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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/12/2009

INDENTURE, Parties: u.s. bank national association  , nissan auto lease trust 2009-a
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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

 

NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2009-A

$208,000,000
1.04335% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1

$304,000,000
2.01% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2

$485,000,000
2.92% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3

$85,610,000
3.51% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4

NISSAN AUTO LEASE TRUST 2009-A

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Indenture Trustee

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 9, 2009

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.01

 

Capitalized Terms

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02

 

Interpretation

 

 

2

 

SECTION 1.03

 

Incorporation by Reference Trust Indenture Act

 

 

2

 

ARTICLE TWO THE NOTES

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.01

 

Form

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.02

 

Execution, Authentication and Delivery

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.03

 

Temporary Notes

 

 

4

 

SECTION 2.04

 

Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

4

 

SECTION 2.05

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

 

 

5

 

SECTION 2.06

 

Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

6

 

SECTION 2.07

 

Cancellation

 

 

6

 

SECTION 2.08

 

Release of Collateral

 

 

7

 

SECTION 2.09

 

Book-Entry Notes

 

 

7

 

SECTION 2.10

 

Notices to Clearing Agency

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.11

 

Definitive Notes

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.12

 

Authenticating Agents

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.13

 

Tax Treatment

 

 

9

 

SECTION 2.14

 

[Reserved]

 

 

9

 

ARTICLE THREE COVENANTS

 

 

9

 

SECTION 3.01

 

Payments to Noteholders, Trust Certificateholders and Depositor

 

 

9

 

SECTION 3.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

10

 

SECTION 3.03

 

Money for Payments to be Held in Trust

 

 

10

 

SECTION 3.04

 

Existence

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.05

 

Protection of Owner Trust Estate

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.06

 

Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.07

 

Performance of Obligations; Servicing of the 2009-A SUBI Assets

 

 

13

 

SECTION 3.08

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

14

 

SECTION 3.09

 

Annual Statement as to Compliance

 

 

14

 

SECTION 3.10

 

Restrictions on Certain Other Activities

 

 

15

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.11

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

15

 

SECTION 3.12

 

Further Instruments and Acts

 

 

15

 

SECTION 3.13

 

Delivery of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate

 

 

15

 

SECTION 3.14

 

Compliance with Laws

 

 

16

 

SECTION 3.15

 

Issuing Entity May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

16

 

SECTION 3.16

 

Successor or Transferee

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.17

 

Removal of the Administrative Agent

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.18

 

Perfection Representations

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.19

 

Securities Exchange Act Filings

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.20

 

Regulation AB Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

 

19

 

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

19

 

SECTION 4.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

19

 

SECTION 4.02

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

20

 

SECTION 4.03

 

Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent

 

 

20

 

ARTICLE FIVE INDENTURE DEFAULT

 

 

20

 

SECTION 5.01

 

Indenture Defaults

 

 

20

 

SECTION 5.02

 

Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Indenture Default

 

 

22

 

SECTION 5.03

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee

 

 

22

 

SECTION 5.04

 

Remedies; Priorities

 

 

24

 

SECTION 5.05

 

Optional Preservation of the Owner Trust Estate

 

 

26

 

SECTION 5.06

 

Limitation of Suits

 

 

26

 

SECTION 5.07

 

Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest

 

 

27

 

SECTION 5.08

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

27

 

SECTION 5.09

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

27

 

SECTION 5.10

 

Delay or Omission Not a Waiver

 

 

27

 

SECTION 5.11

 

Control by Noteholders

 

 

28

 

SECTION 5.12

 

[Reserved]

 

 

28

 

SECTION 5.13

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

28

 

SECTION 5.14

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

 

 

28

 

SECTION 5.15

 

Action on Notes

 

 

29

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.16

 

Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations

 

 

29

 

SECTION 5.17

 

Sale of Owner Trust Estate

 

 

29

 

ARTICLE SIX THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

 

30

 

SECTION 6.01

 

Duties of Indenture Trustee

 

 

30

 

SECTION 6.02

 

Rights of Indenture Trustee

 

 

31

 

SECTION 6.03

 

Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee

 

 

32

 

SECTION 6.04

 

Indenture Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.05

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.06

 

Reports by Indenture Trustee to Noteholders

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.08

 

Replacement of Indenture Trustee

 

 

34

 

SECTION 6.09

 

Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger

 

 

35

 

SECTION 6.10

 

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.11

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.12

 

Trustee as Holder of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.13

 

Representations and Warranties of Indenture Trustee

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.14

 

Furnishing of Documents

 

 

38

 

SECTION 6.15

 

Preferred Collection of Claims Against Issuer

 

 

38

 

ARTICLE SEVEN NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

 

 

38

 

SECTION 7.01

 

Note Registrar to Furnish Noteholder Names and Addresses

 

 

38

 

