ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LTD., as Issuer, ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LLC, as Co-Issuer, ARBOR REALTY SR, INC., as Advancing Agent AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Paying Agent,...

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LTD.,
as Issuer,

ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LLC,
as Co-Issuer,

ARBOR REALTY SR, INC.,
as Advancing Agent

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, Paying Agent, Calculation Agent, Transfer Agent,
Custodial Securities Intermediary, Backup Advancing Agent and Notes Registrar

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 18, 2015

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INDENTURE, dated as of August 18, 2015, by and among ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LTD., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Issuer”), ARBOR REALTY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NOTES 2015-FL2, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of Delaware (the “Co-Issuer”), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (herein, together with its permitted successors and assigns in the trusts hereunder, the “Trustee”), paying agent, calculation agent, transfer agent, custodial securities intermediary, backup advancing agent and notes registrar, and ARBOR REALTY SR, INC. (including any successor by merger, the “Arbor Parent”), a Maryland corporation, as advancing agent (herein, together with its permitted successors and assigns in the trusts hereunder, the “Advancing Agent”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Each of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture to provide for the Notes issuable as provided in this Indenture.  All covenants and agreements made by the Issuer and Co-Issuer herein are for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties.  The Issuer, the Co-Issuer, U.S. Bank National Association, in all of its capacities, and the Advancing Agent are entering into this Indenture, and the Trustee is accepting the trusts created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and Co-Issuer in accordance with this Indenture’s terms have been done.

GRANTING CLAUSES

The Issuer hereby Grants to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under, in each case, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising:

(a)           the Loan Obligations listed in the Schedule of Closing Date Loan Obligations which the Issuer purchases on the Closing Date and causes to be delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an agent or bailee) herewith, all payments thereon or with respect thereto and all Loan Obligations which are delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an agent or bailee) after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms hereof (including all Additional Loan Obligations and Replacement Loan Obligations) and all payments thereon or with respect thereto,

(b)           the Collection Accounts, the Payment Account, the Expense Account, the Unused Proceeds Account, the RDD Funding Account, the Custodial Account, the Interest Rate Cap Termination Receipts Account and the related security entitlements and all income from the investment of funds in any of the foregoing at any time credited to any of the foregoing accounts,

(c)           the Eligible Investments,

(d)           the rights of the Issuer under the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, each Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement (including any Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement entered into after the Closing Date), the Servicing Agreement and any Interest Rate Cap Agreement,

(e)           all amounts delivered to the Trustee (or its bailee) (directly or through a securities intermediary),

(f)            all other investment property, instruments and general intangibles in which the Issuer has an interest, other than the Excepted Assets,

(g)           the Issuer’s ownership interest in, and rights to, all Permitted Subsidiaries and

(h)           all proceeds with respect to the foregoing clauses (a) through (g).

The collateral described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h), with the exception of any Excepted Assets, is referred to herein as the “Assets.”  Such Grants are made to secure the Notes equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction between any Note and any other Note for any reason, except as expressly provided in this Indenture (including, but not limited to, the Priority of Payments) and to secure (i) the payment of all amounts due on and in respect of the Notes in accordance with their terms, (ii) the payment of all other sums payable under this Indenture and (iii) compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.  The foregoing Grant shall, for the purpose of determining the property subject to the lien of this Indenture, be deemed to include any securities and any investments granted by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, whether or not such securities or such investments satisfy the criteria set forth in the definitions of “Loan Obligation” or “Eligible Investment,” as the case may be.

Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Indenture, this Indenture shall constitute a security agreement under the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein, for the benefit of the Noteholders.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default hereunder, and in addition to any other rights available under this Indenture or any other Assets held for the benefit and security of the Noteholders or otherwise available at law or in equity but subject to the terms hereof, the Trustee shall have all rights and remedies of a secured party under the laws of the State of New York and other applicable law to enforce the assignments and security interests contained herein and, in addition, shall have the right, subject to compliance with any mandatory requirements of applicable law and the terms of this Indenture, to exercise, sell or apply any rights and other interests assigned or pledged hereby in accordance with the terms hereof at public and private sale.

The Trustee acknowledges such Grants, accepts the trusts hereunder in accordance with the provisions hereof, and agrees to perform the duties herein in accordance with, and subject to, the terms hereof, in order that the interests of the Secured Parties may be adequately and effectively protected in accordance with this Indenture.

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ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1            Definitions.

Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture, and the definitions of such terms are equally applicable both to the singular and plural forms of such terms and to the masculine, feminine and neuter genders of such terms.  The word “including” and its variations shall mean “including without limitation.”  Whenever any reference is made to an amount the determination of which is governed by Section 1.2 hereof, the provisions of Section 1.2 shall be applicable to such determination or calculation, whether or not reference is specifically made to Section 1.2, unless some other method of calculation or determination is expressly specified in the particular provision. All references in this Indenture to designated “Articles,” “Sections,” “Subsections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections, Subsections and other subdivisions of this Indenture as originally executed.  The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Subsection or other subdivision.  Any capitalized term used herein without definition shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Servicing Agreement.

“17g-5 Information”:  The meaning specified in Section 14.3(h) hereof.

“17g-5 Website”:  A password-protected internet website which shall initially be located at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇.  Any change of the 17g-5 Website shall only occur after notice has been delivered by the Issuer to the Information Agent, the Trustee, the Collateral Administrator, the Loan Obligation Manager, the Placement Agent, and the Rating Agencies, which notice shall set forth the date of change and new location of the 17g-5 Website.

“1940 Act”:  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“5 Times Square Junior Participation”: The participation represented by Certificate A-1-2 of Sub-Participation A-1, as defined in that certain Sub-Participation and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2011, by and among Arbor Realty Participation, LLC, Arbor Realty Mortgage Securities Series 2005-1, Ltd. and Arbor Realty Mortgage Securities Series 2006-1, Ltd., of the 5 Times Square Whole Loan.

“A Note”:  A promissory note secured by a mortgage on commercial real estate property that is not subordinate in right of payment to any separate promissory note secured by a direct or beneficial interest in the same property.

“Accepted Loan Servicer”:  Any commercial mortgage loan master or primary servicer that (1) is engaged in the business of servicing commercial mortgage loans (with a minimum servicing portfolio of U.S.$100,000,000) that are comparable to the Loan Obligations owned or to be owned by the Issuer, (2) as to which Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material factor in any downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of

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securities in any commercial mortgage backed securities transaction serviced by such servicer prior to the time of determination and (3) is currently acting as a servicer in a commercial mortgage backed securities transaction rated by DBRS and DBRS has not cited servicing concerns of such servicer as the sole or material factor in any downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings within the prior 12 month period (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any commercial mortgage backed securities transaction serviced by such servicer prior to the time of determination.

“Account”: Any of the Interest Collection Account, the Principal Collection Account, the Unused Proceeds Account, the RDD Funding Account, the Payment Account, the Expense Account, the Custodial Account and the Preferred Share Distribution Account and any subaccount thereof that the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate.

“Accountants’ Report”:  A report of a firm of Independent certified public accountants of recognized national reputation appointed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.13(a), which may be the firm of independent accountants that reviews or performs procedures with respect to the financial reports prepared by the Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager.

“Acquired Participation”: Collectively, the Senior Participations and the 5 Times Square Junior Participation.

“Act” or “Act of Securityholders”:  The meaning specified in Section 14.2 hereof.

“Additional Loan Obligations”:  Loan Obligations that are acquired by the Issuer during the Post-Closing Acquisition Period.

“Advancing Agent”:  Arbor Realty SR, Inc., unless a successor Person shall have become the Advancing Agent pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Advancing Agent” shall mean such successor Person.

“Advancing Agent Fee”:  The fee payable monthly in arrears on each Payment Date to the Advancing Agent in accordance with the Priority of Payments, equal to 0.07% per annum on the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes on such Payment Date prior to giving effect to payments on such Payment Date; which fee may be waived by the Advancing Agent, in its discretion in connection with any Payment Date unless such fee is payable to the Back-up Advancing Agent pursuant to the Priority of Payments.

“Advisers Act”: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

“Advisory Committee”: The meaning specified in the Loan Obligation Management Agreement.

“Affiliate” or “Affiliated”:  With respect to a Person, (i) any other Person who, directly or indirectly, is in control of, or controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or (ii) any other Person who is a director, Officer or employee (a) of such Person, (b) of any subsidiary or parent company of such Person or (c) of any Person described in clause (i) above.  For the purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election

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of directors of such Person, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise; provided that neither the Company Administrator nor any other company, corporation or Person to which the Company Administrator provides directors and/or administrative services and/or acts as share trustee shall be an Affiliate of the Issuer or Co-Issuer; provided, further, that neither the Loan Obligation Manager, the Arbor Parent nor any of the Arbor Parent’s subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the Issuer.  The CLO Servicer and the Trustee may rely on certifications of any Holder or party hereto regarding such Person’s affiliations.

“Agent Members”:  Members of, or participants in, the Depository, Clearstream, Luxembourg or Euroclear.

“Aggregate Collateral Balance”:  The sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate Principal Balance of Loan Obligations (excluding for purposes of this clause (i), for the avoidance of doubt, the then unfunded portion of any RDD Obligation), (ii)  the sum of Cash and the aggregate Principal Balance of Eligible Investments held as Principal Proceeds, (iii) the sum of Cash and the aggregate Principal Balance of Eligible Investments held in the Unused Proceeds Account and (iv) the sum of cash and the aggregate Principal Balance of Eligible Investments held in the RDD Funding Account.

“Aggregate Outstanding Amount”:  With respect to any Class or Classes of the Notes as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal balance of such Class or Classes of Notes Outstanding as of such date of determination.

“Aggregate Principal Balance”: When used with respect to any Loan Obligations as of any date of determination, the sum of the Principal Balances on such date of determination of all such Loan Obligations.

“Arbor Parent”: The meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture.

“ARMS Equity”:  ARMS 2015-2 Equity Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Article 15 Agreement”:  The meaning specified in Section 15.1(a) hereof.

“Article 405(1)”:  Article 405(1) of EU Regulation 575/2013, the technical standards adopted by the European Commission in relation thereto and the guidelines and other materials published by the European Banking Authority in relation thereto.

“As-Stabilized Appraisal DSCR”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, the ratio, as calculated by the Loan Obligation Manager in accordance with the Loan Obligation Management Standard, of (a) the “stabilized” annual net cash flow generated from the related property before interest, depreciation and amortization, as reflected in an appraisal that was obtained not more than 12 months prior to the date of determination, which may be based on the assumption that certain events will occur with respect to the re-tenanting, renovation or other repositioning of such property; to (b) the annual payments of principal and interest due pursuant to the terms of the related Underlying Instruments (but excluding any balloon payments, required principal paydowns or reserve payments, and including any required funding of working capital

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reserves) determined based on the capitalization rate reflected in such appraisal; provided, further, that if the appraisal was not obtained within 3 months prior to the date of determination, the Loan Obligation Manager may adjust such interest rate in its reasonable good faith judgment executed in accordance with the Loan Obligation Management Standard.  In determining As-Stabilized Appraisal DSCR for any Senior Participation, the calculation of As-Stabilized Appraisal DSCR shall take into account the annual payments of principal and interest due on the Senior Participation pursuant to the terms of the related senior participation agreement (and, in the case of a Senior Participation that is a Senior Pari Passu Participation, the annual payments of principal and interest due pursuant to the terms of the related Non-Acquired Participation that is pari passu with the Senior Participation being acquired) and shall exclude the annual payments of principal and interest due on any related Junior Participation.

“As-Stabilized Appraisal LTV”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, as calculated by the Loan Obligation Manager in accordance with the Loan Obligation Management Standard, of the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation to the value estimate of the related Underlying Mortgaged Property as reflected in an appraisal that was obtained not more than 12 months prior to the date of determination, which value is based on the appraisal or portion of an appraisal that states an “as-stabilized” value and/or “as-renovated” value for such property, which may be based on the assumption that certain events will occur, including without limitation, with respect to the re-tenanting, renovation or other repositioning of such property.  In determining As-Stabilized Appraisal LTV for any Senior Participation, the calculation of As-Stabilized Appraisal LTV shall take into account the outstanding Principal Balance of the Senior Participation being acquired by the Issuer (and, in the case of a Senior Participation that is a Senior Pari Passu Participation, the Principal Balance of the related Non-Acquired Participation that is pari passu with the Senior Participation being acquired) and shall exclude the Principal Balance of any related Junior Participation.

“Assets”:  The meaning specified in the first paragraph of the Granting Clause of this Indenture.

“Asset Detail Report”:  With respect to each Loan Obligation File, a report generated in written or electronic format by Custodial Securities Intermediary containing a list of the Loan Obligation Files, the related loan documents, and any exceptions found in its review of such Loan Obligation Files pursuant to Section 3.3(e) of this Indenture.

“Authenticating Agent”:  With respect to the Notes or a Class of the Notes, the Person designated by the Trustee to authenticate such Notes on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof.

“Authorized Officer”:  With respect to the Issuer or Co-Issuer, any Officer (or attorney-in-fact appointed by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer) who is authorized to act for the Issuer or Co-Issuer in matters relating to, and binding upon, the Issuer or Co-Issuer.  With respect to the Loan Obligation Manager, the persons listed on Schedule C attached hereto.  With respect to the Trustee or any other bank or trust company acting as trustee of an express trust or as custodian, a Trust Officer.  Each party may receive and accept a certification of the authority of any other party as conclusive evidence of the authority of any Person to act, and such certification may be

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considered as in full force and effect until receipt by such other party of written notice to the contrary.

“Backup Advancing Agent”:  U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, solely in its capacity as Backup Advancing Agent hereunder, or any successor Backup Advancing Agent; provided that any such successor Backup Advancing Agent must be a financial institution having a long-term debt rating (1) from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ at least equal to “A2” and a short-term debt rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ at least equal to “P-1” and (2) at least equal to “A” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇)).

“Backup Advancing Agent Fee”:  The fee payable monthly in arrears on each Payment Date to the Backup Advancing Agent in accordance with the Priority of Payments, equal to 0.001% per annum on the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes on such Payment Date prior to giving effect to payments on such Payment Date.

“Bailee Letter”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.4(b)(v) hereof.

“Bank”:  U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, in its individual capacity and not as Trustee and, if any Person is appointed as a successor Trustee, such Person in its individual capacity and not as Trustee.

“Bankruptcy Code”:  The federal Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended and Part V of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time, the Bankruptcy Law (1997 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time and the Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings (International Cooperation) Rules 2008 of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time.

“Bearer Securities”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a)(iv) hereof.

“Board of Directors”:  With respect to the Issuer, the directors of the Issuer duly appointed in accordance with the Governing Documents of the Issuer and, with respect to the Co-Issuer, the LLC Managers duly appointed by the sole member of the Co-Issuer or otherwise.

“Board Resolution”:  With respect to the Issuer, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and, with respect to the Co-Issuer, a resolution or unanimous written consent of the LLC Managers or the sole member of the Co-Issuer.

“Business Day”:  Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday and (ii) a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by applicable law, regulation or executive order to close in New York, New York or the location of the Corporate Trust Office.

“Buy/Sell Interest”:  A Loan Obligation for which one of the participants has exercised, or has the right to exercise, the purchase its corresponding participant’s interest, or sell its interest to such corresponding participant for the same price, in accordance with the related Underlying Instrument.

“Calculation Agent”:  The meaning specified in Section 7.14(a) hereof.

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“Calculation Amount”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, at any time, the lesser of (a) the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Recovery Rate of such Loan Obligation multiplied by the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation and (b) the market value of such Loan Obligation, as determined by the Loan Obligation Manager in accordance with the Loan Obligation Management Standard based upon, among other things, a recent appraisal and information from one or more third party commercial real estate brokers and such other information as the Loan Obligation Manager deems appropriate.

“Cash”:  Such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of all public and private debts.

“Certificate of Authentication”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

“Certificated Security”:  A “certificated security” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.

“Class”:  The Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, as applicable.

“Class A Defaulted Interest Amount”:  With respect to the Class A Notes as of each Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid amount due to Holders of the Class A Notes on account of any shortfalls in the payment of the Class A Interest Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Payment Date or Payment Dates, together with interest accrued thereon (to the extent lawful).

“Class A Interest Distribution Amount”:  On each Payment Date, the amount due to Holders of the Class A Notes on account of interest equal to the product of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes on the first day of the related Interest Accrual Period, (ii) the actual number of days in such Interest Accrual Period divided by 360 and (iii) the Class A Rate.

“Class A Notes”:  The Class A Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, due 2025, issued by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer pursuant to this Indenture.

“Class A Rate”:  With respect to any Class A Note, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Note for any Interest Accrual Period, which shall be equal to (a) one-month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period plus (b) 1.75% per annum.

“Class B Defaulted Interest Amount”:  With respect to the Class B Notes as of each Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid amount due to Holders of the Class B Notes on account of any shortfalls in the payment of the Class B Interest Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Payment Date or Payment Dates, together with interest accrued thereon (to the extent lawful).

“Class B Interest Distribution Amount”:  On each Payment Date, the amount due to Holders of the Class B Notes on account of interest equal to the product of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class B Notes on the first day of the related Interest Accrual Period,

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(ii) the actual number of days in such Interest Accrual Period divided by 360 and (iii) the Class B Rate.

“Class B Notes”:  The Class B Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2025, issued by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer pursuant to this Indenture.

“Class B Rate”:  With respect to any Class B Note, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Note for any Interest Accrual Period, which shall be equal to (a) one-month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period plus (b) 3.25% per annum.

“Class C Defaulted Interest Amount”:  With respect to the Class C Notes as of each Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid amount due to Holders of the Class C Notes on account of any shortfalls in the payment of the Class C Interest Distribution Amount with respect to any preceding Payment Date or Payment Dates, together with interest accrued thereon (to the extent lawful).

“Class C Interest Distribution Amount”:  On each Payment Date, the amount due to Holders of the Class C Notes on account of interest equal to the product of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes on the first day of the related Interest Accrual Period, (ii) the actual number of days in such Interest Accrual Period divided by 360 and (iii) the Class C Rate.

“Class C Notes”:  The Class C Secured Floating Rate Notes, due 2025, issued by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer pursuant to this Indenture.

“Class C Rate”:  With respect to any Class C Note, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Note for any Interest Accrual Period, which shall be equal to (a) one-month LIBOR for the related Interest Accrual Period plus (b) 5.00% per annum.

“Clean-up Call”:  The meaning specified in Section 9.1 hereof.

“Clean-up Call Date”:  The meaning specified in Section 9.1 hereof.

“Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

“Clearstream, Luxembourg”: Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

“CLO Servicer”:  Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, each of Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC’s permitted successors and assigns or any successor Person that shall have become the servicer and special servicer pursuant to the provisions of the Servicing Agreement.

“Closing”:  The transfer of any Note to the initial registered Holder of such Note.

“Closing Date”:  August 18, 2015.

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“Closing Date Loan Obligations”:  The Loan Obligations listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

“Closing Document Checklist”:  As to each Loan Obligation File, a document checklist substantially in the form included as Exhibit E attached hereto, which shall be the definitive list of documents to be delivered to the Custodial Securities Intermediary.

“Co-Issuer”:  Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2015-FL2, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, until a successor Person shall have become the Co-Issuer pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Co-Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

“Co-Issuers”:  The Issuer and the Co-Issuer.

“Code”:  The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Collateral Administration Agreement”:  An agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager and the Collateral Administrator, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral Administrator”:  The Bank, in its capacity as such under the Collateral Administration Agreement, and any successor thereto.

“Collection Accounts”:  The trust accounts so designated and established pursuant to Section 10.2(a) hereof.

“Company Administration Agreement”:  The administration agreement, dated on or about the Closing Date, by and among the Issuer and the Company Administrator, as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

“Company Administrative Expenses”:  All fees, expenses and other amounts due or accrued with respect to any Payment Date and payable by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Permitted Subsidiary (including legal fees and expenses) to (i) the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof or any co-trustee appointed pursuant to this Indenture (including amounts payable by the Issuer as indemnification pursuant to this Indenture), (ii) the Company Administrator under the Company Administration Agreement (including amounts payable by the Issuer as indemnification pursuant to the Company Administration Agreement) and to provide for the costs of liquidating the Issuer following redemption of the Notes, (iii) the LLC Managers (including indemnification), (iv) payable in the order in which invoices are received by the Issuer, the Independent accountants, agents and counsel of the Issuer for reasonable fees and expenses (including amounts payable in connection with the preparation of tax forms on behalf of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer) and any registered office and government filing fees, (v) the Rating Agencies for fees and expenses in connection with any rating (including the annual fee payable with respect to the monitoring of any rating) of the Notes, including fees and expenses due or accrued in connection with any credit assessment or rating of the Loan Obligations, (vi) the Loan Obligation Manager under this Indenture and the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, (vii) the Loan Obligation Manager or other Persons as indemnification pursuant to the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, (viii) the Advancing Agent or other Persons as

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indemnification pursuant to Section 17.3, (ix) the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee, (x) each member of the Advisory Committee (including amounts payable as indemnification) under each agreement between such Advisory Committee member and the Issuer (and the amounts payable by the Issuer to each member of the Advisory Committee as indemnification pursuant to each such agreement); (xi) the Preferred Shares Paying Agent and the Share Registrar under the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement (including amounts payable as indemnification), (xii) payable in the order in which invoices are received by the Issuer, any other Person in respect of any governmental fee, charge or tax in relation to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer (in each case as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer to the Trustee), and (xiii) payable in the order in which invoices are received by the Issuer, any other Person in respect of any other fees or expenses (including indemnifications) permitted under this Indenture (including, without limitation, any costs or expenses incurred in connection with certain modeling systems and services) and the documents delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Indenture and the Notes and any amendment or other modification of any such documentation, in each case unless expressly prohibited under this Indenture (including, without limitation, the payment of all transaction fees and all legal and other fees and expenses required in connection with the purchase of any Loan Obligations or any other transaction authorized by this Indenture); provided that Company Administrative Expenses shall not include (a) amounts payable in respect of the Notes and (b) any Loan Obligation Manager Fee payable pursuant to the Loan Obligation Management Agreement.

“Company Administrator”:  MaplesFS Limited, a licensed trust company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, as administrator pursuant to the Company Administration Agreement, unless a successor Person shall have become administrator pursuant to the Company Administration Agreement, and thereafter, Company Administrator shall mean such successor Person.

