ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, LTD., as Issuer, ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, LLC, as Co-Issuer, ARBOR REALTY SR, INC., as Advancing Agent AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Paying Agent,...

Exhibit 10.41

Execution Version

ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, LTD.,
as Issuer,

ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, 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 January 28, 2013

i

ii

iii

iv

v

vi

INDENTURE, dated as of January 28, 2013, by and between ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, LTD., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Issuer”), ARBOR REALTY COLLATERALIZED LOAN OBLIGATION 2013-1, 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 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) and the Servicing 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 on default 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 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.

2

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.

“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 Agency, 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.

“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 and (2) as to which ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ 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 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.

3

“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.

“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 distributions with respect to 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 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.

“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

4

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 2013-1 Equity Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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

“As-Stabilized 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; 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 reserves).  In determining the “stabilized” net cash flow the Loan Obligation Manager may make certain assumptions, including, without limitation, with respect to occupancy rates, rental rates and operational expenses as the Loan Obligation Manager believes is reasonable in its good faith judgment executed in accordance with the Loan Obligation Management Standard.  In determining As-Stabilized DSCR for any Senior Participation, the calculation of As-Stabilized DSCR shall take into account the annual payments of principal and interest due on any 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 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 less than 6 months prior to the date of closing of such Loan Obligation, 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 LTV for any Senior Participation, the calculation of As-Stabilized 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

5

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.

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

“Available Principal Proceeds”:  With respect to any Payment Date, the amount of Principal Proceeds standing to the credit of the Principal Collection Account as of the Determination Date related to such Payment Date.

“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 from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ at least equal to “A2” and a short-term debt rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ at least equal to “P-1.”

“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 distributions with respect to 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 (2012 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.

6

“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.

“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 or the Class B 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,

7

(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 2023, 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) 2.00% 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, (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 2023, 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) 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”:  January 28, 2013.

8

“Closing Date Loan Obligations”:  The Loan Obligations listed on Schedule A attached hereto, for which Part 1 are Loan Obligations that are acquired by the Issuer on the Closing Date and for which Part 2 are Loan Obligations that are expected to be acquired by the Issuer during the Post-Closing Acquisition Period.

“Co-Issuer”:  Arbor Realty Collateralized Loan Obligation 2013-1, 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) ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ 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 indemnification pursuant to Section 17.3, (ix) each member of the Advisory Committee (including amounts payable as indemnification) under each agreement between such Advisory

9

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); (x) the Preferred Shares Paying Agent and the Share Registrar under the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement (including amounts payable as indemnification), (xi) 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 (xii) 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, 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 Collateralized Loan Obligation 2013-1, Ltd.; and (b) for all other purposes, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Corporate Trust Services—Arbor Realty Collateralized Loan Obligation 2013-1, 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, ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ 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.

“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.

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

10

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

“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 and/or the Class B 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 a Senior 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 a Senior 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 a Senior 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 a Senior 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 a Senior Participation, the related 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 a Senior 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 a Senior 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

11

(or, in the case of a Senior 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.

“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, 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 Multi-Family Property;

12

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

(iii)     it was originated within the past six months;

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

(v)     it has a ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Rating;

(vi)    the Whole Loan (or, in the case of a Senior Participation, the Underlying Whole Loan) 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, in the case of a Senior Participation, the Underlying Whole Loan) is not more than five years from its origination date;

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

(viii)  it has an As-Stabilized DSCR that is not less than 1.25x;

(ix)    the Principal Balance of such Loan Obligation is not greater than U.S.$30,000,000;

(x)     (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 is not less than 5.0%;

(C)          the aggregate Principal Balance of all Loan Obligations allocated to a related Underlying Mortgaged Property 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.$13,000,000;

(xi)    with respect to each (1) Replacement Loan Obligation, the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Weighted Average Rating Factor for such Replacement Loan Obligation is equal to or less than the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Weighted Average Rating Factor of the Loan Obligations that generated the Principal Proceeds that are being applied to the

13

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;

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

(xiii)                          if it is a 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;

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

(xv)                            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;

(xvi)                         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;

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

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

(xix)                         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;

(xx)                            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;

(xxi)                         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;

(xxii)                      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);

