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Title: Form of Indenture
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/22/2008
Industry: Computer Peripherals     Sector: Technology

Form of Indenture, Parties: bank of new york trust company  n.a. , lexmark international  inc
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Exhibit 4.1
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., as Company
and
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee
Form of Indenture
Dated as of May 22, 2008

 


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
 
       
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
 
       
Section 1.01 . Certain Terms Defined
    1  
Section 1.02 . Other Definitions.
    9  
 
       
ARTICLE 2
Security Forms
 
       
Section 2.01 . Forms Generally
    9  
Section 2.02 . Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
    9  
 
       
ARTICLE 3
Issue, Execution, Form and Registration of Securities
 
       
Section 3.01 . Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
    10  
Section 3.02 . Authentication and Delivery of Securities
    13  
Section 3.03 . Execution of Securities
    13  
Section 3.04 . Certificate of Authentication
    13  
Section 3.05 . Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest
    13  
Section 3.06 . Global Security Legend
    14  
Section 3.07 . Registration, Transfer and Exchange
    15  
Section 3.08 . Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities
    16  
Section 3.09 . Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
    18  
Section 3.10 . Cancellation of Securities
    19  
Section 3.11 . Temporary Securities
    20  
Section 3.12 . CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE 4
Certain Covenants
 
       
Section 4.01 . Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest on Securities
    20  
Section 4.02 . Maintenance of Office or Agency
    21  
Section 4.03 . Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
    21  
Section 4.04 . Existence
    22  
Section 4.05 . Limitation on Liens
    22  
Section 4.06 . Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back
    24  
Section 4.07 . Statement by Officers as to Default
    24  
Section 4.08 . Waiver of Certain Covenants
    24  

 


 
         
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ARTICLE 5
Remedies of the Trustee and Holders on Event of Default
 
       
Section 5.01 . Events of Default
    25  
Section 5.02 . Acceleration
    26  
Section 5.03 . Other Remedies
    27  
Section 5.04 . Waiver of Past Defaults
    27  
Section 5.05 . Control by Majority
    28  
Section 5.06 . Limitation on Suits
    28  
Section 5.07 . Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
    29  
Section 5.08 . Collection Suit by Trustee
    29  
Section 5.09 . Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    29  
Section 5.10 . Priorities
    29  
Section 5.11 . Undertaking for Costs
    30  
Section 5.12 . Restoration of Rights and Remedies
    30  
Section 5.13 . Rights and Remedies Cumulative
    30  
Section 5.14 . Delay or Omission Not Waiver
    31  
 
       
ARTICLE 6
Concerning the Trustee
 
       
Section 6.01 . Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default
    31  
Section 6.02 . Certain Rights of the Trustee
    32  
Section 6.03 . Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof
    34  
Section 6.04 . Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc.
    34  
Section 6.05 . Moneys Held by Trustee
    34  
Section 6.06 . Notice of Default
    35  
Section 6.07 . Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim
    35  
Section 6.08 . Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate, Etc.
    36  
Section 6.09 . Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee
    36  
Section 6.10 . Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee
    36  
Section 6.11 . Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
    38  
Section 6.12 . Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee
    39  
Section 6.13 . Preferential Collection of Claims
    40  
Section 6.14 . Communications with the Trustee
    40  
 
       
ARTICLE 7
Concerning the Holders
 
       
Section 7.01 . Evidence of Action Taken by Holders
    40  

 


 
         
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Section 7.02 . Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date
    41  
Section 7.03 . Who May Be Deemed Owners of Securities
    41  
Section 7.04 . Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
    41  
Section 7.05 . Record Date for Action by Securityholders
    42  
Section 7.06 . Right of Revocation of Action Taken
    43  
 
       
ARTICLE 8
 
       
Section 8.01. [Reserved].
    43  
 
       
ARTICLE 9
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
 
       
Section 9.01 . Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
    43  
Section 9.02 . With Consent of Holders
    44  
Section 9.03 . Effect of Supplemental Indenture
    46  
Section 9.04 . Documents to Be Given to Trustee; Compliance with TIA
    46  
Section 9.05 . Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures
    46  
 
       
ARTICLE 10
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
 
       
Section 10.01 . When the Company May Merge, Etc.
    46  
Section 10.02 . Successor Corporation Substituted
    47  
Section 10.03 . Opinion of Counsel to Trustee
    47  
 
