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Indenture Dated as of August 24, 2009 Senior Debt Securities

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Title: Indenture Dated as of August 24, 2009 Senior Debt Securities
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/24/2009
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

Indenture Dated as of August 24, 2009 Senior Debt Securities, Parties: watson pharmaceuticals inc , cede & co , watson pharmaceuticals  inc , wells fargo bank  national association
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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

as the Company

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

Indenture

Dated as of August 24, 2009

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

 

 


 

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

 

 

 

 

 

Trust Indenture

 

 

Act Section

 

Indenture Section

 

 

§ 310

(a)(1)

 

609

 

 

(a)(2)

 

609

 

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(b)

 

608

 

 

 

 

610

 

§ 311

(a)

 

613

 

 

(b)

 

613

 

§ 312

(a)

 

701

 

 

 

 

702

 

 

(b)

 

702

 

 

(c)

 

702

 

§ 313

(a)

 

703

 

 

(b)

 

703

 

 

(c)

 

703

 

 

(d)

 

703

 

§ 314

(a)

 

704

 

 

(a)(4)

 

101

 

 

 

 

1004

 

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(c)(1)

 

102

 

 

(c)(2)

 

102

 

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(d)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(e)

 

102

 

§ 315

(a)

 

601

 

 

(b)

 

602

 

 

(c)

 

601

 

 

(d)

 

601

 

 

(e)

 

514

 

§ 316

(a)

 

101

 

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

502

 

 

 

 

512

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

513

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(b)

 

508

 

 

(c)

 

104

 

§ 317

(a)(1)

 

503

 

 

(a)(2)

 

504

 

 

(b)

 

1003

 

§ 318

(a)

 

107

 

note :

 

This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recitals of the Company

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 101. Definitions

 

 

1

 

“Act”

 

 

2

 

“Affiliate”

 

 

2

 

“Agent”

 

 

2

 

“Applicable Procedures”

 

 

2

 

“Authenticating Agent”

 

 

2

 

“Board of Directors”

 

 

2

 

“Board Resolution”

 

 

2

 

“Business Day”

 

 

2

 

“Capital Lease Obligation”

 

 

2

 

“Commission”

 

 

3

 

“Company”

 

 

3

 

“Company Request” or “Company Order”

 

 

3

 

“Consolidated Net Worth”

 

 

3

 

“Corporate Trust Office”

 

 

3

 

“corporation”

 

 

3

 

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

 

3

 

“Defaulted Interest”

 

 

3

 

“Defeasance”

 

 

3

 

“Definitive Security”

 

 

3

 

“Depositary”

 

 

4

 

“Event of Default”

 

 

4

 

“Exchange Act”

 

 

4

 

“Expiration Date”

 

 

4

 

“Funded Debt”

 

 

4

 

“Global Securities”

 

 

4

 

“Global Security Legend”

 

 

4

 

“Hedging Obligations”

 

 

4

 

“Holder”

 

 

4

 

“IFRS”

 

 

4

 

“Indenture”

 

 

5

 

“interest”

 

 

5

 

“Interest Payment Date”

 

 

5

 

“Investment Company Act”

 

 

5

 

 

note:

 

This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

“Lien”

 

 

5

 

“Maturity”

 

 

6

 

“Notice of Default”

 

 

6

 

“Officer”

 

 

6

 

“Officers’ Certificate”

 

 

6

 

“Opinion of Counsel”

 

 

6

 

“Original Issue Discount Security”

 

 

6

 

“Outstanding”

 

 

6

 

“Participant”

 

 

7

 

“Paying Agent”

 

 

7

 

“Person”

 

 

7

 

“Place of Payment”

 

 

7

 

“Predecessor Security”

 

 

8

 

“Redemption Date”

 

 

8

 

“Redemption Price”

 

 

8

 

“Regular Record Date”

 

 

8

 

“Responsible Officer”

 

 

8

 

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction”

 

 

8

 

“Securities”

 

 

8

 

“Securities Act”

 

 

8

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar”

 

 

8

 

“Special Record Date”

 

 

9

 

“Stated Maturity”

 

 

9

 

“Subsidiary”

 

 

9

 

“Trust Indenture Act”

 

 

9

 

“Trustee”

 

 

9

 

“Uniform Commercial Code”

 

 

9

 

“U.S. GAAP”

 

 

9

 

“U.S. Government Obligation”

 

 

9

 

“U.S. Person”

