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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/13/2009

INDENTURE, Parties: deutsche bank trust company
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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

HONDA AUTO RECEIVABLES 2009-2 OWNER TRUST,
as Issuer,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Indenture Trustee

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 1, 2009

 

 


 

CROSS REFERENCE TABLE *

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

310

 

(a)(1)

 

6.11

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

6.11

 

 

 

(a)(3)

 

6.10; 6.11

 

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

**

 

 

(a)(5)

 

6.11

 

 

 

(b)

 

6.08; 6.11

 

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

 

311

 

(a)

 

6.12

 

 

 

(b)

 

6.12

 

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

 

312

 

(a)

 

7.01

 

 

 

(b)

 

7.02

 

 

 

(c)

 

7.02

 

313

 

(a)

 

7.04

 

 

 

(b)(1)

 

7.04

 

 

 

(b)(2)

 

7.04

 

 

 

(c)

 

7.04; 11.05

 

 

 

(d)

 

7.04

 

314

 

(a)

 

7.03

 

 

 

(b)

 

11.15

 

 

 

(c)(1)

 

11.01

 

 

 

(c)(2)

 

11.01

 

 

 

(c)(3)

 

11.01

 

 

 

(d)

 

11.01

 

 

 

(e)

 

11.01

 

 

 

(f)

 

11.01

 

315

 

(a)

 

6.01

 

 

 

(b)

 

6.05; 11.01

 

 

 

(c)

 

6.01

 

 

 

(d)

 

6.01

 

 

 

(e)

 

5.13

 

316

 

(a)

 

1.01

 

 

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

5.11

 

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

5.12

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

 

 

 

(b)

 

5.07

 

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

 

317

 

(a)(1)

 

5.03

 

 

*

 

This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

**

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

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TIA Section

 

Indenture Section

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

5.03

 

 

 

(b)

 

3.03

 

318

 

(a)

 

11.07

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01. Definitions

 

 

2

 

Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

9

 

Section 1.03. Rules of Construction

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE NOTES

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01. Form

 

 

10

 

Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery

 

 

10

 

Section 2.03. Temporary Notes

 

 

11

 

Section 2.04. Note Register, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

11

 

Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

 

 

12

 

Section 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner

 

 

13

 

Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted Interest

 

 

13

 

Section 2.08. Cancellation

 

 

14

 

Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes

 

 

14

 

Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency

 

 

15

 

Section 2.11. Definitive Notes

 

 

15

 

Section 2.12. Release of Collateral

 

 

16

 

Section 2.13. Tax Treatment

 

 

16

 

Section 2.14. Employee Benefit Plans

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III COVENANTS

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest

 

 

16

 

Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

17

 

Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust

 

 

17

 

Section 3.04. Existence

 

 

18

 

Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust Estate

 

 

19

 

Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate

 

 

19

 

Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables

 

 

20

 

Section 3.08. Negative Covenants

 

 

21

 

Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance

 

 

22

 

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

 

 

22

 

Section 3.11. Successor or Transferee

 

 

24

 

Section 3.12. No Other Business

 

 

24

 

Section 3.13. No Borrowing

 

 

24

 

Section 3.14. Servicer’s Obligations

 

 

24

 

Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities

 

 

24

 

Section 3.16. Capital Expenditures

 

 

24

 

Section 3.17. Removal of Administrator

 

 

24

 

Section 3.18. Restricted Payments

 

 

25

 

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Page

 

Section 3.19. Notice of Events of Default

 

 

25

 

Section 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts

 

 

25

 

Section 3.21. Compliance with Laws

 

 

25

 

Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

25

 

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money

 

 

26

 

Section 4.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V REMEDIES

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01. Events of Default

 

 

27

 

Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Annulment

 

 

28

 

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

 

 

29

 

Section 5.04. Remedies, Priorities

 

 

31

 

Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables

 

 

32

 

Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits

 

 

33

 

Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest

 

 

33

 

Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

33

 

Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

34

 

Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver

 

 

34

 

Section 5.11. Control by Noteholders

 

 

34

 

Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

34

 

Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

35

 

Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

 

 

35

 

Section 5.15. Action on Notes

 

 

35

 

Section 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee

 

 

36

 

Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee

 

 

37

 

Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee

 

 

39

 

Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

39

 