       
ARTICLE 11
Redemption of Securities
 
       
Section 11.01 . Applicability of Article
    48  
Section 11.02 . Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions
    48  
Section 11.03 . Payment of Securities Called for Redemption
    49  
 
       
ARTICLE 12
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
 
       
Section 12.01 . Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    50  
Section 12.02 . Full Defeasance and Discharge
    50  
Section 12.03 . Covenant Defeasance
    51  
Section 12.04 . Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    51  
Section 12.05 . Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    53  
Section 12.06 . Repayment to the Company
    53  
Section 12.07 . Reinstatement
    54  

 


 
         
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ARTICLE 13
Satisfaction and Discharge
 
       
Section 13.01 . Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
    54  
Section 13.02 . Application of Trust Money
    55  
 
       
ARTICLE 14
Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
 
       
Section 14.01 . Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
    55  
Section 14.02 . Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
    56  
Section 14.03 . Reports by the Trustee
    57  
Section 14.04 . Reports by the Company
    57  
 
       
ARTICLE 15
Miscellaneous Provisions
 
       
Section 15.01 . Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from Individual Liability
    58  
Section 15.02 . Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders
    58  
Section 15.03 . Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture
    58  
Section 15.04 . Notices to Holders
    59  
Section 15.05 . Officers, Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein
    59  
Section 15.06 . Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
    60  
Section 15.07 . Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act
    60  
Section 15.08 . New York Law to Govern
    60  
Section 15.09 . Third Party Beneficiaries
    61  
Section 15.10 . Counterparts
    61  
Section 15.11 . Effect of Headings
    61  
Section 15.12 . Severability
    61  
Section 15.13 . Patriot Act Compliance
    61  

 


 
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and this Indenture
                 
Trust Indenture Act   Indenture
Section   Section
      §310
(a)(l)
    6.09  
       
(a)(2)
    6.09  
       
(a)(3)
    Not Applicable   
       
(a)(4)
    Not Applicable
       
(a)(5)
    6.09  
       
(b)
    6.10  
      §311
(a)
    6.13  
       
(b)
    6.13  
       
(b)(2)
    14.03(a), 14.03(b)
      §312
(a)
    14.01, 14.02 (a)
       
(b)
    14.02(b)
       
(c)
    14.02(c)
      §313
(a)
    14.03(a)
       
(b)
    14.03(a)
       
(c)
    14.03(a),14.03(b)
       
(d)
    14.03(b)
      §314
(a)
    14.04  
       
(b)
    Not Applicable   
       
(c)(l)
    15.05  
       
(c)(2)
    15.05  
       
(c)(3)
    Not Applicable
       
(d)
    Not Applicable
       
(e)
    15.05  
      §315
(a)
    6.01  
       
(b)
    6.06,14.03(a)
       
(c)
    6.01  
       
(d)
    6.01  
       
(d)(1)
    6.01  
       
(d)(2)
    6.01  
       
(d)(3)
    6.01  
       
(e)
    5.11  
      §316
(a)(1)(A)
    5.05  
       
(a)(1)(B)
    5.02, 5.04
       
(a)(2)
    Not Applicable
       
(b)
    5.07  
       
(c)
    7.02  
      §317
(a)(l)
    5.08  
       
(a)(2)
    5.09  
       
(b)
    4.03  
      318
(a)
    15.07  
 
*   This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 


 
     INDENTURE, dated as of May 22, 2008, among Lexmark International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
      WHEREAS , the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided; and
      WHEREAS , all things necessary to make the Indenture a valid and legally binding indenture and agreement according to its terms, have been done;
      NOW, THEREFORE :
     In consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
     Section 1.01 . Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or the definitions of which in the Securities Act are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings given to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (whether or not such is indicated herein). The words “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.
     “ Agent Members ” has the meaning provided in Section 3.08(a).
     “ Attributable Value ” means, as to any lease under which any Person is at the time liable, other than a Capital Lease Obligation, and at any date as of which

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the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining term thereof as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, discounted from the last date of such term to the date of determination at a rate per annum equal to the discount rate that would be applicable to a Capital Lease Obligation with like term in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period will be the aggregate amount of rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of insurance, taxes, assessments, utility, operating and labor costs and similar charges. In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount will also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent will be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
     “ Attributable Value ” means, as to a Capital Lease Obligation under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
     “ Authorized Officer ” means any of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, in each case, of the Company.
     “ Board of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors of such Person, or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors of such Person or any officer of such Person duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Person to take a specific action.
     “ Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “ Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
     “ Capital Lease Obligation ” of any Person means the obligation to pay rent or other payment amounts under a lease of (or other Debt arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The stated maturity of such obligation will be deemed to be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