“Controlling Class”:  The Class A Notes, so long as any Class A Notes are Outstanding, then the Class B Notes, so long as Class B Notes are Outstanding, then the Class C Notes, so long as Class C Notes are Outstanding, and then the Preferred Shares.

“Corporate Trust Office”:  The designated corporate trust office of the Trustee, currently located at: (a) for Note transfer purposes, presentment of the Notes for final payment thereon, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust Services—Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2015-FL2, Ltd.; (b) for the delivery of the Loan Obligation Files, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Commercial Certifications — Arbor 2015-2, fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇; and (c) for all other purposes, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust Services—Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2015-FL2, Ltd., fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Holder of the Preferred Shares, the Loan Obligation Manager, the Rating Agencies and the Issuer or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.

“Credit Risk/Defaulted Obligation Cash Purchase”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.1(a)(i) hereof.

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“Credit Risk Obligation”: Any Loan Obligation that, in the Loan Obligation Manager’s reasonable business judgment, has a significant risk of declining in credit quality or, with a lapse of time, becoming a Defaulted Obligation.

“CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee” means with respect to each Loan Obligation and for any Payment Date, an amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation as of the close of business on the Determination Date in such Interest Accrual Period.  Such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Loan Obligation is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods.

“CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate” means, with respect to each Loan Obligation, a rate equal to 0.0005% per annum.

“Custodial Account”:  An account at the Custodial Securities Intermediary in the name of the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1(b) hereof.

“Custodial Securities Intermediary”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a) hereof.

“DBRS”: Means DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest.

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

“Defaulted Interest Amount”:  The Class A Defaulted Interest Amount, the Class B Defaulted Interest Amount, or the Class C Defaulted Interest Amount, as the context requires.

“Defaulted Obligation”:  Any Loan Obligation if a foreclosure or default (whether or not declared) with respect to the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) has occurred and, with respect to a default, is continuing as determined by the Loan Obligation Manager; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Loan Obligation shall not be deemed to be a Defaulted Obligation as a result of (A) the related borrower’s failure to pay interest on such Loan Obligation or on the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) on the due date therefor, if the related lender or holder of such Loan Obligation or of the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) consents to extend the due date when such interest is due and payable, and such interest is paid on or before such extended due date (provided that such interest is paid not more than 60 days (or 30 days if such interest was previously paid 60 days after the initial date that it was due) as a result of the Loan Obligation Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, (subject to the applicable provisions of the Servicing Agreement) previously consenting to extend such due date after the initial date that it was due), or (B) the related borrower’s failure to pay principal on such Loan Obligation or on the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) on the maturity date thereof, if the maturity date has been extended by the related servicer or special servicer in connection with a modification of such related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related

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Underlying Whole Loan) (so long as the Maturity Extension Requirements are met), or (C) the occurrence of any default other than a payment default with respect to such Loan Obligation or the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan), unless and until the earlier of (x) the declaration of default and acceleration of the maturity of the Loan Obligation by the lender or holder thereof and (y) the continuance of such default uncured for 60 days after such default became known to the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer or, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, such longer period as the Loan Obligation Manager (subject to the applicable provisions of the Servicing Agreement) determines.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan Obligation that has sustained an implied reduction of principal balance due to an appraisal reduction will not necessarily be considered a Defaulted Obligation solely due to such implied reduction.

For purposes of the definition of “Defaulted Obligation,” the “Maturity Extension Requirements” will be satisfied with respect to any extension if the maturity date is extended to a new maturity date that is not more than three years after the original maturity date.  As used above, the term “original maturity date” means the maturity date of a Loan Obligation or the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) as extended by all extensions thereof that the related borrower had the right to elect and did elect under the terms of the instruments and agreements relating to such Loan Obligation or to the related Whole Loan (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan), but before taking into account any additional extensions thereof that are consented to by the servicer or special servicer of such Loan Obligation.

For the avoidance of doubt (x) any initial permissible 60 day extension period described in this definition shall in no event be combined with any subsequent permissible 30 day extension period described in this definition and (y) if a Defaulted Obligation is the subject of a work-out, modification or otherwise has cured the default such that the subject Loan Obligation is no longer in default pursuant to its terms (as such terms may have been modified), such Loan Obligation will no longer be treated as a Defaulted Obligation.

“Defaulted Obligation Exchange”: The meaning specified in Section 12.1(a) hereof.

“Definitive Notes”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) hereof.

“Depository” or “DTC”:  The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.

“Determination Date”:  With respect to any Payment Date, the fourth Business Day prior to such Payment Date.

“Disqualified Transferee”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.5(l) hereof.

“Dissolution Expenses”:  The amount of expenses reasonably likely to be incurred in connection with the discharge of this Indenture, the liquidation of the Assets and the dissolution of the Co-Issuers, as reasonably certified by the Loan Obligation Manager or the Issuer, based in part on expenses incurred by the Trustee and reported to the Loan Obligation Manager.

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“Dollar,” “U.S. $” or “$”:  A U.S. dollar or other equivalent unit in Cash.

“Due Date”:  Each date on which a Scheduled Distribution is due on an Asset.

“Due Period”:  With respect to any Payment Date, the period commencing on the day immediately succeeding the second preceding Determination Date (or commencing on the Closing Date, in the case of the Due Period relating to the first Payment Date) and ending on and including the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date.

“Eligibility Criteria”:  The criteria set forth below with respect to any Loan Obligation, other than a Closing Date Loan Obligation, whether an Additional Loan Obligation or a Replacement Loan Obligation, acquired by the Issuer after the Closing Date, compliance with which shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Loan Obligation Manager delivered to the Trustee as of the date of such acquisition:

(i)            it is a Whole Loan or a Senior Participation that is secured by a Multi-Family, Industrial, Retail or Office Property;

(ii)           with respect to any Replacement Loan Obligation, immediately after giving effect to the acquisition of such Replacement Loan Obligation, the Principal Balance of the Loan Obligations secured by Industrial, Retail and Office Properties do not exceed in the aggregate 15% of the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations;

(iii)          the obligor is incorporated or organized under the laws of, and the Loan Obligation is secured by property located in, the United States;

(iv)          it was originated after June 2013;

(v)           it provides for monthly payments of interest at a floating rate of interest based on one-month LIBOR;

(vi)          it has a ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating;

(vii)         the Whole Loan (or, as applicable, the mortgage loan underlying a Senior Participation) has a maturity date, assuming the exercise of all extension options (if any) that are exercisable at the option of the related borrower under the terms of such Whole Loan (or, as applicable, the mortgage loan underlying a Senior Participation) is not more than five years from its origination date;

(viii)        it is not an Equity Interest;

(ix)          it has an As-Stabilized Appraisal LTV that is not greater than 75%;

(x)           it has an As-Stabilized Appraisal DSCR that is not less than (i) in the case of Loan Obligations secured by Multi-Family properties, 1.25x, and (ii) in the case of Loan Obligations secured by industrial, retail or office properties, 1.30x;

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(xi)          the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation is not greater than U.S.$33,000,000;

(xii)         (I) with respect to the Additional Loan Obligations, as of the Portfolio Finalization Date and (II) with respect to any Replacement Loan Obligation, immediately after giving effect to the acquisition of such Replacement Loan Obligation:

(A)          the Weighted Average Life of all the Loan Obligations is not greater than 4.5 years from the Closing Date;

(B)          the Weighted Average Spread of all the Loan Obligations (excluding the Fixed Rate Loan Obligations) is not less than 4.35%;

(C)          the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations allocated to all of the mortgaged properties located in any one state is no greater than 40% of the Portfolio Finalization Date Collateral Principal Balance; and

(D)          the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations divided by the number of Loan Obligations does not exceed U.S.$20,000,000;

(xiii)        with respect to each (1) Replacement Loan Obligation, the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating Factor for such Replacement Loan Obligation is equal to or less than the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating Factor attached to the initial Loan Obligation (i.e., Closing Date Loan Obligation or Additional Loan Obligation) that generated the Principal Proceeds that are being applied to the purchase such Replacement Loan Obligations; and (2) Additional Loan Obligation, the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating for such Loan Obligation is equal to or better than the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating that equates to the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Weighted Average Rating Factor for all Loan Obligations acquired by the Issuer on the Closing Date;

(xiv)        except with respect to RDD Obligations, it will not require the Issuer to make any future payments after the initial purchase thereof;

(xv)         if it is an RDD Obligation, the aggregate amount of RDD Funding Advances with respect to such RDD Obligation is deposited into the RDD Funding Account on the date such RDD Obligation is acquired by the Issuer;

(xvi)        it is not prohibited under its Underlying Instruments from being purchased by the Issuer and pledged to the Trustee;

(xvii)       it is not the subject of any solicitation by the borrower or Junior Participation holder to amend, modify or waive any provision of any of the related Underlying Instruments;

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(xviii)      it is not an interest that, in the Loan Obligation Manager’s reasonable business judgment, has a significant risk of declining in credit quality or, with lapse of time or notice, becoming a Defaulted Obligation;

(xix)        it is not a Defaulted Obligation (as determined by the Loan Obligation Manager after reasonable inquiry);

(xx)         it is Dollar denominated and may not be converted into an obligation payable in any other currencies;

(xxi)        if such Loan Obligation has attached reciprocal “buy/sell” rights as a dispute resolution mechanism, such rights in favor of the Issuer are freely assignable by the Issuer to any of its affiliates;

(xxii)       it provides for the repayment of principal at not less than par no later than upon its maturity or upon redemption, acceleration or its full prepayment;

(xxiii)      it is serviced pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or it is serviced by an Accepted Loan Servicer pursuant to a commercial mortgage servicing arrangement that includes the standard servicing provisions found in commercial mortgage backed securities transactions;

(xxiv)     the requirements set forth in Section 16.3 hereof have been met (subject to such exceptions as are reasonably acceptable to the Loan Obligation Manager);

(xxv)      if it is a Senior Participation, the related Participating Institution is any of (1) a “special purpose entity” or a “qualified institutional lender” as such terms are typically defined in the Underlying Instruments related to participations; (2) an entity that has (x) a long-term unsecured debt rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ of “A3” or higher and (y) a long-term unsecured debt rating from DBRS of “A(low)” or higher (if rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇)); (3) a securitization trust, a CDO issuer or a similar securitization vehicle, or (4) a special purpose entity that is 100% directly or indirectly owned by the Arbor Parent, for so long as the separateness provisions of its organizational documents have not been amended (unless the Rating Agency Condition was satisfied in connection with such amendment);

(xxvi)     its acquisition will be in compliance with Section 206 of the Advisers Act;

(xxvii)    its acquisition, ownership, enforcement and disposition will not cause the Issuer to fail to be a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT unless an appropriate tax opinion has previously been received from Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters that the Issuer will be treated as a foreign

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corporation that is not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes (which opinion may be conditioned on compliance with certain restrictions on the investment or other activity of the Issuer and/or the Loan Obligation Manager on behalf of the Issuer);

(xxviii)   its acquisition would not cause the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the pool of Assets to be required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act; and if the borrowers with respect to the Loan Obligation are excepted from the definition of an “investment company” solely by reason of Section 3(c)(1) of the 1940 Act, then either (x) such Loan Obligation does not constitute a “voting security” for purposes of the 1940 Act or (y) the aggregate amount of such Loan Obligation held by the Issuer is less than 10% of the entire issue of such Loan Obligation;

(xxix)     it does not provide for any payments which are or will be subject to deduction or withholding for or on account of any withholding or similar tax, other than any taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA, unless the borrower under such Loan Obligation is required to make “gross up” payments that ensure that the net amount actually received by the Issuer or the relevant Permitted Subsidiary (free and clear of taxes, whether assessed against such borrower or the Issuer or such Permitted Subsidiary) will equal the full amount that the Issuer or such Permitted Subsidiary would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required;

(xxx)      with respect to each Additional Loan Obligation, the Principal Balance of (1) the largest Additional Loan Obligation is equal to or less than U.S.$25,000,000 and (2) the second-largest Additional Loan Obligation is equal to or less than U.S.$20,000,000;

(xxxi)     a No Downgrade Confirmation has been received from DBRS prior to the acquisition of each Additional Loan Obligation and Replacement Loan Obligation;

(xxxii)    after giving effect to its acquisition, together with the acquisition of any other Loan Obligations to be acquired on the same date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loan Obligations held by the Issuer that are Retention Holder Originated Loan Obligations is in excess of 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loan Obligations held by the Issuer;

(xxxiii)   if it is a Non-Controlling Participation, its acquisition will not (1) cause the aggregate Principal Balance of all Non-Controlling Participations to exceed 15% of the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations then owned by the Issuer or (2) cause the Weighted Average Life of all of the Non-Controlling Participations (without regard to whether or not any Non-Controlling Participation is a Defaulted Obligation) to exceed the Weighted Average Life of all of the other Loan Obligations (such determination to be calculated both on an initial maturity date and an final extended maturity basis); and

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(xxxiv)   it is not acquired for the primary purpose of recognizing gains or decreasing losses resulting from market value changes.

“Eligible Account”: As defined in the Servicing Agreement.

“Eligible Investments”:  Any Dollar-denominated investment that, at the time it is Granted to the Trustee (directly or through a Securities Intermediary or bailee), is Registered and is one or more of the following obligations or securities:

(i)            direct obligations of, and obligations the timely payment of principal of and interest on which is fully and expressly guaranteed by, the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the obligations of which are expressly backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, and which constitute “government securities” within the meaning of Section 856(c)(4) of the Code;

(ii)           demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, bankers’ acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by, any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (including the Trustee or the commercial department of any successor Trustee, as the case may be; provided that such successor otherwise meets the criteria specified herein) and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities so long as the commercial paper (other than asset-backed commercial paper) and/or the debt obligations of such depositary institution or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depositary institution in a holding company system, the commercial paper or debt obligations of such holding company) at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment have a credit rating of not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, in the case of long-term debt obligations, and “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, for short-term debt obligations, and, in each case, have a credit rating of the highest long-term or short-term category of DBRS, and if not rated by DBRS, then an equivalent rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇);

(iii)          unleveraged repurchase or forward purchase obligations with respect to (a) any security described in clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above (including the Trustee or the commercial department of any successor Trustee, as the case may be; provided that such person otherwise meets the criteria specified herein) or entered into with a corporation (acting as principal) whose long-term rating is not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, and whose short-term credit rating is not less than “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, and, in each case, have a credit rating of the highest long-term or short-term category of DBRS, and if not rated by DBRS, then an equivalent rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇);

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(iv)          a reinvestment agreement issued by any bank (if treated as a deposit by such bank) that has a short-term credit rating of not less than “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇; provided that the issuer thereof must also have at the time of such investment a long-term credit rating of not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, and, in each case, have a credit rating of the highest long-term or short-term category of DBRS, and if not rated by DBRS, then an equivalent rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇); and

(v)           any other investment similar to those described in clauses (i) through (vi) above that (1) ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ has confirmed may be included in the portfolio of Assets as an Eligible Investment without adversely affecting its then-current ratings on the Notes and (2) has a long-term credit rating of not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and a short-term credit rating of not less than “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, and, in each case, have a credit rating of the highest long-term or short-term category of DBRS, and if not rated by DBRS, then an equivalent rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include ▇▇▇▇▇’▇);

provided that mortgage-backed securities and interest only securities shall not constitute Eligible Investments; provided, further, that (a) Eligible Investments acquired with funds in the Collection Accounts shall include only such obligations or securities as mature no later than three Business Days prior to the next Payment Date succeeding the acquisition of such obligations or securities, (b) Eligible Investments shall not include obligations bearing interest at inverse floating rates, (c) Eligible Investments shall be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes and such investment shall not cause the Issuer to fail to be treated as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT (unless the Issuer has previously received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters opining that the Issuer will be treated as a foreign corporation not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in which case the investment will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a foreign corporation engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes or to otherwise become subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis), (d) Eligible Investments shall not be subject to deduction or withholding for or on account of any withholding or similar tax (other than any taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA), unless the payor is required to make “gross up” payments that ensure that the net amount actually received by the Issuer (free and clear of taxes, whether assessed against such obligor or the Issuer) will equal the full amount that the Issuer would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required, (e) Eligible Investments shall not be purchased for a price in excess of par and (f) Eligible Investments shall not include margin stock.  Eligible Investments may be purchased from the Trustee and its Affiliates so long as the Trustee has a capital and surplus of at least U.S.$200,000,000 and has a long-term unsecured credit rating of at least “Baa1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, and may include obligations for which the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof receives compensation for providing services.

Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), unless the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager have received the written advice of counsel of national reputation experienced in such matters to the contrary (together with an Officer’s certificate of the Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager to the Trustee (on which the Trustee may rely) that the advice

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specified in this definition has been received by the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager), on and after July 21, 2015 (or such later date as may be determined by the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager based upon such advice), Eligible Investments may only include obligations or securities that constitute cash equivalents for purposes of the rights and assets in paragraph   .10(c)(8)(i)(B) of the exclusions from the definition of “covered fund” for purposes of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Rule.

“Entitlement Order”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC.

“Equity Interest”: A security or other interest that does not entitle the holder thereof to receive periodic payments of interest and one or more installments of principal, including (i) any bond or note or similar instrument that is by its terms convertible into or exchangeable for an equity interest, (ii) any bond or note or similar instrument that includes warrants or other interests that entitle its holder to acquire an equity interest, or (iii) any other similar instrument that would entitle its holder to receive periodic payments of interest or a return of a residual value.

“ERISA”:  The United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Euroclear”:  Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

“Event of Default”:  The meaning specified in Section 5.1 hereof.

“Excepted Assets”:  (i) The U.S.$250 proceeds of share capital contributed by ARMS Equity as the holder of the ordinary shares of the Issuer, the U.S.$250 representing a profit fee to the Issuer, and, in each case, any interest earned thereon and the bank account in which such amounts are held and (ii) the Preferred Share Distribution Account and all of the funds and other property from time to time deposited in or credited to the Preferred Share Distribution Account.

“Exchange Act”:  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exchange Obligation”: The meaning specified in Section 12.1(a(ii)) hereof.

“Expense Account”:  The account established pursuant to Section 10.7(a) hereof.

“FATCA”:  Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code or analogous provisions of non-U.S. law.

“Financial Asset”:  The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.

“Financing Statements”:  Financing statements relating to the Assets naming the Issuer, as debtor, and the Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as secured party.

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“Fitch”:  Fitch, Inc., Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and their subsidiaries including Derivative Fitch, Inc. and Derivative Fitch Ltd. and any successor or successors thereto.

“Fixed Rate Loan Obligations”: The Loan Obligations identified on Schedule A as “▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇” and “5 Times Square.”

“GAAP”:  The meaning specified in Section 6.3(k) hereof.

“General Intangible”:  The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC.

“Global Securities”:  The Rule 144A Global Securities and the Regulation S Global Securities.

“Governing Documents”:  With respect to (i) the Issuer, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Issuer, as amended and restated and/or supplemented and in effect from time to time and certain resolutions of its Board of Directors and (ii) all other Persons, the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, limited partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, certificate of formation, articles of association and similar charter documents, as applicable to any such Person.

“Government Items”:  A security (other than a security issued by the Government National Mortgage Association) issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof representing a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America and, with respect to each of the foregoing, that is maintained in book-entry form on the records of a Federal Reserve Bank.

“Grant”:  To grant, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, demise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and grant a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm.  A Grant of the Assets or of any other security or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including without limitation the immediate continuing right to claim, collect, receive and take receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Assets (or any other security or instrument), and all other amounts payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

“Holder” or “Securityholder”:  With respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Notes Register.  With respect to any Preferred Share, the Person in whose name such Preferred Share is registered in the register maintained by the Share Registrar.

“IAI”:  An institution that is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D under the Securities Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners are such “accredited investors”.

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“Indenture”:  This instrument as originally executed and, if from time to time supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, as so supplemented or amended.

“Independent”:  As to any Person, any other Person (including, in the case of an accountant, or lawyer, a firm of accountants or lawyers and any member thereof or an investment bank and any member thereof) who (i) does not have and is not committed to acquire any material direct or any material indirect financial interest in such Person or in any Affiliate of such Person, and (ii) is not connected with such Person as an Officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.  “Independent” when used with respect to any accountant may include an accountant who audits the books of such Person if in addition to satisfying the criteria set forth above the accountant is independent with respect to such Person within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Whenever any Independent Person’s opinion or certificate is to be furnished to the Trustee such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning hereof.

“Industrial Property”:  A real property with industrial rental units (including mixed use industrial/office) as to which the majority of the underwritten revenue is from industrial rental units.

“Information Agent”:  The meaning specified in Section 14.13(b) hereof.

“Initial Maturity Date”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, (i) the maturity date of such Loan Obligation without giving effect to any exercised extension options available under the terms of such Loan Obligation, or (ii) if the related borrower has exercised an extension option, the maturity date of such Loan Obligation after giving effect to the exercised extension option, but without giving effect to any additional extension option available under the terms of such Loan Obligation.

“Instrument”:  The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.

“Interest Accrual Period”:  With respect to the Notes, (i) with respect to the first Payment Date, the period from and including the Closing Date to, but excluding, such first Payment Date and (ii) with respect to each successive Payment Date, the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date to, but excluding, such Payment Date.

“Interest Advance”:  The meaning specified in Section 10.9(a) hereof.

“Interest Collection Account”:  The trust account established pursuant to Section 10.2(a) hereof.