Section 6.05. Notice of Defaults

 

 

39

 

Section 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders

 

 

39

 

Section 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

40

 

Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee

 

 

40

 

Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger

 

 

42

 

Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

 

 

42

 

Section 6.11. Eligibility, Disqualification

 

 

43

 

Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer

 

 

44

 

Section 6.13. Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee

 

 

44

 

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Page

 

ARTICLE VII NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01. Issuer to Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of Noteholders

 

 

44

 

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications, Reports and Certain Documents to Noteholders

 

 

45

 

Section 7.03. Reports by Issuer

 

 

45

 

Section 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01. Collection of Money

 

 

46

 

Section 8.02. Accounts

 

 

46

 

Section 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts

 

 

48

 

Section 8.04. Release of Owner Trust Estate

 

 

48

 

Section 8.05. Opinion of Counsel

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders

 

 

49

 

Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders

 

 

50

 

Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

52

 

Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

52

 

Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

52

 

Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01. Redemption

 

 

52

 

Section 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice

 

 

53

 

Section 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.

 

 

53

 

Section 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee

 

 

55

 

Section 11.03. Acts of Noteholders

 

 

56

 

Section 11.04. Notices, etc., to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating Agencies

 

 

56

 

Section 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver

 

 

57

 

Section 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions

 

 

58

 

Section 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

58

 

Section 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

58

 

Section 11.09. Successors and Assigns

 

 

58

 

Section 11.10. Separability

 

 

58

 

Section 11.11. Benefits of Indenture

 

 

58

 

Section 11.12. Legal Holidays

 

 

58

 

Section 11.13. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

 

 

59

 

Section 11.14. Counterparts

 

 

59

 

Section 11.15. Recording of Indenture

 

 

59

 

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Page

 

Section 11.16. Trust Obligation

 

 

59

 

Section 11.17. No Petition

 

 

60

 

Section 11.18. Inspection

 

 

60

 

Section 11.19. [Reserved]

 

 

60

 

Section 11.20. Tax Treatment

 

 

60

 

Section 11.21. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness

 

 

60

 

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SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule A – Schedule of Receivables

 

 

S-A-1

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A - Form of Class [A-1],[ A-2],[ A-3] and [A-4] Note

 

 

A-1

 

Exhibit B - Form of Note Depository Agreement

 

 

B-1

 

Exhibit C - Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance

 

 

C-1

 

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     This Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2009, is between Honda Auto Receivables 2009-2 Owner Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Issuer”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s Class A-1 1.31785% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), Class A-2 2.22% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), Class A-3 2.79% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes”) and Class A-4 4.43% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4 Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Notes”):

GRANTING CLAUSE

     The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, without recourse, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) the Receivables and all monies due thereon and received thereon on and after May 1, 2009; (ii) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles; (iii) any proceeds of any physical damage insurance policies covering the Financed Vehicles and in any proceeds of any credit life or credit disability insurance policies relating to the Receivables or the Obligors; (iv) any proceeds of Dealer Recourse; (v) the right to realize upon any property (including the right to receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a Receivable and have been repossessed by or on behalf of the Issuer; (vi) all funds, and all investment property, from time to time carried in or credited to the Accounts, including the Reserve Fund Initial Deposit and the Yield Supplement Account Deposit and in all investment income and proceeds thereof; (vii) the rights of the Seller under the Receivables Purchase Agreement including, but not limited to, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 therein and the rights of the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, including, but not limited to, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.03 and 5.01 therein; (viii) any Servicer Letter of Credit; (ix) any Cap Agreement entered into with one or more Cap Counterparties pursuant to Section 1.02(xxxiii) of the Administration Agreement and any related collateral and collateral accounts (including, but not limited to, the Cap Collateral and the Cap Agreement Collateral Account described in Section 8.02(c) hereof) and (x) all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing as each such term is defined in Section 1.01 (collectively, the “Collateral”).

     The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (i) 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 expressly provided in this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.

 


 

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     Section 1.01. Definitions .

     (a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.

     “ Act ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).

     “ Administration Agreement ” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2009, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee.

     “ Administrator ” means AHFC or any successor Administrator under the Administration Agreement.

     “ AHFC ” means American Honda Finance Corporation, and its successors.