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     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
     “ Company ” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
     “ Company Request ” or “ Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means all assets, less (i) all current liabilities (excluding any indebtedness for borrowed money having a maturity of less than 12 months from the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company but which by its terms is renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower), (ii) the net book value of all licenses, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, goodwill, non-compete agreements, organizational expenses and other like intangibles, (iii) all unamortized Debt discount and expense, and (iv) all proper reserves, including all reserves for depreciation, obsolescence, depletion and amortization of properties, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, after eliminating inter-company items and including appropriate deductions for any minority interest, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
     “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at 2 North LaSalle Street, 7 th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60602 or such address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of the Company.
     “ Debt ” means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the

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account of such Person, (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business), (v) every Capital Lease Obligation of such Person, and (vi) all Guaranties by such Person of every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of another Person.
     “ Default ” means any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would, unless cured or waived, be an Event of Default.
     “ Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.
     “ Event of Default ” means any event or condition specified as such in Section 5.01 which shall have continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “ Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
     “ Guaranty ” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and includes any obligation of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or to purchase (or advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Debt, (b) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Debt of the payment of such Debt, or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt; provided, however, that a Guaranty by any Person will not include endorsements by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business.
     “ Holder ,” “ Holder of Securities ,” “ Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean the registered holder of any Security.
     “ Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

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     “ Interest Payment Date ,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
     “ Lien ” means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien, charge, encumbrance, easement or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
     “ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
     “ Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
     “ Net Available Proceeds ” from any Sale Transaction by any Person means cash or readily marketable cash equivalents received (including by way of sale or discounting of a note, installment receivable or other receivable, but excluding any consideration received in the form of assumption of Debt or other obligations by others or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom by such Person, net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability as a consequence of such Sale Transaction, (ii) all payments made by such Person or its Subsidiaries on any Debt that is secured by a Lien on the property or assets so disposed of in accordance with the terms of such Lien or that must, by the terms of such Lien, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Sale Transaction, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Sale Transaction, and (iii) all distributions and other payments made to third parties (other than Subsidiaries of the Person making the distribution or other payment) in respect of minority or joint venture interests as a result of such Sale Transaction.
     “ Notice of Default ” has the meaning provided in Section 6.06.
     “ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation, and delivered to the Trustee.

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     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
     “ outstanding ”, when used with reference to Securities, subject to the provisions of Article 7 means, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
     (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
     (b) Securities; or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent), provided that if such Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed prior to the Maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;
     (c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09 (unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company is presented that any of such Securities is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company); and
     (d) Securities that have been defeased pursuant to Section 12.01.
     “ Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder.
     “ Payment Office ,” when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)

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and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 3.01 and 4.01.
     “ Permitted Receivables Financing ” means any transaction or series of transaction entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells, conveys or otherwise transfers, without recourse (other than customary limited recourse) by the Company or by any Subsidiary of the Company, to any buyer, purchaser or lender interests in accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) or grants a security interest in any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) and any assets related thereto, so long as all cash advances to all such programs from the Person providing such financings does not exceed $400,000,000 at any one time.
     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other similar entity.
     “ Physical Securities ” means Securities issued pursuant to Section 3.01 in exchange for an interest in the Global Security or pursuant to Section 3.08(b) in registered form substantially in the form recited in Section 3.01.
     “ Principal Amount ” means, when used with respect to any Security, the amount of principal of such Security that could then be declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02.
     “ Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
     “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
     “ Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee including any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other 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 because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
     “ Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” of any Person means an arrangement with any lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party providing for the leasing by such Person of any property or assets of such Person

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which has been or is being sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of by such Person more than 270 days after the acquisition thereof or the completion of construction or commencement of operation thereof to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such property or assets. The stated maturity of such arrangement will be deemed to be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such arrangement prior to the first date on which such arrangement may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
     “ Sale Transaction ” means any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the kind referred to in the first sentence of the definition of “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”.
     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “ Security ” or “ Securities ” means any Security or Securities, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
     “ Security Register ” has the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
     “ Stated Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
     “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity as to which more than 50% of the voting power of its outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated, any reference to a Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
     “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally executed, and “ TIA ”, when used in respect of an indenture supplemental hereto, means such Act as in force at the time such indenture supplemental hereto becomes effective.
     “ Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the