 

 

9

 

“Value”

 

 

10

 

“Vice President”

 

 

10

 

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

10

 

SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

 

 

11

 

SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates

 

 

11

 

SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

 

 

13

 

SECTION 106. Notice to Holders, Waiver

 

 

14

 

SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

14

 

SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

14

 

SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns

 

 

14

 

SECTION 110. Separability Clause

 

 

14

 

SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture

 

 

15

 

SECTION 112. Governing Law

 

 

15

 

SECTION 113. Legal Holidays

 

 

15

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 201. Form and Dating

 

 

16

 

SECTION 202. Execution and Authentication

 

 

17

 

SECTION 203. Transfer and Exchange

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

 

 

22

 

SECTION 302. Intentionally Omitted

 

 

25

 

SECTION 303. Intentionally Omitted

 

 

25

 

SECTION 304. Temporary Securities

 

 

25

 

SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

25

 

SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

 

 

26

 

SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved

 

 

27

 

SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

28

 

SECTION 309. Cancellation

 

 

28

 

SECTION 310. Computation of Interest

 

 

29

 

SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

29

 

SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 501. Events of Default

 

 

31

 

SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

 

32

 

SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

 

 

33

 

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

34

 

SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

 

 

35

 

SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected

 

 

35

 

SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits

 

 

36

 

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

36

 

SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

36

 

SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

37

 

SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

37

 

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Page

 

SECTION 512. Control by Holders

 

 

37

 

SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

37

 

SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

38

 

SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

38

 

SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults

 

 

39

 

SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee

 

 

40

 

SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

 

 

42

 

SECTION 605. May Hold Securities

 

 

42

 

SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust

 

 

42

 

SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement

 

 

42

 

SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests

 

 

43

 

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

 

 

43

 

SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

 

 

44

 

SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

 

 

45

 

SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

 

 

46

 

SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

47

 

SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

 

 

48

 

SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

 

 

49

 

SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee

 

 

49

 

SECTION 704. Reports by Company

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

50

 

SECTION 802. Successor Substituted

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE NINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

 

 

51

 

SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

 

 

52

 

SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

53

 

SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

53

 

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Page

 

SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

54

 

SECTION 906. Notice of Supplemental Indenture; Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

54

 

SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

54

 

SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

 

 

55

 

SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default

 

 

56

 

SECTION 1005. Existence

 

 

56

 

SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties

 

 

56

 

SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

57

 

SECTION 1008. [Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

57

 

SECTION 1009. Calculation of Original Issue Discount

 

 

57

 

SECTION 1010. Limitation on Liens

 

 

57

 

SECTION 1011. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE ELEVEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article

 

 

59

 

SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

 

 

59

 

SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed

 

 

59

 

SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption

 

 

60

 

SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

61

 

SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

61

 

SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE TWELVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article

 

 

62

 

SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

 

 

62

 

SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1301. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

63

 

SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

63

 

SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance

 

 

63

 

SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

64

 

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Page

 

SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

66

 

SECTION 1306. Reinstatement

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1401. Originals

 

 

67

 

SECTION 1402. Indemnification Relating to Transfer and Assignment

 

 

67

 

SECTION 1403. Force Majeure

 

 

67

 

SECTION 1404. U.S.A. Patriot Act

 

 

67

 

SIGNATURES

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A: Form of Security

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          INDENTURE, dated as of August 24, 2009, between WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 311 Bonnie Circle, Corona, CA 92880 and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

Recitals of the Company

          The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series under this Indenture.

          This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

          All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, 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 101. 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 U.S. GAAP, or to the extent that IFRS has been adopted by the Company with respect to its financial statements in lieu of U.S.GAAP, in accordance with IFRS;

 


 

     (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” a “Section” or a Subsection refers to an Article, a Section or a Subsection, 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, Subsection or other subdivision.

          “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

          “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.

          “Agent” means any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

          “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.

          “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

          “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

          “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day”, 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 in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

          “Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or to the extent that IFRS has been adopted by the Company with respect to its financial statements in lieu of U.S. GAAP, in accordance with IFRS.

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          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

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

          “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company 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, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Consolidated Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, the amount of total assets less the amount of total liabilities as shown on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person, as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or to the extent that IFRS has been adopted by the Company with respect to its financial statements in lieu of U.S. GAAP, in accordance with IFRS.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office as of the date of this instrument is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd, 17 th Floor, MAC Code: E2818-176 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Attn: Corporate Trust Department, except that with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange or for service of notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities and this Indenture, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date of this instrument is located at 625 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402 ; Attention: Bondholder Communications, or, in the case of any of such offices, such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company.

