EX-4.2






Exhibit 4.2



HUBBELL INCORPORATED,




as Issuer




AND




THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,




as Trustee




 





FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE




Dated as of June 2, 2008




To




INDENTURE




Dated as of September 15, 1995




 






5.95% Senior Notes due 2018




 









 





     FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (as hereinafter defined, the “First Supplemental Indenture”),
dated as of June 2, 2008, between HUBBELL INCORPORATED, a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”),
and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (the
“Trustee”).



     WHEREAS, the Company and Chemical Bank (as predecessor to The Chase Manhattan Bank and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.) (the “Original Trustee”) executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as
of September 15, 1995 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture,
the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company, from time to time, of senior
unsecured debt securities, consisting of debentures, notes, bonds and/or other unsecured evidences
of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more series, as provided in the Indenture;



     WHEREAS, subsequent to the date of the Base Indenture, The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A. acquired the trustee business of the Original Trustee and succeeded the Original Trustee as
the Trustee under the Indenture;



     WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated May 5, 2008,
the Company authorized the creation and issuance of a series of its debt securities under the
Indenture, designated as the “5.95% Senior Notes due 2018” in the initial aggregate principal
amount of $300,000,000 (the “Notes”);



     WHEREAS, Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture provides that, without prior notice to or the
consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may enter into one or more supplemental indentures to establish the
forms or terms of Debt Securities as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture;



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the forms and terms of the Notes in accordance with
Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture;



     WHEREAS, the Company has determined that this First Supplemental Indenture is authorized and
permitted by Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture and has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to that effect and an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 1.02 of the Base Indenture
to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the Trustee’s
execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been complied with;



     WHEREAS, the Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions; and



     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been
performed, and the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized in all respects.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:



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ARTICLE 1




DEFINITIONS




     Section 1.1 Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context requires otherwise:



     (a) a term defined in the Base Indenture and not otherwise defined herein has the same meaning
when used in this First Supplemental Indenture; and



     (b) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(b) and shall have
the meaning set forth below for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base
Indenture as it relates to the Notes created hereby:



     “Additional Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.



     “Business Day” means, with respect to the Notes, any calendar day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York and on which commercial banks are open for business
in New York, New York.



     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets and its subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the
Company or one of its subsidiaries; provided, however, that none of the circumstances in this
clause (a) will be a Change of Control if the persons that beneficially own the Company’s Voting
Stock immediately prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, shares with a majority of
the total voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the surviving or transferee person
that are entitled to vote generally in the election of that person’s board of directors, managers
or trustees immediately after the transaction; (b) the consummation of any transaction (including,
without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into
which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed
beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person’s affiliates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such
beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a
proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under
the Exchange Act; (c) the Company consolidates with, or merge with or into, any person, or any
person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such
other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any
such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock
of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (d) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or (e) the adoption of a
plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct
or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders
of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are
substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting



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Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no
person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding
company. As used in this definition, the term “person” has the meaning specified in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.




     “Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.



     “Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.



     “Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.



     “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event.



     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of
the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.



     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of
four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation.



     “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s
Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were
issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at
the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of
the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director, without objection to such nomination).



     “Corporation” includes any corporation, association, company (including any joint stock
company and limited liability company) and business trust.



     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor Act.



     “Fitch” means Fitch Inc., and its successors.



     “Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) hereof.



     “Interest Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof.



     “Investment Grade” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch,
Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent
Investment Grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by
the Company.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.



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     “Optional Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) hereof.



     “Person” shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture and includes a “person” or
“group” as these terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.



     “Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.



     “Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P and (b) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or
S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within
the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as
certified by a Board Resolution) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them,
as the case may be.



     “Rating Event” means a decrease in the ratings of the Notes below Investment Grade by at least
two of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date that is 60 days prior to the date of the
first public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the
60-day period following the consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended
so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade
by any of the Rating Agencies).



     “Redemption Date” means, with respect to any redemption of the Notes, the date fixed for such
redemption pursuant to the Indenture and the Notes.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their
successors; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall
substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer and (b) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by
the Company in good faith.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.



     “Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the May 15 and
November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.



     “S&P” means, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.



     “Stated Maturity Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.



     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the
semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date.



     “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.



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ARTICLE 2




GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES




     Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount. The Notes may be issued from time to time upon
written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Sections
3.01 and 3.03 of the Base Indenture. There is hereby authorized a series of Debt Securities
designated as the “5.95% Notes due 2018,” initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$300,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Notes pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07 of the Base Indenture).