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Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
     “ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity as to which 100% of the voting power of its outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated, any reference to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
     Section 1.02 . Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in Term Section
“Covenant Defeasance”
    12.03  
“Full Defeasance”
    12.02  
ARTICLE 2
Security Forms
     Section 2.01 . Forms Generally. The Securities shall be in substantially the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case 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 required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.02 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
     The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

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     Section 2.02 . Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the following form:
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
         
  The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
ARTICLE 3
Issue, Execution, Form and Registration of Securities
     Section 3.01 . Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate Principal Amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
     The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) one or more Board Resolutions, (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.03 and 3.04) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto:
     (a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
     (b) the purchase price, denomination and any limit upon the aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.07, 3.09, 9.05 or 11.02);
     (c) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof, any rights the Company might have to extend the maturity of the Securities of the series and any rights of the holders of the Securities to require payment of the Securities at any time;
     (d) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the

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method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
     (e) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable;
     (f) the place or places where the Securities may be exchanged or transferred;
     (g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option, and, if other than as provided in Section 11.02, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;
     (h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
     (i) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
     (j) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;
     (k) if the payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Securityholder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the

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exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;
     (l) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;
     (m) if other than the Principal Amount thereof, the portion of the Principal Amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
     (n) any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to Securities of the series;
     (o) if either or both of Section 12.02 and Section 12.03 shall be inapplicable to the Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 12.02 and Section 12.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series);
     (p) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
     (q) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 3.06 which shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.07, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; and
     (r) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such series), including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.

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     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by one or more Board Resolutions, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.02-3.05) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
     If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof.
     Section 3.02 . Authentication and Delivery of Securities. Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Securities may be executed on behalf of the Company by any Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and upon delivery to the Trustee of all documents and certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Securities to or upon a Company Order without any further action by the Company.
     Section 3.03 . Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or its President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or a word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of the Company, as the case may be; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security shall be the proper officers of the Company, as the case may be, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such officer.
     Section 3.04 . Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinabove recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized

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signatories, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
     Section 3.05 . Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. (a) The Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof, The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers of the Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee.
     Any of the Securities may be issued with appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, including those required by Section 3.06, or with the rules of any securities market in which the Securities are admitted to trading, or to conform to general usage.
     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date and shall be payable on the dates specified on the face of the Security. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
     (b) If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any such Security of such series shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depositary. The Global Security shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary (or with such other custodian as the Depositary may direct), and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as previously provided. The aggregate Principal Amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. Each such Global Security shall constitute a single security for all purposes under this Indenture.
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with respect to such Security, shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date, with respect to such Security, in which case such defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, shall be paid to the Persons in whose names outstanding Securities are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of such payment) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Company to the Holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date.
     Section 3.06 . Global Security Legend. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO NOMINEES OF THE

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DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.
     Section 3.07 . Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons. The Company will keep at each office or agency (the “ Registrar ”) for each series of Securities a register or registers (the “ Security Register ( s )”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will register, and will register the transfer of, Securities as in this Article provided. Such Security Register or Security Registers shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such Security Register or Security Registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The initial Registrar shall be the Trustee.
     Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at each such office or agency, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the designated transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series, in each case, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount.
     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
     A Holder may transfer a Security only by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company shall treat the Person in whose name the Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal Principal Amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar

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shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements for such transactions set forth herein are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request.
     The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities (other than any such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 3.11, 9.05 or 11.03). No service charge to any Holder shall be made for any such transaction.
     The Company shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series to be redeemed, or (b) any Securities of any series selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Security of any series where public notice has been given that such Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
     All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
     Section 3.08 . Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) Each Global Security initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary or such nominee and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 3.06.
     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
     (b) Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary for such series, its successors or their respective nominees. If at any time the Depositary for the