          “corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business (including Delaware statutory) trust.

          “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

          “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

          “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

          “Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 203 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Security shall not bear the Global Security

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Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto.

          “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 203.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

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

          “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

          “Funded Debt”means indebtedness of the Company or the indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company owning property maturing by its terms more than one year after its creation and indebtedness classified as long-term debt under U.S. GAAP, or to the extent that IFRS has been adopted by the Company with respect to its financial statements in lieu of U.S. GAAP, under IFRS, and in each case ranking at least pari passu with the Securities.

          “Global Securities” means the Securities, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as appropriate, that bear the Global Security Legend and that have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto, and that are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, issued in accordance with Section 201 or 203 of this Indenture.

          “Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 203(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

          “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

          (a) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements with respect to interest rates;

          (b) commodity swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward contracts and other agreements or arrangements with respect to commodity prices; and

          (c) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements or arrangements with respect to foreign currency exchange rates.

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

          “IFRS” means international financial reporting standards as adopted by the European Union, which are in effect from time to time.

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          “indebtedness”

          means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

          (a) in respect of borrowed money;

          (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

          (c) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

          (d) in respect of Capital Lease Obligations;

          (e) in respect of the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable;

          (f) representing Hedging Obligations;

          In addition, the term ‘indebtedness” includes (x) all indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), provided that the amount of such indebtedness will be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such indebtedness, and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.

          “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 301.

          “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 at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount Security.

          “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.

          “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or

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other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

          “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 501(3).

          “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be an employee of, or outside counsel for, the Company 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 Maturity thereof pursuant to this Indenture.

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

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

(b) 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 , however , 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;

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(c) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and

(d) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 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 acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (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 301, (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 301, 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 or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company 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 of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge are 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 or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

          “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary a Person who has an account with the Depositary.

          “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 of a government or governmental agency.

          “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 301.

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          “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 306 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.

          “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 301.

          “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee within the Corporate Trust Division of the Trustee (or any successor unit or department of the Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 601(3)(B) and Section 602 (for the purposes of Section 315(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), shall also include any officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

          “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of any property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person, excluding (1) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years, (2) leases between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries of the Company, (3) leases of a property executed by the time of, or within 12 months after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation of the property, and (4) arrangements pursuant to any provision of law with an effect similar to the former Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.

          “Securities” means the Securities described in the first recital hereto and issued on the date hereof. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Securities” shall include the Securities initially issued on the date hereof and any other Securities issued after the date hereof 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 305.

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          “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

          “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 (i) a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which at the date of determination of the Company, one or more Subsidiaries or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies, management and affairs of that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

          “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 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 Indenture 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.

          “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction from time to time. Unless otherwise specified, references to the Uniform Commercial Code herein refer to the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

          “U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.

          “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

          “U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

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          “Value” means, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the net present value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the lease remaining on the date as of which the amount is being determined, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease, discounted at the weighted average interest rate on the debt securities of all series (including the yield to maturity on any Original Issue Discount Securities) which are outstanding on the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

          “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company 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”.

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

          Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished and such other 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 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 (other than a certificate pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture 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;

     (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.

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SECTION 103. 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 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 stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, 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.

          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 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

          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 the Outstanding Securities of any series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an 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. 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 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

          The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the

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authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

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

          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 or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

          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 , however , 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 , however , 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 106.

          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 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, 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 , however , 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

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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 106.

     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates 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 , however , 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 106, 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 105. 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 shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its 707 Wilshire Blvd, 17 th Floor, MAC Code: E2818-176 Los Angeles, CA 90017, Corporate Trust Office, Attn: Corporate Trust Department, or

     (2) the Company 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 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.

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SECTION 106. 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 (except notes held in book entry form may be given by electronic transmission). 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 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

          If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act or deemed to be a part of and govern this Indenture, such required or deemed 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 108. 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 109. Successors and Assigns .

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

SECTION 110. 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 111. 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 112. Governing Law .

           THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO SUCH STATUTE). THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES. THIS INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.

           THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE TRUSTEE OR THE COMPANY RELATING THERETO. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS ENTERING INTO THIS INDENTURE.