SECTION 7.02

 

Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders

 

 

39

 

SECTION 7.03

 

Reports by Issuing Entity

 

 

39

 

SECTION 7.04

 

Reports by Indenture Trustee

 

 

40

 

SECTION 7.05

 

Indenture Trustee Website

 

 

40

 

ARTICLE EIGHT ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

 

 

40

 

SECTION 8.01

 

Collection of Money

 

 

40

 

SECTION 8.02

 

Accounts

 

 

41

 

SECTION 8.03

 

Payment Date Certificate

 

 

41

 

SECTION 8.04

 

Disbursement of Funds

 

 

43

 

SECTION 8.05

 

General Provisions Regarding Accounts

 

 

47

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.06

 

Release of Owner Trust Estate

 

 

48

 

SECTION 8.07

 

Release of Interest In 2009-A Leases and 2009-A Vehicles Upon Purchase or Reallocation by the Servicer

 

 

48

 

SECTION 8.08

 

Opinion of Counsel

 

 

49

 

ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

49

 

SECTION 9.01

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders

 

 

49

 

SECTION 9.02

 

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders

 

 

51

 

SECTION 9.03

 

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

52

 

SECTION 9.04

 

Effect of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

52

 

SECTION 9.05

 

Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

52

 

ARTICLE TEN REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

 

53

 

SECTION 10.01

 

Redemption

 

 

53

 

SECTION 10.02

 

Form of Redemption Notice

 

 

53

 

SECTION 10.03

 

Notes Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

54

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

54

 

SECTION 11.01

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

54

 

SECTION 11.02

 

Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee

 

 

56

 

SECTION 11.03

 

Acts of Noteholders

 

 

56

 

SECTION 11.04

 

Notices

 

 

57

 

SECTION 11.05

 

Notices to Noteholders; Waiver

 

 

57

 

SECTION 11.06

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

58

 

SECTION 11.07

 

Successors and Assigns

 

 

58

 

SECTION 11.08

 

Severability

 

 

58

 

SECTION 11.09

 

Benefits of Indenture

 

 

58

 

SECTION 11.10

 

Legal Holidays

 

 

58

 

SECTION 11.11

 

Governing Law

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.12

 

Counterparts

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.13

 

Recording of Indenture

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.14

 

Trust Obligation

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.15

 

No Petition

 

 

59

 

SECTION 11.16

 

No Recourse

 

 

59

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11.17

 

Inspection

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.18

 

Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.19

 

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

60

 

SECTION 11.20

 

Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness

 

 

60

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Schedule I   Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A — Form of Notes

 

A-1

 

 

 

Exhibit B — Form of Depository Agreement

 

B-1

 

 

 

Exhibit C — Applicable Servicing Criteria

 

C-1

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Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIA

 

 

Indenture

 

Section

 

 

Section

 

310

(a) (1)

 

 

6.08, 6.11

 

 

(a) (2)

 

 

6.08, 6.11

 

 

(a) (3)

 

 

6.10(b)(i)

 

(a) (4)

 

 

6.12

 

 

(a) (5)

 

 

6.11

 

 

(b)

 

 

6.08, 6.11, 11.05

 

 

(c)

 

 

N.A.

 

311

(a)

 

 

6.15

 

 

(b)

 

 

6.15

 

 

(c)

 

 

N.A.

 

312

(a)

 

 

7.01

 

 

(b)

 

 

7.01, 7.02(b)

 

(c)

 

 

7.02(c)

313

(a)

 

 

7.04

 

 

(b) (1)

 

 

7.04

 

 

(b) (2)

 

 

7.04

 

 

(c)

 

 

7.03, 7.04, 11.05

 

 

(d)

 

 

7.04

 

314

(a)

 

 

3.09, 7.03, 11.05

 

 

(b)

 

 

11.13

 

 

(c) (1)

 

 

11.01

 

 

(c) (2)

 

 

8.08, 11.01

 

 

(c) (3)

 

 

11.01

 

 

(d)

 

 

11.01(b)

 

(e)

 

 

11.01

 

 

(f)

 

 

N.A.

 

315

(a)

 

 

6.01(b)

 

(b)

 

 

6.05

 

 

(c)

 

 

6.01(a)

 

(d)

 

 

6.01(c)

 

(e)

 

 

5.13

 

316

(a)(1) (A)

 

 

5.11, 6.01(c)

 

(a) (1) (B)

 

 

5.02

 

 

(a) (2)

 

 

N.A.

 

 

(b)

 

 

5.07

 

 

(c)

 

 

N.A.

 

317

(a) (1)

 

 

5.04

 

 

(a) (2)

 

 

5.03(d)

 

(b)

 

 

3.03

 

318

(a)

 

 

11.19

 

 

(1)

 

This reconciliation table and tie shall not, for any purpose be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

(2)

 

N.A. means not applicable.

