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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 6/30/2005

INDENTURE, Parties: pnc funding corp , jpmorgan chase bank  n.a. , the pnc financial services group  inc.
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Exhibit 4.11

PNC FUNDING CORP, ISSUER

AND

THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., GUARANTOR

AND

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TRUSTEE

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 2005

 

Guaranteed Convertible Senior Debt Securities

 


 

SHOWING REFLECTION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3.10 THROUGH 3.18(a), INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (WHICH PURSUANT TO SECTION 318(C) OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 ARE PART OF AND GOVERN SUCH PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINED THEREIN):

 

 

 

TRUST

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

ACT SECTION

INDENTURE SECTION

Section 3.10 (a)(1)

 

6.09 

(a)(2)

 

6.09 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

(b)

 

6.08, 6.10(a), (b), and (d)

(c)

 

Not Applicable

Section 3.11 (a)

 

6.13 

(b)

 

6.13 

(c)

 

Not Applicable

Section 3.12 (a)

 

7.01, 7.02 

(b)

 

7.02 

Section 3.13(a)

 

7.03 

(b)

 

7.03 

(c)

 

7.03 

(d)

 

7.03 

Section 3.14(a)(1), (2) and (3)

 

7.04 

(a)(4)

 

10.04 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

(c)(1)

 

1.02 

(c)(2)

 

1.02 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(d)

 

Not Applicable

(e)

 

1.02 

Section 3.15(a)

 

6.01 

(b)

 

6.02 

(c)

 

6.01 

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TRUST

 

 

INDENTURE

 

 

ACT SECTION

 

INDENTURE SECTION

(d)

 

 6.01 

(e)

 

 5.14 

Section 3.16(a)(1)(A)

 

 5.02, 5.12 

(a)(1)(B)

 

 5.13 

(a)(2)

 

 Not Applicable

(b)

 

 5.08 

Section 3.17(a)(1)

 

 5.03 

(a)(2)

 

 5.04 

(b)

 

 10.03 

Section 3.18(a)

 

 1.07 

 

NOTE: This table is not a part of the Indenture.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

PREAMBLE

 

 

1

 

Recitals of the Company

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02.

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

8

 

Section 1.03.

 

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

 

 

9

 

Section 1.04.

 

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

 

 

9

 

Section 1.05.

 

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

 

 

11

 

Section 1.06.

 

Notice to Holders; Waiver

 

 

12

 

Section 1.07.

 

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

12

 

Section 1.08.

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

12

 

Section 1.09.

 

Successors and Assigns

 

 

12

 

Section 1.10.

 

Separability Clause

 

 

12

 

Section 1.11.

 

Benefits of Indenture

 

 

13

 

Section 1.12.

 

Governing Law

 

 

13

 

Section 1.13.

 

Legal Holidays

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SECURITY FORMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

 

Forms Generally

 

 

13

 

Section 2.02.

 

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

 

14

 

Section 2.03.

 

Forms of Security

 

 

14

 

Section 2.04.

 

Form of Guarantee

 

 

14

 

Section 2.05.

 

Forms of Legend for Global Securities

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

 

Title and Terms

 

 

15

 

Section 3.02.

 

Denominations

 

 

19

 

Section 3.03.

 

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

 

 

19

 

Section 3.04.

 

Temporary Securities

 

 

20

 

Section 3.05.

 

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

21

 

Section 3.06.

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

 

 

23

 

Section 3.07.

 

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

 

 

23

 

Section 3.08.

 

Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

25

 

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Page

 

Section 3.09.

 

Cancellation

 

 

25

 

Section 3.10.

 

Computation of Interest

 

 

25

 

Section 3.11.

 

Unconditional Guarantee

 

 

26

 

Section 3.12.

 

Execution of Guarantees

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

27

 

Section 4.02.

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

 

Events of Default

 

 

28

 

Section 5.02.

 

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

 

29

 

Section 5.03.

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

 

 

31

 

Section 5.04.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

31

 

Section 5.05.

 

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

 

 

32

 

Section 5.06.

 

Application of Money Collected

 

 

33

 

Section 5.07.

 

Limitation on Suits

 

 

33

 

Section 5.08.

 

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, Interest and to Convert

 

 

34

 

Section 5.09.

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

34

 

Section 5.10.

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

34

 

Section 5.11.

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

34

 

Section 5.12.

 

Control by Holders

 

 

35

 

Section 5.13.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

35

 

Section 5.14.

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

35

 

Section 5.15.

 

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

36

 

Section 6.02.

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

36

 

Section 6.03.

 

Certain Rights of Trustee

 

 

37

 

Section 6.04.

 

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

 

 

38

 

Section 6.05.

 

May Hold Securities

 

 

38

 

Section 6.06.

 

Money Held in Trust

 

 

38

 

Section 6.07.