(xxiii)                   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

14

terms are typically defined in the Underlying Instruments related to participations; (2) an entity that has a long-term unsecured debt rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ of “A3” or higher; (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);

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

(xxv)                     its acquisition, ownership, enforcement and disposition will not cause the Issuer to fail to be a Qualified REIT Subsidiary 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 corporation that is not engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

(xxvi)                  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;

(xxvii)               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 borrowers under such Loan Obligation are 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; and

(xxviii)            (a) with respect to each Additional Loan Obligation (excluding the Closing Date Loan Obligations identified on Part 2 of Schedule A or any Additional Loan Obligation acquired in lieu thereof), the Principal Balance of (1) the largest Additional Loan Obligation is equal to or less than U.S.$25,000,000, (2) the second-largest Additional Loan Obligation is equal to or less than U.S.$15,000,000 and (3) the third-largest Additional Loan Obligation is equal to or less than U.S.$10,000,000; and (b) with respect to the Closing Date Loan Obligations identified in Part 2 of Schedule A or any Additional Loan Obligation acquired in lieu thereof, the maximum Principal Balances shall be as follows: (1) the largest of such Additional Loan Obligations is equal to or less than

15

U.S.$18,000,000 and (2) the second-largest of such Additional Loan Obligations is equal to or less than U.S.$13,200,000.

“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;

(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 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 not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, in the case of long-term debt obligations, and “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, for short-term debt obligations;

(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 ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

(iv)                                registered securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that 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 ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment;

(v)                                   commercial paper or other similar short-term obligations (including that of the Trustee or the commercial department of any successor Trustee, as the case may be, or any affiliate thereof; provided that such person

16

otherwise meets the criteria specified herein) having at the time of such investment a short-term credit rating of “P-1” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇; provided, further, that the issuer thereof must also have at the time of such investment a senior long-term debt rating of not less than “Aa3” by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

(vi)                                a reinvestment agreement issued by any bank (if treated as a deposit by such bank), or a Registered guaranteed investment or reinvestment agreement issued by an insurance company or other corporation or entity, in each case 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

(vii)                             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 ▇▇▇▇▇’▇;

provided that mortgage-backed securities and interest only securities shall not constitute Eligible Investments; and 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 Day 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 (unless the Issuer has previously received an opinion of Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ 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), (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 obligations of, and 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.

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

17

“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 and any related provisions of law, court decisions, administrative guidance or agreements with any taxing authority in respect thereof.

“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.

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

“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

18

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 institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D under the Securities Act.

“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.

“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

19

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:

(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.

“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 120.00%.

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

20

“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, 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) those funds in the Expense Account designated as Interest Proceeds by the Loan Obligation Manager pursuant to Section 10.7(a), (5) all funds remaining on deposit in the Expense Account upon redemption of the Notes in whole, pursuant to Section 10.7(a), (6) Interest Advances, if any, advanced by the Advancing Agent or the Backup Advancing Agent, with respect to such Payment Date, (7) all accrued original issue discount on Eligible Investments, (8) 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, (9) all payments of principal on Eligible Investments purchased with proceeds of items (A)(1), (2) and (3) of this definition, (10) Cash and Eligible Investments contributed by ARMS Equity pursuant to Section 12.2(c) and designated as “Interest Proceeds” by ARMS Equity and (11) 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 Shortfall”:  The meaning set forth in Section 10.9(a) hereof.

“Issuer”:  Arbor Realty Collateralized Loan Obligation 2013-1, 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-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.

21

“Junior Participation”: 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.

“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 or Senior 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.

“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

22

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 hold 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 the 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.

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

“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:

23

“Moody’s Recovery Rate”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation, 60%.

“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);

(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

24

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 the 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 the Rating Agency.

“Non-call Period”:  The period from the Closing Date to and including the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date in February 2015 during which no Optional Redemption is permitted to occur.

“Non-Acquired Participation”:  With respect to 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, which related participation interest is not acquired by the Issuer.

“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.

“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 and the Class B Notes, the Class A Rate and the Class B Rate, respectively.

“Notes”:  The Class A Notes and the Class B 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.$82,987,000.

“NRSRO”:  Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, other than the Rating Agency.