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INDENTURE

     This Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Indenture ”), is between the Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2009-A, a Delaware statutory trust (the “ Issuing Entity ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (“ U.S. Bank ”), as trustee (the “ Indenture Trustee ”).

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and the holders of the Issuing Entity’s 1.04335% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1 (the “ Class A-1 Notes ”), 2.01% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2 (the “ Class A-2 Notes ”), 2.92% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 (the “ Class A-3 Notes ”), and 3.51% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4 (the “ Class A-4 Notes ”) (collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes are referred to herein as the “ Notes ”):

GRANTING CLAUSE

     The Issuing Entity hereby Grants in trust to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Trust Certificateholders, all of the Issuing Entity’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the Owner Trust Estate, and (ii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and 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, 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, securities, financial assets and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), in each case as such terms are defined herein.

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

     SECTION 1.01 Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement of Definitions, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Issuing Entity, NILT Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, as grantor and initial beneficiary (in such capacity, the “ Grantor ” and the “ UTI Beneficiary ,” respectively), Nissan-Infiniti LT, a Delaware statutory trust (the “ Titling Trust ”), Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation (“ NMAC ”), in its individual capacity, as servicer and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Servicer ” and the “ Administrative Agent ,” respectively), Nissan Auto Leasing LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company (“ NALL II ”), NILT, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee to the Titling Trust (the

NALT 2009-A: Indenture

 


 

Titling Trustee ” or “ Trustee ”), Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee and Delaware trustee (in such capacity, the “ Owner Trustee ” and the “ Delaware Trustee ,” respectively) and U.S. Bank, as Indenture Trustee and trust agent (in such capacity, the “ Trust Agent ”).

     SECTION 1.02 Interpretation . For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (i) terms used herein include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as the singular, (ii) references to this Indenture include all Exhibits hereto, (iii) references to words such as “herein,” “hereof” and the like shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular part, Article or Section within this Indenture, (iv) references to an Article or Section such as “Article Twelve” or “Section 12.01” shall refer to the applicable Article or Section of this Indenture, (v) the term “include” and all variations thereof shall mean “include without limitation,” (vi) the term “or” shall include “and/or,” (vii) the term “proceeds” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC, (viii) references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns, (ix) references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Indenture, and (x) references to laws include their amendments and supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto.

     Any reference in this Indenture to any agreement means such agreement as it may be amended, restated, supplemented (only to the extent such agreement as supplemented relates to the Notes), or otherwise modified from time to time. Any reference in this Indenture to any law, statute, regulation, rule, or other legislative action shall mean such law, statute, regulation, rule or other legislative action as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, and shall include any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. Any reference in this Indenture to a Person shall include the successors or assignee of such Person.

     SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference 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 Issuing Entity and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

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

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

     SECTION 2.01 Form . The Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, 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 such 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 such Note.

     The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto are part of the terms of this Indenture.

     SECTION 2.02 Execution, Authentication and Delivery . The Notes shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity. The signature of any authorized officer of the Owner Trustee on the Notes may be manual or by facsimile. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time authorized officers of the Owner Trustee shall bind the Issuing Entity, notwithstanding that any such individuals 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 receipt of an Issuing Entity Order, authenticate and deliver for original issue the following aggregate principal amounts of the Notes: (i) $208,000,000 of Class A-1 Notes, (ii) $304,000,000 of Class A-2 Notes, (iii) $485,000,000 of Class A-3 Notes and (vi) $85,610,000 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 book-entry form in minimum denominations of $25,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

     No Note may be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to any Person except in accordance with Section 2.04 and any attempted sale, pledge or transfer in violation of such Section shall be null and void.

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

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     SECTION 2.03 Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes, the Owner Trustee may execute, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and upon receipt of an Issuing Entity Order, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, substantially 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 Issuing Entity 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 such temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuing Entity to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 , without charge to the related Noteholder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Owner Trustee shall execute, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, such temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.

     SECTION 2.04 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     (a) The Issuing Entity shall cause to be kept a register (the “ Note Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuing Entity shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes by the Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “ Note Registrar ” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. In the event, subsequent to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee notifies the Issuing Entity that it is unable to act as Note Registrar, the Issuing Entity shall appoint another bank or trust company, having an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, agreeing to act in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture applicable to it, and otherwise acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to act as successor Note Registrar under this Indenture. Upon any resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity as Note Registrar, the Issuing Entity shall give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice of such appointment and the location, and any change in such 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 as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders and the principal amounts and number of such Notes.

     (b) Upon the proper surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuing Entity to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02 , if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Owner Trustee shall execute, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the related Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Notes in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.

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     (c) At the option of the related Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Notes at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401 of the UCC are met, the Owner Trustee shall execute, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the Indenture Trustee the Notes that the Noteholder making such exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, including appropriate tax documentation, duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.