     “ Authorized Officer ” means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Owner Trustee or person appointed pursuant to a power of attorney who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, any Assistant Vice President or more senior officer of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).

     “ Benefit Plan ” means (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and (c) an entity whose underlying assets include assets of a plan described in (a) or (b) by reason of such plan’s investment in the entity.

     “ Book-Entry Notes ” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.09.

     “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in Los Angeles, California, Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental decree to remain closed.

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     “ Cap Agreement ” means any interest rate derivative agreement entered into under Section 1.02(xxxiii) of the Administration Agreement with one or more Cap Counterparties to hedge some or all of the interest rate risk of the Notes.

     “ Cap Agreement Collateral Account ” means the account designated as such, established and maintained pursuant to Section 8.02(c) hereof.

     “ Cap Agreement Credit Support Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c) hereof.

     “ Cap Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c) hereof.

     “ Cap Counterparty ” means the interest rate derivative agreement counterparty to a Cap Agreement.

     “ Class ” means all Notes whose form is identical except for variation in denomination, principal amount or owner.

     “ Class A-1 Interest Rate ” means 1.31785% per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the related Interest Accrual Period divided by 360).

     “ Class A-1 Notes ” means the Class A-1 1.31785% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

     “ Class A-2 Interest Rate ” means 2.22% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

     “ Class A-2 Notes ” means the Class A-2 2.22% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

     “ Class A-3 Interest Rate ” means 2.79% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

     “ Class A-3 Notes ” means the Class A-3 2.79% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

     “ Class A-4 Interest Rate ” means 4.43% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months).

     “ Class A-4 Notes ” means the Class A-4 4.43% Asset Backed Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

     “ Clearing Agency ” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act, which initially shall be The Depository Trust Company.

     “ Clearing Agency Participant ” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

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     “ Closing Date ” means May 12, 2009.

     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “ Collateral ” has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this Indenture.

     “ Corporate Trust Office ” means an office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 60 Wall Street, 26 th Floor, Mail Stop NYC60-2606, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Asset Backed Securities Unit – Honda Auto Receivables 2009-2, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer.

     “ Default ” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

     “ Definitive Notes ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11.

     “ Delaware Trustee ” means Citigroup Trust-Delaware, National Association, as Delaware Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

     “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

     “ Event of Default ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

     “ Executive Officer ” means, with respect to any corporation or depository institution, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation or depository institution; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof.

     “ Final Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     “ Grant ” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create and grant a lien upon and a security interest in and a right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other monies payable thereunder, 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 granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

     “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

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     “ Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “ Indenture Trustee ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

     “ Independent ” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes, the Seller and any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

     “ Independent Certificate ” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

     “ Interest Accrual Period ” means, subject to Section 11.12 hereof, with respect to any Payment Date and (i) the Class A-1 Notes, the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding such Payment Date and (ii) the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from and including the 15 th day of the prior month (or, in the case of the first Payment Date, the Closing Date) to but excluding the 15 th day of the month of such Payment Date.

     “ Interest Rate ” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Interest Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as applicable.

     “ Issuer ” means Honda Auto Receivables 2009-2 Owner Trust until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.

     “ Issuer Order ” or “ Issuer Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Issuer by any Authorized Officer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

     “ Note Depository Agreement ” means the agreement dated May 12, 2009, among the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency, relating to the Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

     “ Noteholder ” or “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register.

     “ Note Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency or

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on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

     “ Note Register ” and “ Note Registrar ” shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.04.

     “ Notes ” means the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes.

     “ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Indenture to an Officer’s Certificate shall be to an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section 11.01 and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.

     “ Outstanding ” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

     (i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;

     (ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such notice has been made, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee); and

     (iii) Notes cancelled or paid pursuant to Section 2.05 in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a bona fide Protected Purchaser;

provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any other Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to

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the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of their respective Affiliates.

     “ Outstanding Amount ” means, except as otherwise indicated by the context, the aggregate principal amount of all Notes of all Classes Outstanding at the date of determination.

     “ Owner Trust Estate ” means the Grant of the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, including all proceeds thereof.

     “ Owner Trustee ” means Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

     “ Paying Agent ” means the Indenture Trustee or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payments of principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.

     “ Payment Date ” means the 15th calendar day of each month, commencing June 15, 2009, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day.