 

Compensation and Reimbursement

 

 

38

 

Section 6.08.

 

Conflicting Interests

 

 

39

 

Section 6.09.

 

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

 

 

39

 

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Page

 

Section 6.10.

 

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

 

 

40

 

Section 6.11.

 

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

 

 

41

 

Section 6.12.

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

 

 

42

 

Section 6.13.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Guarantor

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

 

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

 

 

42

 

Section 7.02.

 

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

 

 

43

 

Section 7.03.

 

Reports by Trustee

 

 

43

 

Section 7.04.

 

Reports by Company and Guarantor

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

 

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

43

 

Section 8.02.

 

Successor Substituted

 

 

44

 

Section 8.03.

 

Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

44

 

Section 8.04.

 

Successor Corporation Substituted for Guarantor

 

 

45

 

Section 8.05.

 

Company May Consolidated, Etc. With Guarantor Only on Certain Terms

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

 

 

46

 

Section 9.02.

 

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders

 

 

47

 

Section 9.03.

 

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

48

 

Section 9.04.

 

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

48

 

Section 9.05.

 

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

48

 

Section 9.06.

 

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

 

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

49

 

Section 10.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

49

 

Section 10.03.

 

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

 

 

50

 

Section 10.04.

 

Certification of Compliance of the Company and the Guarantor

 

 

51

 

Section 10.05.

 

Existence

 

 

51

 

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Page

 

Section 10.06.

 

Limitation on Sale or Issuance of Voting Shares of Principal Subsidiary Banks

 

 

51

 

Section 10.07.

 

Ownership of the Company

 

 

53

 

Section 10.08.

 

Liens

 

 

53

 

Section 10.09.

 

Waiver of Covenants

 

 

54

 

Section 10.10.

 

Limitation on the Covenant Concerning Sale or Issuance of Voting Shares of Principal Subsidiary Bank

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01.

 

Applicability of Article

 

 

55

 

Section 11.02.

 

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

 

 

55

 

Section 11.03.

 

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

 

 

55

 

Section 11.04.

 

Notice of Redemption

 

 

56

 

Section 11.05.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

57

 

Section 11.06.

 

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

57

 

Section 11.07.

 

Securities Redeemed in Part

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE TWELVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SINKING FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01.

 

Applicability of Article

 

 

58

 

Section 12.02.

 

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

 

 

58

 

Section 12.03.

 

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 13.01.

 

Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

59

 

Section 13.02.

 

Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

59

 

Section 13.03.

 

Covenant Defeasance

 

 

60

 

Section 13.04.

 

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

60

 

Section 13.05.

 

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

62

 

Section 13.06.

 

Reinstatement

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE FOURTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 14.01.

 

Conversion Privilege

 

 

63

 

Section 14.02.

 

Exercise of Conversion Privilege

 

 

63

 

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Page

 

Section 14.03.

 

Fractions of Shares

 

 

64

 

Section 14.04.

 

Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price

 

 

65

 

Section 14.05.

 

Notice of Certain Corporate Action

 

 

65

 

Section 14.06.

 

Guarantor to Reserve Guarantor Common Stock

 

 

66

 

Section 14.07.

 

Taxes on Conversions

 

 

66

 

Section 14.08.

 

Covenant as to Guarantor Common Stock

 

 

66

 

Section 14.09.

 

Cancellation of Converted Securities

 

 

66

 

Section 14.10.

 

Provisions in Case of Consolidation, Merger of Sale of Assets

 

 

67

 

Section 14.11.

 

Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ARTICLE FIFTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 15.01.

 

Exemption from Individual Liability

 

 

68

 


*This table of contents is not part of the Indenture.

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     INDENTURE, dated as of June 30, 2005, among PNC Funding Corp, a Pennsylvania corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term shall include any successors and assigns pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) having its principal office at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term shall include any successors and assigns pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) having its principal executive office at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called 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, convertible debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided;

     WHEREAS, the Guarantor deems it appropriate to guarantee the Securities on the terms hereinafter provided, and to provide therefor, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

     WHEREAS, the Trustee deems it appropriate to serve as Trustee on the terms hereinafter provided, and to provide therefor, the Trustee has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee in accordance with its terms, have been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

 


 

     (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America;

     (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

     (5) 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.

     “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in such city or cities as the Place of Payment.

     “Board of Directors” means, with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or the executive committee of that board or other committee duly authorized to act on behalf of the board with regard to a given matter.

     “Board Resolution” means, with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Associate Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

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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.

     “Capital Stock” means, as to shares of a particular corporation, outstanding shares of stock of any class whether now or hereafter authorized, irrespective of whether such class shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.

     “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

     “Company Request”, “Company Order”, “Guarantor Request” and Guarantor Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company or the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Associate Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Consolidated Banking Assets” means the aggregate of the assets of all Subsidiary Banks (including Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary Banks).

