INDENTURE DATED AS OF , 200

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EXHIBIT 4.4

FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE

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CRITICAL THERAPEUTICS, INC.,

ISSUER

AND

[___________],

TRUSTEE

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INDENTURE

DATED AS OF [___________], 200[__]

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SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1)

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Section of

Trust Indenture Act Section of

of 1939, as amended Indenture

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310(a)........................................................... 7.09

310(b)........................................................... 7.08

7.10

310(c)........................................................... Inapplicable

311(a)........................................................... 7.13

311(b)........................................................... 7.13

311(c)........................................................... Inapplicable

312(a)........................................................... 5.01

5.02(a)

312(b)........................................................... 5.02(c)

312(c)........................................................... 5.02(c)

313(a)........................................................... 5.04(a)

313(b)........................................................... 5.04(b)

313(c)........................................................... 5.04(a)

5.04(b)

5.04(b)

313(d)........................................................... 5.04(c)

5.03

314(a)........................................................... 13.05(c)

314(b)........................................................... Inapplicable

314(c)........................................................... 13.05

314(d)........................................................... Inapplicable

314(e)........................................................... 13.05

314(f)........................................................... Inapplicable

315(a)........................................................... 7.01(b)

7.02

315(b)........................................................... 5.04(d)

315(c)........................................................... 7.01

315(d)........................................................... 7.01

7.02

315(e)........................................................... 6.07

316(a)........................................................... 6.06

8.04

316(b)........................................................... 6.04

316(c)........................................................... 8.01

317(a)........................................................... 6.02

317(b)........................................................... 4.03

318(a)........................................................... 13.06

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(1) This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and

shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or

provisions.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS(2)

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms..................................... 1

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF

SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities...................... 5

SECTION 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate............. 7

SECTION 2.03 Denominations; Provisions for Payment.................... 7

SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentications............................ 8

SECTION 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.................... 9

SECTION 2.06 Temporary Securities..................................... 10

SECTION 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.......... 11

SECTION 2.08 Cancellation............................................. 11

SECTION 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.................................... 12

SECTION 2.10 Authenticating Agent..................................... 12

SECTION 2.11 Global Securities........................................ 12

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01 Redemption............................................... 14

SECTION 3.02 Notice of Redemption..................................... 14

SECTION 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.................................. 15

SECTION 3.04 Sinking Fund............................................. 15

SECTION 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.... 16

SECTION 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................ 16

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............... 16

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................... 16

SECTION 4.03 Paying Agents............................................ 17

SECTION 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee......... 18

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ARTICLE V

SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of

Securityholders.......................................... 18

SECTION 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With

Securityholders.......................................... 18

SECTION 5.03 Reports by the Company................................... 19

SECTION 5.04 Reports by the Trustee................................... 19

ARTICLE VI

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default........................................ 20

SECTION 6.02 Suits for Enforcement by Trustee......................... 21

SECTION 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected.......................... 23

SECTION 6.04 Limitation on Suits...................................... 23

SECTION 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not

Waiver................................................... 24

SECTION 6.06 Control by Securityholders............................... 24

SECTION 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs................................. 25

ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee........... 25

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee................................ 26

SECTION 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or

Securities............................................... 27

SECTION 7.04 May Hold Securities...................................... 28

SECTION 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust..................................... 28

SECTION 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement........................... 28

SECTION 7.07 Reliance on Officers' Certificate........................ 28

SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.................. 29

SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.................. 29

SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........ 29

SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor................... 30

SECTION 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to

Business................................................. 32

SECTION 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.... 32

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.................... 32

SECTION 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.................... 33

SECTION 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners................................. 33

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SECTION 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.......... 33

SECTION 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders................ 34

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of

Securityholders.......................................... 34

SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.. 35

SECTION 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................ 36

SECTION 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures........... 36

SECTION 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures..................... 36

ARTICLE X

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

SECTION 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc............................. 37

SECTION 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted............................. 37

SECTION 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee............... 38

ARTICLE XI

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................. 38

SECTION 11.02 Discharge of Obligations................................. 38

SECTION 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust..................... 39

SECTION 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.................. 39

SECTION 11.05 Repayment to Company..................................... 39

ARTICLE XII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 12.01 No Recourse.............................................. 40

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns......................... 40

SECTION 13.02 Actions by Successor..................................... 40

SECTION 13.03 Notices.................................................. 40

SECTION 13.04 Governing Law............................................ 41

SECTION 13.05 Compliance Certificates and Opinions..................... 41

SECTION 13.06 Payments on Business Days................................ 41

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SECTION 13.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................ 42

SECTION 13.08 Counterparts............................................. 42

SECTION 13.09 Separability............................................. 42

SECTION 13.10 Assignment............................................... 42

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not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or

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INDENTURE, dated as of [_________], 200[__], between Critical Therapeutics,

Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and [_______], as trustee (the

"Trustee"):

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized

the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of

unsecured debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the "Securities"), in an

unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or

more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without

coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are

to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the

execution of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of

the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the

Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as

follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise

expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of

this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the

respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as

well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in

the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such

Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein

otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise 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 the execution of this instrument.

"Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with respect to all or

any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of

the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state

law for the relief of debtors.

"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any

duly authorized committee of such Board.

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"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.

"Business Day" means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day

other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the Borough

of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or obligated by law,

executive order or regulation to close.

"Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal executive

officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of

the Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section

13.05.

"Company" means Critical Therapeutics, Inc., a corporation duly organized

and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the

provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and assigns.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which, at any

particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,

which office at the date hereof is located at [_______], except that whenever a

provision herein refers to an office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of

Manhattan, The City of New York, such office is located, at the date hereof, at

[_______]

"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, or similar

official under any Bankruptcy Law.

"Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of

time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series, for which the

Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global

Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing

agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or other applicable

statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company

pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.

"Event of Default" means, with respect to Securities of a particular series

any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any,

therein designated.

"Global Security" means, with respect to any series of Securities, a

Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary

or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with the

Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its

nominee.

"Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations

of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and

credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by

and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the

payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit

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obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not

callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also

include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of

the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such

Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any

such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the

holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required

by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount

payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the

custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of

principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such

depositary receipt.

"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.

"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 in accordance with the terms hereof.

"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any installment of

interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such

Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with

respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest

with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the President or a

Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the

Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary

of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms

hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in

Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may

be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee

in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the

statements provided for in Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the

provisions thereof.

"Outstanding," when used with reference to Securities of any series, means,

subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all

Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee

under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee

or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for

cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions

thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental

Obligations 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 and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its

own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of

such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such

redemption shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or provision

satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been

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made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution

for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant

to the terms of Section 2.07.

"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,

joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or

political subdivision thereof.

"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 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or

stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed

or stolen Security.

"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the

President, any Senior Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust

officer, any corporate trust officer 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 or her knowledge of and

familiarity with the particular subject.

"Securities" means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under

this Indenture.

"Securityholder," "holder of Securities," "registered holder" or other

similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular

Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose

in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at

least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned,

directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or

by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general

partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose

outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such

Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more

of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or

any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.

"Trustee" means [_______], and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven,

shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more

than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, "Trustee" shall mean each

such Person. The term "Trustee" as used with respect to a particular series of

the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,

subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 10.01, as in effect at the

date of execution of this instrument.

"Voting Stock," as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests,

participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated)

in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors

(or the equivalent) of such Person, other than

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shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by

reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,

REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated

and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in

one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that

series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the

Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the

initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or

pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or

established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

(1) the title of the Security of the series (which shall distinguish

the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of

that series that 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 that series);

(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the

series is payable and the place(s) of payment;

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear

interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;

(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the

Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of

determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment, and the

record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any

such Interest Payment Dates;

(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the

duration of such extension;

(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which

and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be

redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase

Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions

(including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund

obligations) or at the option of a holder thereof and the

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period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and

conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased,

in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the

certificate of authentication for such series;

(10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000)

or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of

the series shall be issuable;

(11) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which terms

shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any

supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required by or

advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection

with the marketing of Securities of that series;

(12) whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in

such case, the identity of the Depositary for such series;

(13) whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of common

stock or other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms and conditions

upon which such Securities will be so convertible, including the conversion

price and the conversion period;

(14) 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 6.01;

and

(15) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive

covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of the series.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as

to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any

such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the 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 the terms of the series.

Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with

different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is

payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which

rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such interest

may be payable and with different redemption dates.

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SECTION 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee's Certificate.

The Securities of any series and the Trustee's certificate of

authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the

tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or

as provided in a Board Resolution and as set forth in an Officers' Certificate

and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or

designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved

thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the

provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or

with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation

of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to

conform to usage.

SECTION 2.03 Denominations; Provisions for Payment.

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the

denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple

thereof, subject to Section 2.01(10). The Securities of a particular series

shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect

to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of any

series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to

maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of

America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the

office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of

Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Each Security shall be dated the date

of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis

of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually

paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that

series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more

Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular

record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a

particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption

date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment

Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be

paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section

3.03.

Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or

duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same

series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable

to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having

been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at

its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:

(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on

Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (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 such Security and the

date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit

with the Trustee

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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

not be more than 15 nor 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 mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each

Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as

hereinafter defined), 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be

paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective

Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date.