     (d) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuing Entity, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     (e) No service charge shall be made to a Noteholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuing Entity may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.03 or 9.05 not involving any transfer.

     (f) Each Noteholder shall be deemed to represent, warrant and covenant (on the date of acquisition of a Note (or any interest therein) and throughout the period of holding such Note (or interest therein)) that either (i) it is not, and is not acting on behalf of, a Benefit Plan or any other plan that is subject to any Similar Law or (ii) its acquisition, holding and disposition of such Note (or any interest therein) will not result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law.

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

     (g) [Reserved].

     SECTION 2.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes . If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Owner Trustee, the Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a “protected purchaser” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Owner Trustee shall execute, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and upon receipt of an Issuing Entity 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; provided , however , that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note (but not a

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mutilated Note) shall have become or within seven days shall become due and payable, or shall have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuing Entity may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or upon the Redemption Date without the 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” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC) of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a “protected purchaser” (as contemplated by Article 8 of the UCC), 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 Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

     Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee may require the payment by the related Noteholder 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 Issuing Entity, 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 Owners . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and their respective agents shall treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the date 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 is overdue, and none of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     SECTION 2.07 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 Issuing Entity may at any time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Issuing Entity 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

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standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time unless the Issuing Entity shall direct by an Issuing Entity Order that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, that such Issuing Entity Order is timely and that such Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 2.08 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 Issuing Entity Request, accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 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 2.09 Book-Entry Notes . Unless otherwise specified, the Notes, upon original issuance, will be issued in the form of one or more typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, as agent for DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, or a custodian therefor, by, or on behalf of, the Issuing Entity. For each Class of Book-Entry Notes, one fully registered Note shall be issued with respect to each $500 million in principal amount of each Class of Notes or such lesser amount as necessary. Such Notes shall initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Note Owner’s interest in such Note except as provided in Section 2.11 . Unless and until Definitive Notes have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.11 :

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

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

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

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

     (e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders 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.

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

     SECTION 2.11 Definitive Notes . If (i) (A) the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Administrative Agent advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as described in the Depository Agreement and (B) the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent is unable to locate a qualified successor (and if the Administrative Agent has made such determination, the Administrative Agent has given written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee), (ii) the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 an Indenture Default, Note Owners representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Outstanding Amount, voting as a single class, advise the Indenture Trustee through the Clearing Agency and Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or its successor is no longer in the best interest of Note Owners, the Indenture Trustee shall be required to notify all Note Owners, through the Clearing Agency, of the occurrence of such event and the availability through the Clearing Agency of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee by the Clearing Agency of the Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes and the receipt of instructions for re-registration, the Indenture Trustee shall issue Definitive Notes to Note Owners, who thereupon shall become Noteholders for all purposes of this Indenture. None of the Issuing Entity, Owner Trustee, 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.

     The Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable if the Indenture Trustee or the Administrative Agent is unable to locate a qualified successor Clearing Agency. The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of such methods (with or without steel engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. From and after the date of issuance of Definitive Notes, all notices to be given to Noteholders shall be mailed to their addresses of record in the Note Register as of the relevant Deposit Date. Such notices shall be deemed to have been given as of the date of mailing.

     If Definitive Notes are issued and the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the Noteholders (i) as of each Deposit Date, within five days thereafter and (ii) as of not more than ten days prior to the time such list is furnished, within 30 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a written request therefor.

     SECTION 2.12 Authenticating Agents . Upon the request of the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee shall, and if the Indenture Trustee so chooses the Indenture Trustee may, appoint one or more Authenticating Agents with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with issuance, transfers and exchanges

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under Sections 2.02 , 2.04 , 2.05 and 9.05 , as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by such Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes by the Indenture Trustee.

     Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.

     Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuing Entity. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Issuing Entity. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such termination, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of such appointment to the Issuing Entity.

     The Indenture Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services and reimbursement for its reasonable expenses relating thereto, and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all such payments, subject to Section 6.07 . The provisions of Sections 2.07 and 6.04 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.

     SECTION 2.13 Tax Treatment . The Issuing Entity has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will qualify as indebtedness. The Issuing Entity, 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), agrees to treat the Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.

     SECTION 2.14 [ Reserved ] .

ARTICLE THREE

COVENANTS

     SECTION 3.01 Payments to Noteholders, Trust Certificateholders and Depositor . The Issuing Entity shall duly and punctually (i) pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture and (ii) cause the Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to release from the Note Distribution Account all other amounts distributable or payable from the Owner Trust Estate (including distributions to be made to the Trust Certificateholders on any Payment Date) under the Trust Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 8.04 , the Issuing Entity shall

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cause the Servicer to direct the Indenture Trustee to apply all amounts on deposit in the Note Distribution Account on each Payment Date that have been deposited therein for the benefit of the Notes. Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder or Trust Certificateholder of interest or principal (or other amounts) shall be considered to have been paid by the Issuing Entity to such Noteholder or Trust Certificateholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

     SECTION 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Note Registrar, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, shall maintain at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other location in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, chosen by the Note Registrar, acting for the Issuing Entity, an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices to and demands upon the Issuing Entity in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuing Entity hereby initially appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands. The Issuing Entity shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity hereby appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands.

