaration will constitute an Early Amortization Event for that Series and may be
rescinded as set forth in Section 5.2(b).
	 
	 	(b)	 	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 provided in this Article V, the Holders of
Notes representing a majority of the principal amount of the Notes of the Controlling
Class, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences; provided, however, that no such
rescission and annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereto; and provided, further, that if the
Indenture Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and
such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission
and annulment or for any other reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the
Indenture Trustee, then and in every such case, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and
the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall be restored to their respective former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Indenture
Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders, as the case may be, shall continue as though
no such proceedings had been commenced.

     SECTION 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	The Issuer covenants that if there shall occur an Event of Default under
Sections 5.1(a), (b) or (c) that has not been waived pursuant
to Section 5.12, then the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee,
pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the parties to receive such
amounts pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the entire amount then due and payable
on the Notes for principal and interest with interest upon the overdue principal for
each Series of Notes, at the rate borne by such Notes and in addition thereto such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including any fees, the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel, with all such amounts applied as
described in Section 5.4(b).

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	 	(b)	 	The Indenture Trustee, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall
have full right, power and authority to take, or defer from taking, any and all acts
with respect to the administration, maintenance or disposition of the collateral,
including the exercise of any remedies specified in Sections 5.3 and
5.4.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If 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 monies
adjudged or decreed to be payable.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, as
more particularly provided in Section 5.4, in its discretion, proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, 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 applicable law.
	 
	 	(e)	 	If 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 Trust Estate,
Proceedings under any Insolvency Law, or if a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have
been 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, the Indenture Trustee, 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 5.3, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

               (i) 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 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 trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

               (ii) 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;

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               (iii) to collect and receive any monies 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

               (iv) 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; and 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, if 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 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 trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

	 	(f)	 	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.
	 
	 	(g)	 	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 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 trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable
benefit of the Noteholders.
	 
	 	(h)	 	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 5.4 Remedies; Priorities.

	 	(a)	 	If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Notes have
been accelerated under Section 5.2(a), the Indenture Trustee may (but shall not
be required to) do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.5):

               (i) 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 of acceleration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect
from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;

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               (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this
Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;

               (iii) 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

               (iv) sell the portions of the related Trust Estate allocated to that Series, 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 or elect to have the Issuer maintain possession of the Trust Estate,
including the Receivables included therein, and continue to apply Collections on such Receivables
as if there had been no declaration of acceleration (although the Early Amortization Period
commenced by that declaration shall continue unless the declaration is rescinded);
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate
an interest in the Trust Estate following an Event of Default and acceleration of the Notes, unless
(A) the Holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes of the affected
Series consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the
Noteholders and the Residual Interestholder are sufficient to discharge in full the principal of
and the accrued interest on the Notes of the affected Series as of the date of such sale or
liquidation or (C) (i) there has been an Event of Default under Section 5.1(a), (b)
or (c) or otherwise arising from a failure to make a required payment of interest or
principal on any Notes, (ii) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Trust Estate is reasonably
unlikely to provide sufficient funds on an ongoing basis for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes as and when they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due
and payable and (iii) the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of a majority of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Series of Notes. 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 Trust
Estate for such purpose.

	 	(b)	 	If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this
Article V, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

     FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.7 (provided
however, such amounts shall not be subject to the limitation referred to in Section
6.7); and

     SECOND: to the Collection Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.2(d)
of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, with such amounts being deemed to be Principal
Collections and Non-Principal Collections in the same proportion as (x) the outstanding
principal balance of the Notes bears to (y) the sum of the accrued and unpaid interest on
the Notes and other fees and expenses payable in connection therewith under the applicable
Series Supplement (and, if any Series of Notes has Enhancements, the amount unpaid under
such Enhancements). Repayment in full of the accrued interest on and unpaid principal
balance of the Notes of that Series will be made prior to any further distribution on the
subordinated portion of the Residual Interest.

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	 	(c)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and the Notes of any Series shall have been accelerated under Section
5.2(a) and the Final Maturity Date for such Series of Note shall have occurred, on
the first Payment Date thereafter, the Indenture Trustee will sell or cause to be sold
on such Payment Date such Principal Receivables (or interests therein) in the amount
and manner described in the related Series Supplement; provided, however, that in no
event shall the amount of Principal Receivables sold exceed the Invested Amount for
that Series. The proceeds from such sale, shall be immediately deposited into the
applicable Principal Funding Account or such other Trust Account as shall be specified
in the related Series Supplement and shall be allocated and distributed to the
Noteholders of such Series in accordance with the terms of the related Series
Supplement.

          SECTION 5.5 Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate. If the Notes have been
declared to be due and payable under Section 5.2 following an Event of Default and such
declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may,
but need not, elect to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. 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 take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate, 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 Trust Estate for such purpose.

          SECTION 5.6 Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any right to
institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

	 	(a)	 	such Holder’s Note is in the Controlling Class;
	 
	 	(b)	 	such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class have made written request to the Indenture
Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;
	 
	 	(d)	 	such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with
such request;
	 
	 	(e)	 	the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute such Proceedings; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
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Outstanding Amount of the Notes; it being 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 of Notes or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all holders of Notes. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 5.6, each and every Noteholder shall be entitled
to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

     If 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 aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding 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 5.7 Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on
such Note on or after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture
(or, in the case of redemption, if applicable, on or after the Redemption Date) 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 5.8 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 to their respective 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 5.9 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to 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 to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time,
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as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the
case may be.

          SECTION 5.11 Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class shall, subject to provision being made for
indemnification against costs, expenses and liabilities in a form satisfactory to the Indenture
Trustee, 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, however, that:

	 	(a)	 	such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
	 
	 	(b)	 	subject to the express terms of Section 5.4, any direction to the
Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by the Holders of
Notes representing not less than 100% of the outstanding Notes;
	 
	 	(c)	 	if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5 have been satisfied and the
Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.5,
then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by Holders of Notes representing less than
100% of the outstanding Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be of no
force and effect; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; provided,
however, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Indenture Trustee need not
take any action that it determines might cause it to incur any liability (y) with
respect to which the Indenture Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe that
adequate indemnity against such liability is not assured to it and (z) which might
materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such
action.

SECTION 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults.

	 	(a)	 	Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as
provided in Section 5.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of the Controlling Class may waive any past Default or
Event of Default and its consequences except a Default (i) in the payment of principal
of or interest on any of the Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each such Note.
In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
	 
	 	(b)	 	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.

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          SECTION 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any Proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any Proceeding against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such Proceeding of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such Proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in
such Proceeding, 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 5.13 shall not apply to:

	 	(a)	 	any Proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any Proceeding instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each
case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any Proceeding 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 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).