“Interest Coverage Ratio”: As of any Measurement Date, the ratio calculated in accordance with the assumptions set forth in Section 1.2(e) hereof by dividing:

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(a)           (i) the sum of (A) Cash standing to the credit of the Expense Account, plus (B) the scheduled interest payments due (in each case regardless of whether the due date for any such interest payment has yet occurred) in the Due Period in which such Measurement Date occurs on (x) the Loan Obligations (excluding, subject to clause (3) below, accrued and unpaid interest on Defaulted Obligations); provided that no interest (or dividends or other distributions) will be included with respect to any Loan Obligation to the extent that such Loan Obligation does not provide for the scheduled payment of interest (or dividends or other distributions) in Cash and (y) the Eligible Investments held in the Payment Account, the Collection Accounts, the RDD Funding Account and the Expense Account (whether purchased with Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds), plus (C) Interest Advances, if any, advanced by the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent, with respect to the related Payment Date, minus (ii) any amounts scheduled to be paid pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i)(1) through (4) (other than any Loan Obligation Manager Fees that the Loan Obligation Manager has agreed to waive in accordance with this Indenture and the Loan Obligation Management Agreement); by

(b)           the sum of (i) the scheduled interest on the Class A Notes payable on the Payment Date immediately following such Measurement Date, plus (ii) any Class A Defaulted Interest Amount payable on the Payment Date immediately following such Measurement Date, plus (iii) the scheduled interest on the Class B Notes payable immediately following such Measurement Date, plus (iv) any Class B Defaulted Interest Amount payable on the Payment Date immediately following such Measurement Date, plus (v) the scheduled interest on the Class C Notes payable immediately following such Measurement Date, plus (vi) any Class C Defaulted Interest Amount payable on the Payment Date immediately following such Measurement Date.

“Interest Coverage Test”:  The test that will be met as of any Measurement Date on which any Notes remain Outstanding if the Interest Coverage Ratio as of such Measurement Date is equal to or greater than 120.0%.

“Interest Distribution Amount”:  Each of the Class A Interest Distribution Amount, the Class B Interest Distribution Amount and the Class C Interest Distribution Amount.

“Interest Proceeds”:  With respect to any Payment Date, (A) the sum (without duplication) of (1) all Cash payments of interest (including any deferred interest and any amount representing the accreted portion of a discount from the face amount of a Loan Obligation or an Eligible Investment) or other distributions received during the related Due Period on all Loan Obligations other than Defaulted Obligations (net of the Servicing Fee and other amounts payable in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) and Eligible Investments, including, in the Loan Obligation Manager’s commercially reasonable discretion (exercised as of the trade date), the accrued interest received in connection with a sale of such Loan Obligations or Eligible Investments (to the extent such accrued interest was not applied to the purchase of Replacement Loan Obligations), in each case, excluding any accrued interest included in Principal Proceeds pursuant to clause (A)(3) or (4) of the definition of Principal Proceeds, (2) all make-whole premiums, yield maintenance or prepayment premiums or any interest amount paid in excess of the stated interest amount of a Loan Obligation received during the related Due Period, (3) all amendment, modification and waiver fees, late payment fees, commitment fees, exit fees,

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extension fees and other fees and commissions received by the Issuer during such Due Period in connection with such Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments (other than, in each such case, fees and commissions received in connection with the restructuring of a Defaulted Obligation or default of Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments), (4) all payments received by the Issuer in respect of the Interest Rate Cap Agreements, excluding any Interest Rate Cap Termination Receipts, during the related Due Period, (5) those funds in the Expense Account designated as Interest Proceeds by the Loan Obligation Manager pursuant to Section 10.7(a), (6) all funds remaining on deposit in the Expense Account upon redemption of the Notes in whole, pursuant to Section 10.7(a), (7) Interest Advances, if any, advanced by the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent, with respect to such Payment Date, (8) all accrued original issue discount on Eligible Investments, (9) any interest payments received in Cash by the Issuer during the related Due Period on any asset held by a Permitted Subsidiary that is not a Defaulted Obligation, (10) all payments of principal on Eligible Investments purchased with proceeds of items (A)(1), (2) and (3) of this definition, (11) Cash and Eligible Investments contributed by ARMS Equity pursuant to Section 12.2(c) and designated as “Interest Proceeds” by ARMS Equity and (12) any excess proceeds received in respect of a Loan Obligation to the extent such proceeds are designated “Interest Proceeds” by the Loan Obligation Manager in its sole discretion with notice to the Trustee on or before the related Determination Date; provided that Interest Proceeds will in no event include any payment or proceeds specifically defined as “Principal Proceeds” in the definition thereof, minus (B) the aggregate amount of any Nonrecoverable Interest Advances that were previously reimbursed to the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent.

“Interest Rate Cap Agreement”: Collectively, the interest rate cap agreement with respect to the ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Obligation, dated as of the Closing Date, the interest rate cap agreement with respect to the 5 Times Square Loan Obligation, dated as of the Closing Date, in each case, by and between the Issuer and SMBC Capital Markets Inc. as counterparty, and any replacement interest rate cap agreement, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Interest Rate Cap Counterparty”:  Any institution or institutions with whom the Issuer enters into an Interest Rate Cap Agreement.

“Interest Rate Cap Termination Receipts”: In the event of any early termination of any Interest Rate Cap Agreement, any termination or similar payment paid by the Interest Rate Cap Counterparty to the Issuer pursuant to the terms of any Interest Rate Cap Agreement.

“Interest Shortfall”:  The meaning set forth in Section 10.9(a) hereof.

“Issuer”:  Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2015-FL2, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability, until a successor Person shall have become the Issuer pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request”:  A written order or request (which may be in the form of a standing order or request) dated and signed in the name of the Issuer (and the Co-

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Issuer, if applicable) by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer (and by an Authorized Officer of the Co-Issuer, if applicable), or by an Authorized Officer of the Loan Obligation Manager.

“Issuer Parent”: A REIT that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, directly or indirectly, owns (or is deemed to own) 100% of the stock of the Issuer within the meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code.

“Issuer Parent Disregarded Entity”: Any qualified REIT subsidiary of the Issuer Parent and any other entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from Issuer Parent within the meaning of Section 301.7701-3 of the Treasury Regulations.

“Junior Participation”: (i) One or more junior participation interests (or B Notes) in an Underlying Whole Loan pursuant to a Senior AB Participation, in which the related Senior Participation is a Loan Obligation that has been acquired by the Issuer or (ii) the 5 Times Square Junior Participation, as the context may require.

“LIBOR”:  The meaning set forth in Schedule B attached hereto.

“LIBOR Determination Date”:  The meaning set forth in Schedule B attached hereto.

“List”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.4(a)(ii) hereof.

“Listed Bidders”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.4(a)(ii) hereof.

“LLC Managers”:  The managers of the Co-Issuer duly appointed by the sole member of the Co-Issuer (or, if there is only one manager of the Co-Issuer so duly appointed, such sole manager).

“Loan Obligation Management Agreement”:  The Loan Obligation Management Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Loan Obligation” and “Loan Obligations”:  Any Whole Loan, Senior Participation or Junior Participation acquired by the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

“Loan Obligation File”: The meaning set forth in Section 3.3(d).

“Loan Obligation Manager” or “ARCM”:  Arbor Realty Collateral Management, LLC, each of Arbor Realty Collateral Management, LLC’s permitted successors and assigns or any successor Person that shall have become the Loan Obligation Manager pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Obligation Management Agreement and thereafter “Loan Obligation Manager” shall mean such successor Person.

“Loan Obligation Manager Fee”: The meaning set forth in the Loan Obligation Management Agreement.

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“Loan Obligation Management Standard”:  The meaning set forth in the Loan Obligation Management Agreement.

“Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement”: Any Loan Obligation Purchase agreement entered into on or about the Closing Date and any other Loan Obligation Purchase agreement entered into after the Closing Date if a purchase agreement is necessary to comply with this Indenture, which agreement is assigned to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture.

“London Banking Day”:  The meaning set forth in Schedule B attached hereto.

“Loss Value Payment”:  A Cash payment made to the Issuer by the Seller in connection with a breach of representation or warranty with respect to any Loan Obligation pursuant to the Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement in an amount that the Loan Obligation Manager on behalf of the Issuer, subject to the consent of a majority of the holders of each Class of Notes (excluding any Note held by any Seller or any of their respective affiliates), determines is sufficient to compensate the Issuer for such breach of representation or warranty, which Loss Value Payment will be deemed to cure sure breach of representation or warranty.

“Majority”:  With respect to:

(i)            any Class of Notes, the Holders of more than 50% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class; and

(ii)           the Preferred Shares, the Preferred Shareholders representing more than 50% of the of the aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding Preferred Shares.

“Mandatory Redemption”:  The meaning specified in Section 9.5 hereof.

“Maturity”:  With respect to any Note, the date on which the unpaid principal of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise.

“Measurement Date”:  Any of the following: (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the date of acquisition or disposition of any Loan Obligation, (iii) any date on which any Loan Obligation becomes a Defaulted Obligation, (iv) each Determination Date, (v) the Portfolio Finalization Date and (vi) with reasonable notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, any other Business Day that any Rating Agency or the Holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Class of Notes requests be a “Measurement Date”; provided that, if any such date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the relevant Measurement Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day.

“Minimum Interest Rate Cap Counterparty Rating”: With respect to the rating of the Interest Rate Cap Counterparty or the Interest Rate Cap Counterparty’s guarantor, both a short term debt rating of “P-1” or better by Moody’s and a long-term senior unsecured debt rating of “A2” by Moody’s.

“Minnesota Collateral”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a)(v) hereof.

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“Monthly Report”:  The meaning specified in Section 10.11(c) hereof.

“Moody’s”:  ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Moody’s Portfolio Finalization Date Deemed Rating Confirmation”:  A deemed written confirmation from Moody’s of the ratings assigned by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ to the Notes on the Closing Date.

“▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, the private credit assessment assigned to such Loan Obligation by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ for the Issuer.

“▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating Factor”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, the number set forth in the table below opposite the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating of such Loan Obligation:

“Moody’s Recovery Rate”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, 60%, except that with respect to the ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Loan Obligation and the 5 Times Square Loan Obligation, the Moody’s Recovery Rate will be 55%.

“Moody’s Test Modification”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.4 hereof.

“Moody’s Weighted Average Rating Factor”:  An amount determined by (i) summing the products obtained by multiplying the Principal Balance of each Loan Obligation (excluding Defaulted Obligations) by its ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating Factor and (ii) dividing such sum by the aggregate outstanding Principal Balance of all such Loan Obligations and rounding the result up to the nearest whole number.

“Multi-Family Property” A real property with five or more residential rental units (including mixed use multi-family/office and multi-family/retail) as to which the majority of the underwritten revenue is from residential rental units.

“Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance”:  On any Measurement Date, the sum (without duplication) of:

(i)            the Aggregate Principal Balance on such Measurement Date of the Loan Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations);

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(ii)           the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Principal Proceeds held as Cash and Eligible Investments and all Cash and Eligible Investments held in the RDD Funding Account and the Unused Proceeds Account; and

(iii)          with respect to each Defaulted Obligation, the Calculation Amount of such Defaulted Obligation;

provided, however, that (A) with respect to each Defaulted Obligation that has been owned by the Issuer for more than three years after becoming a Defaulted Obligation, the Principal Balance of such Defaulted Obligation shall be zero for purposes of computing the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance, and (B) with respect to each Defaulted Obligation as to which the Loan Obligation Manager has delivered written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee of its intent to engage in either (1) Credit Risk/Defaulted Obligation Cash Purchase or (2) an exchange for an Exchange Obligation, the Loan Obligation Manager will have 45 days to exercise such purchase or exchange and during such period such Loan Obligation will not be treated as a Defaulted Obligation for purposes of computing the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance.

“No Downgrade Confirmation”:  A confirmation from each Rating Agency that any proposed action, or failure to act or other specified event will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade or withdrawal of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Notes then rated by such Rating Agency.

“Non-Acquired Participation”:  With respect to (i) any Senior Participation acquired by the Issuer, any related participation interest (whether a Senior Pari Passu Participation or a Junior Participation) in the related Underlying Whole Loan, or (ii) the 5 Times Square Junior Participation, the related participation interests (whether senior, pari passu or subordinate in right and priority), in either case, which related participation interest is not acquired by the Issuer.

“Non-call Period”:  The period from the Closing Date to and including the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date in March 2018 during which no Optional Redemption is permitted to occur.

“Non-Controlling Participation”: Any Acquired Participation as to which the holder of the related Non-Acquired Participation has the right to have effective control over the remedies relating to the enforcement of the Underlying Whole Loan, including ultimate control of the foreclosure process, by having a right to (x) appoint and remove the special servicer or (y) direct or approve the special servicer’s exercise of remedies.

“Non-Permitted Holder”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(b) hereof.

“Nonrecoverable Interest Advance”: Any Interest Advance previously made or proposed to be made pursuant to Section 10.9 hereof that the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent, as applicable, has determined in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that the amount so advanced or proposed to be advanced plus interest expected to accrue thereon, will not be ultimately recoverable from subsequent payments or collections with respect to the related Loan Obligation.

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“Note Liquidation Event”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.1(d) hereof.

“Note Protection Tests”:  The Par Value Test and the Interest Coverage Test.

“Noteholder”:  The Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Notes Register.

“Note Interest Rate”:  With respect to the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, the Class A Rate, the Class B Rate and the Class C Rate, respectively.

“Notes”:  The Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, collectively, authorized by, and authenticated and delivered under, this Indenture.

“Notes Register” and “Notes Registrar”:  The respective meanings specified in Section 2.5(a) hereof.

“Notional Amount”:  In respect of the Preferred Shares, the per share notional amount of U.S.$1,000.  The aggregate Notional Amount of the Preferred Shares on the Closing Date will be U.S.$82,250,000.

“NRSRO”:  Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, including the Rating Agencies.

“NRSRO Certification”:  A certification substantially in the form of Exhibit H executed by a NRSRO in favor of the Issuer and the Information Agent that states that such NRSRO has provided the Issuer with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3)(iii)(B) and that such NRSRO has access to the 17g-5 Website.

“Offering Memorandum”:  The Offering Memorandum, dated August 7, 2015, relating to the offering of the Notes.

“Office Property”:  A real property with office rental units (including mixed use office/multi-family and office/retail) as to which the majority of the underwritten revenue is from office rental units.

“Officer”:  With respect to any corporation or limited liability company, including the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager, any Director, Manager, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, any Senior Vice President any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, General Partner of such entity; and with respect to the Trustee, any Trust Officer.

“Officer’s Certificate”:  With respect to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager, any certificate executed by an Authorized Officer thereof.

“Opinion of Counsel”:  A written opinion addressed to the Trustee and/or the Issuer and the Rating Agencies in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of an outside third party counsel of national recognition admitted to practice before the highest court of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia (or the

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Cayman Islands, in the case of an opinion relating to the laws of the Cayman Islands), which attorney may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be counsel for the Issuer, and which attorney shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.  Whenever an Opinion of Counsel is required hereunder, such Opinion of Counsel may rely on opinions of other counsel who are so admitted and so satisfactory which opinions of other counsel shall accompany such Opinion of Counsel and shall either be addressed to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies or shall state that the Trustee and the Rating Agencies shall be entitled to rely thereon.

“Optional Redemption”:  The meaning specified in Section 9.1(c) hereof.

“Outstanding”:  With respect to the Notes, as of any date of determination, all of the Notes or any Class of Notes, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

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

(ii)           Notes or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption funds in the necessary amount have been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(ii); provided that, if such Notes or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii)          Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a holder in due course; and

(iv)          Notes alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen for which replacement Notes have been issued as provided in Section 2.6;

provided that in determining whether the Noteholders of the requisite Aggregate Outstanding Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (x) Notes owned by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Affiliate thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding and (y) in relation to (i) the exercise by Noteholders of their right, in connection with certain Events of Default, to accelerate amounts due under the Notes and (ii) any amendment or other modification of, or assignment or termination of, any of the express rights or obligations of the Loan Obligation Manager under the Loan Obligation Management Agreement or this Indenture, Notes owned by the Loan Obligation Manager or any of its Affiliates, or by any accounts managed by them, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding.  In determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.  Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager or any other obligor upon

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the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager or such other obligor.

“Par Value Ratio”:  As of any Measurement Date, the number (expressed as a percentage) calculated in accordance with the assumptions set forth in Section 1.2(d) by dividing (a) the sum of the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance on such Measurement Date by (b) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes and the amount of any unreimbursed Interest Advances.

“Par Value Test”:  The test that will be met as of any Measurement Date on which any Notes remain Outstanding if the Par Value Ratio on such Measurement Date is equal to or greater than 129.72%.

“Participating Institution”:  With respect to any participation, the entity that holds legal title to the participated asset.

“Paying Agent”:  Any Person authorized by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer as specified in Section 7.2 hereof.

“Payment Account”:  The payment account of the Trustee in respect of the Notes established pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof.

“Payment Date”:  With respect to each Class of Notes, is October 15, 2015, and monthly thereafter on the 15th day of each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) to and including, in the case of the Notes, the Stated Maturity Date, or, in the case of the Preferred Shares, the Preferred Shares Redemption Date, unless redeemed prior thereto.

“Permitted Subsidiary”: Any one or more wholly-owned, single purpose entities established exclusively for the purpose of taking title to mortgage, real estate or any Sensitive Asset in connection, in each case, with the exercise of remedies or otherwise.

“Permitted Exchange Security”: A bond, note or other security received by the Issuer in connection with the workout, restructuring or modification of a Loan Obligation that is a loan.

“Person”:  An individual, corporation (including a business trust), partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated association or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Placement Agent”:  ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, in its capacity as placement agent.

“Placement Agreement”:  The placement agreement relating to the Notes dated as of August 7, 2015 by and among the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Placement Agent.

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“Pledged Loan Obligation”:  On any date of determination, any Loan Obligation that has been Granted to the Trustee and not been released from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to Section 10.12 hereof.

“Portfolio Finalization Date”:  The date which is the earliest of (i) the 120th day after the Closing Date; (ii) the first date on which the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Pledged Loan Obligations is at least equal to the Portfolio Finalization Date Collateral Principal Balance and (iii) the date that the Loan Obligation Manager determines, in its sole discretion, and notifies the Trustee of such determination, that investment in Additional Loan Obligations is no longer practical or desirable.

“Portfolio Finalization Date Collateral Principal Balance”:  U.S.$350,000,000.

“Post-Closing Acquisition Period”:  The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the Portfolio Finalization Date and (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default (after the expiry of any applicable grace periods).

“Preferred Shareholder”:  A registered owner of Preferred Shares as set forth in the share register maintained by the Share Registrar.

“Preferred Shares”:  The preferred shares issued by the Issuer concurrently with the issuance of the Notes.

“Preferred Share Distribution Account”:  A segregated account established and designated as such by the Preferred Shares Paying Agent pursuant to the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement.

“Preferred Shares Distribution Amount”:  Any remaining Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds, if any, to be released from the lien of this Indenture and paid (upon standing order of the Issuer) to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent for deposit into the Preferred Share Distribution Account for distribution to the holders of the Preferred Shares after payment by the Trustee of all distributions which take priority pursuant to Section 11.1(a).

“Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement”:  The Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Preferred Shares Paying Agent relating to the Preferred Shares and the Share Registrar, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Preferred Shares Paying Agent”:  The Bank, solely in its capacity as Preferred Shares Paying Agent under the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement and not individually, unless a successor Person shall have become the Preferred Shares Paying Agent pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, and thereafter Preferred Shares Paying Agent shall mean such successor Person.

“Preferred Shares Redemption Date”:  the earlier of (i) the Stated Maturity Date and (ii) the Payment Date on which a redemption of the Preferred Shares occurs.

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“Principal Balance” or “par”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of such Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment; provided that:

(i)            the Principal Balance of any Eligible Investment that does not pay Cash interest on a current basis will be the accreted value thereof; and

(ii)           the Principal Balance of any RDD Obligation also will be deemed to include the unfunded portion of such RDD Obligation on deposit in the RDD Funding Account.

“Principal Collection Account”:  The trust account established pursuant to Section 10.2(a) hereof.

“Principal Proceeds”:  With respect to any Payment Date, (A) the sum (without duplication) of (1) all principal payments (including Unscheduled Principal Payments and any casualty or condemnation proceeds and any proceeds from the exercise of remedies (including liquidation proceeds)) received during the related Due Period in respect of (a) Eligible Investments (other than Eligible Investments purchased with Interest Proceeds, Eligible Investments in the Expense Account, Eligible Investments in the RDD Funding Account and any amount representing the accreted portion of a discount from the face amount of a Loan Obligation or an Eligible Investment) and (b) Loan Obligations as a result of (i) a maturity, scheduled amortization or mandatory prepayment on a Loan Obligation, (ii) optional prepayments made at the option of the related borrower, (iii) recoveries on Defaulted Obligations or (iv) any other principal payments received with respect to Loan Obligations, (2) all fees and commissions received during such Due Period in connection with Defaulted Obligations and Eligible Investments and the restructuring or default of such Defaulted Obligations and Eligible Investments, (3) any interest received during such Due Period on such Loan Obligations or Eligible Investments to the extent such interest constitutes proceeds from accrued interest purchased with Principal Proceeds other than accrued interest purchased by the Issuer on or prior to the Closing Date and interest included in clause (A)(1) of the definition of Interest Proceeds, (4) Sale Proceeds received during such Due Period in respect of sales (excluding those previously reinvested or currently being reinvested in Loan Obligations in accordance with the Transaction Documents and excluding accrued interest included in Sale Proceeds (unless such accrued interest was purchased with Principal Proceeds) that are designated by the Loan Obligation Manager as Interest Proceeds in accordance with clause (A)(1) of the definition of Interest Proceeds), (5) all Cash payments of interest received during such Due Period on Defaulted Obligations, (6) funds transferred to the Principal Collection Account from the RDD Funding Account in respect of amounts previously held on deposit in respect of unfunded commitments for RDD Obligations that have been sold or otherwise disposed of before such commitments thereunder have been drawn or as to which excess funds remain, (7) any principal payments received in Cash by the Issuer during the related Due Period on any asset held by a Permitted Subsidiary, (8) any Loss Value Payments received by the Issuer from a Seller, (9) all other payments received in connection with the Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments that are not included in Interest Proceeds (10) after the Portfolio Finalization Date, all amounts in the Unused Proceeds Account, (11) any amounts remaining in the Interest Rate Cap Termination Receipts Account following the purchase of any replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement (or a

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determination by the Loan Obligation Manager not to purchase a replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement) during the related Due Period and (12) all Cash and Eligible Investments contributed by ARMS Equity pursuant to the terms of Section 12.2(c) and designated as “Principal Proceeds” by ARMS Equity; provided that in no event will Principal Proceeds include any proceeds from the Excepted Assets minus (B)(1) the aggregate amount of any Nonrecoverable Interest Advances that were not previously reimbursed to the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent from Interest Proceeds and (2) the portion of such Principal ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ previously reinvested or currently being held for reinvestment in Replacement Loan Obligations if the Issuer is permitted to purchase Replacement Loan Obligations in accordance with Section 12.2.