     SECTION 3.03 Money for Payments to be Held in Trust . As provided in Sections 5.04(b) and 8.04 , all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Note Distribution Account or the Reserve Account, if any, shall be made on behalf of the Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn therefrom for payments on Notes shall be paid over to the Issuing Entity except as provided in this Section. All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes or Trust Certificates that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Note Distribution Account or Reserve Account pursuant to Sections 3.01 , 4.02 and 4.03 shall be made on behalf of the Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee or by a Paying Agent, and no amounts so withdrawn from such accounts for payments of Notes or Trust Certificates shall be paid over to the Issuing Entity or the Owner Trustee, except as provided by this Section.

     On each Payment Date and Redemption Date, the Issuing Entity shall deposit or cause to be deposited (including the provision of instructions to the Indenture Trustee to make any required withdrawals from the Reserve Account) into the Note Distribution Account an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due under the Notes, and the Paying Agent shall hold such sum in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless the Paying Agent is the Indenture Trustee) shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of any failure by the Issuing Entity to effect such deposit.

     The Indenture Trustee, as Paying Agent, hereby agrees with the Issuing Entity that it will, and the Issuing Entity will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee, as a condition to its acceptance of its appointment as Paying Agent, to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

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     (a) 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;

     (b) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the Issuing Entity of which it has actual knowledge (or any other obligor upon the Notes, if any) in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;

     (c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

     (d) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes 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

     (e) 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 Issuing Entity may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuing Entity 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 such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed after such amount has become due and payable and after the Indenture Trustee has taken the steps described in this paragraph shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee upon presentation thereto of an Issuing Entity Order, and the related Noteholder shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuing Entity for payment thereof, and all liability of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease. If any Noteholder shall not surrender its Notes for retirement within six months after the date specified in the written notice of final payment described in Section 8.04(d) , the Indenture Trustee will give a second written notice to the registered Noteholders that have not surrendered their Notes for final payment and retirement. If within one year after such second notice any Notes have not been surrendered, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the expense and direction of the Issuing Entity, cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. The Indenture Trustee shall also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuing Entity, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment specified by the Issuing Entity or the Administrative Agent.

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     SECTION 3.04 Existence . The Issuing Entity shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuing Entity hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States, in which case the Issuing Entity shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate.

     SECTION 3.05 Protection of Owner Trust Estate . The Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity shall 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 Administrative Agent and delivered to the Issuing Entity, and shall take such other action necessary or advisable to:

     (a) Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral;

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

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

     (d) enforce any of the Collateral;

     (e) preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Collateral against the claims of all Persons; or

     (f) pay all taxes or assessments levied or assessed upon the Collateral when due.

     The Issuing Entity hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute all financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments required to be executed pursuant to this Section.

     SECTION 3.06 Opinions as to Owner Trust Estate .

     (a) On the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, in the opinion of such counsel (subject to standard limitations, qualifications and assumptions), the provisions of the Indenture are effective under the New York UCC to create in favor of the Indenture Trustee a security interest in the Issuing Entity’s rights in the Collateral and in identifiable proceeds thereof, and upon filing of the applicable financing statement, the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Issuing Entity’s rights in the Collateral and in identifiable proceeds thereof will be perfected.

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     (b) On or before June 30 of each calendar year, beginning with June 30, 2010, the Issuing Entity 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 continue the lien and security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral 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 is necessary to continue such lien and security interest.

     SECTION 3.07 Performance of Obligations; Servicing of the 2009-A SUBI Assets .

     (a) The Issuing Entity shall not take any action and shall use its best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, including the Administrative Agent, that would release any Person from any of such Person’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as expressly provided in the Basic Documents or such other instrument or agreement.

     (b) The Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuing Entity. Initially, the Issuing Entity has contracted with the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent has agreed, to assist the Issuing Entity in performing its duties under this Indenture.

     (c) The Issuing Entity shall, and, shall cause the Administrative Agent and the Servicer to, punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Basic Documents and the instruments and agreements included in the Owner Trust Estate, including 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. The Issuing Entity, as a party to the Basic Documents and as Holder of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate, shall not, and shall cause the Servicer and the Administrative Agent not to, modify, amend, supplement, waive or terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof other than in accordance with the applicable amendment provisions set forth in such Basic Document.