          SECTION 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall 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 adversely affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture. 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 shall not hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but shall 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 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 5.4(b) hereof.

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 agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by the
Transferor and the Servicer of their respective obligations to the Issuer under or in
connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Purchase
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connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges
lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Trust Sale and
Servicing 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
Transferor or the Servicer thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative
actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Transferor or the
Servicer of each of their obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing 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) of the Holders of
66-2/3% of the outstanding Notes of any outstanding Series shall, exercise all rights,
remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Transferor or the
Servicer under or in connection with the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, including
the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by
the Transferor or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder
and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver
under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the Issuer to take such
action shall be suspended.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at
the Administrator’s expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful
action as the Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the
performance and observance by the Transferor and VCI of each of their
obligations to the Transferor under or in connection with the Receivables
Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise
any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to
the Issuer under or in connection with the Receivables Purchase 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
Transferor thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative
actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by the Transferor
and VCI of each of their obligations under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
	 
	 	(d)	 	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
66-2/3% of the outstanding Notes of any outstanding Series shall, exercise
all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Transferor
against VCI and the Servicer under or in connection with the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, including the right or power to take any action to
compel or secure performance or observance by VCI of its obligations to
the Transferor thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, and any right of the Transferor to take such action shall be
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     SECTION 5.17 Early Amortization Events. An Early Amortization Event for any Series of
Notes shall be any of the events so defined in the Series Supplement relating to a Series of Notes,
as well as the following events:

	 	(a)	 	a failure by the Transferor to convey Receivables in Additional Accounts to the
Trust within five Business Days after the day on which it is required to convey such
Accounts;
	 
	 	(b)	 	VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall file a petition
commencing a voluntary case under any chapter of the federal bankruptcy laws; or VWOA,
the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall file a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition under any other similar
applicable federal law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, answer, or
consent; or VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust shall appoint, or consent
to the appointment of, a custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee,
sequestrator or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of any
substantial part of its property; or VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust
shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;
	 
	 	(c)	 	any order for relief against VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust
shall have been entered by a court having jurisdiction in the premises under any
chapter of the federal bankruptcy laws, and such order shall have continued
undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or a decree or order by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition of
VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust under any other similar applicable
federal law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or unstayed for
a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days; or a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
trustee, assignee, sequestrator, or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency
of VWOA, the Transferor, the Servicer or the Trust or of any substantial part of its
property or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered,
and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a
period of one hundred and twenty (120) days;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the Trust or the Transferor shall become an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	on any Determination Date, as of the last day of each of the two preceding
Collection Periods, the aggregate balance of Receivables relating to Used Vehicles
exceeds 20% of the Pool Balance (excluding the amount on deposit in the Excess Funding
Account, if any) on each of such last days.

     Immediately upon the occurrence of any event described above or in the related Series
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if any, an amortization event (an “Early Amortization Event”) shall occur without any
notice or other action on the part of any party, as set forth in the Series Supplement and solely
with respect to the affected Series.

ARTICLE VI.

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 6.1 Duties of Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible
Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge, the Indenture Trustee shall
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree
of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

            (i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or the Trust Sale and Servicing
Agreement against the Indenture Trustee; and

            (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall examine such
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or
other facts stated therein).

	 	(c)	 	The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct or bad faith,
except that:

            (i) this Section 6.1(c) does not limit the effect of Section 6.1(b);

            (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and

            (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
5.11.

	 	(d)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

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	 	(e)	 	Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture or the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement.
	 
	 	(f)	 	No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall
have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments of such funds to it is not
reasonably assured or it has not received an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall have no discretionary duties other than performing
those ministerial acts set forth above necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Trust
as set forth in this Indenture.
	 
	 	(h)	 	Every provision of this Indenture relating to the Indenture Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1 and, if the Indenture is or is
required to be qualified under this TIA, to the provisions of the TIA.

     SECTION 6.2 Rights of Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
bound to make any investigation into any fact or matter stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond or other paper or document.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officer’s Certificate from the Issuer or an Opinion of Counsel or both. 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.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a
custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent,
attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;
provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s conduct does not
constitute wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of
counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be
full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any

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	 	 	 	action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that
is discretionary under the provisions of this Indenture.
	 
	 	(g)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or
event of default unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall
have actual knowledge or (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof from the Issuer or a Holder, and such notice references this Indenture or the
Note.
	 
	 	(h)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance of the
Issuer nor shall it have any liability (in its capacity as Indenture Trustee) in
connection with the malfeasance or nonmalfeasance by the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall have no liability in connection with compliance by the Issuer with statutory or
regulatory requirements related to the Collateral. The Indenture Trustee shall not
make or be deemed to have made any representations or warranties with respect to the
Collateral or adequacy thereof or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment of the
Collateral to the Indenture Trustee.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Except as otherwise explicitly set forth in this Indenture, the Indenture
Trustee shall have no duty or obligation, implied or otherwise, to (i) attend any
meetings of the Issuer’s management or membership, (ii) inspect the accounts or books
and records of the Issuer, (iii) otherwise insure that the Noteholders remain informed
about the business of the Issuer or (iv) furnish to the Noteholders any information
from the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 6.3 Indenture Trustee May Own Notes. The Indenture Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the
Issuer, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it
were not Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall
comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12. Any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, co-registrar
or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.

     SECTION 6.4 Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it
shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued
in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Indenture Trustee’s
certificate of authentication.

     SECTION 6.5 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall mail
to each Noteholder, with a copy to each Rating Agency, notice of the Default within 60 days after
obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence thereof. Except in the case of a Default in payment
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if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

     SECTION 6.6 Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture Trustee shall
deliver to each Noteholder the information and documents set forth in Article VII, and, in
addition, all such information with respect to the Notes as may be required by the terms of the
Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to be provided to Holders by the Indenture Trustee to enable
such Holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns within a reasonable time after the
Servicer has provided the Indenture Trustee with the information required by the Indenture Trustee
to make such deliveries.

     SECTION 6.7 Compensation; Indemnity.