     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

     “ Predecessor Note ” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

     “ Proceeding ” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

     “ Protected Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

     “ Rating Agency Condition ” means, with respect to any action, that each Rating Agency shall have been given ten days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each Rating Agency (other than Fitch) shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing that such action will not result in a qualification, reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of the Notes.

     “ Record Date ” means, with respect to a Payment Date or Redemption Date, the day immediately preceding such Payment Date or Redemption Date or, if Definitive Notes have been issued, the close of business on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date or Redemption Date occurs.

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     “ Redemption Date ” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Payment Date specified by the Servicer or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.01.

     “ Redemption Price ” means, in the case of a redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Interest Rates for each Class of Notes being so redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.

     “ Registered Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.

     “ Regulation AB ” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

     “ Sale and Servicing Agreement ” means the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2009, between the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer.

     “ Schedule of Receivables ” means the list of the Receivables set forth in Schedule A hereto.

     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     “ Servicer ” means American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Servicer thereunder.

     “ Servicing Criteria ” means the “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time.

     “ Sponsor ” means American Honda Finance Corporation, in its capacity as sponsor under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any Successor Sponsor thereunder.

     “ State ” means any one of the 50 states of the United States or the District of Columbia.

     “ Seller ” means American Honda Receivables Corp., in its capacity as seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and its successors.

     “ Subcontractor ” means any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the asset-backed securities market) of the Receivables but performs one or more material discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to the Receivables under the direction or authority of the Servicer or a Subservicer.

     “ Subservicer ” means any Person that services Receivables on behalf of the Servicer or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers

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or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

     “ Trust Indenture Act ” or “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.

     “ UCC ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.

     “ United States ” means the United States of America.

     (a) Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     Section 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “indenture securities” means the Notes.

     “indenture security holder” means a Noteholder.

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

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

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

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

     Section 1.03. Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires: (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; (iii) “or” is not exclusive; (iv) “including” means including without limitation; (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; (vii) references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (viii) the words “hereof’, “herein” and “hereunder” and

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words of similar import when used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Indenture; (ix) the term “proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable UCC; and (x) Section, subsection and Schedule references contained in this Indenture are references to Sections, subsections and Schedules in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

          Section 2.01. Form . The Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, in each case together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. 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.

     Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

     Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes are the terms of this Indenture.

     Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.

     The Indenture Trustee shall, upon Issuer Order, authenticate and deliver for original issue the following aggregate principal amount of Notes: (i) $351,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $400,000,000 of Class A-2 Notes, (iii) $520,000,000 of Class A-3 Notes and (iv) $229,000,000 of Class A-4 Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and Class A-4 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such respective amounts except as provided in Section 2.05.

     Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the

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form provided for herein executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

          Section 2.03. Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes pursuant to Section 2.11, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

     If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer 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 office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the related Holder. 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 tenor and principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.

     Section 2.04. Note Register, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The Indenture Trustee initially shall be the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note Registrar.

     If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and 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 Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes

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to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, provided that the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met (as determined by the Issuer), the Issuer shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

     All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of 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.

     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 duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent’s Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.

     No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer or the 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 Section 2.03 or 9.06 not involving any transfer.

     The preceding provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the Issuer shall not be required to make and the Note Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the Note.

     Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, (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 and (iii) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a Protected Purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its 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 the same Class; provided, however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a Protected Purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it

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was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

     Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, 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 the fees and expenses of the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar) connected therewith.

     Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

     The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

     Section 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     Section 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest, Defaulted Interest .

     (a) Each Class of Notes shall accrue interest at the related Interest Rate, and such interest shall be due and payable on each Payment Date as specified therein, subject to Sections 3.01 and 11.12 hereof. Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register on such Record Date, except that, unless Definitive Notes have been issued pursuant to Section 2.11, with respect to Notes registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such nominee and except for the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a Payment Date, a Redemption Date or on the related Final Scheduled Payment Date, as the case may be (and except for the Redemption Price for any Note called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01), which shall be payable as provided below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.