     (d) If the Indenture Trustee or an Authorized Officer of the Issuing Entity shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer Default, such entity shall promptly notify the other entity and each Rating Agency thereof, and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the other entity is taking in 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 Servicing Agreement with respect to the 2009-A SUBI Assets, the Issuing Entity shall take all reasonable steps available to it to remedy such failure. Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default with respect to the 2009-A SUBI or the Trust Assets allocated thereto, the Indenture Trustee may terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer with respect to the 2009-A SUBI and the Trust Assets allocated thereto only, and a successor Servicer shall be appointed pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.

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     (e) Upon any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers or resignation of the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the other entity thereof. As soon as a successor Servicer is appointed pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Issuing Entity or the Indenture Trustee shall notify the other entity 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 Issuing Entity shall not:

     (a) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, pledging and managing the 2009-A SUBI Certificate as contemplated by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents;

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

     (c) 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;

     (d) except as may be permitted expressly hereby (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations under this Indenture, except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Owner Trust Estate, 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 2009-A SUBI Asset and arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related Lessee) or (iii) except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents, permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first priority (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics’ or other lien) security interest in the Owner Trust Estate;

     (e) incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Basic Documents; or

     (f) except as otherwise permitted by the Basic Documents, dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part.

     SECTION 3.09 Annual Statement as to Compliance . The Issuing Entity will cause the Servicer to deliver to the Indenture Trustee concurrently with its delivery thereof to the Issuing Entity the annual statement of compliance described in Section 8.11 of the 2009-A Servicing Supplement. In addition, on the same date annually upon which such annual statement of compliance is to be delivered by the Servicer, the Issuing Entity shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s Certificate, that:

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

     (b) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuing Entity 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.

     On or before June 15 th of each calendar year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed on behalf of the Issuing Entity, commencing in 2010, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Issuing Entity and the Servicer 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 addressed to the Issuing Entity and 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 Restrictions on Certain Other Activities . Except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents, unless and until the Issuing Entity shall have been released from its duties and obligations hereunder, the Issuing Entity shall not: (i) engage in any activities other than financing, acquiring, owning, leasing (subject to the lien of this Indenture), pledging and managing the 2009-A SUBI Certificate in the manner contemplated by the Basic Documents and activities incidental thereto; (ii) issue, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness; (iii) make any loan, advance or credit to, 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; or (iv) make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).

     SECTION 3.11 Notice of Defaults . The Issuing Entity agrees to give the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency prompt written notice of each Indenture Default hereunder on the part of the Administrative Agent.

     SECTION 3.12 Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

     SECTION 3.13 Delivery of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate . On the Closing Date, the Issuing Entity shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee as security for its obligations hereunder, the 2009-A SUBI Certificate. The Indenture Trustee shall take possession of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and shall

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at all times during the period of this Indenture maintain custody of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York.

     SECTION 3.14 Compliance with Laws . The Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity to perform its obligations under the Notes, this Indenture or any other Basic Document.

     SECTION 3.15 Issuing Entity May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms .

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

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

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

     (iii) the Issuing Entity shall have provided each Rating Agency 10 days’ prior written notice thereof, and no Rating Agency shall have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Owner Trustee that such transaction might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes;

     (iv) the Issuing Entity 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 (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income tax purposes or (C) cause the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Titling Trust to be taxable as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes;

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

     (vi) the Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and any related supplemental indenture complies with this Article III and that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).

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     (b) The Issuing Entity shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included in the Owner Trust Estate, to any Person other than pursuant to the terms of the Basic Documents, unless:

     (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets of the Issuing Entity shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make all filings that counsel satisfactory to such purchaser or transferee and the Indenture Trustee determines must be made with (1) the Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act or the appropriate authorities in any state in which the Notes have been sold pursuant to any qualification or exemption under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such state, in connection with the Notes or (2) the Internal Revenue Service or the relevant state or local taxing authorities of any jurisdiction;

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

     (iii) the Issuing Entity shall have provided each Rating Agency 10 days’ prior written notice thereof, no Rating Agency shall have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Owner Trustee that such transaction might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes;

     (iv) the Issuing Entity 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 (A) affect the treatment of the Notes as debt for federal income tax purposes, (B) be deemed to cause a taxable exchange of the Notes for federal income tax purposes or (C) cause the Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Titling Trust to be taxable as an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes;

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

     (vi) the Issuing Entity shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or

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transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).

     SECTION 3.16 Successor or Transferee.

     (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuing Entity in accordance with Section 3.15(a) , the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuing Entity) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuing Entity under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuing Entity herein.

     (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the Issuing Entity pursuant to Section 3.15(b) , Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2009-A will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuing Entity with respect to the Notes and the Trust Certificates immediately upon the delivery of written notice to the Indenture Trustee stating that Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2009-A is to be so released.