	 	(a)	 	Except to the extent set forth in Section 5.4(b), the Issuer shall pay,
out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to
be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, or shall cause the Servicer
pursuant to any Series Supplement and Section 3.2 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement to pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time such compensation
for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing. The Indenture Trustee’s
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Issuer shall or shall cause the Servicer pursuant to any Series Supplement
and Section 3.2 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to reimburse, out of
funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be
deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, the Indenture Trustee for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of
collection, 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. The Issuer shall or
shall cause the Servicer pursuant to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement to
indemnify, out of funds which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual
Interestholder or to be deposited in the Residual Interest Distribution Account,
against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses)
incurred by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Servicer promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so
notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer or the Servicer of its obligations
hereunder. The Issuer shall defend or cause the Servicer to defend any such claim, and
the Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay, out of funds
which are otherwise to be distributed to the Residual Interestholder or to be deposited
in the Residual Interest Distribution Account, or shall cause the Servicer to pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Issuer’s obligation to cause the Servicer to honor the Issuer’s obligations
to the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.7(a) shall survive the
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Indenture
Trustee. When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default
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	 	 	 	Section 5.1(e) or (f) with respect to the Issuer, if the surviving
entity has failed to honor such obligation the expenses are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Insolvency Law or under Title 11 of the United
States Code.

     SECTION 6.8 Replacement of Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	The Indenture Trustee may at any time give notice of its intent to resign by so
notifying the Issuer; provided, however, that no such resignation shall
become effective and the Indenture Trustee shall not resign prior to the time set forth
in Section 6.8(c). The Holders of a majority in aggregate amount of the
outstanding Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so notifying the Indenture
Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee. Such resignation or removal
shall become effective in accordance with Section 6.8(c). The Issuer shall
remove the Indenture Trustee if:

            (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

            (ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

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

            (iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

	 	(b)	 	If the Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign 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
Issuer shall promptly appoint and designate a successor Indenture Trustee by written
notice to the resigning Indenture Trustee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment and designation to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer.
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 Noteholders. The Issuer shall release the
resigning Indenture Trustee from its obligations hereunder by written instrument. The
retiring Indenture Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture
Trustee to the successor Indenture Trustee.
	 
	 	(d)	 	If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Indenture Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed, the
retiring Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in aggregate amount
of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
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	 	(e)	 	If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any
Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section 6.8, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 6.7 and the
Servicer’s corresponding obligations under the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 6.9 Merger or Consolidation of Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	Any corporation into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of
the Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee under this
Indenture; provided, however, that such corporation shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 6.11, without the execution or filing of any
instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture
except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such
succession, anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding. The Indenture
Trustee shall promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency of any such merger,
conversion or consolidation.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If at the time such successor or successors by merger 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. In all such cases such certificate of
authentication shall have the same full force as is provided anywhere in the Notes or
herein with respect to the certificate of authentication of the Indenture Trustee.

     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
Issuer or any Dealer 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
approved by the Indenture Trustee to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with
the Indenture Trustee, or separate indenture trustees, of all or any part of the Trust,
and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Noteholders and (only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Residual
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	 	 	 	and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.10, such powers,
duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider
necessary or desirable. No co-indenture trustee or separate indenture trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee
under Section 6.11 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any
co-indenture trustee or separate indenture trustee shall be required under
Section 6.8.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Every separate indenture trustee and co-indenture trustee shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and
conditions:

          (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee
shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such
separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate indenture trustee or
co-indenture trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in
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 Issuer 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;

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

          (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate
indenture trustee or co-indenture 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 indenture trustees and
co-indenture 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 indenture trustee and
co-indenture trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts 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, specifically 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 indenture trustee or co-indenture trustee may at any time appoint
the Indenture Trustee as 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 indenture trustee or
co-indenture trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all
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	 	 	 	exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor indenture trustee.

     SECTION 6.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times
satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a) and Section 26(a) of the Investment Company Act. The
Indenture Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus, and an aggregate capital, surplus and
undivided profits, of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition and (unless waived by Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s) it shall have a long term
unsecured debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA §
310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA §
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 § 310(b)(1) are met. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Indenture Trustee shall comply at all times with subsection (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7
of the Investment Company Act.

     SECTION 6.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A
trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

     SECTION 6.13 Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that:

	 	(a)	 	the Indenture Trustee is a national banking association and satisfies the
eligibility requirements set forth in Section 6.11;
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Indenture Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform this Indenture, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance by it of this Indenture;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this
Indenture (i) shall not violate any provision of any law or regulation governing the
banking and trust powers of the Indenture Trustee or any order, writ, judgment or
decree of any court, arbitrator, or Governmental Authority applicable to the Indenture
Trustee or any of its assets, (ii) shall not violate any provision of the corporate
charter or by-laws of the Indenture Trustee and (iii) shall not violate any provision
of, or constitute, with or without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result
in the creation or imposition of any lien on any properties included in the Trust
Estate pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or
other undertaking to which it is a party, which violation, default or lien could
reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the Indenture Trustee’s
performance or ability to perform its duties under this Indenture or on the
transactions contemplated in this Indenture;
	 
	 	(d)	 	the execution, delivery and performance by the Indenture Trustee of this
Indenture shall not require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of
notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action in
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	 	 	 	of, any Governmental Authority or agency regulating the banking and corporate trust
activities of the Indenture Trustee; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	this Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Indenture Trustee,
enforceable in accordance with its terms.

     SECTION 6.14 Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as Indenture Trustee. Any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for
the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture
Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders and (only to the
extent expressly provided herein) the Residual Interestholder in respect of which such judgment has
been obtained.

     SECTION 6.15 Suit for Enforcement. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Indenture Trustee, in its discretion may, subject to the provisions of Section
6.1, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders under this
Indenture by a Proceeding whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture or in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Indenture or
for the enforcement of any other legal, equitable or other remedy as the Indenture Trustee, being
advised by counsel, shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any of the rights of the Indenture
Trustee or the Noteholders.

     SECTION 6.16 Rights of Noteholders to Direct Indenture Trustee. Holders of Notes
evidencing not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall
have the right to direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any
remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that subject to Section 6.1, the
Indenture Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Indenture
Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be
taken, or if the Indenture Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that
the proceedings so directed would be illegal or subject it to personal liability or be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of Noteholders not parties to such direction; and provided,
further, that nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Indenture Trustee to
take any action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such
direction by the Noteholders.

ARTICLE VII.

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

     SECTION 7.1 Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders.
The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee (a) not
more than five days before each date on which payments are to be made, a list, in such form as the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of
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times as the Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 14 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 10 days
prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the
Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

     SECTION 7.2 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 7.1 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 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Indenture Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable
from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the
protection of TIA § 312(c).

     SECTION 7.3 Reports by Issuer.

	 	(a)	 	The Issuer shall:

            (i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the
same with the Commission or any applicable state agencies, 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) which the Issuer may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any
applicable state agencies pursuant to comparable regulation;

            (ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission or any applicable state agencies in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission or any
applicable state agencies 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

            (iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Noteholders described in TIA § 313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports
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Section 7.3(a) as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission or any applicable state agencies.