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15 th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.03.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.

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

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

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     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.05 or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).

     “Guarantor Common Stock” means any stock of any class of the Guarantor which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Guarantor and which is not subject to redemption by the Guarantor. However, subject to the provisions of Article Fourteen, shares issuable on conversion of Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Guarantor Common Stock at the date of this instrument or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Guarantor and which are not subject to redemption by the Guarantor; provided that, if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

     “Guarantee” means the Guarantor’s unconditional guarantee of the payment of the Securities as more fully described in Article Three.

     “Guarantor” means the Person named as the “Guarantor” 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 “Guarantor” shall mean such successor corporation.

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

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and 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, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     “Interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

     “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

     “Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

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     “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.

     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(3).

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Associate Secretary, of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, or other counsel and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.

     “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities 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;

(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 13.02; and

(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon

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acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor, or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which 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 Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company , the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company , the Guarantor or of such other obligor.

     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

     “Principal Subsidiary Bank” means each of (i) PNC Bank, National Association (ii) any other Subsidiary Bank the consolidated assets of which constitute 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, (iii) any other Subsidiary Bank designated as a Principal Subsidiary Bank pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, and (iv) any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any Voting Shares, or securities convertible into, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Voting Shares, of any Principal Subsidiary Bank under clause (i), (ii) or (iii), and in the case of clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) their respective successors (whether by consolidation, merger, conversion, transfer of substantially all their assets and business or otherwise) so long as any such successor

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is a Subsidiary Bank (in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) or a Subsidiary (in the case of clause (iv)).

     “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “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, shall mean any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Senior Trust Officer, any Trust Officer or any Assistant Trust Officer employed in the Corporate Trust Office or any other officer or assistant 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 knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to 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 as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

     “Subsidiary” means any corporation a majority of the Voting Shares of which at the time are owned directly or indirectly by the Guarantor or by one or more other Subsidiaries or by the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries.

     “Subsidiary Bank” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa or the Virgin Islands and either (i) accepts deposits that the depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand and engages in the business of making commercial loans or (ii) is a trust company.

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     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

     “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, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

     “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 13.04.

     “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

     “Voting Shares” means, as to shares of a particular corporation, outstanding shares of Capital Stock of any class or classes having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the failure to pay a dividend or other amount or by reason of the occurrence of any other contingency).

SECTION 1.02. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.

     Upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or the Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than annual certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.04) shall include,

     (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

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     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 1.03. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.

     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or the Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

     Any certificate or opinion of any independent registered public accounting firm filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 1.04. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.

     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and the Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in

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favor of the Trustee and the Company and the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     (c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

     (e) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration

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Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

SECTION 1.05. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or

     (2) the Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or the Guarantor addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor.

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SECTION 1.06. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

SECTION 1.07. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required or deemed under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 1.08. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

     The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 1.09. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

     All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and the Guarantor shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 1.10. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

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SECTION 1.11. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 1.12. GOVERNING LAW.

     This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof, except that the rights, immunities, duties and liabilities of the Trustee as a trustee and any right and immunities limiting such liability shall be governed by the laws of the State in which the principal office of the Trustee shall be located.

SECTION 1.13. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

     In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder of Securities has the right to convert its Securities, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or conversion of the Securities need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for conversion.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

SECTION 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY.

     The Guarantees and the Securities of each series and the certificates of authentication on the Securities shall be in substantially the form as shall be established pursuant to this Article and Section 3.01, 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture (and which do not effect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee) or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations made pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantees and Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Guarantees and Securities.

     The definitive Guarantees and Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined

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by the officers executing such Guarantees and Securities as evidenced by their execution of such Guarantees and Securities subject, with respect to the Securities and Guarantees of any series, to the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities of such series are listed.

SECTION 2.02. FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.

     The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

 

 

SECTION 2.03. FORMS OF SECURITY.

     Each Security shall be in a form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Company Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved by or pursuant to a Company Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Company Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been approved, which Company Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security which has been approved by or pursuant thereto, and, if a Company Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers of the Company to approve a form of Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Company Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Company or by the Trustee’s execution of the certificate of authentication appearing thereon.

SECTION 2.04. FORM OF GUARANTEE.

     Each Guarantee shall be in a form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Guarantor Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the execution of a Guarantee in any form approved by or pursuant to a Guarantor Board Resolution, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee the Guarantor Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Guarantee has been approved, which Guarantor Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Guarantee which has been approved by or pursuant thereto, and, if a Guarantor Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers of the Guarantor to approve a form of Guarantee, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of Guarantee attached thereto. Any form of Guarantee approved by or pursuant to a Guarantor Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.

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SECTION 2.05. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.