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     (b) The principal of each Note shall be payable as provided in Section 8.02(d) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the related Final Payment Date or the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture Trustee or Holders of the Notes representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding Amount have declared the Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02. All principal payments on each Class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business 5 Business Days preceding the Payment Date on which the Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed or transmitted by facsimile prior to such final Payment Date and shall specify that such final installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02. In addition, the Administrator shall notify each Rating Agency upon the final payment of interest and principal of each Class of Notes, and upon the termination of the Trust, in each case pursuant to Section 1.02(a)(iii) of the Administration Agreement.

     (c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) at the applicable Interest Rate in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the Persons who are Noteholders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least 5 Business Days prior to the next payment date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and related payment date, and, at least 15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

     Section 2.08. Cancellation . All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuer Order is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

     Section 2.09. Book-Entry Notes . The Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Book-Entry Notes shall be registered initially on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note,

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except as provided in Section 2.11. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11:

     (i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;

     (ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;

     (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall control;

     (iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the Note Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.11, the Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants; and

     (v) 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, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.

     Section 2.10. Notices to Clearing Agency . Whenever a notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligation to such Note Owners.

     Section 2.11. Definitive Notes . If (i)(A) the Administrator advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and (B) neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Administrator is able 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 Servicer Default, Owners of Book-Entry Notes representing beneficial interests aggregating at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount of such Notes advise the Indenture Trustee and the Clearing Agency Participants through 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, in each case, the Indenture Trustee shall notify all Note Owners of the related Class of Notes through the Clearing Agency of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes of the related Class of Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the

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Indenture Trustee of the Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of a Class, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders hereunder.

     Section 2.12. Release of Collateral . Subject to Section 11.01 and the terms of the other Basic Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (except in the case of a full redemption under Section 10.01) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA §§ 314(c) and 314(d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such Independent Certificates.

     Section 2.13. Tax Treatment . The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for all purposes including federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness secured by the Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer, by entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of a Note (and each Note Owner by its acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes for all purposes including federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.

     Section 2.14. Employee Benefit Plans . The transfer of a Definitive Note shall not be registered unless the prospective transferee has represented in writing to the Indenture Trustee that either (i) it is not a Benefit Plan or any other plan subject to a law that is substantially similar to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”) and is not acting on behalf of or investing the assets of a Benefit Plan or any other plan subject to Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition, holding and disposition of the Definitive Note will be covered by a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory or administrative exemption and will not cause a nonexempt violation of any Similar Law. Any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Note with the assets of a Benefit Plan shall be deemed to represent that its acquisition and holding of such beneficial interest is covered by a United States Department of Labor prohibited transaction class exemption or some other applicable statutory or administration exemption.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

     Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.02(d), the Issuer will cause to be distributed all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account on a Payment Date deposited therein in accordance with Section 8.02(e). Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder of interest and/or principal shall be

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considered as having been paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

     Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands, provided that the Indenture Trustee shall not serve as an agent or office for the purpose of service of process on behalf of the Issuer.

     Section 3.03. Money for Payments to be Held in Trust . As provided in Sections 5.04 and 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 8.02(d) shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from the Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in this Section.

     On or before the Business Day immediately preceding each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account (to be transferred to the Note Distribution Account on the related Payment Date) an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.

     The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

     (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;

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     (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 at the time of its appointment; 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.

     The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer on 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 repayment, shall at the expense and written direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to or for the account of the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and written direction 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 3.04. Existence . The Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States, in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate, including all licenses required under the

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Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act and MD. Fin. Inst. Code Ann., Title 11, Subtitle 4, as applicable, in connection with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby until such time as the Issuer shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof.

     Section 3.05. Protection of Owner Trust Estate . The Issuer intends the security interest Granted pursuant to this Indenture in favor of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders to be prior to all other liens in respect of the Owner Trust Estate, and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to obtain and maintain, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, a first lien on and a first priority, perfected security interest in the Owner Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, all as prepared by the Administrator and delivered to the Issuer, and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

     (i) grant more effectively any portion of the Owner Trust Estate;

     (ii) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) created by this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

     (iii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture;

     (iv) enforce any of the Collateral;

     (v) preserve and defend title to the Owner Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Owner Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties; or

     (vi) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Owner Trust Estate when due.

     Section 3.06. Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate .

     (a) Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to create and continue the Indenture Trustee’s first priority perfected security interest in the collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such security interest.