	 	(b)	 	Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the Issuer shall end
on December 31 of such year.

     SECTION 7.4 Reports by Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days after each May 1, beginning with
May 1, 2006, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA §
313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA § 313(a). If the
Indenture is or is required to be qualified under the TIA, the Indenture Trustee also
shall comply with TIA § 313(b). A copy of any report delivered pursuant to this
Section 7.4(a) shall, at the time of its mailing to Noteholders, be filed by
the Indenture Trustee with the Commission, if required by applicable rules, and each
stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the
Indenture Trustee in writing if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
	 
	 	(b)	 	On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each payment to
each Noteholder a copy of the statement for the Collection Period or Periods applicable
to such Payment Date as required pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement provided, the Servicer has provided the Indenture Trustee with such
information as required.

ARTICLE VIII.

ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

     SECTION 8.1 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, the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement. 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 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 an Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to
proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

     SECTION 8.2 Trust Accounts; Allocations; Payments.

	 	(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, for the benefit of the
Noteholders, the Trust Accounts as provided in any Series Supplement and Section
4.1 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement (or with respect to any Trust Account
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	 	 	 	Series of Notes issued after the Closing Date, on or prior to the closing date with
respect to such Series of Notes).
	 
	 	(b)	 	Subject to and in accordance with Section 8.2(c), collections of
Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and
Miscellaneous Payments will be allocated to each Series from and after the related
Series Cut-Off Date as specified in the related Series Supplement, and amounts so
allocated to any Series will not, except as specified in the related Series Supplement,
be available to the Noteholders of any other Series. Allocations thereof among the
Series in any group and among the Classes in any Series and between the Noteholders and
the Residual Interestholders shall be set forth in the related Series Supplement or
Series Supplements; provided, however, Collections of Non-Principal
Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments
shall not be allocated to any Excluded Series until the Invested Amount of the Series
relating to such Excluded Series is reduced to $0.
	 
	 	(c)	 	unless the related Series Supplement shall provide otherwise, each Series upon
issuance, shall be deemed to have been created and in existence as of the first day of
the Collection Period in which the related Series Cut-Off Date falls and, as a result,
shall be allocated (as required in the related Series Supplement) its allocable portion
of Non-Principal Receivables and Principal Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and
Miscellaneous Payments for such Collection Period; and

            (i) unless the related Series Supplement shall provide otherwise, with respect to any Series,
if (x) as of the last day of any Collection Period the amounts on deposit in the Collection Account
and the related Series Accounts are sufficient to pay in full the outstanding principal amount,
accrued interest and all other amounts payable by the Trust (whether or not then due) with respect
to any such Series of Notes on the Payment Date relating to such Collection Period (after giving
effect to the allocations, distributions, withdrawals and deposits to be made on such related
Payment Date) then (y) such Series shall be deemed to have been paid in full on such last day and,
as a result, shall not be allocated any portion of Non-Principal Receivables and Principal
Receivables, Defaulted Receivables and Miscellaneous Payments for any subsequent Collection Period.
For purposes of making the determination in clause (x) above, on the date of any such
determination it shall be assumed that any theretofore unpaid Adjustment Payments with respect to
the immediately preceding Collection Period shall be allocated to such Series on the related
Determination Date and shall be payable from amounts allocated to or available with respect to such
Series on the related Payment Date.

	 	(d)	 	On or before the date any distribution is to be made by the Indenture Trustee,
all amounts required to be disbursed by the Indenture Trustee will be deposited by the
Indenture Trustee upon receipt into the applicable Principal Funding Account or such
other Trust Account as shall be specified in the related Series Supplement. The
Indenture Trustee shall (unless otherwise provided in any Series Supplement) allocate
the amount deposited into such Principal Funding Account and such other Trust Accounts
to the extent and at the times as provided in the related Series

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	 	 	 	Supplement. The Indenture Trustee shall pay amounts to the Holders of such Series
to the extent and at the times provided in the related Series Supplement.
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall allocate amounts deposited in a Principal Funding
Account for payments of principal on the applicable Series of Notes, and pay amounts to
the Holders thereof, to the extent and at the times provided in the related Series
Supplements.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all investment earnings on
funds on deposit in the Principal Funding Account, net of losses and investment
expenses, shall constitute Investment Proceeds and be applied as described in the
related Series Supplement.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture to the contrary, for so long as
the Transferor is the sole Residual Interestholder and until the Indenture Trustee
shall have received written notice from the Trust or the Transferor to the contrary,
all amounts to be distributed by the Indenture Trustee to the Residual Interestholder
or the Residual Interest Distribution Account shall be distributed to the Transferor to
the account specified by the Transferor.

     SECTION 8.3 General Provisions Regarding Trust Accounts.

	 	(a)	 	Subject to Section 6.1(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any way
be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts resulting
from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein 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 their terms.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If (i) the Servicer shall have failed to give investment directions for any
funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York
City time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee) on any Business Day or (ii) an 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 5.2, or, (iii) if such Notes shall have been
declared due and payable following an Event of Default, but amounts collected or
receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied in accordance with Section
5.5 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 Trust Accounts in
Eligible Investments in accordance and the most recent standing instructions received.

     SECTION 8.4 Release of Trust Estate.

	 	(a)	 	Subject to the payment of its fees and expenses pursuant to Section
6.7, 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
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	 	 	 	circumstances that are consistent 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 monies.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes Outstanding and
all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid,
notify the Issuer thereof in writing and upon receipt of an Issuer Request, release any
remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the Notes from the lien of this
Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then
on deposit in the Collection Account, the Excess Funding Account and, except as
otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement, any other Trust Account. The
Indenture Trustee shall (i) release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that
secured the Residual Interest from the lien of this Indenture and (ii) release to the
Issuer or any other Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Collection
Account only at such time as (x) there are no Notes Outstanding and (y) all sums due to
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 have been paid.

     SECTION 8.5 Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at least seven
days’ notice (or such lesser time as is acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) when requested by the
Issuer to take any action pursuant to this Section 8.5, accompanied by copies of any
instruments involved, an Opinion of Counsel (if requested by the Indenture Trustee) and an
Officer’s Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, concluding that
all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with; provided,
however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the
fair value of the 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 pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture in connection with any such action.

ARTICLE IX.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     SECTION 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.