     SECTION 3.17 Removal of the Administrative Agent . So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuing Entity shall not remove the Administrative Agent without cause unless so instructed by the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and unless each Rating Agency shall have received 10 days’ written notice thereof and shall not have notified the Indenture Trustee, the Administrative Agent or the Owner Trustee that such removal might or would result in the removal or reduction of the rating, if any, then assigned thereby to any Class of Notes or the Trust Certificates.

     SECTION 3.18 Perfection Representations .

          (a) The representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Schedule I hereto shall be a part of this Indenture for all purposes.

          (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any other Basic Document, the perfection representations contained in Schedule I hereto shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under this Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed.

          (c) The parties to this Indenture: (i) shall not waive any of the perfection representations contained in Schedule I hereto; (ii) shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of perfection representations contained in Schedule I hereto and (iii) shall not waive a breach of any of the perfection representations contained in Schedule I hereto.

     SECTION 3.19 Securities Exchange Act Filings . The Issuing Entity hereby authorizes the Servicer and the Depositor, or either of them, to prepare, sign, certify and file any and all reports, statements and information related to the Issuing Entity or the Notes required to be filed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

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     SECTION 3.20 Regulation AB Representations, Warranties and Covenants . The Issuing Entity agrees to perform all duties and obligations applicable to or required of the Issuing Entity set forth in Schedule A to the 2009-A Servicing Supplement and makes the representations and warranties therein applicable to it.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall discharge with respect to the Collateral securing the Notes and cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes, except as to (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon; (d) Sections 3.03 , 3.04 , 3.05 , 3.08 , 3.10(i) , 3.10(ii) and 3.15 , (e) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 4.02 ) and (f) the rights of the Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand and at the expense and on behalf of the Issuing Entity, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

     (i) either (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.05 and (2) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuing Entity and thereafter paid to the Persons entitled thereto 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 on the applicable Note Final Scheduled Payment Date within one year or (3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuing Entity, and the Issuing Entity, in the case of clauses (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States (that will mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes (including interest and any fees due and payable to the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee) not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation, when due, to the applicable Note Final Scheduled Payment Date for each Class, or to the Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 10.01 ), as the case may be;

     (ii) the Issuing Entity has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuing Entity; and

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     (iii) the Issuing Entity has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01 and, subject to Section 11.02 , stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with and, to the extent the Notes are still outstanding, stating that the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied.

     SECTION 4.02 Application of Trust Money . All monies deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Noteholders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Indenture Trustee of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest. Such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or in the Servicing Agreement or as required by law.

     SECTION 4.03 Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent . In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all monies then held by any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuing Entity, be paid to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03 and such Paying Agent shall thereupon be released from all further liability with respect to such monies.

ARTICLE FIVE

INDENTURE DEFAULT

     SECTION 5.01 Indenture Defaults . Any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Indenture Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall constitute a default under this Indenture (each, an “ Indenture Default ”):

     (a) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of five days or more;

     (b) default in the payment of principal of any Note on the related Note Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date;

     (c) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the Issuing Entity made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), or any representation or warranty of the Issuing Entity made in this Indenture or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proving to have been inaccurate in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, which

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default or inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders and such default or inaccuracy shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or condition in respect of which such misrepresentation or warranty was inaccurate shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 60 days (or for such longer period not in excess of 90 days as may be reasonably necessary to remedy such failure; provided that (1) such failure is capable of remedy within 90 days or less and (2) a majority of the Outstanding Amount of Notes, voting as a single class, consent to such longer cure period) after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuing Entity by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders representing at least the majority of the Outstanding Amount of Notes, voting as single class, a written notice specifying such default or inaccurate representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

     (d) the filing of a petition seeking entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuing Entity or any substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, liquidation, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the Issuing Entity’s affairs, and such proceeding shall remain unstayed, undismissed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days or immediately upon entry of any such decree or order; or

     (e) the commencement by the Issuing Entity of a voluntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or the consent by the Issuing Entity to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, the consent by the Issuing Entity to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuing Entity or for any substantial part of the Owner Trust Estate, the making by the Issuing Entity of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the failure by the Issuing Entity generally to pay its debts as such debts become due or the taking of action by the Issuing Entity in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

     The Issuing Entity shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, each Rating Agency and each Noteholder, within five Business Days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would become an Indenture Default under clauses (c) or (d), its status and what action the Issuing Entity is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

     Subject to the provisions herein relating to the duties of the Indenture Trustee, if an Indenture Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Noteholder, if the Indenture Trustee reasonably believes that it will not be adequately indemnified against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request. Subject to such provisions for indemnification and certain limitations contained herein, Noteholders holding not less than a Majority Interest of the Notes voting as a single class shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any

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proceeding or any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust power conferred on the Indenture Trustee.