     (b) Within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer beginning with the first fiscal year beginning more than three months after the Cutoff Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of a date during such 90-day period, to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (i) all financing statements and continuation statements have been executed and filed that are necessary to create and continue the Indenture Trustee’s first priority perfected security interest in the collateral for the benefit of

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the Noteholders, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (ii) no such action shall be necessary to perfect such security interest.

     Section 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables .

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

     (c) The Issuer will and will cause the Administrator to, punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Owner Trust Estate, including but not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the terms of this Indenture and the other Basic Documents 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 written consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Amount or such greater percentage as may be specified in the particular provision.

     (d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, the Issuer shall promptly provide written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and to each Rating Agency thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking with respect of such default. If a Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure.

     (e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to the Servicer of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall appoint a Successor Servicer, and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Servicer by giving written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be released from such duties and obligations, such release not to be effective until the date a new

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servicer enters into a servicing agreement as provided below. Upon delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer shall obtain a new servicer as the Successor Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee shall (i) be an established financial institution having a net worth of not less than $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of motor vehicle receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the Issuer and the Seller having substantially the same provisions as the provisions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement applicable to the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a new servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Servicer. In connection with any such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree, subject to the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer and the Seller shall enter into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee). If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer’s duties as servicer of the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of Article Six shall be inapplicable (except as set forth in the proviso contained in Section 6.01(a)) to the Indenture Trustee in its duties as the successor to the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to the Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as Servicer any one of its Affiliates or agents, provided that it shall be fully liable for the actions and omissions of such Affiliate or agent in such capacity as Successor Servicer.

     (f) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name and address of such Successor Servicer.

     Section 3.08. Negative Covenants . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:

     (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 3.10(b) and the Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;

     (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Owner Trust Estate;

     (iii) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien created by 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, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of

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this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics’ liens and other liens that arise by operation of law, in each case on any of the Financed Vehicles and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Obligor) or (C) permit the lien created by this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Owner Trust Estate; or

     (iv) dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part.

     Section 3.09. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     (a) The Issuer will deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer (commencing with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010), an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:

     (i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and

     (ii) 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 its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof.

     (b) On or before June 1 st of each calendar year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf of the Issuer, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer and the Administrator a report regarding the Indenture Trustee’s assessment of compliance with each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C hereto during the immediately preceding reporting year accompanied by an attestation report by a registered public accounting firm, in each case as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee, and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit C hereto.

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

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

     (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 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 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 each other Basic Document, on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed;

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

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

     (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

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

     (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no actions will be taken) each stating that such consolidation or merger comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).

     (b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets, including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, to any Person (except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents), unless:

     (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties or assets of the Issuer shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, 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 each other Basic Document on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree 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 (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture 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 Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

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

     (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse federal tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

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

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     (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which shall describe the actions taken as required by clause (v) above or that no actions will be taken) each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with (including 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 of the properties or assets of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), the Issuer will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that the Issuer is to be so released.

     Section 3.12. No Other Business . The Issuer shall not engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning, selling and managing the Receivables in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto.

     Section 3.13. No Borrowing . The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for (i) the Notes and (ii) any other indebtedness permitted by or arising under the other Basic Documents.

     Section 3.14. Servicer’s Obligations . The Issuer shall cause the Servicer to comply with Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.10 and Article Eight of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     Section 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities . Except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.

     Section 3.16. Capital Expenditures . The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

     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 shall have been satisfied in connection with such removal.

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     Section 3.18. Restricted Payments . Except as expressly permitted by the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) 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 with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (a) distributions as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement, (b) payments to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02(b)(ii) of the Administration Agreement and (c) payments to the Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic Documents.

     Section 3.19. Notice of Events of Default . The Issuer shall give a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and each default on the part of the Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

     Section 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

     Section 3.21. Compliance with Laws . The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, the non-compliance with which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any Basic Document.

     Section 3.22. Amendments of Sale and Servicing Agreement and Trust Agreement . The Issuer shall not agree to any amendment to Section 9.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 11.01 of the Trust Agreement to eliminate the requirements thereunder that the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Notes consent to amendments thereto as provided therein.

ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.20 and 3.22, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.02) 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

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of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, when

     (i) either

     (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or

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

     (1) have become due and payable,

     (2) will become due and payable at the Class A-4 Final Payment Date within one year, or

     (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to


 
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