          (a) Except as provided in Section 9.2, without the consent of the Noteholders or any
other Person, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when so directed by an Issuer Order), may enter
into one or more amendments or supplemental indentures hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or
for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under this Indenture;
provided that (i) with respect to each Outstanding Series, either (A) any amendment or supplemental
indenture that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders of such
Outstanding Series shall require the consent of Noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes of such Outstanding Series or (B) such
amendment or supplemental indenture shall not, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the
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and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders of such Outstanding Series and (ii) any
supplement that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner
Trustee, the Servicer, any Enhancement Provider, the Residual Interestholder or the Administrator
shall require the prior written consent of the Persons whose interests are materially and adversely
affected. The consent of the Indenture Trustee, Servicer, any Enhancement Provider, the Residual
Interestholder or the Administrator shall be deemed to have been given if the Servicer does not
receive a written objection from such Person within 10 Business Days after a written request for
such consent shall have been given.

          (b) It shall not be necessary for the consent of any Person pursuant to this Section or
Section 9.2 for such Person to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
supplement, but it shall be sufficient if such Person consents to the substance thereof.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any term or provision of this Indenture
may be amended or supplemented by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when so directed by an
Issuer Request) without the consent of any of the Noteholders or any other Person to add, modify or
eliminate any provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to comply with or obtain more
favorable treatment under or with respect to any law or regulation or any accounting rule or
principle (whether now or in the future in effect); it being a condition to any such amendment that
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied.

          (d) Prior to the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section or Section
9.2, the Issuer shall provide each Rating Agency with written notice of the substance of such
supplement. No later than 10 Business Days after the execution of any supplemental indenture, the
Issuer shall furnish a copy of such supplemental indenture to each Rating Agency, the Servicer,
the Administrator, each Enhancement Provider, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.

          (e) The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations as may be
therein contained.

          (f) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section or Section 9.2, the Indenture Trustee shall mail to the
Noteholders to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice (to be provided by
the Issuer) 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 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders.

     With the consent of Noteholders holding not less than a majority of the affected Notes of each
Outstanding Series affected thereby, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (when directed by an
Issuer Request), may enter into one or more amendments or supplemental indentures hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
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Noteholders under this Indenture; provided, that no amendment or supplemental indenture
entered into under Section 9.1 or this Section shall, without the consent of the Noteholder
of each Outstanding Note affected thereby and prior notice to the Rating Agencies:

          (a) reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Note, or change the due date of any
installment of principal of or interest on any Note, or the Redemption Price with respect thereto,
without the consent of the Holder of such Note;

          (b) reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes, the Holders of which are required to consent to any matter without the consent of the
Holders of at least the percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes which were required to consent to such matter before giving effect to such amendment or
supplement, or are required for any waiver of compliance with provisions of this Indenture or
Events of Default hereunder and the consequences provided for in this Indenture;

          (c) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding”;

          (d) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Amount required to direct the Indenture Trustee
to direct the Issuer to sell the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.4, if the proceeds of
such sale would be insufficient to pay the Outstanding Amount plus accrued but unpaid interest on
the Notes;

          (e) 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 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 any Noteholder of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture; or

          (f) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of payment as provided in
Section 5.7.

     SECTION 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or permitting the
additional trusts created by any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent to the execution of any such amendment have been satisfied. The Indenture Trustee may,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.

     SECTION 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture
of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Noteholders shall thereafter be determined, exercised
and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and

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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 9.5 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 TIA as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under
the TIA.

     SECTION 9.6 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 of the same Series.

ARTICLE X.

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

     SECTION 10.1 Redemption.

	 	(a)	 	A Series of Notes shall be subject to redemption if and to the extent provided
in the related Series Supplement.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Each Series of Notes shall be subject to redemption as set forth in this
Section 10.1(b). In the event of any breach of any of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 2.3 of the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement shall
have a material adverse effect on the Noteholders, then either the Indenture Trustee or
the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority in aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Controlling Class of each Series of Notes, by written notice to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, may direct the
Issuer to redeem all of the Notes then outstanding on the second Payment Date following
the date of such notice (or such later date as may be specified in such notice);
provided, however, that no such redemption shall be required to be made if on or prior
to the earlier of the date the Redemption Notice is or is required to be sent to
Noteholders, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.3 of the Trust
Sale and Servicing Agreement are satisfied in all material respects and any material
adverse effect on the Noteholders caused thereby shall have been cured. The Issuer
shall promptly furnish a copy of such notice to the Transferor.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The redemption price for any Notes shall be equal to the applicable Redemption
Price set forth in the related Series Supplement. The Issuer shall only be required to
redeem Notes if it has available funds sufficient to pay such amount. The Issuer shall
furnish the Rating Agencies notice of any such redemption. If any Notes are to be
redeemed pursuant to this Section 10.1(a), the Issuer shall furnish

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	 	 	 	notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee not later than 10 days prior to the
applicable Redemption Date and the Issuer shall deposit into the applicable
Principal Funding Account, on or before the applicable Redemption Date, the
aggregate Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed, whereupon all such Notes
shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Notwithstanding the preceding, a Series of Notes may also be redeemed under the
terms and conditions set forth in a Series Supplement.

     SECTION 10.2 Form of Redemption Notice.

	 	(a)	 	Notice of redemption of any Notes under Section 10.1 shall be given by
the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than five
days prior to the applicable Redemption Date to each Noteholder of record of the Notes
to be redeemed at such Noteholder’s address appearing in the Note Register.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All notices of redemption shall state:

            (i) the applicable Redemption Date;

            (ii) the applicable Redemption Price;

            (iii) the place where the Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
(which shall be the Agency Office of the Indenture Trustee to be maintained as provided in
Section 3.2);

            (iv) the CUSIP number, if applicable; and

            (v) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.

	 	(c)	 	Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or
any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or affect the validity
of the redemption of any other Note.

     SECTION 10.3 Notes Payable on Redemption Date.

     With respect to any Notes, such Notes shall, following notice of redemption as required by
Section 10.2 (in the case of redemption pursuant to Section 10.1), on the
applicable Redemption Date cease to be Outstanding for purposes of this Indenture and shall
thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable Redemption Price and (unless the
Issuer shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price) no interest shall accrue on such
Redemption Price for any period after the date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes
of calculating such Redemption Price.

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ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 11.1 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 furnish to the
Indenture Trustee upon request: (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 11.1,
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
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall
include:

            (i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to
be read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

            (ii) 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;

            (iii) a statement that, in the judgment 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

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

	 	(b)	 	(i) Prior to the deposit with the Indenture Trustee of any Collateral or other
property or securities 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 11.1(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ 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.

            (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’
Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in
clause (b)(i) above, the Issuer shall also 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
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since the commencement of the then current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the
certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (b)(ii), 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
Officers’ Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the outstanding Notes.

            (iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Defaulted Receivables, 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.