SECTION 113. Legal Holidays .

          In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security 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) 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; and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, if payment is made on the next succeeding Business Day.

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ARTICLE TWO

Security Forms

SECTION 201. Form and Dating.

          The Securities of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 202 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the Securities shall be issuable only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

          The Definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Securities issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Security Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto). Securities issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Security Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto). Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 203 hereof.

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SECTION 202. Execution and Authentication .

          Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities for the Company, by manual or facsimile signature.

          If an Officer of the Company whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time such Security is authenticated, such Security shall be valid nevertheless.

          A Security shall not be valid or obligatory, or entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein manually executed by the Trustee or an Authentication Agent. The manual signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

          The Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in such order. Such Company Order shall specify the principal amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the number of separate Securities to be authenticated, the registered holder of each Security and delivery instructions. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

          If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or one or more indentures supplemental hereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, 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 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

     (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

     (2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

     (3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of

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general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;

     (4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons and of the supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and any coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;

     (5) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and

     (6) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such Counsel by which the Company is bound.

If such form or terms have been so established, 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 which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

          Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 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 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph 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.

          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 309, 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.

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SECTION 203. Transfer and Exchange.

     (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities . A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Securities. Global Securities shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Securities if:

          (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; or

          (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Securities (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Securities and delivers written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or

          (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default under this Indenture and the Trustee has received a request from the Depositary or any Holder to issue Definitive Securities.

Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing that, upon surrender by the Participants of their interest in such Global Securities, Definitive Securities will be issued to each Person that such Participants and the Depositary identify as being the beneficial owner of the related Securities. Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 hereof. Except as otherwise provided above in this Section 203, every Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 203 or Section 304 or 306 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security. A Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 203(a).

     (b) Legends . The following legend shall appear on the face of all Global Securities issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY), IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON

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UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED PURSUANT TO SECTION 203(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE INDENTURE AND (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

     (c) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

          (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Securities and Definitive Securities upon the Company’s order or at the Security Registrar’s request.

          (ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a Definitive Security for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 304 hereof).

          (iii) The Security Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

          (iv) All Global Securities and Definitive Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Securities or Definitive Securities shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Securities or Definitive Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

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          (v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business on a Business Day 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section 1103 hereof and ending at the close of business on the date of the mailing of notice of such redemption or (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Security between a record date for the payment of interest and the next succeeding interest payment date.

          (vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          (vii) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Securities and Definitive Securities upon original issuance in accordance with the provisions of Section 202 hereof.

     (d) No Obligation of the Trustee .

          (i) None of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Security Registrar may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to deal with any depositary (including the Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the Holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security) as the sole Holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof.

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None of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of any such depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between such depositary and any participant in such depositary or between or among any such depositary, any such participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.

          (ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in the Global Security) other than to make any required delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

ARTICLE THREE

The Securities

SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series .

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

          The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 202, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

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

     (2) 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 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 202, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

     (3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor

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Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

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

     (5) 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 and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

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

     (7) 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;

     (8) 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;

     (9) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

     (10) 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,

     (11) 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 101;

     (12) 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 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);

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     (13) 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 502;

     (14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

     (15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 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 Depositories 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 203 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (ii) of the last paragraph of Section 203(a) 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 502;

     (18) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and

     (19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).

          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 the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 202) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

          If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the

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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.

SECTION 302. Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 303. Intentionally Omitted.

SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.

          Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and, upon receipt of Company Order 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. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.

          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 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 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 shall in all respects be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges under this Indenture as Definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

SECTION 305. 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 agency and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively 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 initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

          Except as otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of such series at the office or agency of the Security Register in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

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          Except as otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, any Security of such series may be exchanged at the option of the Holder, for one or more new Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

          All Securities delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the 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, the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

          Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, 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 governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.

SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

          If any mutilated security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

          If there shall be delivered to the Company 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 or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If the Company becomes aware that any Security replaced pursuant to the foregoing sentence had previously been acquired by a bonafide purchaser, it shall notify the Trustee in writing.

          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.

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          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 mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, 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 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

          Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 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.

          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 and, if applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest, together with the interest thereon, “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

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

SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

          Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 309. Cancellation.

          All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, 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 may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company 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 disposed in accordance with the Trustee’s then customary

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procedures. If requested by the Company, certification of the disposition of all cancelled Securities shall be delivered to the Company.

SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.

          Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 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.

SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers.

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