“Priority of Payments”:  The meaning specified in Section 11.1(a) hereof.

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

“Purchase Price”: The purchase price identified for each Loan Obligation against its name in Schedule A attached hereto.

“QIB”:  A “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

“Qualified Purchaser”: A “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act or an entity owned exclusive by one or more such “qualified purchasers.”

“Qualified REIT Subsidiary”:  A corporation that, for U.S. federal tax purposes, is wholly-owned by a real estate investment trust under Section 856(i)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Rating Agency”: ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, DBRS and any successor thereto, or, with respect to the Assets generally, if at any time ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or DBRS or any such successor ceases to provide rating services with respect to the Notes or certificates similar to the Notes, any other NRSRO selected by the Issuer and reasonably satisfactory to a Majority of the Notes voting as a single Class.

“Rating Agency Condition”: A condition that is satisfied if:

(a)           the party required to satisfy the Rating Agency Condition (the “Requesting Party”) has made a written request to each Rating Agency for a No Downgrade Confirmation; and

(b)           any one of the following has occurred with respect to each such Rating Agency:

(i)            a No Downgrade Confirmation has been received from such Rating Agency; or

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(ii)           (A) within 10 Business Days of such request being sent to such Rating Agency, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for confirmation;

(B)          the Requesting Party has confirmed that such Rating Agency has received the confirmation request,

(C)          the Requesting Party promptly requests the No Downgrade Confirmation a second time; and

(D)          there is no response to either confirmation request within five Business Days of such second request.

“Rating Confirmation Failure”:  The meaning specified in Section 7.19(b) hereof.

“RDD Funding Account”:  The account established pursuant to Section 10.6(a) hereof.

“RDD Funding Advance”:  With respect to RDD Obligations, one or more future advances that the Issuer is required to make to the obligor under the Underlying Instruments relating thereto, subject to satisfaction of conditions precedent specified therein.

“RDD Obligation”: Any Loan Obligation that requires the lender to make one or more additional advances to the borrower upon the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent specified in the related Underlying Instruments.

“Record Date”: The date on which the Holders of Notes entitled to receive a payment in respect of principal or interest on the succeeding Payment Date is determined, such date as to any Payment Date being the 15th day (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the applicable Payment Date.

“Redemption Date”:  Any Payment Date specified for a redemption of the Securities pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.

“Redemption Date Statement”:  The meaning specified in Section 10.11(i) hereof.

“Redemption Price”: The Redemption Price of each Class of Notes or the Preferred Shares, as applicable, on a Redemption Date will be calculated as follows:

Class A Notes.  The redemption price for the Class A Notes will be calculated on the related Determination Date and will equal the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class A Notes to be redeemed, together with the Class A Interest Distribution Amount (plus any Class A Defaulted Interest Amount) due on the applicable Redemption Date;

Class B Notes.  The redemption price for the Class B Notes will be calculated on the related Determination Date and will equal the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class B

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Notes to be redeemed, together with the Class B Interest Distribution Amount (plus any Class B Defaulted Interest Amount) due on the applicable Redemption Date;

Class C Notes.  The redemption price for the Class C Notes will be calculated on the related Determination Date and will equal the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Class C Notes to be redeemed, together with the Class C Interest Distribution Amount (plus any Class C Defaulted Interest Amount) due on the applicable Redemption Date; and

Preferred Shares.  The redemption price for the Preferred Shares will be calculated on the related Determination Date and will be equal to the sum of all net proceeds from the sale of the Assets in accordance with Article 12 hereof and Cash (other than the Issuer’s rights, title and interest in the property described in clause (i) of the definition of “Excepted Assets”), if any, remaining after payment of all amounts and expenses, including payments made in respect of the Notes, described under clauses (1) through (10) of Section 11.1(a)(i) and clauses (1) through (7) of Section 11.1(a)(ii); provided that, if there are no such net proceeds or Cash remaining, the redemption price for the Preferred Shares shall be equal to U.S.$0.

“Reference Banks”:  The meaning set forth in Schedule S attached hereto.

“Registered”:  With respect to any debt obligation, a debt obligation that is issued after July 18, 1984, and that is in registered form for purposes of the Code.

“Registered Office Agreement”:  The registered office agreement dated July 27, 2015 between the Issuer and MaplesFS Limited as registered office provider, as modified, supplemented and in effect from time to time.

“Registered Security”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a)(iii) hereof.

“Regulation S”:  Regulation S under the Securities Act.

“Regulation S Global Security”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(ii) hereof.

“Reimbursement Interest”:  Interest accrued on the amount of any Interest Advance made by the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent, for so long as it is outstanding, at the Reimbursement Rate.

“Reimbursement Rate”:  A rate per annum equal to the “prime rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal, as such “prime rate” may change from time to time.  If more than one “prime rate” is published in The Wall Street Journal for a day, the average of such “prime rates” will be used, and such average will be rounded up to the nearest one eighth of one percent (0.125%).  If the “prime rate” contained in The Wall Street Journal is not readily ascertainable, the Loan Obligation Manager will select an equivalent publication that publishes such “prime rate,” and if such “prime rates” are no longer generally published or are limited, regulated or administered by a governmental authority or quasigovernmental body, then the Loan Obligation Manager will select, in its reasonable discretion, a comparable interest rate index.

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“REIT”:  A “real estate investment trust” under the Code.

“Replacement Loan Obligation”:  Any Loan Obligation that is acquired after the Closing Date that satisfies the Eligibility Criteria and the Replacement Criteria in accordance with the terms of Section 12.2(a) hereof.

“Replacement Criteria”:  The meaning specified in Section 12.2(a) hereof.

“Replacement Period”:  The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on and including the first to occur of any of the following events or dates:  (i) the end of the Due Period related to the Payment Date in September 2018; (ii) the end of the Due Period related to the Payment Date on which all of the Securities are redeemed as described herein under Section 9.1; and (iii) the date on which an Event of Default has occurred.

“Repurchase Price”: The meaning specified in Section 16.3(c) hereof.

“Repurchase Request”:  The meaning specified in Section 7.17 hereof.

“Retail Property”:  A real property with retail rental units (including mixed use retail/office and retail/multi-family) as to which the majority of the underwritten revenue is from retail rental units.

“Retained Interest”:  A material net economic interest in the securitization position comprised by the Notes of not less than 5% in the form specified in paragraph (d) of Article 405(1).

“Retention Holder”:  The meaning specified in Section 10.11(c)(xxxii) hereof.

“Retention Holder Originated Loan Obligations”:  A Loan Obligation that the Retention Holder either (i) has purchased or will purchase for its own account prior to selling or transferring such Loan Obligation to the Issuer or (ii) itself or through related entities, directly or indirectly, was involved in the original agreement which created such Loan Obligation.

“Risk Retention Letter”:  That certain risk retention letter delivered by Arbor Parent and ARMS Equity to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager, the Trustee and the Placement Agent, dated August 18, 2015.

“Rule 17g-5”:  The meaning specified in Section 14.13 hereof.

“Rule 144A”:  Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

“Rule 144A Global Security”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof.

“Rule 144A Information”:  The meaning specified in Section 7.13 hereof.

“S&P”:  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and its successors in interest.

“Sale”:  The meaning specified in Section 5.17(a) hereof.

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“Sale Proceeds”:  All proceeds (including accrued interest) received with respect to Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments as a result of sales of such Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments, sales in connection with the exercise of a purchase option by the holder of a Non-Acquired Participation or a mezzanine lender, and sales in connection with a repurchase for a breach of a representation or warranty, in each case, net of any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Loan Obligation Manager or the Trustee in connection with any such sale.

“Schedule of Closing Date Loan Obligations”:  The Loan Obligations listed on Schedule A attached hereto, which Schedule shall include the Principal Balance, the spread and the relevant floating reference rate, the maturity date, the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating of each such Loan Obligation.

“Scheduled Distribution”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment, for each Due Date, the scheduled payment of principal, interest or fee or any dividend or premium payment due on such Due Date or any other distribution with respect to such Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment, determined in accordance with the assumptions specified in Section 1.2 hereof.

“SEC”:  The Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Secured Parties”:  Collectively, the Trustee, the Noteholders and the Loan Obligation Manager, each as their interests appear in applicable Transaction Documents.

“Securities”:  Collectively, the Notes and the Preferred Shares.

“Securities Account”:  The meaning specified in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.

“Securities Account Control Agreement”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a) hereof.

“Securities Act”:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Securities Intermediary”:  The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC.

“Security Entitlement”:  The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.

“Security”:  Any Note or Preferred Share or, collectively, the Notes and Preferred Shares, as the context may require.

“Seller”:  The meaning specified in the applicable Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement.

“Senior AB Participation”: A Loan Obligation that is a participation interest (or an A Note) in an Underlying Whole Loan pursuant to a participation agreement (or intercreditor agreement) in which the interest acquired by the Issuer is senior to one or more Junior Participations.

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“Senior Pari Passu Participation”:  A Loan Obligation that is a participation interest in an Underlying Whole Loan in which the interest acquired by the Issuer is pari passu with one or more other Senior Pari Passu Participation Interests that are each Non-Acquired Participations and which each are the senior-most interest in such Underlying Whole Loan.

“Senior Participation”:  A Loan Obligation that is a senior participation interest (including A Notes and senior or pari passu participation interests) in an Underlying Whole Loan pursuant to a Senior AB Participation, in which the related Junior Participation is a Non-Acquired Participation.

“Sensitive Asset”: means (i) a Loan Obligation, or a portion thereof, or (ii) a real property or other interest (including, without limitation, an interest in real property) resulting from the conversion, exchange, other modification or exercise of remedies with respect to a Loan Obligation or portion thereof, in either case, as to which the Loan Obligation Manager has determined, based on an Opinion of Counsel, could give rise to material liability of the Issuer (including liability for taxes) if held directly by the Issuer.

“Servicing Agreement”:  The Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Obligation Manager and the CLO Servicer, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Servicing Fee”:  With respect to each Due Period the aggregate amount of all servicing fees payable to the CLO Servicer under the Servicing Agreement and any backup servicer named therein or in any backup servicing agreement to which the Issuer is a party during such Due Period.

“Share Registrar”:  MaplesFS Limited, unless a successor Person shall have become the Share Registrar pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, and thereafter “Share Registrar” shall mean such successor Person.

“Specified Person”:  The meaning specified in Section 2.6(a) hereof.

“Stated Maturity Date”:  The Payment Date occurring in September 2025.

“Tax Event”: (i) Any borrower is, or on the next scheduled payment date under any Loan Obligation, will be, required to deduct or withhold from any payment under any Loan Obligation to the Issuer for or on account of any tax for whatever reason and such borrower is not required to pay to the Issuer such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Issuer (free and clear of taxes, whether assessed against such borrower or the Issuer) will equal the full amount that the Issuer would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required, (ii) any jurisdiction imposes net income, profits, or similar tax on the Issuer or (iii) the Issuer fails to maintain its status as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT and is not a foreign corporation that is not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Withholding taxes imposed under FATCA, if any, shall be disregarded in applying the definition of “Tax Event.”

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“Tax Materiality Condition”:  The condition that will be satisfied if either (i) as a result of a Tax Event, a tax or taxes are imposed on the Issuer or withheld from payments to the Issuer and with respect to which the Issuer receives less than the full amount that the Issuer would have received had no such deduction occurred and such amount exceeds, in the aggregate, U.S.$1 million during any 12-month period or (ii) the Issuer fails to maintain its status as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT and is not a foreign corporation that is not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

“Tax Redemption”:  The meaning specified in Section 9.1(b) hereof.

“Total Redemption Price”:  The amount equal to funds sufficient to pay all amounts and expenses described under clauses (1) through (4) and (10) of Section 11.1(a)(i) and to redeem all Notes at their applicable Redemption Prices.

“Transaction Documents”:  This Indenture, the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, the Loan Obligation Purchase Agreements, the Placement Agreement, the Interest Rate Cap Agreements, the Company Administration Agreement, the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement.

“Transfer Agent”:  The Person or Persons, which may be the Issuer, authorized by the Issuer to exchange or register the transfer of Notes in its capacity as Transfer Agent.

“Treasury Regulations”:  Temporary or final regulations promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury Department.

“Trust Officer”:  When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Global Trust Services Group of the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor group of the Trustee) including any vice president, assistant vice president or officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at the Global Trust Services Group of the Corporate Trust Office because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who is directly responsible for the administration of this Indenture.

“Trustee”:  U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, solely in its capacity as trustee hereunder, unless a successor Person shall have become the Trustee pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Person.

“UCC”:  The applicable Uniform Commercial Code.

“Uncertificated Security”:  The meaning specified in Section 3.3(a)(ii) hereof.

“Underlying Instruments”:  The indenture, loan agreement, note, mortgage, intercreditor agreement, participation agreement, co-lender agreement or other agreement pursuant to which a Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment has been issued or created and each

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other agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment or of which holders of such Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment are the beneficiaries.

“Underlying Mortgaged Property”: With respect to a Loan Obligation that is (i) a Whole Loan, the commercial mortgage property or properties securing the Whole Loan and (ii) a Senior Participation, the commercial mortgage property or properties securing the Underlying Whole Loan.

“Underlying Whole Loan”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation that is an Acquired Participation, the Whole Loan in which such Acquired Participation represents a participation interest.

“United States” and “U.S.”: The United States of America, including any state and any territory or possession administered thereby.

“Unregistered Securities”:  The meaning specified in Section 5.17(c) hereof.

“Unscheduled Principal Payments”:  Any proceeds received by the Issuer from an unscheduled prepayment or redemption (in whole but not in part) by the obligor of a Loan Obligation (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) prior to the stated maturity date of such Loan Obligation (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan).

“Unused Proceeds Account”:  The trust account established pursuant to Section 10.4(a) hereof.

“U.S. Person”: The meaning specified in Regulation S.

“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Rule”: Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Weighted Average Life”:  As of any Measurement Date with respect to the Loan Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations), the number obtained by (i) summing the products obtained by multiplying (a) the Average Life at such time of each Loan Obligation (other than Defaulted Obligations) by (b) the outstanding Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation and (ii) dividing such sum by the Aggregate Principal Balance at such time of all Loan Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations).  For purposes of this definition, “Average Life” means, on any Measurement Date with respect to any Loan Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation), the quotient obtained by the Loan Obligation Manager by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years (rounded to the nearest one tenth thereof) from such Measurement Date to the respective dates of each successive expected distribution of principal of such Loan Obligation and (b) the respective amounts of such expected distributions of principal by (ii) the sum of all successive expected distributions of principal on such Loan Obligation.

“Weighted Average Spread”:  As of any date of determination, the number obtained (rounded up to the next 0.001%), by (A) summing the products obtained by multiplying

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(i) with respect to any Loan Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation), the greater of (x) the current stated spread above LIBOR (net of any servicing fees and expenses) at which interest accrues on each such Loan Obligation and (y) if such Loan Obligation provides for a minimum interest rate payable thereunder, the excess, if any, of the minimum interest rate applicable to such Loan Obligation (net of any servicing fees and expenses) over LIBOR by (ii) the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation as of such date, and (B) dividing such sum by the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations (excluding all Defaulted Obligations).

“Whole Loan”:  A commercial mortgage loan secured by a first-lien mortgage on a Multi-Family Property, a Retail Property, an Office Property or an Industrial Property.

Section 1.2            Assumptions as to Assets.

(a)           In connection with all calculations required to be made pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Scheduled Distributions on any Loan Obligation and Eligible Investment, or any payments on any other Assets, and with respect to the income that can be earned on Scheduled Distributions on any Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment and on any other amounts that may be received for credit to the applicable Collection Account, the provisions set forth in this Section 1.2 shall be applied.

(b)           All calculations with respect to Scheduled Distributions on the Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments shall be made on the basis of information as to the terms of each such Asset and upon report of payments, if any, received on such Asset that are furnished by or on behalf of the related borrower, obligor or issuer of such Asset and, to the extent they are not manifestly in error, such information or report may be conclusively relied upon in making such calculations.

(c)           For each Due Period, the Scheduled Distribution on any Loan Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation, which, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be assumed to have a Scheduled Distribution of zero) or Eligible Investment shall be the sum of (i) the total amount of payments and collections in respect of such Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment (including all Sales Proceeds received during the Due Period and not reinvested in Replacement Loan Obligations or retained in the Principal Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment) that, if paid as scheduled, will be available in the Collection Accounts at the end of such Due Period for payment on the Notes and of expenses of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer pursuant to the Priority of Payments and (ii) any such amounts received in prior Due Periods that were not disbursed on a previous Payment Date and do not constitute amounts which have been used as reimbursement with respect to a prior Interest Advance pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. On any date of determination, the amount of any Scheduled Distribution due on any future date with respect to any Loan Obligation as to which any interest or other payment thereon is subject to withholding tax of any relevant jurisdiction shall be assumed to be made net of any such uncompensated withholding tax based upon withholding tax rates in effect on such date of determination.

(d)           For purposes of calculating the Par Value Ratio (1) an appraisal reduction of a Loan Obligation will be assumed to result in an implied reduction of Principal Balance for such Loan Obligation only if such appraisal reduction is intended to reduce the interest payable

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on such Loan Obligation and only in proportion to such interest reduction and (2) any Loan Obligation that has sustained an implied reduction of Principal Balance due to an appraisal reduction will not be considered a Defaulted Obligation solely due to such implied reduction.

(e)           For purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, (1) the expected interest income on the Loan Obligations and Eligible Investments and the expected interest payable on the Notes shall be calculated using the interest rates applicable thereto on the applicable Measurement Date, (2) accrued original issue discount on Eligible Investments shall be deemed to be Scheduled Distributions due on the date such original issue discount is scheduled to be paid, (3) with respect to each Defaulted Obligation as to which the Loan Obligation Manager has delivered written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee of its intent to engage in either (x) Credit Risk/Defaulted Obligation Cash Purchase or (y) an exchange for an Exchange Obligation, the Loan Obligation Manager will have 45 days to exercise such purchase or exchange and during such period such Loan Obligation will not be treated as a Defaulted Obligation, (4) there will be excluded all scheduled or deferred payments of interest on or principal of Loan Obligations and any payment that the Loan Obligation Manager has determined in its reasonable judgment will not be made in cash or received when due and (5) with respect to any Loan Obligation as to which any interest or other payment thereon is subject to withholding tax of any relevant jurisdiction, each payment thereon shall be deemed to be payable net of such withholding tax unless the related borrower is required to make additional payments to fully compensate the Issuer for such withholding taxes (including in respect of any such additional payments).

(f)            Each Scheduled Distribution receivable with respect to a Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment shall be assumed to be received on the applicable Due Date, and each such Scheduled Distribution shall be assumed to be immediately deposited in the applicable Collection Account except to the extent the Loan Obligation Manager has a reasonable expectation that such Scheduled Distribution will not be received on the applicable Due Date.  All such funds shall be assumed to continue to earn interest until the date on which they are required to be available in the applicable Collection Account for transfer to the Payment Account for application, in accordance with the terms hereof, to payments of principal of or interest on the Notes or other amounts payable pursuant to this Indenture.

(g)           All calculations required to be made and all reports which are to be prepared pursuant to this Indenture with respect to the Assets, shall be made on the basis of the date on which the Issuer makes a binding commitment to purchase or sell a Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment rather than the date upon which such purchase or sale settles.

Section 1.3            Interest Calculation Convention.

All calculations of interest hereunder that are made with respect to the Notes shall be made on the basis of the actual number of days during the related Interest Accrual Period divided by 360.

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Section 1.4            Rounding Convention.

Unless otherwise specified herein, test calculations that evaluate to a percentage will be rounded to the nearest ten thousandth of a percentage point and test calculations that evaluate to a number or decimal will be rounded to the nearest one hundredth of a percentage point.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.1            Forms Generally.

The Notes and the Trustee’s or Authenticating Agent’s certificate of authentication thereon (the “Certificate of Authentication”) shall be in substantially the forms required by this Article 2, 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 be consistent herewith, determined by the Authorized Officers of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, 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 the Note.

Section 2.2            Forms of Notes and Certificate of Authentication.

(a)           Form.  The form of each Class of Notes including the Certificate of Authentication, shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibits A and B hereto.

(b)           Global Securities and Definitive Notes.

(i)            The Notes initially offered and sold in the United States to (or to U.S. Persons who are) QIBs shall be represented by one or more permanent global notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with the applicable legend set forth in Exhibits A and B hereto added to the form of such Notes (each, a “Rule 144A Global Security”), which shall be registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

(ii)           The Notes initially offered and sold in the United States to (or to U.S. Persons who are) IAIs shall be issued in definitive form, registered in the name of the legal or beneficial owner thereof attached without interest coupons with the applicable legend set forth in Exhibits A and B hereto added to the form of such Notes (each a “Definitive Note”), which shall be duly executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer and

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authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

(iii)          The Notes initially sold to non-U.S. Persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be represented by one or more permanent global notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with the applicable legend set forth in Exhibits A and B, hereto added to the form of such Notes (each, a “Regulation S Global Security”), which shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for such Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository for the respective accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg or their respective depositories, duly executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

(c)           Book-Entry Provisions.  This Section 2.2(c) shall apply only to Global Securities deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.

Each of the Issuer and Co-Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.2(c), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that shall be (i) registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities and (ii) delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions or held by the Trustee’s agent as custodian for the Depository.

Agent Members shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository or under the Global Security, and the Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, or any agent of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Global Security.

(d)           Delivery of Definitive Notes in Lieu of Global Securities.  Except as provided in Section 2.10 hereof, owners of beneficial interests in a Class of Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of a Definitive Note.

Section 2.3            Authorized Amount; Stated Maturity Date; and Denominations.

(a)           The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to U.S.$267,750,000, except for Notes authenticated and

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delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.6 or 8.5 hereof.

Such Notes shall be divided into three Classes having designations and original principal amounts as follows:

(b)           The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of U.S.$250,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$500 in excess thereof (plus any residual amount).

Section 2.4            Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, respectively.  The signature of such Authorized Officers on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.

Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the Authorized Officers of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer shall bind the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, as the case may be, notwithstanding the fact that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of issuance of such Notes.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer may deliver Notes executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, upon Issuer Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Notes as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise.