            (iv) Whenever the Issuer is 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 clause (b)(iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or securities and of all other
property, other than Defaulted Receivables, or securities released from the lien of this Indenture
since the commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required
by clause (b)(iii) above and this clause (b)(iv), equals 10% or more of the Outstanding Amount of
the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or
securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than
$25,000 or less than one percent of the outstanding Notes.

            (v) Notwithstanding Section 2.9 or any other provision of this Section 11.1,
the Issuer may (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and related
Collateral Security and proceeds of both as and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic
Documents, (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as and to the extent permitted or
required by the Basic Documents and (C) take any other action not inconsistent with the TIA so long
as the Indenture is or is required to be qualified under the TIA.

     SECTION 11.2 Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	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.
	 
	 	(b)	 	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
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	 		 	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 Transferor,
the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Servicer, the Transferor, 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.
	 
	 	(c)	 	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.
	 
	 	(d)	 	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 11.3 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 or a Series of
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 shall be subject to Section 5.11 hereof; 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
“Act” 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 6.1) conclusive in favor
of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 11.3.
	 
	 	(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.
	 
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	 	(d)	 	Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Notes (or any one or more Predecessor 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 11.4 Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Noteholders or other
documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed
with:

	 	(a)	 	the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Indenture Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if in writing and either sent by electronic facsimile
transmission (with hard copy to follow via first class mail) or mailed, by certified
mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight mail to the Issuer and the Owner
Trustee each at the address specified in Appendix B to the Trust Sale and
Servicing Agreement.

     The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the
Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall likewise promptly transmit any notice received by
it from the Noteholders to the Issuer.

	 	(c)	 	Notices required to be given to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee shall be delivered as specified in Appendix
B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 11.5 Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.

	 	(a)	 	Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any condition or
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if it is in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each
Noteholder affected by such event, at such Person’s 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. If 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 regardless of whether such notice is
in fact actually received.
	 
	 	(b)	 	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

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	 	 	 	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.
	 
	 	(c)	 	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 of 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.
	 
	 	(d)	 	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 an Event of Default.

     SECTION 11.6 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 shall furnish to
the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement and the Indenture Trustee shall cause payments
to be made and notices to be given in accordance with such agreements.

     SECTION 11.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

	 	(a)	 	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 TIA, such required provision shall control.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If this Indenture is or is required to be qualified under the TIA, the
provisions of TIA §§ 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 11.8 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 11.9 Successors and Assigns.

	 	(a)	 	All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
	 
	 	(b)	 	All covenants and agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

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     SECTION 11.10 Separability.

     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

     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 and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders and the Note Owners and
(only to the extent expressly provided herein) the Residual Interestholder and any other party
secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part of the Trust Estate,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

     SECTION 11.12 Legal Holidays.

     If the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on
which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after any such nominal
date.

     SECTION 11.13 GOVERNING LAW.

     THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION’S CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, OTHER THAN SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

     SECTION 11.14 Counterparts.

     This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

     SECTION 11.15 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 11.16 No Recourse.

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	 	(a)	 	Each Noteholder will agree by acceptance of a Note (or interest therein) 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 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 Residual Interestholder or any other owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer; or

            (iii) 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 has no such
obligation in its 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 Articles IV, V and VI of the Trust Agreement.

     (b) Except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, neither the Transferor, the Servicer,
the Indenture Trustee nor the Owner Trustee in their respective individual capacities, any owner of
a beneficial interest in the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, owners, beneficiaries,
agents, officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns, shall be personally liable for,
nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of principal of or interest on, or
performance of, or omission to perform, any of the covenants, obligations or indemnifications
contained in the Notes or this Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants,
obligations and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee solely as the Owner Trustee in
the assets of the Issuer. Each Noteholder or Note Owner by the acceptance of a Note (or beneficial
interest therein) will agree that, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents, in the case
of an Event of Default under this 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 this Indenture
or in the Notes.

     (c) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is
executed and delivered by The Bank of New York (Delaware), not individually or personally but
solely as trustee of the Trust, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in
it, (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the
Trust is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by The Bank
of New York (Delaware) but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, (c)
nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on The Bank of New York
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implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties
hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (d) under no
circumstances shall The Bank of New York (Delaware) be personally liable for the payment of any
indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under this Agreement or any
other related documents.

     SECTION 11.17 No Petition.

     The Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder and Note Owner, by
accepting a Note (or interest therein) issued hereunder, hereby covenant and agree that they shall
not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Trust Agreement,
acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Transferor or the Issuer to invoke the process
of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the
Transferor or the Issuer under any Insolvency Law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Transferor or the Issuer or any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Transferor or the Issuer.

     SECTION 11.18 Inspection.

     The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it shall 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
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.

     SECTION 11.19 No Substantive Review of Compliance Documents.

     Other than as specifically set forth in this Indenture for notices which specifically contain
information of which the Indenture Trustee is to have notice, any reports, information or other
documents provided to the Indenture Trustee are for the purposes only of enabling the sending party
to comply with its document delivery requirements hereunder and such party’s receipt of any such
information shall not, in and of itself, constitute constructive or actual notice to the Indenture
Trustee of any information contained therein or determinable from any information contained
therein, including the Issuer or the Servicer’s compliance with any of its covenants,
representations or warranties hereunder.

     SECTION 11.20 Amendment of Basic Documents.

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     The Issuer shall not amend, modify or grant any consent or waiver with respect to the
provisions of any Basic Document, except in accordance with the amendment provisions of such Basic
Document.

     SECTION 11.21 Submission to Jurisdiction.

     Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

	 	(a)	 	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating
to this Indenture, any documents executed and delivered in connection herewith or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive
general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any
thereof;
	 
	 	(b)	 	consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
	 
	 	(c)	 	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected
by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar
form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address determined in accordance
with Appendix B to the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process
in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other
jurisdiction.