     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

     “UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES OF THIS SERIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH A TRANSFERROR TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SUCH A TRANSFEREE OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH A TRANSFERROR AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH A TRANSFEREE, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, SUCH A TRANSFERROR, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01. TITLE AND TERMS.

     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Company Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, which shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

     (1) the form of the Securities of the series;

     (2) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

     (3) 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 Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06, 11.07

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or 14.02 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

     (4) the date or dates on which Securities may be issued;

     (5) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;

     (6) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, the manner (if any) of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

     (7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;

     (8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

     (9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

     (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

     (11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

     (12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01;

     (13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of

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or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

     (14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

     (15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

     (16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.05 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

     (17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;

     (18) the price or rate at which shares of Guarantor Common Stock will be delivered upon conversion of the Securities of the series, any circumstances in which such price or rate will be adjusted, the closing price for determining payment in respect of fractional shares, and any addition to or change in article Fourteen with respect to Securities of the series;

     (19) whether payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of such series shall be with or without deduction for taxes, assessments or governmental charges, and with or without reimbursement of taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by holders;

     (20) if the Securities of such series do not bear interest, the applicable date for the purpose of Section 7.01 clause (1);

     (21) if other than as set forth herein, provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the indebtedness represented by the Securities of such series; and

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     (22) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

     The payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest and sinking fund payments, if any, on or relating to the Securities of each series shall be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor.

     The Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying on, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02, with the Officers’ Certificate relating to the issuance of any series of Securities, an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

     (1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Securities;

     (2) all laws and requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company and the Guarantor of the supplemental indenture (or the applicable Board Resolution), if any, have been complied with and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor have corporate power to execute and deliver any such supplemental indenture and have power to execute and deliver any such supplemental indenture (or to adopt the applicable Board Resolution) and have taken all necessary corporate action for those purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect);

     (3) the form and terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

     (4) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and by the Guarantor of the Guarantees endorsed thereon have been complied with and the authentication and delivery of any such Securities by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture, the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and the Guarantor has the corporate power to issue such Guarantees, and such Securities and Guarantees have been duly authorized and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, and, assuming due authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee, such Securities and Guarantees constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable in accordance with their terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect) and entitled to the benefits of this

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Indenture, equally and ratably with all other Guarantees and all other Securities, if any, of such series Outstanding;

     (5) the amount of the Securities Outstanding, including such Securities, does not exceed the amount at the time permitted by law;

     (6) this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and

     (7) the issuance of such Securities will not contravene the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or the Guarantor or result in any violation of any of the terms or the provisions of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company, the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is bound. In addition, the Opinion of Counsel and the Officers’ Certificate will cover such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

SECTION 3.02. DENOMINATIONS.

     The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 3.03. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.

     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by, respectively, its Chairman of the Board, its Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents under its corporate seal, reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or Guarantees may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

     Securities and Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities and Guarantees.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company with Guarantees endorsed thereon executed by the Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon a Company Order and Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel without any further action by the Company or the

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Guarantor (including, but not limited to, the Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel required pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 3.01).

     The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any security under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of vice presidents and/or vice presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the second preceding paragraph above at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and such documentation covers the entire aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 3.04. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.

     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order (together with all applicable Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel), the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series

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at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.

SECTION 3.05. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

     The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series (having guarantees duly endorsed thereon), of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series (having guarantees duly endorsed thereon), of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, 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, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive and the Guarantor shall execute the Guarantees endorsed thereon.

     All Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other

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governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06, 11.07 or 14.02 not involving any transfer.

     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

     The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

     (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     (3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

     (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06, 11.07 or 14.02 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

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SECTION 3.06. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.

     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series with a Guarantee duly endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     If there shall be delivered to the Company , the Guarantor and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series with a Guarantee duly endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, 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.

     Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company guaranteed by the Guarantor, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

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

SECTION 3.07. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.

     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. In the case of a Security issued between a record date and the initial Interest Payment Date relating to such record date, interest for the period beginning on the date of issue

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and ending or such initial Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person to whom such Security shall have been originally issued.

     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

     (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of any series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

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     In the case of any Security which is converted from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.

SECTION 3.08. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 3.09. CANCELLATION.

     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, conversion, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed and certification of their destruction delivered to the Company unless by a Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

SECTION 3.10. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.

     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.

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SECTION 3.11. UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE.

     The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, sinking fund payment, if any, premium, if any, and interest on such Security, net of any taxes required to be withheld, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether by declaration thereof or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture. In case of default by the Company in the payment of any such principal, sinking fund payment, premium or interest, the Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder or under any Guarantee shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any such Security, or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any such Security or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto by the holder of such Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its obligation hereunder or under any Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Security, except by payment in full of the principal thereof and premium, if any, and interest thereon.

     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of any Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of any Guarantee; pr


 
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