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Securities of such series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary shall no longer be qualified to serve as the Depositary, the Company shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series of like tenor, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the Principal Amount of the Global Securities or Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
     The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of a series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Securities. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series of like tenor and terms, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the Principal Amount of the Global Security or Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. In addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security, if (i) the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (B) ceases to be qualified to serve as Depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so transferable, registrable and exchangeable, and such transfers shall be registrable, or (iii) an Event of Default of which the Trustee has actual notice has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue such Physical Securities.
     (c) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the another Global Security will, upon such transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains such an interest.
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this Section 3.08, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the Principal Amount of such Global Security in an amount equal to the Principal Amount of the beneficial interest in such Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and amount.
     (e) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal Principal Amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.
     (f) 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 Securities of such series.
     Section 3.09 . Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon the delivery to the Trustee of a Company Order and of all documents and certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Security of the same series bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the Security so apparently destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by each of them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
     Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Company may require the payment 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. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature, or has been called for redemption in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security of the same series, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee

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such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless from all risks, however remote, and, in every case of apparent destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
     Every substitute Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Security is apparently destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, with respect to the holder of a substitute Security, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, or apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
     Section 3.10. Cancellation of Securities. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
     Section 3.11. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Securities of such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities of such series without coupons, of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions

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and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unreasonable delay the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the Company for the purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, and upon delivery to the Trustee of all documents and certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities a like aggregate Principal Amount of definitive Securities of such series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
     Section 3.12. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities of any series may use a “CUSIP” or “ISIN” number (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided that any such notice shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 4
Certain Covenants
     Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest on Securities. The Company, for the benefit of each series of the Securities, will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
     Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain a Payment Office where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby

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initially appoints the Trustee at its office or agency as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
     Section 4.03. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. (a) If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     (b) Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     (c) The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent will agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.03, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent; (ii) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Holders until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (iii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and (iv) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of that Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

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     (d) The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent will be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
     (e) Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and payable will be paid to the Company upon a Company Request (or, if then held by the Company, will be discharged from such trust); and the Holder of such Security will thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 calendar days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
     Section 4.04. Existence. Subject to Article 10, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that the Company will not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof will not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     Section 4.05. Limitation on Liens. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding, neither it nor any Subsidiary will incur any Lien on property or assets owned on or acquired after the date of this Indenture to secure Debt without making, or causing such Subsidiary to make, effective provision for securing the Securities (and, if the Company may so determine, any other Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary that is not subordinated in right or payment to the Securities) (x) equally and ratably with such Debt as to such property or assets for as long as such Debt will be so secured or (y) in the event such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to

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the Securities, prior to such Debt as to such property for as long as such Debt will be so secured.
     The restrictions in the preceding paragraph will not apply to Liens existing on the date of this Indenture or to:
     (a) Liens securing only the Securities;
     (b) Liens in favor of only one or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries securing Debt of the Company to a Subsidiary or of a Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary;
     (c) any Lien on property of a Person existing immediately prior to the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of the Company (provided that such Lien is not incurred in anticipation of such transaction and does not extend beyond the property subject thereto, or secure any Debt that is not secured thereby, immediately prior to such transaction);
     (d) any Lien on property existing immediately prior to the time of acquisition thereof (provided that such Lien is not incurred in anticipation of such acquisition and does not extend beyond the property subject thereto, or secure any Debt that is not secured thereby, immediately prior to such acquisition);
     (e) Liens to secure Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of construction on or improvement of, the property subject to such Liens, provided, however, that (A) the principal amount of any Debt secured by such a Lien does not exceed 100% of such price or cost, (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other property other than such item of property and any improvements on such item and (C) such Lien must be created no later than 12 months after such purchase or the completion of such construction or installation of such improvements;
     (f) any Lien that may be deemed to arise from a Permitted Receivables Financing; and
     (g) Liens to secure Debt incurred to extend, renew, refinance or refund (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, Debt secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing sub-clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) as long as such Lien does not extend to any other property and the Debt so secured is not increased except for increases in the amount of interest, premiums or fees and associated costs payable in connection with such extensions, renewals, refinancings or refunding.

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     In addition to the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, incur a Lien to secure Debt or enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if, after giving effect thereto, the sum of: (i) the amount of all Debt secured by all Liens incurred on or after the date of this Indenture and otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and (ii) the Attributable Value of all Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into on or after the date of this Indenture and otherwise prohibited by this Indenture does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
     Section 4.06. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (except for a period not exceeding 36 months) unless (a) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled to enter into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.05 without equally and ratably securing the Securities; (b) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company applies, within 180 days after the related Sale Transaction, an amount equal to the Net Available Proceeds of such Sale Transaction to the redemption of Securities or other debt of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities in right of payment; or (iii) the transaction is solely between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries but only for a

 
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