     SECTION 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Indenture Default . If an Indenture Default should occur and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee or Noteholders representing a Majority Interest voting as a single class may declare the principal of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon such declaration, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly provide written notice to each Rating Agency. Such declaration may be rescinded by Noteholders holding a Majority Interest voting as a single class before a judgment or decree for payment of the amount due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee if (a) the Issuing Entity has deposited with the Indenture Trustee an amount sufficient to pay (i) all interest on and principal of the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder as if the Indenture Default giving rise to such declaration had not occurred and (ii) all amounts advanced by the Indenture Trustee and its costs and expenses; and (b) all Indenture Defaults (other than the nonpayment of principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration) have been cured or waived.

     Prior to the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in this Section 5.02 , Noteholders holding not less than a Majority Interest of the Notes voting as a single class may waive any past Indenture Default and its consequences except an Indenture Default (i) in payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Noteholder. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Indenture Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

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

     If the Notes have been declared due and payable following an Indenture Default, the Indenture Trustee may institute proceedings to collect amounts due, exercise remedies as a secured party (including foreclosure or sale of the Owner Trust Estate) or elect to maintain the Owner Trust Estate and continue to apply the proceeds from the Owner Trust Estate as if there had been no declaration of acceleration. Any sale of the Owner Trust Estate by the Indenture Trustee will be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.04 .

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

     (a) The Issuing Entity covenants that if there is a default in the payment of (i) any interest on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of five days or (ii) the principal of any Notes at the related Note Final Scheduled Payment Date or the Redemption Date, the Issuing Entity shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of such Noteholders, the entire amount then due and

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payable on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest on the overdue principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Interest Rate and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents, attorneys and counsel.

     (b) In case the Issuing Entity shall fail forthwith to pay amounts described in Section 5.03(a) upon demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuing Entity or other obligor upon such Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuing Entity or other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

     (c) If an Indenture Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

     (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuing Entity or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate, Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuing Entity or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuing Entity or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuing Entity or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

     (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances and disbursements made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

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     (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings;

     (iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee on their behalf; and

     (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuing Entity, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each Noteholder to make payments to the Indenture Trustee and, if the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred and all advances and disbursements made by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and any other amounts due the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.07 .

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

     (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, advances, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel shall be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

     (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.

     SECTION 5.04 Remedies; Priorities.

     (a) If an Indenture Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the following (subject to Sections 5.02 and 5.05 ):

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     (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Issuing Entity and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due;

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

     (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders; and

     (iv) subject to Section 5.17 , and, if applicable, giving effect to any direction of the Holder of the 2009-A SUBI Certificate (acting in accordance with instructions from the Registered Pledgee) pursuant to Section 12.05(b) of the 2009-A SUBI Supplement, after an acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.02 , sell the Owner Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; provided , however , that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise liquidate the Owner Trust Estate following an Indenture Default, other than an Indenture Default described in Section 5.01(a) or (b) , unless (A) Noteholders holding 100% of the Outstanding Amount of Notes consent thereto, (B) the proceeds of such sale are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon all outstanding Notes or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Owner Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Noteholders holding not less than 66 2 / 3 % of the Outstanding Amount of Notes, voting together as a single class; and provided further, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell the Owner Trust Estate, unless it shall first have obtained an Opinion of Counsel that such sale will not cause the Titling Trust or an interest therein or portion thereof to be classified as an association (or a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clauses (B) and (C) of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee may but need not obtain (at the expense of the Issuing Entity) and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Owner Trust Estate for such purpose.

     (b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article Five upon sale of the Owner Trust Estate, it shall pay out such money or property held as Collateral (together with available monies on deposit in the Reserve Account) and deposited in the Note Distribution Account pursuant to Section 12.05(b) of the SUBI Trust Agreement, after giving effect to the distributions set forth in such Section, for the benefit of the Securityholders in the following order:

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     (i) to the Class A-1 Noteholders, in payment of the principal amount due and unpaid on the Class A-1 Notes (until the Class A-1 Notes have been paid in full), and then to the Holders of the other Notes in payment of the principal amount due and unpaid on the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes pro rata (based on the amount due and unpaid of each such Class), until all Notes have been paid in full

     (ii) to the Indenture Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnity payments due pursuant to the Indenture but only to the extent that such fees, expenses or indemnity payments have been outstanding for at least 60 days; and

     (iii) to the Certificate Distribution Account for the Certificateholder.

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

     SECTION 5.05 Optional Preservation of the Owner Trust Estate . If the Notes have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Indenture Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession of the Owner Trust Estate and continue to apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with Sections 3.01 and 8.04 . It is the intent of the parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such intent into account when determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Owner Trust Estate. In determining whether to maintain possession of the Owner Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may but need not obtain (at the expense of the Issuing Entity) and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such p


 
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