Each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon Issuer Order on the Closing Date shall be dated as of the Closing Date.  All other Notes that are authenticated after the Closing Date for any other purpose under this Indenture shall be dated the date of their authentication.

Notes issued upon transfer, exchange or replacement of other Notes shall be issued in authorized denominations reflecting the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes so transferred, exchanged or replaced, but shall represent only the current outstanding principal amount of the Notes so transferred, exchanged or replaced.  In the event that any Note is divided into more than one Note in accordance with this Article 2, the original principal amount of such Note shall be proportionately divided among the Notes delivered in exchange

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therefor and shall be deemed to be the original aggregate principal amount of such subsequently issued Notes.

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 Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of their Authorized Officers, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.5            Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

(a)           The Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the “Notes Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Notes.  The Trustee is hereby initially appointed “Notes Registrar” for the purpose of maintaining the Notes Registrar and registering Notes and transfers and exchanges of such Notes with respect to the Notes Register kept in the United States as herein provided.  Upon any resignation or removal of the Notes Registrar, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, in the absence of such appointment, assume the duties of Notes Registrar.

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

Subject to this Section 2.5, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 7.2, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for Notes of like terms, in any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 7.2.  Whenever any Note is surrendered for exchange, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Notes issued and authenticated upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

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Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Notes Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

None of the Notes Registrar, the Issuer or the Co-Issuer shall be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Notes to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption.

(b)           No Note may be sold or transferred (including, without limitation, by pledge or hypothecation) unless such sale or transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and is exempt from the registration requirements under applicable state securities laws.

(c)           No Note may be offered, sold, resold or delivered, within the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. Persons except in accordance with Section 2.5(e) below and in accordance with Rule 144A to QIBs or, solely with respect to Definitive Notes, IAIs who are also Qualified Purchasers purchasing for their own account or for the accounts of one or more QIBs or IAIs who are also Qualified Purchasers, for which the purchaser is acting as fiduciary or agent.  The Notes may be offered, sold, resold or delivered, as the case may be, in offshore transactions to non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S.  None of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee or any other Person may register the Notes under the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

(d)           Upon final payment due on the Stated Maturity Date of a Note, the Holder thereof shall present and surrender such Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office of the Paying Agent (outside the United States if then required by applicable law in the case of a Note in definitive form issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security pursuant to Section 2.10).

(e)           Transfers of Global Securities.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.2(c) and this Section 2.5(e).

(i)            Except as otherwise set forth below, transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depository or to a successor of the Depository or such successor’s nominee.  Transfers of a Global Security to a Definitive Note may only be made in accordance with Section 2.10.

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(ii)           Regulation S Global Security to Rule 144A Global Security or Definitive Note.  If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Regulation S Global Security for an interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security or for a Definitive Note or to transfer its interest in such Regulation S Global Security to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security or for a Definitive Note, such holder may, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream and/or DTC, as the case may be, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security or for a Definitive Note.  Upon receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Registrar of:

(1)           if the transferee is taking a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, instructions from Euroclear, Clearstream and/or DTC, as the case may be, directing the Notes Registrar to cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security, but not less than the minimum denomination applicable to such holder’s Notes to be exchanged or transferred, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with DTC to be credited with such increase and a duly completed certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2 attached hereto; or

(2)           if the transferee is taking a Definitive Note, a duly completed transfer certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit D-3 hereto, certifying that such transferee is an IAI and a Qualified Purchaser,

then the Notes Registrar shall either (x) if the transferee is taking a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, approve the instructions at DTC to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Regulation S Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be transferred or exchanged and the Notes Registrar shall instruct DTC, concurrently with such reduction, to credit or cause to be credited to the securities account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security equal to the reduction in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security or (y) if the transferee is taking an interest in a Definitive Note, the Notes Registrar shall record the transfer in the Notes Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and, upon execution by the Issuers, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Notes, as applicable, registered in the names specified in the instructions described above, in principal amounts designated by the transferee (the aggregate of such principal amounts being equal to the aggregate principal amount of the interest in the Regulation S Global Security transferred by the transferor).

(iii)          Definitive Note or Rule 144A Global Security to Regulation S Global Security.  If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security or a Holder of a Definitive Note wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Global Security or Definitive Note for an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Security, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Global Security or Definitive Note

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to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Security, such holder, provided such holder or, in the case of a transfer, the transferee is not a U.S. person and is acquiring such interest in an offshore transaction, may, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of DTC, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Security.  Upon receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Registrar of:

(1)           instructions given in accordance with DTC’s procedures from an Agent Member directing the Trustee or the Notes Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Security, but not less than the minimum denomination applicable to such holder’s Notes, in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Definitive Note to be exchanged or transferred, and in the case of a transfer of Definitive Notes, such Holder’s Definitive Notes properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee,

(2)           a written order given in accordance with DTC’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of DTC and the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with such increase,

(3)           in the case of a transfer of Definitive Notes, a ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee, and

(4)           a duly completed certificate in the form of Exhibit D-1 attached hereto,

then the Trustee or the Notes Registrar shall approve the instructions at DTC to reduce the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Security (or, in the case of a transfer of Definitive Notes, the Trustee or the Notes Registrar shall cancel such Definitive Notes) and to increase the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Definitive Note to be exchanged or transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the securities account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Security equal to the reduction in the principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Security (or, in the case of a cancellation of Definitive Notes, equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so cancelled).

(iv)          Transfer of Rule 144A Global Securities to Definitive Notes.  If, in accordance with Section 2.10, a holder of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Global Security for a Definitive Note or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Global Security to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note in accordance with Section 2.10, such holder may, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of DTC, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such interest for a Definitive Note.  Upon receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Registrar

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of (A) a duly complete certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3 and (B) appropriate instructions from DTC, if required, the Trustee or the Notes Registrar shall approve the instructions at DTC to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Rule 144A Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security to be transferred or exchanged, record the transfer in the Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and upon execution by the Issuers authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Notes, registered in the names specified in the instructions described in clause (B) above, in principal amounts designated by the transferee (the aggregate of such principal amounts being equal to the aggregate principal amount of the interest in the Rule 144A Global Security transferred by the transferor).

(v)           Transfer of Definitive Notes to Rule 144A Global Securities.  If a holder of a Definitive Note wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security or to transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, such holder may, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of DTC, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such Definitive Note for beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security (provided that no IAI may hold an interest in a Rule 144A Global Security).  Upon receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Registrar of (A) a Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee; (B) a duly completed certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 attached hereto; (C) instructions given in accordance with DTC’s procedures from an Agent Member to instruct DTC to cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Securities in an amount equal to the Definitive Notes to be transferred or exchanged; and (D) a written order given in accordance with DTC’s procedures containing information regarding the participant’s account of DTC to be credited with such increase, the Trustee or the Notes Registrar shall cancel such Definitive Note in accordance herewith, record the transfer in the Notes Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and approve the instructions at DTC, concurrently with such cancellation, to credit or cause to be credited to the securities account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note transferred or exchanged.

(vi)          Other Exchanges.  In the event that, pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof, a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Notes, such Notes may be exchanged for one another only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions above (including certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers are to a QIB who is also a Qualified Purchaser or are to a non-U.S. Person, or otherwise comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S, as the case may be) and as may be from time to time adopted by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Trustee.

(f)            Removal of Legend.  If Notes are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the applicable legends set forth in Exhibits A and B hereto, and if a request is made to remove such applicable legend on such Notes, the Notes so issued shall bear such applicable legend, or such applicable legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Issuer and the Co-Issuer such satisfactory evidence, which may

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include an Opinion of Counsel of an attorney at law licensed to practice law in the State of New York (and addressed to the Issuer and the Trustee), as may be reasonably required by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, to the effect that neither such applicable legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Regulation S, as applicable, the 1940 Act or ERISA.  So long as the Issuer or the Co-Issuer is relying on an exemption under or promulgated pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Issuer or the Co-Issuer shall not remove that portion of the legend required to maintain an exemption under or promulgated pursuant to the 1940 Act.  Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, as confirmed in writing by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, to the Trustee, the Trustee, at the direction of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, shall authenticate and deliver Notes that do not bear such applicable legend.

(g)           Each beneficial owner of Regulation S Global Securities shall be deemed to make the representations and agreements set forth in Exhibit D-1 hereto.

(h)           Each beneficial owner of Rule 144A Global Securities shall be deemed to make the representations and agreements set forth in Exhibit D-2 hereto.

(i)            Each Holder of Definitive Notes shall make the representations and agreements set forth in the certificate attached as Exhibit D-3 hereto.

(j)            Any purported transfer of a Note not in accordance with Section 2.5(a) shall be null and void and shall not be given effect for any purpose hereunder.

(k)           Notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Notes Registrar (nor any other Transfer Agent) shall be responsible or liable for compliance with applicable federal or state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act or Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated thereunder), the 1940 Act, ERISA or the Code (or any applicable regulations thereunder); provided, however, that if a specified transfer certificate or Opinion of Counsel is required by the express terms of this Section 2.5 to be delivered to the Trustee or Notes Registrar prior to registration of transfer of a Note, the Trustee and/or Notes Registrar, as applicable, is required to request, as a condition for registering the transfer of the Note, such certificate or Opinion of Counsel and to examine the same to determine whether it conforms on its face to the requirements hereof (and the Trustee or Notes Registrar, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the party delivering the same if it determines that such certificate or Opinion of Counsel does not so conform).

(l)            If the Trustee determines or is notified by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager that (i) a transfer or attempted or purported transfer of any interest in any Note was consummated in compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.5 on the basis of a materially incorrect certification from the transferee or purported transferee, (ii) a transferee failed to deliver to the Trustee any certification required to be delivered hereunder or (iii) the holder of any interest in a Note is in breach of any representation or agreement set forth in any certification or any deemed representation or agreement of such holder, the Trustee shall not register such attempted or purported transfer and if a transfer has been registered, such transfer shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee (such purported transferee, a “Disqualified Transferee”) and the last preceding holder of such

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interest in such Note that was not a Disqualified Transferee shall be restored to all rights as a Holder thereof retroactively to the date of transfer of such Note by such Holder.

In addition, the Trustee may require that the interest in the Note referred to in (i), (ii) or (iii) in the preceding paragraph be transferred to any person designated by the Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager at a price determined by the Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager, as applicable, based upon its estimation of the prevailing price of such interest and each Holder, by acceptance of an interest in a Note, authorizes the Trustee to take such action.  In any case, none of the Issuer, the Trustee nor the Loan Obligation Manager shall be held responsible for any losses that may be incurred as a result of any required transfer under this Section 2.5(l).

(m)          Each Holder of Notes approves and consents to (i) the initial purchase of the Loan Obligations by the Issuer from Affiliates of the Loan Obligation Manager on the Closing Date and (ii) any other transaction between the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager or its Affiliates that are permitted under the terms of this Indenture or the Loan Obligation Management Agreement.

(n)           As long as any Note is Outstanding, Notes held by Issuer Parent or an Issuer Parent Disregarded Entity may not be transferred (whether by means of actual transfer or transfer of beneficial ownership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), pledged or hypothecated to any other Person (except to Issuer Parent or an Issuer Parent Disregarded Entity) unless the Issuer receives an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a foreign corporation engaged in a trade or business in the United States for federal income tax purposes or to otherwise become subject to federal income tax on a net income basis (or has previously received an opinion of Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters that the Issuer will be treated as a foreign corporation that is not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for federal income tax purposes).

Section 2.6            Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Note.

If (a) any mutilated or defaced Note is surrendered to a Transfer Agent, or if there shall be delivered to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee and the relevant Transfer Agent (each a “Specified Person”) evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (b) there is delivered to the Specified Person such security or indemnity as may be required by each Specified Person to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless (an unsecured indemnity agreement delivered to the Trustee by an institutional investor with a net worth of at least U.S.$200,000,000 being deemed sufficient to satisfy such security or indemnity requirement), then, in the absence of notice to the Specified Persons that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer Request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note, of like tenor (including the same date of issuance) and equal principal amount, registered in the same manner, dated the date of its authentication, bearing interest from the date to which interest has been paid on the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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If, after delivery of such new Note, a bona fide purchaser of the predecessor Note presents for payment, transfer or exchange such predecessor Note, any Specified Person shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking therefrom, and each Specified Person shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by such Specified Person in connection therewith.

In case any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become due and payable, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note without requiring surrender thereof except that any mutilated or defaced Note shall be surrendered.

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.6, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, may require the payment by the registered Holder thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.6 in lieu of any mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, if applicable, and such new Note shall be entitled, subject to the second paragraph of this Section 2.6, to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

Section 2.7            Payment of Principal and Interest and Other Amounts; Principal and Interest Rights Preserved.

(a)           The Class A Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class A Rate.  Interest on each Class A Note shall be due and payable on each Payment Date immediately following the related Interest Accrual Period in the proportion that the outstanding principal amount of such Class A Note bears to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Class A Notes; provided, however, that the payment of interest on the Class A Notes is subordinated to the payment on each Payment Date of certain amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

(b)           The Class B Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class B Rate.  Interest on each Class B Note shall be due and payable on each Payment Date immediately following the related Interest Accrual Period in the proportion that the outstanding principal amount of such Class B Note bears to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Class B Notes; provided, however, that the payment of interest on the Class B Notes is subordinated to the payment on each Payment Date of the interest due and payable on the Class A Notes (including any Class A Defaulted Interest Amount) and certain other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

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(c)           The Class C Notes shall accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period at the Class C Rate.  Interest on each Class C Note shall be due and payable on each Payment Date immediately following the related Interest Accrual Period in the proportion that the outstanding principal amount of such Class C Note bears to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Class C Notes; provided, however, that the payment of interest on the Class C Notes is subordinated to the payment on each Payment Date of the interest due and payable on the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes (including any Class A Defaulted Interest Amount and any Class B Defaulted Interest Amount) and certain other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

(d)           Upon any Optional Redemption, Tax Redemption or Clean-up Call, all net proceeds remaining after the sale of the Loan Obligations in accordance with Article 12 hereof and Cash and proceeds from Eligible Investments (other than the Issuer’s right, title and interest in the property described in clause (i) of the definition of “Excepted Assets”), after the payment of the amounts referred to in clauses (1) through (10) of Section 11.1(a)(i) and clauses (1) through (7) of Section 11.1(a)(ii) will be distributed by the Trustee to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent for distribution to the Holders of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, whereupon the Preferred Shares will be cancelled and deemed paid in full for all purposes.

(e)           Interest shall cease to accrue on each Class of Notes, or in the case of a partial repayment, on such part, from the date of repayment or the Stated Maturity Date, whichever occurs first, unless payment of principal is improperly withheld or unless a Default has occurred with respect to such payments of principal.

(f)            The principal of each Class of Notes matures at par and is due and payable on the Stated Maturity Date, unless such principal has been previously repaid or unless the unpaid principal of such Class of Notes becomes due and payable at an earlier date by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise; provided, however, that the payment of principal on the Class B Notes (other than payment of principal pursuant to Section 9.5) may only occur after the principal on the Class A Notes has been paid in full and is subordinated to the payment on each Payment Date of the principal and interest due and payable on the Class A Notes and other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments and any payment of principal on the Class B Notes which is not paid, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, on any Payment Date, shall not be considered “due and payable” solely for purposes of Section 5.1(b) until the Payment Date on which such principal may be paid in accordance with the Priority of Payments or all of the Class A Notes have been paid in full; provided, further, that the payment of principal on the Class C Notes (other than payment of principal pursuant to Section 9.5) may only occur after the principal on the Class B Notes has been paid in full and is subordinated to the payment on each Payment Date of the principal and interest due and payable on the Class B Notes and other amounts in accordance with the Priority of Payments and any payment of principal on the Class C Notes which is not paid, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, on any Payment Date, shall not be considered “due and payable” solely for purposes of Section 5.1(b) until the Payment Date on which such principal may be paid in accordance with the Priority of Payments or all of the Class B Notes have been paid in full.  Payments of principal on the Notes in connection with a Clean-up Call, Tax Redemption or Optional Redemption will be made in accordance with Section 9.1 and the Priority of Payments.

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(g)           As a condition to the payment of principal of and interest on any Note without the imposition of U.S. withholding tax, the Issuer shall require certification acceptable to it to enable the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, the Preferred Shares Paying Agent and the Paying Agent to determine their duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other charges that they may be required to deduct or withhold from payments in respect of such Security under any present or future law or regulation of the United States or any present or future law or regulation of any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein or to comply with any reporting or other requirements under any such law or regulation.  Such certification may include U.S. federal income tax forms (such as IRS Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)), IRS Form W-8BEN-E (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)), IRS Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim that Income is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States)) or any successors to such IRS forms.  In addition, each of the Issuer, Co-Issuer, the Trustee, Preferred Shares Paying Agent or any Paying Agent may require certification acceptable to it to enable the Issuer to qualify for a reduced rate of withholding in any jurisdiction from or through which the Issuer receives payments on its assets.  Each Holder and each beneficial owner of Notes agree to provide any certification requested pursuant to this Section 2.7(g) and to update or replace such form or certification in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments.  Furthermore, (i) if a Holder is a “foreign financial institution” or other foreign financial entity subject to FATCA or (ii) if the Issuer is no longer a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT, but is instead a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuer shall require information to comply with FATCA requirements pursuant to clause (xii) of the representations and warranties set forth under the third paragraph of Exhibit D-1 hereto, as deemed made pursuant to Section 2.5(g) hereto, or pursuant to clause (xiii) of the representations and warranties set forth under the third paragraph of Exhibit D-2 hereto, as deemed made pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereto, or pursuant to clause (xi) of the representations and warranties set forth under the third paragraph of Exhibit D-3 hereto, made pursuant to Section 2.5(i) hereto, as applicable.  In the event a Holder fails to provide such information, or to the extent the Holder’s ownership of Notes would otherwise cause the Issuer to be subject to any tax under FATCA, (A) the Issuer is authorized to withhold amounts otherwise distributable to the Holder as compensation for any tax imposed under FATCA as a result of such failure or the Holder’s ownership, and (B) to the extent necessary to avoid an adverse effect on the Issuer as a result of such failure or the Holder’s ownership, the Issuer will have the right to compel the Holder to sell its Notes, and, if the Holder does not sell its Notes within 10 Business Days after notice from the Issuer, to sell such Notes at a public or private sale called and conducted in any manner permitted by law, and to remit the net proceeds of such sale (taking into account any taxes incurred by the Issuer in connection with such sale) to the Holder as payment in full for such Notes.  The Issuer may also assign each such Note a separate CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers in the Issuer’s sole discretion.

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on or before the related Record Date or, if wire transfer cannot be effected, by a Dollar check drawn on a bank in the United States, or by a Dollar check mailed to the Holder at its address in the Notes Register.  The Issuer expects that the Depository or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest in respect of a Global Security held by the Depository or its nominee, shall immediately credit the applicable Agent Members’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to the respective beneficial interests in such Global Security as shown on the records of the Depository or its nominee.  The Issuer also expects that payments by Agent Members to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security held through Agent Members will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers.  Such payments will be the responsibility of the Agent Members.  Upon final payment due on the Maturity of a Note, the Holder thereof shall present and surrender such Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office of the Paying Agent (outside of the United States if then required by applicable law in the case of a Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security) on or prior to such Maturity.  None of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee or the Paying Agent will have any responsibility or liability with respect to any records maintained by the Holder of any Note with respect to the beneficial holders thereof or payments made thereby on account of beneficial interests held therein.  In the case where any final payment of principal and interest is to be made on any Note (other than on the Stated Maturity Date thereof) the Issuer or, upon Issuer Request, the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall not more than 30 nor fewer than five Business Days prior to the date on which such payment is to be made, mail to the Persons entitled thereto at their addresses appearing on the Notes Register, a notice which shall state the date on which such payment will be made and the amount of such payment and shall specify the place where such Notes may be presented and surrendered for such payment.

(i)            Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.7(a) through (h) and Section 2.7(l) hereof, Holders of Notes as of the Record Date in respect of a Payment Date shall be entitled to the interest accrued and payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments and principal payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments on such Payment Date.  All such payments that are mailed or wired and returned to the Paying Agent shall be held for payment as herein provided at the office or agency of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 7.2 (or returned to the Trustee).

(j)            Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest.

(k)           Payments of principal to Holders of the Notes of each Class shall be made in the proportion that the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class registered in the name of each such Holder on such Record Date bears to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Notes of such Class on such Record Date.

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(m)          All reductions in the principal amount of a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) effected by payments of installments of principal made on any Payment Date, Redemption Date or upon Maturity shall be binding upon all future Holders of such Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note.

(n)           Notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, the obligations of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer under the Notes, this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents are limited-recourse obligations of the Issuer and non-recourse obligations of the Co-Issuer payable solely from the Assets and following realization of the Assets, all obligations of the Co-Issuers and any claims of the Noteholders, the Trustee or any other parties to any Transaction Documents shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of the Notes against any Officer, director, employee, shareholder, limited partner or incorporator of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any of their respective successors or assigns for any amounts payable under the Notes or this Indenture.  It is understood that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not (i) prevent recourse to the Assets for the sums due or to become due under any security, instrument or agreement which is part of the Assets or (ii) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Notes or secured by this Indenture (to the extent it relates to the obligation to make payments on the Notes) until such Assets have been realized, whereupon any outstanding indebtedness or obligation in respect of the Notes, this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive.  It is further understood that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not limit the right of any Person to name the Issuer or the Co-Issuer as a party defendant in any Proceeding or in the exercise of any other remedy under the Notes or this Indenture, so long as no judgment in the nature of a deficiency judgment or seeking personal liability shall be asked for or (if obtained) enforced against any such Person or entity.

(o)           Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, each Note delivered under this Indenture and upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights of unpaid interest and principal that were carried by such other Note.

(p)           Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions with respect to payments of principal of and interest on the Notes (but subject to Sections 2.7(f) and (l)), if the Notes have become or been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and such acceleration of Maturity and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled and the provisions of Section 5.5 are not applicable, then payments of principal of and interest on such Notes shall be made in accordance with Section 5.7 hereof.

(q)           Payments in respect of the Preferred Shares as contemplated by Sections 11.1(a)(i)(12) and 11.1(a)(ii)(8) shall be made by the Trustee to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent.

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Section 2.8            Persons Deemed Owners.

The Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee may treat as the owner of a Note the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Notes Register on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest and other amounts on such Note and on any other date for all other purposes whatsoever (whether or not such Note is overdue), and none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary; provided, however, that the Depository, or its nominee, shall be deemed the owner of the Global Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be considered the owners of any Notes for the purpose of receiving notices.  With respect to the Preferred Shares, on any Payment Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent the distributions thereon for distribution to the Preferred Shareholders.

Section 2.9            Cancellation.

All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer, exchange or redemption, or deemed lost or stolen, shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee and may not be reissued or resold.  No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this Section 2.9, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All canceled Notes held by the Trustee shall be destroyed or held by the Trustee in accordance with its standard retention policy unless the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that they be returned to them.  Notes of the most senior Class Outstanding (and no other Class of Notes) that are held by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager or any of their respective Affiliates may be submitted to the Trustee for cancellation at any time.

Section 2.10          Global Securities; Definitive Notes; Temporary Notes.

(a)           Definitive Notes.  Definitive Notes shall only be issued in the following limited circumstances:

(i)            upon Transfer of Global Securities to an IAI in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.5(e)(ii) or Section 2.5(e)(iii);

(ii)           if a holder of a Definitive Note wishes at any time to exchange such Definitive Note for one or more Definitive Notes or transfer such Definitive Note to a transferee who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note in accordance with Section 2.10, such holder may effect such exchange or transfer upon receipt by the Trustee or the Notes Registrar of (A) a Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee, and (B) duly completed certificates in the form of Exhibit D-3, upon receipt of which the Trustee or the Notes Registrar shall then cancel such Definitive Note in accordance herewith, record the transfer in the Notes Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and upon execution by the Co-Issuers authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Notes bearing the same designation as the Definitive Note endorsed for transfer, registered in the names specified in the assignment described in clause (A) above, in principal amounts designated by the transferee (the aggregate of

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such principal amounts being equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note surrendered by the transferor);

(iii)          in the event that the Depository notifies the Issuer and the Co-Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for a Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a “Clearing Agency” registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depository is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice, the Global Securities deposited with the Depository pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof subject to the procedures and conditions set forth in this Section 2.10.

(b)           Any Global Security that is exchanged for a Definitive Note shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office together with necessary instruction for the registration and delivery of a Definitive Note to the beneficial owners (or such owner’s nominee) holding the ownership interests in such Global Security.  Any such transfer shall be made, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of the same Class and authorized denominations.  Any Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.5(f), bear the applicable legend set forth in Exhibits C-1 or C-2, as applicable, and shall be subject to the transfer restrictions referred to in such applicable legend.  The Holder of each such registered individual Global Security may transfer such Global Security by surrendering it at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at the office of the Paying Agent.

(c)           Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b) above, the registered Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(d)           In the event of the occurrence of either of the events specified in Section 2.10(a) above, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes.

Pending the preparation of Definitive Notes pursuant to this Section 2.10, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer may execute and, upon Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Class A Notes, Class B Notes or Class C Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the Officers executing such Definitive Notes may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Definitive Notes.

If temporary Definitive Notes are issued, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall cause permanent Definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  The Definitive Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, or provided by any combination thereof, or in any other manner permitted by the rules and regulations of any applicable notes exchange, all as determined by the Officers executing such Definitive Notes.

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After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the applicable temporary Class A, Class B Notes or Class C Notes at the office or agency maintained by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer for such purpose, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Class A Notes, Class B Notes or Class C Notes, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor the same aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Class A Notes, Class B Notes or Class C Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes.

Section 2.11          U.S. Tax Treatment of Notes and the Issuer.

(a)           Each of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer intends that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Notes (unless held by Issuer Parent or an Issuer Parent Disregarded Entity) be treated as debt and that the Issuer be treated as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary (unless the Issuer has received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized tax counsel experienced in such matters opining that the Issuer will be treated as a foreign corporation not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes).  Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a Note or any interest therein shall, by virtue of its purchase or other acquisition of such Note or interest therein, be deemed to have agreed to treat such Note in a manner consistent with the preceding sentence for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(b)           The Issuer and the Co-Issuer shall account for the Notes and prepare any reports to Noteholders and tax authorities consistent with the intentions expressed in Section 2.11(a) above.

(c)           Each Holder of Notes shall timely furnish to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or its agents any U.S. federal income tax form or certification (such as IRS Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)), IRS Form W-8BEN-E (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)), IRS Form W-8IMY (Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim that Income is Effectively Connected with the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States)) or any successors to such IRS forms that the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or its agents may reasonably request and shall update or replace such forms or certification in accordance with its terms or its subsequent amendments.  Furthermore, if the Issuer is no longer treated as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of a REIT but is instead a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if a Noteholder is a “foreign financial institution” or other foreign financial entity subject to FATCA, Noteholders shall timely furnish any information required pursuant to Section 2.7(g).

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Section 2.12          Authenticating Agents.

Upon the request of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, the Trustee shall, and if the Trustee so chooses the Trustee may, pursuant to this Indenture, 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 under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 8.5 hereof, 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 2.12 shall be deemed to be the authentication of Notes by the Trustee.

Any corporation or banking association into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or banking association 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 Trustee, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and shall give written notice of such appointment to the Issuer.

The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent appointed by it from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and reimbursement for its reasonable expenses relating thereto and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to Section 6.7 hereof.  The provisions of Sections 2.9, 6.4 and 6.5 hereof shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.

Section 2.13          Forced Sale on Failure to Comply with Restrictions.

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, any transfer of a Note or interest therein to a U.S. Person who is determined not to have been both a QIB and a Qualified Purchaser at the time of acquisition of the Note or interest therein shall be null and void and any such proposed transfer of which the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee shall have notice may be disregarded by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Trustee for all purposes.

(b)           If the Issuer determines that any Holder of a Note has not satisfied the applicable requirement described in Section 2.13(a) above (any such person a “Non-Permitted Holder”), then the Issuer shall promptly after discovery that such Person is a Non-Permitted Holder by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Trustee (and notice by the Trustee or the Co-Issuer to the Issuer, if either of them makes the discovery), send notice (or procure that notice is sent) to such Non-Permitted Holder demanding that such Non-Permitted Holder transfer its interest to a Person that is not a Non-Permitted Holder within 30 days of the date of such notice.  If such Non-Permitted Holder fails to so transfer its Note or interest therein, the Issuer shall have the

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right, without further notice to the Non-Permitted Holder, to sell such Note or interest therein to a purchaser selected by the Issuer that is not a Non-Permitted Holder on such terms as the Issuer may choose.  The Issuer, or the Trustee acting on behalf of the Issuer, may select the purchaser by soliciting one or more bids from one or more brokers or other market professionals that regularly deal in securities similar to the Note, and selling such Note to the highest such bidder.  However, the Issuer or the Trustee may select a purchaser by any other means determined by it in its sole discretion.  The Holder of such Note, the Non-Permitted Holder and each other Person in the chain of title from the Holder to the Non-Permitted Holder, by its acceptance of an interest in the Note, agrees to cooperate with the Issuer and the Trustee to effect such transfers.  The proceeds of such sale, net of any commissions, expenses and taxes due in connection with such sale shall be remitted to the Non-Permitted Holder.  The terms and conditions of any sale under this Section 2.13(b) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Issuer, and the Issuer shall not be liable to any Person having an interest in the Note sold as a result of any such sale of exercise of such discretion.

Section 2.14          No Gross Up.

The Issuer shall not be obligated to pay any additional amounts to the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes as a result of any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges.

ARTICLE 3

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT; PLEDGED LOAN OBLIGATIONS

Section 3.1            General Provisions.

The Notes to be issued on the Closing Date shall be executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer upon compliance with Section 3.2 and shall be delivered to the Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon Issuer Request and upon receipt by the Trustee of the items described below:

(a)           an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer (i) evidencing the authorization by Board Resolution of the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, the Placement Agreement, the Interest Rate Cap Agreements and related documents, the execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes and specifying the Stated Maturity Date of each Class of Notes, the principal amount of each Class of Notes and the applicable Note Interest Rate of each Class of Notes to be authenticated and delivered, and (ii) certifying that (A) the attached copy of the Board Resolution is a true and complete copy thereof, (B) such resolutions have not been rescinded and are in full force and effect on and as of the Closing Date, (C) the Directors authorized to execute and deliver such documents hold the offices and have the signatures indicated thereon and (D) the total aggregate Notional Amount of the Preferred Shares shall have been received in Cash by the Issuer on the Closing Date;

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each Class of Notes, the principal amount of each Class of Notes and the applicable Note Interest Rate of each Class of Notes to be authenticated and delivered, and (ii) certifying that (A) the attached copy of the Board Resolution is a true and complete copy thereof, (B) such resolutions have not been rescinded and are in full force and effect on and as of the Closing Date and (C) each Officer authorized to execute and deliver the documents referenced in clause (b)(i) above holds the office and has the signature indicated thereon;

(c)           (i) either (A) certificates of the Issuer or other official document evidencing the due authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies, at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, together with an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer that no other authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the valid issuance of such Notes except as may have been given, or (B) an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee that no such authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the valid issuance of such Notes except as may have been given; and

(ii)           either (A) certificates of the Co-Issuer or other official document evidencing the due authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies, at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, together with an Opinion of Counsel of the Co-Issuer that no other authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the valid issuance of such Notes, or (B) an Opinion of Counsel of the Co-Issuer reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee that no such authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the valid issuance of such Notes except as may have been given;

(d)           an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, special U.S. counsel to the Co-Issuers, the Loan Obligation Manager and certain Affiliates thereof (which opinions may be limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States and may assume, among other things, the correctness of the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the owners of Notes pursuant to Sections 2.5(g), (h) and (i)) dated the Closing Date, as to certain matters of New York law and certain United States federal income tax and securities law matters, in a form satisfactory to the Placement Agent and the Trustee;

(e)           opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Co-Issuers dated the Closing Date, relating to (i) the validity of the Grant hereunder and the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Assets and (ii) certain bankruptcy matters, in each case, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(f)            an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Arbor Parent, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain 1940 Act issues, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(g)           an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, special tax counsel to the Arbor Parent, dated the Closing Date, regarding its qualification and taxation as a REIT, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

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(h)           an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Co-Issuer, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of Delaware law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(i)            an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., special Delaware counsel to ARMS Equity, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of Delaware law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(j)            an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Loan Obligation Manager, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of Delaware law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(k)           an opinion of (i) General Counsel to the CLO Servicer, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of New York law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to Arbor Realty SR, Inc., dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of Maryland law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(l)            an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Cayman Islands counsel to the Issuer, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain issues of Cayman Islands law, in a form satisfactory to the Trustee;

(m)          an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird LLP, counsel to U.S. Bank National Association, regarding certain matters of United States, New York and Minnesota law;

(n)           an Officer’s Certificate given on behalf of the Issuer and without personal liability, stating that the Issuer is not in Default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Securities by the Issuer will not result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a Default under, the Governing Documents of the Issuer, any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any Proceeding to which the Issuer is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be subject; that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Notes applied for and all conditions precedent provided in the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement relating to the issuance by the Issuer of the Preferred Shares have been complied with;

(o)           an Officer’s Certificate given on behalf of the Co-Issuer stating that the Co-Issuer is not in Default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Notes by the Co-Issuer will not result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a Default under, the Governing Documents of the Co-Issuer, any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Co-Issuer is a party or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any Proceeding to which the Co-Issuer is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be subject; that all conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Notes applied for have been complied with; and that all expenses due or accrued with respect to the offering or relating to actions taken on or in connection with the Closing Date have been paid;

(p)           executed counterparts of the Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, the Advisory Committee

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Member Agreement, the Placement Agreement, the Preferred Share Purchase Agreement, the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, the Interest Rate Cap Agreements (including an executed collateral assignment of any Interest Rate Cap Agreement) (which may be delivered within 30 days after the Closing Date) and the Securities Account Control Agreement;

(q)           an Officer’s Certificate from the Loan Obligation Manager confirming that Schedule A hereto correctly lists the Closing Date Loan Obligations to be Granted to the Trustee on the Closing Date;

(r)            evidence of preparation for filing at the appropriate filing office in the District of Columbia of a financing statement, on behalf of the Issuer, relating to the perfection of the lien of this Indenture in those Assets in which a security interest may be perfected by filing under the UCC;

(s)            an Issuer Order executed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer directing the Trustee to (i) authenticate the Notes specified therein, in the amounts set forth therein and registered in the name(s) set forth therein and (ii) deliver the authenticated Notes as directed by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer;

(t)            the Risk Retention Letter; and

(u)           such other documents as the Trustee may reasonably require.

Section 3.2            Security for Notes.

Prior to the issuance of the Notes on the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause the following conditions to be satisfied:

(a)           Grant of Security Interest; Delivery of Loan Obligations.  The Grant pursuant to the Granting Clauses of this Indenture of all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets and the transfer of all Closing Date Loan Obligations acquired in connection therewith purchased by the Issuer on the Closing Date (as set forth in Schedule A hereto) to the Trustee, without recourse (except as expressly provided in each applicable Loan Obligation Purchase Agreement), in the manner provided in Section 3.3(a) and the crediting to the Custodial Account by the Custodial Securities Intermediary of such Closing Date Loan Obligations shall have occurred;

(b)           Certificate of the Issuer.  A certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer given on behalf of the Issuer and without personal liability, dated as of the Closing Date, delivered to the Trustee, to the effect that, in the case of each Closing Date Loan Obligation pledged to the Trustee for inclusion in the Assets on the Closing Date and immediately prior to the delivery thereof on the Closing Date:

(i)            the Issuer is the owner of such Closing Date Loan Obligation free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever except for those which are being released on the Closing Date and the liens created pursuant to the Indenture;

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(ii)           the Issuer has acquired its ownership in such Closing Date Loan Obligation in good faith without notice of any adverse claim, except as described in paragraph (i) above;

(iii)          the Issuer has not assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered any interest in such Closing Date Loan Obligation (or, if any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been released) other than interests Granted pursuant to this Indenture;

(iv)          the Underlying Instrument with respect to each such Closing Date Loan Obligation does not prohibit the Issuer from Granting a security interest in and assigning and pledging such Closing Date Loan Obligation to the Trustee;

(v)           the information set forth with respect to each such Closing Date Loan Obligation in Schedule A is true correct;

(vi)          the Closing Date Loan Obligations included in the Assets satisfy the requirements of Section 3.2(a); and

(vii)         (1) the Grant pursuant to the Granting Clauses of this Indenture shall, upon execution and delivery of this Indenture by the parties hereto, result in a valid and continuing security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to the Closing Date Loan Obligations pledged to the Trustee for inclusion in the Assets on the Closing Date; and

(2) upon (x) the execution and delivery of the Securities Account Control Agreement and the crediting of each Instrument evidencing the obligations of the borrowers under each Closing Date Loan Obligation to the Custodial Account in the manner set forth in Section 3.3(a)(i) hereof, (y) the delivery of the Instruments evidencing the obligations of the borrowers under each Closing Date Loan Obligation to the Custodial Securities Intermediary as set forth in Section 3.3(a)(iii) hereof and (z) the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement as set forth in Section 3.3(a)(v) hereof, the Trustee’s security interest in all Closing Date Loan Obligations shall be a validly perfected, first priority security interest under the UCC as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction.

(c)           Rating Letters.  The Trustee’s receipt of a letter signed by the Rating Agencies and confirming that (i) the Class A Notes have been rated “Aaa(sf)” by Moody’s and “AAA(sf)” by DBRS, (ii) the Class B Notes have been rated at least “Baa2(sf)” by Moody’s and “AA(sf)” by DBRS and (iii) the Class C Notes have been rated at least “BBB(low)(sf)” by DBRS and that such ratings are in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(d)           Accounts.  Evidence of the establishment of the Payment Account, the Collection Account, the Unused Proceeds Account, the RDD Funding Account, the Expense Account, the Preferred Share Distribution Account and the Custodial Account.

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(e)           Deposit to Expense Account.  On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit into the Expense Account from the gross proceeds of the offering of the Securities, U.S.$200,000.

(f)            Deposit to Unused Proceeds Account.  On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit into the Unused Proceeds Account, U.S.$47,421,076.

(g)           Issuance of Preferred Shares.  The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee evidence that the Preferred Shares have been, or contemporaneously with the issuance of the Notes will be, (i) issued by the Issuer and (ii) acquired in their entirety by ARMS Equity.

Section 3.3            Transfer of Assets.

(a)           U.S. Bank National Association is hereby appointed as Securities Intermediary (in such capacity, the “Custodial Securities Intermediary”) to hold all Assets delivered to it in physical form at its office in St. ▇▇▇▇, Minnesota.  Any successor to such Securities Intermediary shall be a U.S. state or national bank or trust company that is not an Affiliate of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer and has capital and surplus of at least U.S.$200,000,000  and whose long-term unsecured debt is rated at least “Baa1” by Moody’s and “AA (low)” by DBRS.  Subject to the limited right to relocate Assets set forth in Section 7.5(b), the Custodial Securities Intermediary, as a Securities Intermediary, shall hold all Loan Obligations in the Custodial Account, all Eligible Investments and other investments purchased in accordance with this Indenture in the respective Accounts in which the funds used to purchase such investments are held in accordance with Article 10 and, in respect of each Account (other than the Payment Account and the Preferred Share Distribution Account), the Trustee shall have entered into a securities account control agreement with the Issuer, as debtor and the Custodial Securities Intermediary, as “securities intermediary” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York) and the Trustee, as secured party (the “Securities Account Control Agreement”) providing, inter alia, that the establishment and maintenance of such Account will be governed by a law satisfactory to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Custodial Securities Intermediary.  To the maximum extent feasible, Assets shall be transferred to the Trustee as Security Entitlements in the manner set forth in clause (i) below.  In the event that the measures set forth in clause (i) below cannot be taken as to any Assets, such Asset may be transferred to the Trustee in the manner set forth in clauses (ii) through (vii) below, as appropriate.  The security interest of the Trustee in Assets shall be perfected and otherwise evidenced as follows:

(i)            in the case of such Assets consisting of Security Entitlements, by the Issuer (A) causing the Custodial Securities Intermediary, in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement, to indicate by book entry that a Financial Asset has been credited to the Custodial Account and (B) causing the Custodial Securities Intermediary to agree pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement that it will comply with Entitlement Orders originated by the Trustee with respect to each such Security Entitlement without further consent by the Issuer;

(ii)           in the case of Assets that are “uncertificated securities” (as such term is defined in the UCC), to the extent that any such uncertificated securities do not constitute

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Financial Assets forming the basis of Security Entitlements by the Trustee pursuant to clause (i) (the “Uncertificated Securities”), by the Issuer (A) causing the issuer(s) of such Uncertificated Securities to register on their respective books the Trustee as the registered owner thereof upon original issue or transfer thereof or (B) causing another Person, other than a Securities Intermediary, either to become the registered owner of such Uncertificated Securities on behalf of the Trustee, or such Person having previously become the registered owner, to acknowledge that it holds such Uncertificated Securities for the Trustee;

(iii)          in the case of Assets consisting of Certificated Securities in registered form to the extent that any such Certificated Securities do not constitute Financial Assets forming the basis of Security Entitlements acquired by the Trustee pursuant to clause (i) (the “Registered Securities”), by the Issuer (A) causing (1) the Trustee to obtain possession of such Registered Securities in the State of Minnesota or (2) another Person, other than a Securities Intermediary, either to acquire possession of such Registered Securities on behalf of the Trustee, or having previously acquired such Registered Securities, in either case, in the State of Minnesota, to acknowledge that it holds such Registered Securities for the Trustee and (B) causing (1) the endorsement of such Registered Securities to the Trustee by an effective endorsement or (2) the registration of such Registered Securities in the name of the Trustee by the issuer thereof upon its original issue or registration of transfer;

(iv)          in the case of Assets consisting of Certificated Securities in bearer form, to the extent that any such Certificated Securities do not constitute Financial Assets forming the basis of Security Entitlements acquired by the Trustee pursuant to clause (i) (the “Bearer Securities”), by the Issuer causing (A) the Trustee to obtain possession of such Bearer Securities in the State of Minnesota or (B) another Person, other than a Securities Intermediary, either to acquire possession of such Bearer Securities on behalf of the Trustee or, having previously acquired possession of such Bearer Securities, in either case, in the State of Minnesota, to acknowledge that it holds such Bearer Securities for the Trustee;

(v)           in the case of Assets that consist of Instruments (the “Minnesota Collateral”), to the extent that any such Minnesota Collateral does not constitute a Financial Asset forming the basis of a Security Entitlement acquired by the Trustee pursuant to clause (i), by the Issuer causing (A) the Trustee to acquire possession of such Minnesota Collateral in the State of Minnesota or (B) another Person (other than the Issuer or a Person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the Issuer) (1) to (x) take possession of such Minnesota Collateral in the State of Minnesota and (y) authenticate a record acknowledging that it holds such possession for the benefit of the Trustee or (2) to (x) authenticate a record acknowledging that it will hold possession of such Minnesota Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee and (y) take possession of such Minnesota Collateral in the State of Minnesota; and

(vi)          in the case of Assets that consist of General Intangibles and all other Assets of the Issuer in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under Article 9 of the UCC as in effect in the District of Columbia, filing or

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causing the filing of a UCC financing statement naming the Issuer as debtor and the Trustee as secured party, which financing statement reasonably identifies all such Assets, with the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.

(b)           The Issuer hereby authorizes the filing of UCC financing statements describing as the collateral covered thereby “all of the debtor’s personal property and assets,” or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the Assets described in this Indenture.

(c)           Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer and the Trustee on behalf of the Bank agree, and the Bank shall cause the Custodial Securities Intermediary, to take such different or additional action as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Trustee in the event of any change in applicable law or regulation, including Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC and Treasury Regulations governing transfers of interests in Government Items (it being understood that the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel, including an Opinion of Counsel delivered in accordance with Section 3.1(d), as to the need to file any financing statements or continuation statements, the dates by which such filings are required to be made and the jurisdictions in which such filings are required to be made).