     Section 2.2 Stated Maturity. The date upon which the Notes due 2018 shall become due and
payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is June 1, 2018 (the
“Stated Maturity Date”).



     Section 2.3 Interest.



     (a) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.95% per annum. The date from which
interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be June 2, 2008. Interest on the Notes shall be payable
semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”),
beginning on December 1, 2008, to the Persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in
Section 2.3(d) hereof.



     (b) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity Date or, if applicable,
any Redemption Date or otherwise at Maturity shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and
including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been
paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of June 2, 2008, if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) to, but excluding, such
Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity Date or, if applicable, Redemption Date or other Maturity,
as the case may be (each, an “Interest Period”).



     (c) The amount of interest payable for any full semi-annual Interest Period shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable
for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Interest Period for which interest is computed shall
be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled Interest
Payment Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a
Business Day (and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such
scheduled Interest Payment Date).



     (d) In the event that the Stated Maturity Date, any Redemption Date or other Maturity falls on
a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any, and
interest may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest
shall accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after the Stated Maturity Date or
any Redemption Date or other Maturity). Interest due on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption
Date or other Maturity (in each case, whether or not an Interest Payment Date) on any of the Notes
shall be paid to the Person to whom principal of the Notes is payable.



     Section 2.4 Place of Payment and Appointment. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes shall be payable, the transfer of the Notes shall be registrable, and the Notes shall be
exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the Company



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maintained for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be the corporate
trust office of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option
of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in
the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person
entitled to payment; and provided, further, the Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on, the Notes in global form registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust
Company or such other U.S. Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time
designate, or its respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such U.S.
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Registered Holder of such Notes in global
form.




     The Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee.



     Section 2.5 Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any time, pursuant to Section
15.01 of the Base Indenture, to have Section 15.02 of the Base Indenture apply to the Notes or any
principal amount thereof.



     Section 2.6 Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in minimum denominations of
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.



     Section 2.7 Global Notes. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of a permanent
Global Note in registered form deposited with The Depository Trust Company or such other U.S.
Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate. Unless and until each
such Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the Global Note may be transferred,
in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be made only to the U.S. Depositary
or a nominee of the U.S. Depositary, or to a successor U.S. Depositary selected or approved by the
Company or to a nominee of such successor U.S. Depositary.



     Section 2.8 Form of the Notes. The form of the Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication to be endorsed thereon shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or
facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution
thereof.



     Section 2.9 No Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.



ARTICLE 3




REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES




     Section 3.1 Optional Redemption by Company.



     (a) Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Notes shall be redeemable in whole or in part,
at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price (the “Optional
Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of:




     (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and




     (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points,
plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date.



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     (b) Notice of any redemption shall be mailed not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.



     (c) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Optional Redemption Price, from and after
the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected by the Trustee by a method that the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.



     Section 3.2 Change of Control Triggering Event.



     (a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its
option to redeem the Notes as described in Section 3.1 hereof, the Company shall be required to
make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes
on the terms set forth in the Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to
offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase
date (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering
Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of
the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed
to Holders of the Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of
Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the repurchase date specified in
the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from
the date on which such notice is mailed (a “Change of Control Payment Date”).



     (b) The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control,
state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.



     (c) On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:




     (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the
applicable Change of Control Offer;




     (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable
Change of Control Offer; and




     (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions of Notes being repurchased.



     (d) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the
times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and the
third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition,
the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of
Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment
of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.



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The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable
in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event.
To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the
Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities
laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the
Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.




ARTICLE 4




CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE




     Section 4.1 Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease. The provisions of Sections
10.01 and 10.02 of the Base Indenture shall apply with respect to the Notes, except that, for
purposes of the Notes, references to “Corporation” and “corporation” in such Sections 10.01 and
10.02 of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to have been replaced by the definition of
“Corporation” as set forth in Section 1.1 of this First Supplemental Indenture.



ARTICLE 5




EVENTS OF DEFAULT




     Section 5.1 Events of Default. The following “Events of Default” shall apply with respect to
the Notes (notwithstanding Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and
restated, and superseded, by the following):




     “Event of Default” means, with respect to the Notes, any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):




     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon the Notes when it becomes due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;




     (2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the
Notes at Maturity;




     (3) [Reserved];




     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the
Company in the Indenture (other than any covenant or warranty a default in whose
performance or whose breach is dealt with elsewhere in this Section 5.1 or any
covenant or warranty which has been included in the Indenture solely for the benefit
of Debt Securities of series other than the Notes), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture;



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     (5) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging
the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;




     (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any
such action; or




     (7) [Reserved].