25

“NRSRO Certification”:  A certification substantially in the form of Exhibit G 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 January 25, 2013, relating to the offering of the Notes.

“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 Officer thereof.

“Opinion of Counsel”:  A written opinion addressed to the Trustee and the Rating Agency in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Rating Agency 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 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 Agency or shall state that the Trustee and the Rating Agency 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

26

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 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 (including the exercise of any rights to remove the Loan Obligation Manager except with respect to the termination of the Loan Obligation Manager without cause and with respect to the replacement of the Loan Obligation Manager in instances where the Loan Obligation Manager has not been terminated for cause or where such replacement is not an Affiliate of the Loan Obligation Manager), 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 Loan Obligation Manager or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the 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 and the Class B 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 144.25%.

“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, monthly on the 15th day of each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) to

27

and including the Stated Maturity Date related to such Class unless redeemed or repaid prior thereto, commencing on March 15, 2013.

“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.

“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”:  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ & Partners, L.P., in its capacity as the placement agent.

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

“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 earlier of (i) the 90th 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.$259,987,000.

“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

28

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.

“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

29

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 and (11) 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 Proceeds 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”: ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and any successor thereto, or, with respect to the Assets generally, if at any time ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ 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:

30

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

(b)                                 any one of the following has occurred:

(i)                                     a No Downgrade Confirmation has been received; or

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

(B)                               the Requesting Party has confirmed that the 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 (5) 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.

31

“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 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; 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 (6) 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 January December 13, 2012 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

32

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.

“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 February 2015; (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.

“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.

“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.

33

“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.

“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 either 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.

34

“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 February 2023.

“Subordinate Interest”:  The meaning specified in Section 13.1 hereof.

“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 for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Withholding taxes imposed under FATCA, if any, shall be disregarded in applying the definition of “Tax Event.”

“Tax Materiality Condition”:  The condition that will be satisfied if either (i) as a result of the occurrence 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 for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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

35

“Total Redemption Price”:  The amount equal to funds sufficient to pay all amounts and expenses described under clauses (1) through (4) and (9) 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 Agency Agreement, 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.

“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 or other agreement pursuant to which a Loan Obligation or Eligible Investment has been issued or created and each 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.

36

“Underlying Whole Loan”:  With respect to any Loan Obligation that is a Senior Participation, the Whole Loan in which such Senior 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 a Senior Participation, the related Underlying Whole Loan) prior to the maturity date of such Loan Obligation (or, in the case of a Senior 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.

“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 (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.

37

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 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

38

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.

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.

39

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 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 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

40

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.$177,000,000, except for Notes authenticated and 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.

41

Such Notes shall be divided into two 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 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,

42

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.

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.

43

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.

(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

44

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 Note 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 C-2 attached hereto; or

(2)           if the transferee is taking a Definitive Note, a duly completed transfer certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit C-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, 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 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

45

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 C-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 of (A) a duly complete certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-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

46

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 C-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 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

47

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 C-1 hereto.

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

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

48

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, the Trustee shall not 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 Arbor Parent or any disregarded entity of Arbor Parent for federal income tax purposes may not be transferred, pledged or hypothecated to any other Person (except to an affiliate that is wholly-owned by Arbor Parent and is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes) 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 has previously received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ 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.

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.

49

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.

(c)           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 (6) 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

50

Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement, whereupon the Preferred Shares will be cancelled and deemed paid in full for all purposes.

(d)           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 Stated Maturity Date unless payment of principal is improperly withheld or unless a Default has occurred with respect to such payments of principal.

(e)           The principal of each Class of Notes matures at par and is due and payable on the Stated Maturity Date, 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.

(f)            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 (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner), Form W-8IMY (Certification of Foreign Intermediary Status), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certification of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from Withholding on Income Effectively Connected with Conduct of a U.S. Trade or Business) 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(f) 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, 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 C-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 C-2 hereto, as deemed made pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereto, or pursuant to clause

51

(xi) of the representations and warranties set forth under the third paragraph of Exhibit C-3 hereto, made pursuant to Section 2.5(i) hereto, as applicable.