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any

Securities 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.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures

supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant

to Section 2.01 hereof, the term "regular record date" as used in this Section

with respect to a series of Securities with respect to any Interest Payment Date

for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately

preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such

series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment

Date is the first day of a month, or the last day of the month immediately

preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such

series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment

Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business

Day.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a

series delivered under this Indenture upon 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, that were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentications.

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its President,

or one of its Senior Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer, or one of its Assistant

Treasurers, or its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries, under its

corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.

Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company

may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a President or

Senior Vice President thereof, or of any Person who shall have been a Secretary

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Secretary thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities

shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have

ceased to be the President or a Senior Vice President, or the Secretary or an

Assistant Secretary, of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the form

of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or

otherwise reproduced on the Securities. The Securities may contain such

notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or

usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the

Trustee.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized

signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature 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. 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 to the Trustee for authentication, together

with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such

Securities, signed by its President or any Senior Vice President and its

Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the Trustee in accordance with such

written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional

responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the

Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be

fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and

terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this

Indenture.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the

issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's

own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or

otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

SECTION 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at

the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the Borough

of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other Securities of such

series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount,

upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge

in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any

Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee

shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor

the Security or Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the

exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously

outstanding.

(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency

designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of

New York, or such other location designated by the Company a register or

registers (herein referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to

such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the

Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which

at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The

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registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be

appointed as authorized by a Board Resolution (the "Security Registrar").

Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the

Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee

shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the

transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the

Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.

All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of

transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by

the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of

transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly

executed by the registered holder or by such holder's duly authorized attorney

in writing.

(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of

transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption

of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover

any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges

pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any

transfer.

(d) The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, exchange or register

the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of

business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less

than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close

of business on the day of such mailing, nor (2) to register the transfer of or

exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption.

The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security,

subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

SECTION 2.06 Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company

may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary

Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized

denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of

the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such

omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary

Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of

any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee

upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like

effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay

the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series

and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered

in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of

the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and

State of New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency

shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate

principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company

advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be

executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so

exchanged, the temporary Securities of such

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series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive

Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be

destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence)

shall execute, and upon the Company's request, the Trustee (subject as

aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series,

bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution

for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security

so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted

Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity

as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of

destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and

the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of

the applicant's Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may

authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written

request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any

substituted 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 that has matured or is about to mature

shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead

of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same

(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the

applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such

security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them harmless, and, in

case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company

and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the

ownership thereof.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this

Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company

whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found

at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the

benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other

Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be

held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are

exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,

lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) 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 2.08 Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange

or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying

agent, 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 required or permitted by any of the provisions of

this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the

Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In

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such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with

its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.

If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, 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 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall

give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and

the holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim

under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or

provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being

for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities.

SECTION 2.10 Authenticating Agent.

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may

be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the

Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be

authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such

series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and

Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture

and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the

Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of

Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an

Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be

acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital

and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the

laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing

business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under

such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination

by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall

cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign

immediately.

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of

resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and

upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating

Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and

to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any

Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor

Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating

Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with

all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally

named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

SECTION 2.11 Global Securities.

(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the

Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then

the Company shall execute and the

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Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a

Global Security that (1) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount

equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of

such series, (2) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its

nominee, (3) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to

the Depositary's instruction and (4) shall bear a legend substantially to the

following effect: "Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the

Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to

another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee

of such successor Depositary."

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of

a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided

in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or

to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or

to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies

the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such

series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be

registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable

statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not

appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice

or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.11 shall

no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will

execute and, subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver

the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in

authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the

principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such

Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the

Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and

that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities

of such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to Section

2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such

determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of

such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized

denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal

amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global

Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in

definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the

Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive

registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this

Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized

denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or

indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee

shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in

whose names such Securities are so registered.

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01 Redemption.

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and

after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series

pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

SECTION 3.02 Notice of Redemption.

(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all

or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance

with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee

to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series

to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such

redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed

for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they

shall appear upon the Security Register unless a shorter period is specified in

the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein

provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not

the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give

such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for

redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect

the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of

such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities

prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the

terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall

furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with any

such restriction.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption

and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed,

and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be

redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of

Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of

such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be

paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will

cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the

case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice

to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part

shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security

is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall

state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall

state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a

new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the

unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

(b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the

Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in advance of the date

fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the

series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such

other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion

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and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one

thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the

principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the

Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in

writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions

signed on its behalf by its President or any Senior Vice President, instruct the

Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a

particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner

set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its

own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in

which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying

agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to

remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security

Reg