ARTICLE 6




ADDITIONAL NOTES




     Section 6.1 Additional Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the
Company may from time to time, without the consent of the existing Holders of the Notes, create and
issue additional notes (the “Additional Notes”) ranking equally and ratably with the Notes in all
respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional
Notes or except, in some cases, for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such
Additional Notes). Any such Additional Notes, at the Company’s determination and in accordance
with provisions of the Indenture, shall be consolidated with and form a single series with the
previously outstanding Notes for all purposes of the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of
any Additional Notes shall be unlimited.



ARTICLE 7




SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES




     Section 7.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The following provisions
relating to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section
11.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the
following):




     Without prior notice to or the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and
from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the
Indenture, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:



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     (1) to evidence the succession of another Corporation to the rights of the
Company, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of
the Company, under the Indenture and the Notes;




     (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of all of the
Holders of the Notes appertaining thereto, or to surrender any right or power
conferred by the Indenture upon the Company;




     (3) to add any additional Events of Default;




     (4) to add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as
will be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Notes in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange
for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for
Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of the
Notes in uncertificated form, provided that any such action will not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;




     (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, provided
that any such change or elimination will become effective only when there are no
Notes created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which are
entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental
indenture would apply;




     (6) to secure the Notes or to provide that any of the Company’s obligations
under the Notes or the Indenture will be guaranteed;




     (7) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as will
be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Notes
pursuant to Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture, provided that any such action
will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material
respect;




     (8) to establish the form or terms of additional series of Debt Securities as
permitted by the Indenture;




     (9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the
Indenture by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change
any of the provisions of the Indenture as will be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one
trustee, pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture;




     (10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of the
Indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of the
Indenture, to eliminate any conflict between the terms of the Indenture and the
Notes and the Trust Indenture Act, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Indenture which will not be inconsistent with
any provision of Indenture; provided such other provisions will not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect; or




     (11) to change or modify any of the provisions of the Indenture; provided that
any such changes or modifications will not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Notes in any material respect.



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     Section 7.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. The following provisions relating
to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 11.02 of
the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):




     With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Notes voting separately, by act of such Holders delivered to
the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of the Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Notes under the Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture will, without the consent of each Holder:




     (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest,
if any, on, the Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest
thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency or
Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes
is denominated or payable, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase,
if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date
fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions, if any, for
the Notes, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment
on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after
the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying
agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in the
Indenture;




     (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Notes, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the
Indenture or certain defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their
consequences provided for in the Indenture; or




     (3) modify certain provisions of the Indenture requiring the approval of a
specified percentage of the Holders of the Notes, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of each Holder of the Notes; provided,
however, that this clause (3) will not be deemed to require the consent of any
Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant
changes in the Indenture, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of the Indenture.




     It will not be necessary for any act of Holders under the preceding paragraph
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will
be sufficient if such act will approve the substance thereof.



     Section 7.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. A supplemental indenture which changes or
eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture with respect to the Notes or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of the Notes with respect to such covenant or other provision,
will be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of Holders of other series of Debt
Securities. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of
the Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any other series or which modifies the rights of
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other series with respect to such covenant or other provision, will be deemed not to affect
the rights under the Indenture of Holders of the Notes.




ARTICLE 8




MISCELLANEOUS




     Section 8.1 Confirmation of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental
Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.



     Section 8.2 Responsibility of Recitals, Etc. The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the recitals. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or the
sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.



     Section 8.3 Concerning the Trustee. The Trustee does not assume any duties, responsibility or
liabilities by reason of this First Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the Indenture
and, in carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights,
powers, privileges, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture.



     Section 8.4 Governing Law. This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.



     Section 8.5 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First
Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, or of
the Notes, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such
invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.



     Section 8.6 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.



     Section 8.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required to be a part of and govern
this First Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any
provision of this First Supplemental 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 First Supplemental Indenture, as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.



     Section 8.8 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HUBBELL INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	/s/ James
H. Biggart, Jr.	 
	 	Name:  	James
H. Biggart, Jr. 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President and
Treasurer 	 
	 
	 
	Attest:  /s/ Richard W. Davies              

              Vice President, General

              Counsel and Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch 	 
	 	Name:  	Lawrence M. Kusch 	 
	 	Title:  	Assistant Vice President 	 
	 




 












 





EXHIBIT A



[To be included in Global Notes – THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A U.S. DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH U.S.
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.



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.]