(d)           Without limiting any of the foregoing, in connection with each Grant of a Loan Obligation hereunder, the Issuer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered by the applicable Seller) to the Custodial Securities Intermediary, in each case to the extent specified on the Closing Document Checklist in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto for such Loan Obligation provided to the Custodial Securities Intermediary by the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) the following documents (collectively, the “Loan Obligation File”):

(i)            The original mortgage note or promissory note, as applicable, bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed in blank or endorsed “Pay to the order of US Bank as Trustee without recourse,” and signed in the name of the last endorsee by an authorized Person;

(ii)           An original of any participation certificate together with any and all intervening endorsements thereon, endorsed in blank on its face or by endorsement or stock power attached thereto (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied);

(iii)          An original of any participation agreement relating to any item of collateral that is not evidenced by a promissory note;

(iv)          An original blanket assignment of all unrecorded documents in blank (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy of any omnibus assignment in blank), in each case in form and substance acceptable for recording;

(v)           The original (or in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy) of any guarantee executed in connection with the promissory note;

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(vi)          The original mortgage with evidence of recording thereon, or a copy thereof together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) certifying that such represents a true and correct copy of the original and that such original has been submitted or delivered to an escrow agent for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the encumbered property is located, in which case, recordation information shall not be required;

(vii)         The originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements with evidence of recording thereon (or a copy thereof together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) certifying that such represents a true and correct copy of the original and that such original has been submitted or delivered to an escrow agent for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the encumbered property is located, in which case, recordation information shall not be required), together with any other recorded document relating to the Loan Obligation otherwise included in the Loan Obligation File;

(viii)        The original assignment of mortgage in blank or in the name of the Issuer, in form and substance acceptable for recording and signed in the name of the last endorsee;

(ix)          The originals of all intervening assignments of mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator thereof to the last endorsee, or copies thereof together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer (or the Seller) certifying that such represent true and correct copies of the originals and that such originals have each been submitted or delivered to an escrow agent for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the encumbered property is located, in which case, recordation information shall not be required;

(x)           An original mortgagee policy of title insurance or a conformed version of the mortgagee’s title insurance commitment either marked as binding for insurance or attached to an escrow closing letter, countersigned by the title company or its authorized agent if the original mortgagee’s title insurance policy has not yet been issued;

(xi)          The original (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy) of any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the Loan Obligation;

(xii)         The original assignment of leases and rents, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, or a copy thereof together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer certifying that such copy represents a true and correct copy of the original that has been submitted or delivered to an escrow agent for recordation in the appropriate governmental recording office of the jurisdiction where the encumbered property is located, in which case, recordation information shall not be required;

(xiii)        The original assignment of any assignment of leases and rents in blank, in form and substance acceptable for recording;

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(xiv)        A filed copy of the UCC-1 financing statements (and, with respect to Senior Participations, to the extent that the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) has been furnished with same) with evidence of filing thereon, and UCC-3 assignments in blank, which UCC-3 assignments shall be in form and substance acceptable for filing;

(xv)         The original (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy) of any environmental indemnity agreement;

(xvi)        The original (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy) of any general collateral assignment of all other documents held by the Issuer (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, by the lead lender) in connection with the Loan Obligation;

(xvii)       An original (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy) of any disbursement letter from the collateral obligor to the original mortgagee;

(xviii)      An original of the survey of the encumbered property (or, in the case of an Acquired Participation, a copy thereof provided same has been furnished to the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) by the related lead lender);

(xix)        A copy of any opinion of counsel (and, with respect to an Acquired Participation, only to the extent such copy shall have been furnished to the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) by the lead lender);

(xx)         A copy of any property management agreement(s); and

(xxi)        With respect to any Loan Obligation secured by a ground lease, the related ground lease or a copy thereof and any related ground lessor estoppels.

With respect to any documents which have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) in time to permit their delivery hereunder at the time required, the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) shall deliver such original recorded documents to the Custodial Securities Intermediary promptly when received by the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) from the applicable recording office.

(e)           The execution and delivery of this Indenture by the Trustee shall constitute certification by the Trustee that (i) each original note specified to the Trustee by the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) and all allonges thereto, if any, have been received by the Custodial Securities Intermediary; and (ii) such original note has been reviewed by the Custodial Securities Intermediary and (A) appears regular on its face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the borrower), (B) appears to have been executed and (C) purports to relate to the Loan Obligation.  The Trustee agrees to review or cause to be reviewed the Loan Obligation File within 30 days after the Closing Date, and to deliver to the Issuer, the CLO Servicer and the Loan Obligation Manager an Asset Detail Report and Trust Receipt, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, indicating, subject to any exceptions found by it in such review, (A) those documents referred to in Section 3.3(d) that have been received, and (B) that such documents have been executed, appear on their face to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn, mutilated or otherwise defaced, and appear on their faces to relate to the Mortgage Loan.  The Custodial

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Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility for reviewing the Loan Obligation File except as expressly set forth in this Section 3.3(e).  Neither the Trustee nor the Custodial Securities Intermediary shall be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review, or examine any such documents, instruments or certificates to independently determine that they are valid, genuine, enforceable, legally sufficient, duly authorized, or appropriate for the represented purpose, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except to determine if the endorsement conforms to the requirements of Section 3.3(d), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, to independently determine that any document has actually been filed or recorded in the appropriate office, that any document is other than what it purports to be on its face, or whether the title insurance policies relate to the Underlying Mortgaged Property.

(f)            Upon the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodial Securities Intermediary shall (i) deliver to the Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager a final exception report as to any remaining documents that are not in the Loan Obligation File and (ii) request that the Issuer cause such document deficiency to be cured.

(g)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i)            from time to time upon the request of the Trustee, Loan Obligation Manager or CLO Servicer, the Issuer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Custodial Securities Intermediary any Underlying Instrument in the possession of the Issuer and not previously delivered hereunder (including originals of Underlying Instruments not previously required to be delivered as originals) and as to which the Trustee, Loan Obligation Manager or CLO Servicer, as applicable, shall have reasonably determined to be necessary or appropriate for the administration of such Loan Obligation hereunder or under the Loan Obligation Management Agreement or under the Servicing Agreement or for the protection of the security interest of the Trustee under this Indenture;

(ii)           in connection with any delivery of documents to the Custodial Securities Intermediary pursuant to clause (i) above, the Trustee shall deliver to the Loan Obligation Manager and the CLO Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, a trust receipt in the form of Exhibit F acknowledging the receipt of such documents by the Custodial Securities Intermediary and that it is holding such documents subject to the terms of this Indenture; and

(iii)          from time to time upon request of the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer, the Custodial Securities Intermediary shall, upon delivery by the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer of a duly completed request for release in the form of Exhibit G hereto, release to the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer such of the Underlying Instruments then in its custody as the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer reasonably so requests.  By submission of any such request for release, the Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it has determined in accordance with the Loan Obligation Manager Standard or the Accepted Servicing Practices, respectively, set forth in the Loan Obligation Management Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, as the case

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may be, that the requested release is necessary for the administration of such Loan Obligation hereunder or under the Loan Obligation Management Agreement or under the Servicing Agreement or for the protection of the security interest of the Trustee under this Indenture.  The Loan Obligation Manager or the CLO Servicer shall return to the Custodial Securities Intermediary each Underlying Instrument released from custody pursuant to this clause (iii) within 20 Business Days of receipt thereof (except such Underlying Instruments as are released in connection with a sale, exchange or other disposition, in each case only as permitted under this Indenture, of the related Loan Obligation that is consummated within such 20-day period).  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (iii), (A) any note, certificate or other instrument evidencing a Pledged Loan Obligation shall be released only for the purpose of (1) a sale, exchange or other disposition of such Pledged Loan Obligation that is permitted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, (2) presentation, collection, renewal or registration of transfer of such Loan Obligation or (3) in the case of any note, in connection with a payment in full of all amounts owing under such note, and (B) the Custodial Securities Intermediary may refuse to honor any request for release following the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Indenture.

(h)           As of the Closing Date (with respect to the Assets owned or existing as of the Closing Date) and each date on which an Asset is acquired (only with respect to each Asset so acquired or arising after the Closing Date), the Issuer represents and warrants as follows:

(i)            this Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Assets in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer;

(ii)           the Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to such Assets free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person;

(iii)          in the case of each Asset, the Issuer has acquired its ownership in such Asset in good faith without notice of any adverse claim as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC as in effect on the date hereof;

(iv)          other than the security interest granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Assets;

(v)           the Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Assets other than any financing statement (x) relating to the security interest granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder or (y) that has been terminated; the Issuer is not aware of any judgment lien, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation lien or tax lien filings against the Issuer;

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(vi)          the Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of each Asset and the Underlying Instruments to grant to the Trustee its interest and rights in such Asset hereunder;

(vii)         the Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Assets granted to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder;

(viii)        each Asset is an Instrument, a General Intangible, a Certificated Security or an Uncertificated Security, or has been or will have been credited to a Securities Account;

(ix)          the Custodial Securities Intermediary has agreed to treat all assets credited to any of the Accounts as Financial Assets;

(x)           the Issuer has delivered a fully executed Securities Account Control Agreement pursuant to which the Custodial Securities Intermediary has agreed to comply with all instructions originated by the Trustee relating to each of the Accounts without further consent of the Issuer; none of the Accounts is in the name of any person other than the Issuer or the Trustee; the Issuer has not consented to the Custodial Securities Intermediary to comply with any Entitlement Orders in respect of the Accounts and any Security Entitlement credited to any of the Accounts originated by any person other than the Trustee;

(xi)          (A) all original executed copies of each promissory note or other writings that constitute or evidence any pledged obligation that constitutes an Instrument have been delivered to the Custodial Securities Intermediary for the benefit of the Trustee, (B) the Issuer has received a written acknowledgement from the Custodial Securities Intermediary that the Custodial Securities Intermediary is acting solely as agent of the Trustee and (C) none of the promissory notes or other writings that constitute or evidence such collateral has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the Issuer to any Person other than the Trustee; and

(xii)         each of the Accounts constitutes a Securities Account in respect of which U.S. Bank National Association has accepted to be Custodial Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Securities Account Control Agreement on behalf of the Trustee as secured party under this Indenture.

(i)            The Trustee shall cause all Eligible Investments purchased by the Trustee or the Loan Obligation Manager on behalf of the Issuer to be promptly credited to the applicable Account.

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ARTICLE 4

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.1            Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) the rights, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee and the specific obligations set forth below hereunder, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Loan Obligation Manager hereunder and under the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, (vi) the rights, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Collateral Administrator hereunder and under the Collateral Administration Agreement and (vii) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Trustee and payable to all or any of them (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture) when:

(a)           (i) either:

(1)           all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered to Noteholders (other than (A) Notes which have been mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6 and (B) Notes for which payment has theretofore irrevocably been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 7.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2)           all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (A) have become due and payable, or (B) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity Date within one year, or (C) are to be called for redemption pursuant to Article 9 under an arrangement satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Issuer and the Co-Issuer pursuant to Section 9.3 and either (x) the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, in trust for such purpose, Cash or non-callable direct obligations of the United States of America; which obligations are entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States of America or are debt obligations which are rated “Aaa” by Moody’s in an amount sufficient, as recalculated by a firm of Independent nationally-recognized certified public accountants, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness (including, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2, the Redemption Price) on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable), or to the respective Stated Maturity Date or the respective Redemption Date, as the case may be or (y) in the event all of the Assets are liquidated following the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Article 5, the Issuer shall have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, in trust, all proceeds of such

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liquidation of the Assets, for payment in accordance with the Priority of Payments;

(ii)           the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and payable hereunder (including any amounts then due and payable pursuant to the Collateral Administration Agreement and the Loan Obligation Management Agreement) by the Issuer and no other amounts are scheduled to be due and payable by the Issuer other than Dissolution Expenses;  and

(iii)          the Co-Issuers have delivered to the Trustee Officer’s certificates and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with;

provided, however, that in the case of clause (a)(i)(2)(x) above, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, or an opinion of another tax counsel of nationally recognized standing in the United States experienced in such matters to the effect that the Noteholders would recognize no income gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; or

(b)           (i) the Trustee confirms to the Issuer that:

(1)           the Trustee is not holding any Assets (other than (x) the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Interest Rate Cap Agreements and the Securities Account Control Agreement and (y) Cash in an amount not greater than the Dissolution Expenses); and

(2)           no assets (other than Excepted Assets or Cash in an amount not greater than the Dissolution Expenses) are on deposit in or to the credit of any Accounts in the name of the Issuer (or the Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer or any Secured Party);

(ii)           each of the Co-Issuers has delivered to the Trustee a certificate stating that (1) there are no Assets (other than (x) the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Interest Rate Cap Agreements and the Securities Account Control Agreement and (y) Cash in an amount not greater than the Dissolution Expenses) that remain subject to the lien of this Indenture, and (2) all funds on deposit in or to the credit of the Accounts have been distributed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or have otherwise been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee for such purpose; and

(iii)          the Co-Issuers have delivered to the Trustee Officer’s certificates and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the rights and obligations of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, and, if applicable, the Noteholders, as the case may be, under Sections 2.7, 4.2, 5.4(d), 5.9, 5.18, 6.7, 7.3 and 14.12 hereof shall survive.

Section 4.2            Application of Amounts held in Trust.

All amounts deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture (including, without limitation, the Priority of Payments) to the payment of the principal and interest, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the Trustee may determine, and such amounts shall be held in a segregated account identified as being held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

Section 4.3            Repayment of Amounts Held by Paying Agent.

In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes, all amounts then held by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, be remitted to the Trustee to be held and applied pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof and, in the case of amounts payable on the Notes, in accordance with the Priority of Payments and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such amounts.

Section 4.4            Limitation on Obligation to Incur Company Administrative Expenses.

If at any time after an Event of Default has occurred and the Notes have been declared immediately due and payable, the sum of (i) Eligible Investments, (ii) Cash and (iii) amounts reasonably expected to be received by the Issuer in Cash during the current Due Period (as certified by the Loan Obligation Manager in its reasonable judgment) is less than the sum of Dissolution Expenses and any accrued and unpaid Company Administrative Expenses, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall no longer be required to incur Company Administrative Expenses as otherwise required by this Indenture to any Person other than the Trustee and its Affiliates, and failure to pay such amounts or provide or obtain such opinions, reports or services no longer required hereunder shall not constitute a Default hereunder, and the Trustee shall have no liability for any failure to obtain or receive any of the foregoing opinions, reports or services.

ARTICLE 5

REMEDIES

Section 5.1            Events of Default.

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

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(a)           a default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable and the continuation of any such default for three Business Days after a trust officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge or receives notice from any holder of Notes of such payment default; provided that in the case of a failure to disburse funds due to an administrative error or omission by the Loan Obligation Manager, Trustee, Collateral Administrator or any paying agent, such failure continues for five Business Days after a trust officer of the Trustee receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission;

(b)           a default in the payment of principal (or the related Redemption Price, if applicable) of any Class A Note when the same becomes due and payable, at its Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, or if there are no Class A Notes Outstanding, a default in the payment of principal (or the related Redemption Price, if applicable) of any Class B Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, or if there are no Class B Notes Outstanding, a default in the payment of principal (or the related Redemption Price, if applicable) of any Class C Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date; provided, in each case, that in the case of a failure to disburse funds due to an administrative error or omission by the Loan Obligation Manager, Trustee, Collateral Administrator or any paying agent, such failure continues for five Business Days after a trust officer of the Trustee receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission;

(c)           the failure on any Payment Date to disburse amounts available in the Payment Account in accordance with the Priority of Payments set forth under Section 11.1(a) (other than (i) a default in payment described in clause (a) or (b) above and (ii) unless the holders of the Preferred Shares object, a failure to disburse any amounts to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent for distribution to the holders of the Preferred Shares), which failure continues for a period of three Business Days or, in the case of a failure to disburse such amounts due to an administrative error or omission by the Trustee or Paying Agent, which failure continues for five Business Days;

(d)           any of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the pool of Assets becomes an investment company required to be registered under the 1940 Act;

(e)           a default in any material respect in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or other agreement of the Issuer or Co-Issuer (other than the covenant to make the payments described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above or to meet the Note Protection Tests) or any representation or warranty of the Issuer or Co-Issuer hereunder or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith proves to be incorrect in any material respect when made, and the continuation of such default or breach for a period of 30 days (or, if such default, breach or failure has an adverse effect on the validity, perfection or priority of the security interest granted hereunder, 15 days) after either the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Loan Obligation Manager has actual knowledge thereof or after notice thereof to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager by the Trustee or to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class;

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(f)            the entry of a decree or order by a court having competent jurisdiction adjudging the Issuer or the Co-Issuer as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law enacted under the laws of the Cayman Islands or any other applicable law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, respectively, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;

(g)           the institution by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer of proceedings to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law enacted under the laws of the Cayman Islands or any other similar applicable law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, respectively, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of any action by the Issuer in furtherance of any such action;

(h)           one or more final judgments being rendered against the Issuer or the Co-Issuer which exceed, in the aggregate, U.S.$1,000,000 and which remain unstayed, undischarged and unsatisfied for 30 days after such judgment(s) becomes nonappealable, unless adequate funds have been reserved or set aside for the payment thereof, and unless (except as otherwise specified in writing by the Rating Agencies) a No Downgrade Confirmation has been received from each Rating Agency;

(i)            the Issuer loses its status as a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or other disregarded entity of the Arbor Parent for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless (A) within 90 days, the Issuer either (1) delivers an opinion of tax counsel of nationally recognized standing in the United States experienced in such matters to the effect that, notwithstanding the Issuer’s loss of Qualified REIT Subsidiary or disregarded entity status for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuer is not, and has not been, an association (or publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation, or is not, and has not been, otherwise subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis and the Noteholders are not otherwise materially adversely affected by the loss of Qualified REIT Subsidiary or disregarded entity status for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (2) receives an amount from the Preferred Shareholders sufficient to discharge in full the amounts then due and unpaid on the Notes and amounts and expenses described in clauses (1) through (10) under Section 11.1(a)(i) in accordance with the Priority of Payments or (B) all Classes of the Notes are subject to a Tax Redemption announced by the Issuer in compliance with this Indenture, and such redemption has not been rescinded; or

(j)            if the aggregate principal balance of (1) all Non-Controlling Participations owned by the Issuer and (2) all other assets that do not qualify as “qualifying interests” in real estate for purposes of Rule 3(c)(5)(c) of the 1940 Act (as described in the related no-action

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letters and other guidance provided by the SEC) owned by the Issuer is in excess of 35% of the aggregate principal balance of all Loan Obligations and other assets then owned by the Issuer.

Upon becoming aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer, shall promptly notify (or shall procure the prompt notification of) the Trustee, the Preferred Shares Paying Agent and the Preferred Shareholders in writing.  If the Loan Obligation Manager has actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Loan Obligation Manager shall promptly notify, in writing, the Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of such Event of Default.

Section 5.2            Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

(a)           If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing (other than the Events of Default specified in Section 5.1(f) or 5.1(g)), the Trustee may (and shall at the direction of a Majority, by outstanding principal amount, of each Class of Notes voting as a separate Class (excluding any Notes owned by the Loan Obligation Manager or any of its Affiliates or by any accounts managed by them), declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes to be immediately due and payable (and any such acceleration shall automatically terminate the Replacement Period).  Upon any such declaration such principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and other amounts payable thereunder in accordance with the Priority of Payments will become immediately due and payable (except that in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(f) or 5.1(g) above, such an acceleration shall occur automatically and without any further action and any such acceleration shall automatically terminate the Replacement Period).  If the Notes are accelerated, payments shall be made in the order and priority set forth in Section 11.1(a) hereof.  If the Notes are accelerated (whether such acceleration is automatic or otherwise), the Issuer (or the Loan Obligation Manager on its behalf) shall take the actions described in Section 18.1(c) herein.

(b)           At any time after such a declaration of acceleration of Maturity of the Notes has been made, and before a judgment or decree for payment of the amounts due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article 5, a Majority of each Class of Notes (voting as a separate Class), other than with respect to an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(d), 5.1(e), 5.1(h) or 5.1(i), by written notice to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(i)       the Issuer or the Co-Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

(A)     all unpaid installments of interest on and principal on the Notes that would be due and payable hereunder if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred;

(B)     all unpaid taxes of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer, Company Administrative Expenses and other sums paid or advanced by or otherwise due and payable to the Trustee hereunder;

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(C)     with respect to the Advancing Agent and the Backup Advancing Agent, any amount due and payable for unreimbursed Interest Advances and Reimbursement Interest; and

(D)     with respect to the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, any Loan Obligation Manager Fee then due and any Company Administrative Expense due and payable to the Loan Obligation Manager thereunder; and

(ii)           the Trustee has determined that all Events of Default of which it has actual knowledge, other than the non-payment of the interest and principal on the Notes that have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured and a Majority of the Controlling Class, by written notice to the Trustee, has agreed with such determination (which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or waived as provided in Section 5.14.

At any such time that the Trustee, subject to Section 5.2(b), shall rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences as permitted hereinabove, the Trustee shall preserve the Assets in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.5 with respect to the Event of Default that gave rise to such declaration; provided, however, that if such preservation of the Assets is rescinded pursuant to Section 5.5, the Notes may be accelerated pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 5.2, notwithstanding any previous rescission and annulment of a declaration of acceleration pursuant to this paragraph.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(c)           Subject to Sections 5.4 and 5.5, a Majority of the Controlling Class shall have the right to direct the Trustee in the conduct of any Proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or in the sale of any or all of the Assets; provided that (i) such direction will not conflict with any rule of law or this Indenture; (ii) the Trustee may take any other action not inconsistent with such direction; (iii) the Trustee determines that such action will not subject it to liability (unless the Trustee has received satisfactory indemnity or reasonable security against any such liability); and (iv) any direction to undertake a sale of the Assets may be made only as described in Section 5.17.

(d)           As security for the payment by the Issuer of the compensation and expenses of the Trustee and any sums the Trustee may be entitled to receive as indemnification by the Issuer, the Issuer hereby grants the Trustee a lien on the Assets, which lien is senior to the lien of the Noteholders.  The Trustee’s lien shall be subject to the Priority of Payments and exercisable by the Trustee only if the Notes have been declared due and payable following an Event of Default and such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled.

(e)           A Majority of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of Notes of the Controlling Class, may, prior to the time a judgment or decree for the payment of amounts due has been obtained by the Trustee, waive any past Default on behalf of the holders of all the Notes and its consequences in accordance with Section 5.14.