* * * * *

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Amended and Restated
Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, all as of
the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT AUTO MASTER OWNER TRUST
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in
	 

	 	 	 	its individual capacity
but solely as Owner Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Kristine K. Gullo
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Kristine K. Gullo
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	 	 	as Indenture Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ James P. Bowden
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: James P. Bowden
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Assistant Treasurer

	 	 	 	 	 
	Acknowledged and Accepted:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ David Schulz
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name: David Schulz	 	 
	Title: Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ LeSha Thorpe	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name: LeSha Thorpe	 	 
	Title: Assistant Treasurer	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

VOLKSWAGEN DEALER FINANCE, LLC

3800 Hamlin Road

Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Global Debt-Structured Finance Admin.

     as Indenture Trustee for

     Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with the purchase of a Note subject to Section 2.15 of the Amended and Restated
Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2005 (the “Unregistered Note”) of the Volkswagen Credit
Auto Master Owner Trust, the undersigned buyer (“Buyer”) hereby acknowledges, represents
and agrees that:

	 	(a)	 	The Buyer has received the [describe offering document] relating to the
offering of the Unregistered Note (including exhibits thereto).
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Buyer understands that the Unregistered Note has not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be
sold except as permitted in the following sentence. The Buyer agrees, on its own
behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which it is acting as hereinafter stated, that
such Unregistered Note may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to an
[institutional] investor that is an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) under the
Securities Act acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a
fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are Institutional Accredited Investors
unless the holder is a bank acting in its fiduciary capacity) that, if so requested by
the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, executes a certificate in the form hereof,
(ii) [so long as such Unregistered Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), to a person whom the Buyer reasonably
believes after due inquiry to be a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule
144A) acting for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary
or agent for others (which others also are “qualified institutional buyers”) that, if
so requested by the Transferor or the Indenture Trustee, executes a certificate in the
form hereof or (iii)] in a sale, pledge or other transfer made in a transaction
otherwise exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in which
case (A) the Indenture Trustee shall require that both the prospective transferor and
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	 	 	 	prospective transferee certify to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor in
writing the facts surrounding such transfer, which certification shall be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee and the Transferor, and (B) the
Indenture Trustee shall require a written opinion of counsel (which will not be at
the expense of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee) satisfactory
to the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such transfer will
not violate the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States. The Buyer will notify any
purchaser of the Unregistered Note from it of the above resale restrictions, if then
applicable. The Buyer further understands that in connection with any transfer of
the Unregistered Note by it that the Transferor and the Indenture Trustee may
request, and if so requested the Buyer will furnish, such certificates and other
information as they may reasonably require to confirm that any such transfer
complies with the foregoing restrictions.

CHECK [ONE]

	 	•	 	(1) The Buyer is an [institutional investor and] an “accredited
investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3) or (7) of Regulation D under
the Securities Act) acting for its own account (and not for the account of
others) or as a fiduciary or agent for others (which others also are
Institutional Accredited Investors unless the Buyer is a bank acting in its
fiduciary capacity). The Buyer has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its
investment in the Unregistered Note, and the Buyer and any accounts for which
it is acting are able to bear the economic risk of investment in the
Unregistered Note for an indefinite period of time. The Buyer is acquiring the
Unregistered Note for investment and not with a view to, or for offer and sale
in connection with, a public distribution.
	 
	 	•	 	(2) The Buyer is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined
under Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is acquiring the Unregistered Note
for its own account (and not for the account of others) or as a fiduciary or
agent for others (which others also are “qualified institutional buyers”). The
Buyer is are familiar with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that
the transferor of the Unregistered Note and other parties intend to rely on the
statements made herein and the exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.]

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	 	(c)	 	You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative
or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Print Name of Buyer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF UNDERTAKING LETTER

VOLKSWAGEN DEALER FINANCE, LLC

3800 Hamlin Road

Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

4 New York Plaza, 6th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Global Debt-Structured Finance Admin.

     as Indenture Trustee for

     Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our purchase of record or beneficial ownership of a Note subject to the
provisions of Section 2.15 of the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2005 (the
“Unregistered Note”) of the Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Owner Trust, the undersigned
purchaser, record owner or beneficial owner hereby acknowledges, represents and warrants that such
purchaser, record owner or beneficial owner:

     (1) is not, and has not acquired the Unregistered Note by or for the benefit of, (i) an
employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan
described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (iii) any
entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in such entity;
and

     (2) acknowledges that you and others will rely on our acknowledgments, representations and
warranties, and agrees to notify you promptly in writing if any of our acknowledgments,
representations or warranties herein cease to be accurate and complete.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	Name of Note Owner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Date:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

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Schedule 1

PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

     In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Indenture, the
Trust hereby represents, warrants, and covenants to the Indenture Trustee as follows on the Closing
Date:

1. The Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable
UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which in the case of the existing
Receivables, is enforceable upon execution of the Indenture, and with respect to Additional
Accounts and Automatic Additional Accounts then existing Receivables in Additional Accounts and
Automatic Additional Accounts, as of the applicable Addition Date, and which will be enforceable
with respect to Receivables hereafter and thereafter created, and such security interest is prior
to all other Liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the
Trust.

2. The Receivables constitutes a “general intangible,” “instrument,” “account,” or “tangible
chattel paper,” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

3. The Trust owns and has good and marketable title to the Receivables free and clear of any Lien,
claim or encumbrance of any Person, excepting only liens for taxes, assessments or similar
governmental charges or levies incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and
payable or as to which any applicable grace period shall not have expired, or that are being
contested in good faith by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been
established, but only so long as foreclosure with respect to such a lien is not imminent and the
use and value of the property to which the Lien attaches is not impaired during the pendency of
such proceeding.

4. The Trust has received all consents and approvals to the pledge of the Receivables hereunder to
the Indenture Trustee required by the terms of the related Floorplan Financing Agreement to the
extent that it constitutes an instrument.

5. The Trust has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the effective date of the
Indenture, 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 of the
Receivables arising in the Accounts designated to Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date and in
Additional Accounts and Automatic Additional Accounts, and if any additional filing is necessary,
within 10 days of the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Receivables arising in Additional
Accounts or Automatic Additional Accounts.

7. To the extent that the Receivables constitute an instrument or tangible chattel paper, all
original executed copies of each such instrument or tangible chattel paper have been delivered to
the Indenture Trustee or to the Servicer as custodian.

8. Other than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, the
Trust has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of
the Receivables. The Trust has not authorized the filing of, nor is aware of, any financing

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statements against the Trust that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables
other than any financing statement relating to any security interest granted pursuant to the Basic
Documents or that has been terminated.

9. No instrument or tangible chattel paper that constitutes or evidences the Receivables has any
marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee.

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

OMNIBUS AMENDMENT

     This OMNIBUS AMENDMENT is made as of August 11, 2005 (this “Amendment”) by VW Credit,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Servicer” and “Administrator”), Volkswagen
Dealer Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Transferor”), JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association (the “Indenture Trustee”), The Bank of New
York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation (the “Owner Trustee”), and Volkswagen
Credit Auto Master Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”). Capitalized
terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the applicable Basic Document (as defined in the Series 2005-1 Supplement (the “Series
2005-1 Supplement”) dated as of the date hereof (the “Series 2005-1 Closing Date”)
among the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee).

     NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of each of the Basic Documents, the
following is effective as of the date hereof:

     SECTION 1. Amendment to Basic Documents. Notwithstanding anything in the
Basic Documents to the contrary, for so long as the amount on deposit in the Collection Account is
greater than or equal to the sum of (A)(i) the amount of principal and interest payments that will
be due to the Series 2000-1 Noteholders on the August 2005 Payment Date (less, with respect to
principal payments, the amount on deposit in the Series 2000-1 Principal Funding Account) under the
Series 2000-1 Supplement and (ii) an amount sufficient to pay the Noteholders Monthly Servicing Fee
to the Servicer as required under the Series 2000-1 Supplement on the August 2005 Payment Date,
unless an amount equal to such Noteholders Monthly Servicing Fee has been previously retained by
the Servicer in payment thereof, and (B) the product of (i) the number of days from and including
the Series 2005-1 Closing Date to but excluding the August 2005 Payment Date divided by 360, (ii)
the Series 2005-1 Note Rate for the Interest Period described in the preceding clause
(B)(i), and (iii) the initial note balance of the Series 2005-1 Notes (the “Required
Deposit Amount”) for the period beginning on the Series 2005-1 Closing Date and ending on the
August 2005 Payment Date, then:

     (a) the Series 2000-1 Notes shall no longer be considered or deemed to be
outstanding for any purposes, including but not limited to (i) any determinations of whether
or by how much (1) the Pool Balance is less than or greater than the Required Participation
Amount or (2) the Residual Participation Amount is less than or greater than the Trust
Available Subordinated Amount, or (ii) any calculations on the August 2005 Payment Date or
the immediately preceding Determination Date; provided however, that on the
August 2005 Payment Date the Series 2000-1 Noteholders will receive all principal and
interest payments that they would be entitled to receive if they were deemed to be
outstanding for purposes of any calculations under the Series 2000-1 Supplement and the
Servicer will similarly be entitled to its Noteholders Monthly Servicing Fee (to the extent
that the Servicer has not previously retained such amounts in payment thereof);

     (b) no allocation of principal or interest collections with respect to any
Series is or will be required on or in connection with the July 2005 Collection Period or
the August 2005 Payment Date;

     (c) On the August 2005 Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will (i) withdraw
from the Collection Account sufficient amounts to (A) make the principal and interest
payments (with respect to principal payments, the Servicer will only withdraw amounts from
the Collection Account for payment thereof to the extent that there are not sufficient
amounts on deposit in the Series 2000-1 Principal Funding Account to make such principal
payments) to the Series 2000-1 Noteholders required under the Series 2000-1 Supplement on
the August 2005 Payment Date, and (B) make the payment of the Noteholders Monthly Servicing
Fee to the Servicer required under the Series 2000-1 Supplement dated August 10, 2000 among
the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee (the “Series 2000-1 Supplement”),
but only to the extent that an amount equal to such Noteholders Monthly Servicing Fee has
not been previously retained by the Servicer in

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payment thereof, and (ii) retain the remainder of the Required Deposit Amount on
deposit in the Collection Account after the withdrawals required in Section 1(c)(i)
hereof, which is to be treated as Series 2005-1 Non-Principal Collections on the September
2005 Payment Date, in addition to any Non-Principal Collections allocated to Series 2005-1
on the September 2005 Payment Date pursuant to the Series 2005-1 Supplement;

     (d) the August 2005 Payment Date Statement for Series 2000-1 will only be
required to set forth the information required in Exhibit A hereto; and

     (e) neither the issuance of the Series 2005-1 Notes nor the provisions of
this Amendment, nor the actions or omissions permitted or required hereby shall, directly or
indirectly, be deemed or determined to result in the occurrence of a Servicer Default, Event
of Default or Early Amortization Event for any Series.

     SECTION 2.Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with (a) the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof, with respect to the amendment of each of the Basic
Documents other than the Trust Agreement, and (b) the internal laws of the State of Delaware,
without reference to the principles of conflicts of law thereof, with respect to the amendment of
the Trust Agreement. The Basic Documents, as amended hereby, remain in full force and effect. Any
reference to the Basic Documents from and after the date hereof shall be deemed to refer to such
other Basic Documents as amended hereby, unless otherwise expressly stated.

     SECTION 3. Direction to Owner Trustee. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the
Residual Interestholder holding in the aggregate the 100% Residual Interest in the Trust, hereby
instructs the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust to execute and deliver this Amendment. The
Residual Interestholder represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that (a) it is the sole
Residual Interestholder of the Trust with the right to direct the Owner Trustee, (b) all conditions
precedent to the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by the Trust have been
satisfied, including without limitation, to the extent required, the prior written consent of all
Noteholders, (c) the direction given hereunder will not contravene any obligation of the Trust or
the Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents and is not contrary to
Section 2.3 or Section 6.1 of the Trust Agreement, and (d) all other consents required under the
applicable Basic Documents or otherwise required have been obtained or duly waived in writing. The
Residual Interestholder acknowledges and agrees that the Owner Trustee shall be indemnified in
accordance with the Basic Documents for taking the action directed herein.

     SECTION 4. No Recourse to the Owner Trustee. It is expressly understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Amendment is executed and delivered by The Bank of New
York (Delaware), not individually or personally but solely as trustee of the Trust, in the exercise
of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, (b) each of the representations,
undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as
personal representations, undertakings and agreements by The Bank of New York (Delaware) but is
made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be
construed as creating any liability on The Bank of New York (Delaware), individually or personally,
to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any,
being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the
parties hereto and (d) under no circumstances shall The Bank of New York (Delaware) be personally
liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Trust or be liable for the breach or
failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust
under this Amendment or any other related documents.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	VW CREDIT, INC., as Servicer and Administrator

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David Schulz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David Schulz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                              /s/ LeSha Thorpe
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LeSha Thorpe 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	VOLKSWAGEN DEALER FINANCE, LLC, as Transferor

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David Schulz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David Schulz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                              /s/ LeSha Thorpe
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	LeSha Thorpe 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Indenture Trustee
 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ James P. Bowden
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James P. Bowden 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), solely as Owner
Trustee and solely for purposes of amending the Trust
Agreement

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kristine K. Gullo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kristine K. Gullo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	VOLKSWAGEN CREDIT AUTO MASTER OWNER TRUST

 	 
	 	By:  	   The Bank of New York (Delaware), not in its
 	 
	 	 	individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee 	 
	 	 	on behalf of the Trust 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                              /s/ Kristine K. Gullo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kristine K. Gullo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Omnibus Amendment

VW Floor plan

S-1

 

Exhibit A

Required Information

Omnibus Amendment

VW Floor plan

S-2

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