HUBBELL INCORPORATED




5.95% Senior Notes due 2018




	 	 	 
	CUSIP: 443510AE2

	 	 
	ISIN: US443510AE25
	 	 






	 	 	 
	No.

	 	U.S. $






     Hubbell Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Connecticut
(herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered
assigns, the principal sum of            DOLLARS ($          ) on June 1, 2018 and
to pay interest thereon from      , 2008 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 in each
year, beginning on December 1, 2008, at the rate of 5.95% per annum, until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be, as the case may be, the May 15 or
November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or
one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Notes not more than 30 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date,
or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.



     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note shall be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; and provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the



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Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto
as specified in the Security Register; and provided, further, the Company shall pay principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Note in global form registered in the name of or held by
The Depository Trust Company or such other U.S. Depositary as any officer of the Company may from
time to time designate, or its respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such
U.S. Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Registered Holder of this Note in global
form.




     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.



     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.



Dated: June    , 2008




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HUBBELL INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 





Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication



This Note is one of the Debt Securities of a series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



Dated:                             



THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee




	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 






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[Reverse of Note]




     This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities of the Company (herein called
the “Note” or the “Notes,” as the case may be), issued and to be issued in one or more series under
an Indenture, dated as of September 15, 1995 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the
Company and Chemical Bank (as predecessor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as amended and supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 2, 2008 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together
with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Reference is hereby made
to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms
upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered.



     The Notes shall be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and
from time to time at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of:
(1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes Outstanding to be redeemed; and (2) the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to
the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points, plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption
Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date shall
be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in
the Indenture. Notice of any such redemption shall be mailed not less than 30 days and not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed.



     For purposes of the redemption provisions, the following terms are applicable:



     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of
the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.



     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date (a) the average of four
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation.



     “Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their
successors; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in the New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall
substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer and (b) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by
the Company in good faith.



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     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.



     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the
semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date.



     In the event of redemption of the Notes in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed
portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.



     If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem the Notes as described above, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the “Change of
Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth
herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal
to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, on the Note repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase date (the “Change of Control
Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s
option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that
constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of Notes
describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering
Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the repurchase date specified in the applicable
notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date on
which such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) pursuant to the procedures
described in such notice and in conformity with the Indenture.



     The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control,
state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.



     On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: (a)
accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer; (b) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of
Control Offer; and (c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions
of Notes being repurchased.



     The Company shall not be required to make the Change of Control Offer upon the Change of
Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and the third party
repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company
shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control
Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the
Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.



     The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
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extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of
Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and
regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of
Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.




     For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions, the following terms are applicable:



     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets and its subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the
Company or one of its subsidiaries; provided, however, that none of the circumstances in this
clause (a) will be a Change of Control if the persons that beneficially own the Company’s Voting
Stock immediately prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, shares with a majority of
the total voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the surviving or transferee person
that are entitled to vote generally in the election of that person’s board of directors, managers
or trustees immediately after the transaction; (b) the consummation of any transaction (including,
without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into
which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed
beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person’s affiliates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such
beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a
proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the
Exchange Act and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under
the Exchange Act; (c) the Company consolidates with, or merge with or into, any person, or any
person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such
other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any
such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock
of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (d) the first day on which a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or (e) the adoption of a
plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct
or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders
of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are
substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that
transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company
satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. As used in this definition, the term
“person” has the meaning specified in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.



     “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event with respect to the Notes.



     “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s
Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were
issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at
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nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s
proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without
objection to such nomination).




     “Fitch” means Fitch Inc., and its successors.



     “Investment Grade” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch,
Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent
Investment Grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by
the Company.



     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.



     “Person” has the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture and includes a “person” or “group” as
these terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.



     “Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P and (b) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or
S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within
the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as
certified by a Board Resolution) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them,
as the case may be.



     “Rating Event” means a decrease in the ratings of the Notes below Investment Grade by at least
two of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date that is 60 days prior to the date of the
first public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the
60-day period following the consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended
so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade
by any of the Rating Agencies).



     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.



     “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.



     The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.



     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge at any time of (1) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect
to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.



     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal
of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.



     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to
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Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon
the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.




     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall
not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment
of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred in compliance with such request, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holders of the Notes for the enforcement of
any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein.



     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.



     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of the Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of the Notes for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on the Notes are payable, duly endorsed by or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.



     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of
U.S. $2,000 and integral multiple of 
U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.



     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.



     Prior to due presentment of the Notes for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Notes are
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not the Notes be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.



     All capitalized terms used, but not defined, in the Notes shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.




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