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Section 5.3            Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

(a)           The Issuer covenants that if a Default shall occur in respect of the payment of any interest on any Class A Note, the payment of principal on any Class A Note (but only after interest with respect to the Class A Notes and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.1(a) having a higher priority have been paid in full), the payment of interest on any Class B Note (but only after interest with respect to the Class A Notes and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.1(a) having a higher priority have been paid in full), the payment of principal on any Class B Note (but only after interest and principal with respect to the Class A Notes and interest with respect to the Class B Notes and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.1(a) having a higher priority have been paid in full), the payment of interest on any Class C Note (but only after interest with respect to the Class A Notes and Class B Notes and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.1(a) having a higher priority have been paid in full) or the payment of principal on any Class C Note (but only after interest and principal with respect to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes and interest with respect to the Class C Notes and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 11.1(a) having a higher priority have been paid in full), the Issuer and Co-Issuer shall, upon demand of the Trustee or any affected Noteholder, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holder of such Note, the whole amount, if any, then due and payable on such Note for principal and interest or other payment with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that payments of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable 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 Trustee and such Noteholder and their respective agents and counsel.

If the Issuer or the Co-Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer and the Co-Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the Assets.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by such Proceedings (x) as directed by a Majority of the Controlling Class or (y) in the absence of direction by a Majority of the Controlling Class, as deemed most effectual by the Trustee; provided, that (a) such direction must not conflict with any rule of law or with any express provision of this Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee has been provided with security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and (d) notwithstanding the foregoing, any direction to the Trustee to undertake a sale of Assets may be given only in accordance with the preceding paragraph, in connection with any sale and liquidation of all or a portion of the Assets, the preceding sentence, and, in all cases, the applicable provisions of this Indenture.  Such Proceedings shall be used 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 Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

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In the case where (x) there shall be pending Proceedings relative to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code, any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law enacted under the laws of the Cayman Islands, or any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, (y) a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, or their respective property, or (z) there shall be any other comparable Proceedings relative to the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, or the creditors or property of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, regardless of whether the principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration, or otherwise and regardless of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.3, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

(b)           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 Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in any Proceedings relative to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes or to the creditors or property of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or such other obligor;

(c)           unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or of a Person performing similar functions in comparable Proceedings; and

(d)           to collect and receive any amounts or other property payable to or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

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

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the

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production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any action or Proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, shall be applied as set forth in Section 5.7.

In any Proceedings brought by the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Trustee may not sell or liquidate the Assets or institute Proceedings in furtherance thereof pursuant to this Section 5.3 unless the conditions specified in Section 5.5(a) are met.

Section 5.4            Remedies.

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Notes have been declared due and payable and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Issuer and the Co-Issuer agree that the Trustee may, after notice to the Noteholders, and shall, upon direction by a Majority of the Controlling Class, to the extent permitted by applicable law, exercise one or more of the following rights, privileges and remedies:

(i)            institute Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes or otherwise payable under this Indenture (whether by declaration or otherwise), enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Assets any amounts adjudged due;

(ii)           sell all or a portion of the Assets or rights of interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law and in accordance with Section 5.17 hereof;

(iii)          institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Assets;

(iv)          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 Secured Parties hereunder; and

(v)           exercise any other rights and remedies that may be available at law or in equity;

provided, however, that the Trustee may not sell or liquidate the Assets or institute Proceedings in furtherance thereof pursuant to this Section 5.4 unless either of the conditions specified in Section 5.5(a) is met.

The Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking firm of national reputation with demonstrated capabilities in structuring and distributing notes or certificates similar to the Notes as to the feasibility of any action proposed to be taken in accordance with this Section 5.4 and as to the sufficiency of the proceeds and other amounts receivable with respect to the Assets to make the required payments of principal of and

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interest on the Notes and other amounts payable hereunder, which opinion shall be conclusive evidence as to such feasibility or sufficiency.

(b)           If an Event of Default as described in Section 5.1(e) hereof shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may, and at the request of the Holders of not less than 25% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class shall, institute a Proceeding solely to compel performance of the covenant or agreement or to cure the representation or warranty, the breach of which gave rise to the Event of Default under such Section, and enforce any equitable decree or order arising from such Proceeding.

(c)           Upon any Sale, whether made under the power of sale hereby given or by virtue of judicial proceedings, any Noteholder, Preferred Shareholder or the Loan Obligation Manager or any of its Affiliates may bid for and purchase the Assets or any part thereof and, upon compliance with the terms of Sale, may hold, retain, possess or dispose of such property in its or their own absolute right without accountability; and any purchaser at any such Sale may, in paying the purchase money, turn in any of the Notes in lieu of Cash equal to the amount which shall, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such sale, be payable on the Notes so turned in by such Holder (taking into account the Class of such Notes).  Such Notes, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be less than the amount due thereon, shall either be returned to the Holders thereof after proper notation has been made thereon to show partial payment or a new note shall be delivered to the Holders reflecting the reduced interest thereon.

Upon any Sale, whether made under the power of sale hereby given or by virtue of judicial proceedings, the receipt of the Trustee or of the Officer making a sale under judicial proceedings shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers at any sale for its or their purchase money and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the application thereof.

Any such Sale, whether under any power of sale hereby given or by virtue of judicial proceedings, shall (x) bind the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, the Noteholders and the Preferred Shareholders, shall operate to divest all right, title and interest whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of each of them in and to the property sold and (y) be a perpetual bar, both at law and in equity, against each of them and their successors and assigns, and against any and all Persons claiming through or under them.

(d)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, none of the Advancing Agent, the Trustee or any other Secured Party, any other party to any Transaction Document or third party beneficiary of this Indenture may, prior to the date which is one year and one day, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect (including any period established pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands) after the payment in full of all Notes, institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or any Issuer Permitted Subsidiary any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under federal or State bankruptcy or similar laws of any jurisdiction.  Nothing in this Section 5.4 shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Advancing Agent, the Trustee or any other Secured Party or any other party to any Transaction Document (i) from taking any action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned one year and one day period, or, if longer, the applicable preference period

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then in effect (including any period established pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands) period in (A) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or (B) any involuntary insolvency proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than the Trustee or any other Secured Party or any other party to any Transaction Document, or (ii) from commencing against the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or any of their respective properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceeding.

Section 5.5            Preservation of Assets.

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing when any of the Notes are Outstanding, the Trustee shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted or required under this Indenture) retain the Assets securing the Notes, collect and cause the collection of the proceeds thereof and make and apply all payments and deposits and maintain all accounts in respect of the Assets and the Notes in accordance with the Priority of Payments and the provisions of Articles 10, 12 and 13 and shall not sell or liquidate the Assets, unless either:

(i)            the Trustee, pursuant to Section 5.5(c), determines that the anticipated proceeds of a sale or liquidation of the Assets (after deducting the reasonable expenses of such sale or liquidation) would be sufficient to discharge in full the amounts then due and unpaid on the Notes, Company Administrative Expenses due and payable pursuant to the Priority of Payments, the Loan Obligation Manager Fees due and payable pursuant to the Priority of Payments and amounts due and payable to the Advancing Agent and the Backup Advancing Agent, in respect of unreimbursed Interest Advances and Reimbursement Interest, and the holders of a Majority of the Controlling Class agrees with such determination;

(ii)           the Holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of each Class of Notes (each voting as a separate Class) direct, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, the sale and liquidation of all or a portion of the Assets; or

(iii)          an Event of Default as described in Section 5.1(j) occurs and is continuing, in which case the Loan Obligation Manager shall promptly proceed to liquidate the Assets (or such portion of the Assets as is necessary to cure such Event of Default).

In the event of a sale of a portion of the Assets pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Trustee shall sell those Assets identified by requisite Noteholders pursuant to a written direction in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and all proceeds of such sale shall be distributed in the order set forth in Section 11.1(a)(iii).

The Trustee shall give written notice of the retention of the Assets to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager and the Rating Agencies.  So long as such Event of Default is continuing, any such retention pursuant to this Section 5.5(a) may be rescinded at any time when the conditions specified in clause (i) or (ii) above exist.

(b)           Nothing contained in Section 5.5(a) shall be construed to require the Trustee to sell the Assets securing the Notes if the conditions set forth in Section 5.5(a) are not

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satisfied.  Nothing contained in Section 5.5(a) shall be construed to require the Trustee to preserve the Assets securing the Notes if prohibited by applicable law.

(c)           To assist the Trustee in determining whether the condition specified in Section 5.5(a)(i) exists, the Loan Obligation Manager shall obtain bid prices with respect to each Pledged Loan Obligation from two dealers (Independent of the Loan Obligation Manager and any of its Affiliates) at the time making a market in such Loan Obligations (or, if there is only one market maker, then the Loan Obligation Manager shall obtain a bid price from that market maker or, if no market maker, from a pricing service).  The Loan Obligation Manager shall compute the anticipated proceeds of sale or liquidation on the basis of the lowest of such bid prices for each such Pledged Loan Obligation and provide the Trustee with the results thereof.  For the purposes of determining issues relating to the market value of any Pledged Loan Obligation and the execution of a sale or other liquidation thereof, the Trustee may, but need not, retain at the expense of the Issuer and rely on an opinion of an Independent investment banking firm of national reputation in connection with a determination (notwithstanding that such opinion will not be the basis for such determination) as to whether the condition specified in Section 5.5(a)(i) exists.

The Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Noteholders a report stating the results of any determination required to be made pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(i).  If requested by a Majority of the Controlling Class, the Trustee shall make the determinations required by Section 5.5(a)(i) within 30 days of such request.

Section 5.6            Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or under any of the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceeding relating thereto, and any such action or Proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust.  Any recovery of judgment in respect of the Notes shall be applied as set forth in Section 5.7 hereof.

In any Proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) in respect of the Notes, the Trustee shall be deemed to represent all the Holders of the Notes.

Section 5.7            Application of Amounts Collected.

Any amounts collected by the Trustee with respect to the Notes pursuant to this Article 5 and any amounts that may then be held or thereafter received by the Trustee with respect to the Notes hereunder shall be applied subject to Section 13.1 hereof and in accordance with the Priority of Payments set forth in Section 11.1 hereof, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee.

Section 5.8            Limitation on Suits.

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petition covenants set forth in this Indenture), judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a)           such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default;

(b)           except as otherwise provided in Section 5.9 hereof, the Holders of at least 25% of the then Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute Proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder and such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(c)           the Trustee for 30 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such Proceeding; and

(d)           no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 30-day period by a Majority of the Controlling Class; it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of the Notes of the same Class or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Notes of the same Class subject to and in accordance with Section 13.1 hereof and the Priority of Payments.

In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of the Controlling Class, each representing less than a Majority of the Controlling Class, the Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture.

Section 5.9            Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture (except for Section 2.7(e) and 2.7(n)), the Holder of any Class of Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Class of Note as such principal, interest and other amounts become due and payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments and Section 13.1, and, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 5.8 to institute Proceedings for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder; provided, however, that the right of such Holder to institute proceedings for the enforcement of any such payment shall not be subject to the 25% threshold requirement set forth in Section 5.8(b).

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Section 5.10          Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Noteholder, then (and in every such case) the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, and the Noteholder shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.11          Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.12          Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein or a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default.  Every right and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee, or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, or by the Noteholders, as the case may be.

Section 5.13          Control by the Controlling Class.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing when any of the Notes are Outstanding, a Majority of the Controlling Class shall have the right to cause the institution of, and direct the time, method and place of conducting, any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee and for exercising any trust, right, remedy or power conferred on the Trustee in respect of the Notes; provided that:

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

(b)           the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction; provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.1, the Trustee shall not be required to take any action that it reasonably determines might subject it to liability;

(c)           the Trustee shall have been provided with indemnity satisfactory to it; and

(d)           any direction to the Trustee to undertake a Sale of the Assets shall be by the Holders of Notes secured thereby representing at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of each Class of Notes.

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Section 5.14          Waiver of Past Defaults.

Prior to the time a judgment or decree for payment of the amounts due has been obtained by the Trustee, as provided in this Article 5, a Majority of each and every Class of Notes (voting as a separate Class) may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past Default in respect of the Notes and its consequences, except a Default:

(a)           in the payment of principal of any Note;

(b)           in the payment of interest in respect of the Controlling Class;

(c)           in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that, under Section 8.2, cannot be modified or amended without the waiver or consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note adversely affected thereby; or

(d)           in respect of any right, covenant or provision hereof for the individual protection or benefit of the Trustee, without the Trustee’s express written consent thereto.

In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.  The Trustee shall promptly give written notice of any such waiver to the Loan Obligation Manager and each Noteholder.

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 5.15          Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by (x) the Trustee, (y) any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class or (z) any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable hereunder on or after the Stated Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption Date).

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Section 5.16          Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

Each of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force (including but not limited to filing a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and by the voluntary commencement of a proceeding or the filing of a petition seeking winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect), which may affect the covenants, the performance of or any remedies under this Indenture; and each of the Issuer and the Co-Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 5.17          Sale of Assets.

(a)           The power to effect any sale (a “Sale”) of any portion of the Assets pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 hereof shall not be exhausted by any one or more Sales as to any portion of such Assets remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until all amounts secured by the Assets shall have been paid or if there are insufficient proceeds to pay such amount until the entire Assets shall have been sold.  The Trustee may, upon notice to the Securityholders, and shall, upon direction of a Majority of the Controlling Class, from time to time postpone any Sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such Sale; provided, however, that if the Sale is rescheduled for a date more than three Business Days after the date of the determination by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(i) hereof, such Sale shall not occur unless and until the Trustee has again made the determination required by Section 5.5(a)(i) hereof.  The Trustee hereby expressly waives its rights to any amount fixed by law as compensation for any Sale; provided that the Trustee shall be authorized to deduct the reasonable costs, charges and expenses incurred by it in connection with such Sale from the proceeds thereof notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.7 hereof.

(b)           The Trustee may bid for and acquire any portion of the Assets in connection with a public Sale thereof, and may pay all or part of the purchase price by crediting against amounts owing on the Notes or other amounts secured by the Assets, all or part of the net proceeds of such Sale after deducting the reasonable costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such Sale notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.7 hereof.  The Notes need not be produced in order to complete any such Sale, or in order for the net proceeds of such Sale to be credited against amounts owing on the Notes.  The Trustee may hold, lease, operate, manage or otherwise deal with any property so acquired in any manner permitted by law in accordance with this Indenture.

(c)           If any portion of the Assets consists of securities issued without registration under the Securities Act (“Unregistered Securities”), the Trustee may seek an Opinion of Counsel, or, if no such Opinion of Counsel can be obtained and with the consent of a Majority of the Controlling Class, seek a no action position from the SEC or any other relevant federal or State regulatory authorities, regarding the legality of a public or private Sale of such

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Unregistered Securities.  In no event shall the Trustee be required to register Unregistered Securities under the Securities Act.

(d)           The Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the Assets in connection with a Sale thereof.  In addition, the Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent and attorney in fact of the Issuer to transfer and convey its interest in any portion of the Assets in connection with a Sale thereof, and to take all action necessary to effect such Sale.  No purchaser or transferee at such a Sale shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee’s authority, to inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or to see to the application of any amounts.

(e)           In the event of any Sale of the Assets pursuant to Section 5.4 or Section 5.5, payments shall be made in the order and priority set forth in Section 11.1(a) in the same manner as if the Notes had been accelerated.

Section 5.18          Action on the Notes.

The Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the application for or obtaining of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture.  Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Trustee against the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Assets or upon any of the assets of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer.

ARTICLE 6

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.1            Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a)           Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

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

(ii)           in the absence of manifest error, or bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the requirements of this Indenture and shall promptly, but in any event within three Business Days in the case of an Officer’s Certificate furnished by the Loan Obligation Manager, notify the party delivering the same if such certificate or opinion does not conform.  If a corrected form

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shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 15 days after such notice from the Trustee, the Trustee shall so notify the Noteholders.

(b)           In case an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from a Majority of the Controlling Class (or other Noteholders to the extent provided in Article 5 hereof), exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

(c)           If, in performing its duties under this Indenture, the Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action, the Trustee may request written instructions from the Loan Obligation Manager as to courses of action desired by it.  If the Trustee does not receive such instructions within two Business Days after it has requested them, it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action.  The Trustee shall act in accordance with instructions received after such two-Business Day period except to the extent it has already taken, or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions.  The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the advice of legal counsel and Independent accountants in performing its duties hereunder and be deemed to have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.

(d)           No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)            this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 6.1(a);

(ii)           the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it shall be proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii)          the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Issuer in accordance with this Indenture and/or the Controlling Class relating to the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee in respect of any Note or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture;

(iv)          no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers contemplated hereunder, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it (if the amount of such funds or risk or liability does not exceed the amount payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i)(3) and Section 11.1(a)(ii)(1) net of the amounts specified in Section 6.7(a)(i), the Trustee shall be deemed to be reasonably assured of such repayment) unless such risk or liability relates to its ordinary services under this Indenture, except where this Indenture provides otherwise; and

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(v)           the Trustee shall not be liable to the Noteholders for any action taken or omitted by it at the direction of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager, the Controlling Class and/or a Noteholder under circumstances in which such direction is required or permitted by the terms of this Indenture.

(e)           For all purposes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default described in Section 5.1(d), 5.1(f), 5.1(g), 5.1(h), 5.1(i) or 5.1(j) or any Default described in Section 5.1(e) unless a Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Corporate Trust Office has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such an Event of Default or Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references, as applicable, the Notes generally, the Issuer, the Assets or this Indenture.  For purposes of determining the Trustee’s responsibility and liability hereunder, whenever reference is made in this Indenture to such an Event of Default or a Default, such reference shall be construed to refer only to such an Event of Default or Default of which the Trustee is deemed to have notice as described in this Section 6.1.

(f)            Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

(g)           The Trustee shall, upon reasonable prior written notice, permit the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager or the Rating Agencies, during the Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine all books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Trustee relating to the Notes, to make copies and extracts therefrom (the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in making any such copies or extracts to be reimbursed to the Trustee by such Person) and to discuss the Trustee’s actions, as such actions relate to the Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes, with the Trustee’s officers and employees responsible for carrying out the Trustee’s duties with respect to the Notes.

Section 6.2            Notice of Default.

Promptly (and in no event later than three Business Days) after the occurrence of any Default known to the Trustee or after any declaration of acceleration has been made or delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.2, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Loan Obligation Manager, the Rating Agencies (for so long as any Class of Notes is Outstanding and rated by the Rating Agencies) and to all Holders of Notes as their names and addresses appear on the Notes Register, notice of all Defaults hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived.

Section 6.3            Certain Rights of Trustee.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:

(a)           the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

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(b)                                 any request or direction of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order, as the case may be;

(c)                                  whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall (i) deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) be required to determine the value of any Assets or funds hereunder or the cash flows projected to be received therefrom, the Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely on reports of nationally recognized accountants, investment bankers or other persons qualified to provide the information required to make such determination, including nationally recognized dealers in securities of the type being valued and securities quotation services;

(d)                                 as a condition to the taking or omitting of any action by it hereunder, the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel (including with respect to any matters, other than factual matters, in connection with the execution by the Trustee of a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.3) shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e)                                  the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise or to honor any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might reasonably be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f)                                   the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper documents, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may and, upon the written direction of a Majority of the Controlling Class, shall make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit or as it shall be directed and shall have received indemnification reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, and, the Trustee shall be entitled, on reasonable prior notice to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Loan Obligation Manager and the CLO Servicer, to examine the books and records relating to the Notes and the Assets, as applicable, at the premises of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Loan Obligation Manager, personally or by agent or attorney during the Issuer’s, the Co-Issuer’s or the Loan Obligation Manager’s normal business hours upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written notice; provided that the Trustee shall, and shall cause its agents to, hold in confidence all such information, except (i) to the extent disclosure may be required by law by any regulatory authority and (ii) to the extent that the Trustee, in its sole judgment, may determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder;

(g)                                  the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder (except with respect to its duty to make any Interest Advance under the circumstances specified in Section 10.9) either directly or by or through agents or attorneys provided that the Trustee shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent appointed and supervised, or attorney appointed, with due care by it hereunder

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(other than for affiliates of the Collateral Administrator); provided, however, that the Trustee in any event shall remain responsible for the performance of its duties hereunder;

(h)                                 the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it reasonably and prudently believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers hereunder;

(i)                                     the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy of the books or records of, or for any acts or omissions of, the Depository, any Transfer Agent (other than the Trustee itself acting in that capacity), Clearstream, Luxembourg, Euroclear, any Calculation Agent (other than the Trustee itself acting in that capacity) or any Paying Agent (other than the Trustee itself acting in that capacity);

(j)                                    the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions or omissions of the Loan Obligation Manager; and without limiting the foregoing, the Trustee shall not (except to the extent, if at all, otherwise expressly stated in this Indenture) be under any obligation to monitor, evaluate or verify compliance by the Loan Obligation Manager with the terms hereof or the Loan Obligation Management Agreement, or to verify or independently determine the accuracy of information received by it from the Loan Obligation Manager (or from any selling institution, agent bank, trustee or similar source) with respect to the Loan Obligations;

(k)                                 to the extent any defined term hereunder, or any calculation required to be made or determined by the Trustee hereunder, is dependent upon or defined by reference to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect from time to time (“GAAP”), the Trustee shall be entitled to request and receive (and rely upon) instruction from the Issuer or the accountants appointed pursuant to Section 10.12 as to the application of GAAP in such connection, in any instance; and

(l)                                     neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Administrator shall have any responsibility to the Issuer or the Secured Parties hereunder to make any inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation in respect of, the terms of any engagement of Independent accountants by the Issuer (or the Loan Obligation Manager on behalf of the Issuer); provided, however, that the Trustee shall be authorized, upon receipt of an Issuer Order directing the same, to execute any acknowledgement or other agreement with the Independent accountants required for the Trustee to receive any of the reports or instructions provided for herein, which acknowledgement or agreement may include, among other things, (i) acknowledgement that the Issuer has agreed that the “agreed upon procedures” between the Issuer and the Independent accountants are sufficient for its purposes, (ii) releases by the Trustee (on behalf of itself and the Holders) of claims and acknowledgement of other limitation of liability in favor of the Independent accounts, and (iii) restrictions or prohibitions on the disclosure of information or documents provided to it by such firm of Independent accounts (including to the Holders).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trustee be required to execute any agreement in respect of the Independent accountants that the Trustee determines adversely affects it in its individual capacity.