(g)           Payments in respect of interest on and principal on the Notes shall be payable by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a Dollar account maintained by the Holder or its nominee; provided that the Holder has provided wiring instructions to the Trustee 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 per U.S.$500,000 initial principal amount of Notes and shall specify the place where such Notes may be presented and surrendered for such payment.

(h)           Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.7(a) through (g) and Section 2.7(k) 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).

(i)            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.

52

(j)            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.

(k)           Interest accrued with respect to the Notes shall be calculated as described in the applicable form of Note attached hereto.

(l)            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.

(m)          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.

(n)           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.

(o)           Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions with respect to payments of principal of and interest on the Notes (but subject to Sections 2.7(e) and (k)), 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.

53

(p)                                 Payments in respect of the Preferred Shares as contemplated by Sections 11.1(a)(i)(11) and 11.1(a)(ii)(7) shall be made by the Trustee to the Preferred Shares Paying Agent.

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 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 C-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

54

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 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 or Class B 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

55

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.  After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the applicable temporary Class A or Class B 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 or Class B 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 or Class B 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 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 (Certification of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner) (with Part III marked), IRS Form W-8IMY (Certification of Foreign Intermediary Status), IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification), or IRS Form W-8ECI (Certification of Foreign Person’s Claim for Exemption from Withholding on Income Effectively Connected with Conduct of a U.S. Trade or Business) 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 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(f).

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,

56

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 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

57

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 Agency Agreement 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) at least U.S.$82,987,000 of proceeds on account of the sale on the Closing Date of the Preferred Shares shall have been received;

(b)                                 an Officer’s Certificate of the Co-Issuer (i) evidencing the authorization by Board Resolution of the execution and delivery of this Indenture 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 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;

58

(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, 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;

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

59

(j)                                    an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger LLP, 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 (i) senior corporate counsel of U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of the Closing Date, regarding certain matters of United States law and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird LLP, counsel to U.S. Bank National Association, regarding certain matters of 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 Member Agreement, the Placement Agency Agreement, the Preferred Share Purchase Agreement, the Preferred Share Paying Agency Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement;

60

(q)                                 an Accountants’ Report comparing and agreeing to the following information as of the Closing Date:  (i) the information with respect to each Loan Obligation set forth on the Schedule of Closing Date Loan Obligations attached hereto as Schedule A by reference to such sources as shall be specified therein and (ii) specifying the procedures undertaken by the accountants to review data and computations relating to the foregoing;

(r)                                    an Officer’s Certificate from the Loan Obligation Manager confirming that Part 1 of Schedule A hereto correctly lists (i) the Closing Date Loan Obligations to be Granted to the Trustee on the Closing Date and (ii) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Loan Obligations as of January 28, 2013;

(s)                                   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;

(t)                                    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; 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 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;

61

(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 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 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 Agency and confirming that (i) the Class A Notes have been rated “Aaa(sf)” by Moody’s and (ii) the Class B Notes have been rated at least “Baa2(sf)” by Moody’s 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.

(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.

62

(f)                                   Deposit to Unused Proceeds Account.  On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deposit into the Unused Proceeds Account, U.S.$50,000,000 plus $31,200,000, which represents the purchase price of the Closing Date Loan Obligations identified in Schedule A as West Palm Beach Multifamily Portfolio and Orlando Multifamily Portfolio.

(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.$100,000,000.  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 an agreement with the Issuer and the Custodial Securities Intermediary (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 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

63

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 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.

64

(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 checklist 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 a Senior 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 a Senior Participation, a copy) of any guarantee executed in connection with the promissory note;

(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

65

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, 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 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 a Senior 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;

(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;

66

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

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

(xvii)                    An original (or, in the case of a Senior 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 a Senior Participation, a copy thereof provided same has been furnished to the Issuer (or the applicable Seller) by the related lead lender); and

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

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 and the Loan Obligation Manager a report in the form of Exhibit D 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 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

67

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 clauses (i) and (ii) 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 E 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 F 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 Servicing Standard, respectively, set forth in the Loan Obligation Management Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, as the case 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 (iv) 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

68

foregoing provisions of this clause (iv), (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;

(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;

69

(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;

(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.

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

70

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 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

71

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 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 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.

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.