EX-4.5






EXHIBIT 4.5




INDENTURE




BETWEEN




F.N.B. CORPORATION




AND

        ,




AS TRUSTEE




DATED AS OF            , 20___




SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

(Issuable in Series)





 









 








TABLE OF CONTENTS




ARTICLE 1




DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page
	Section 1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.3 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.4 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.5 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.6 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Corporation
	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.7 Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	15	 
	Section 1.8 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	15	 
	Section 1.9 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	15	 
	Section 1.10 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.11 Separability Clause
	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.12 Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.13 Governing Law
	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.14 Legal Holidays
	 	 	16	 
	Section 1.15 Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations
	 	 	17	 
	Section 1.16 Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY FORMS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1 Forms Generally
	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.3 Global Securities
	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Global Securities
	 	 	21	 
	Section 2.5 Form of Face of Security
	 	 	21	 
	Section 2.6 Form of Reverse of Security
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	 	28	 
	Section 3.2 Denominations
	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.4 Temporary Securities
	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.5 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	35	 






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	Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	36	 
	Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.9 Cancellation
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.10 Computation of Interest
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.2 Application and Trust Money
	 	 	41	 
	Section 4.3 Reinstatement
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1 Events of Default
	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	45	 
	Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	46	 
	Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	 	 	47	 
	Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected
	 	 	47	 
	Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits
	 	 	48	 
	Section 5.8 Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	48	 
	Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	49	 
	Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	49	 
	Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	49	 
	Section 5.12 Control by Holders
	 	 	49	 
	Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	50	 
	Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6

	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE TRUSTEE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	51	 
	Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	52	 
	Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	52	 
	Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	54	 
	Section 6.5 May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee under Other Indentures
	 	 	54	 
	Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust
	 	 	54	 






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	Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	54	 
	Section 6.8 Conflicting Interests
	 	 	55	 
	Section 6.9 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	56	 
	Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	58	 
	Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Successor to Business
	 	 	59	 
	Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation
	 	 	59	 
	Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7

	 
	 	 	 	 
	HOLDERS’ LIST AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1 Corporation to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee
	 	 	62	 
	Section 7.4 Reports by Corporation
	 	 	62	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8

	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1 Corporation May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	63	 
	Section 8.2 Successor Substituted
	 	 	63	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	63	 
	Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
	 	 	65	 
	Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	66	 
	Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	66	 
	Section 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	67	 
	Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	67	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10

	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	67	 
	Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	67	 
	Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust
	 	 	68	 






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	Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	69	 
	Section 10.5 Existence
	 	 	69	 
	Section 10.6 All Securities to be Equally and Ratably Secured
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.7 Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.9 Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	 	70	 
	Section 10.10 Additional Amounts
	 	 	71	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11

	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1 Applicability of Article
	 	 	72	 
	Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	72	 
	Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	 	 	72	 
	Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	73	 
	Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	74	 
	Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	74	 
	Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	75	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12

	 
	 	 	 	 
	SINKING FUNDS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1 Applicability of Article
	 	 	75	 
	Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	 	 	75	 
	Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	 	76	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 13

	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.1 Corporation’s Option to Effect Defeasance of Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	76	 
	Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	76	 
	Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	77	 
	Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	78	 
	Section 13.5 Deposited Money; U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government
Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions
	 	 	80	 
	Section 13.6 Reinstatement
	 	 	80	 







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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET




     This Cross Reference Sheet shows the location in the Indenture of the provisions inserted
pursuant to Sections 3.10 through 3.18, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:



	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 310

	 	(a) (1)
	 	6.9 
	 

	 	(a) (2)
	 	6.9 
	 

	 	(a) (3)
	 	6.9 
	 

	 	(a) (4)
	 	Not Applicable
	 

	 	(a) (5)
	 	6.9 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	6.8, 6.10 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 311

	 	(a)
	 	6.13 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	6.13 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312

	 	(a)
	 	7.1, 7.2 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	7.2 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	7.2 
	Section 313

	 	(a)
	 	7.3 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	7.3 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	7.3 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	7.3 
	Section 314

	 	(a) (1)
	 	7.4 
	 

	 	(a) (2)
	 	7.4 
	 

	 	(a) (3)
	 	7.4 
	 

	 	(a) (4)
	 	1.1, 10.4 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	Not Applicable
	 

	 	(c) (1)
	 	1.3 
	 

	 	(c) (2)
	 	1.3 
	 

	 	(c) (3)
	 	Not Applicable
	 

	 	(d)
	 	Not Applicable
	 

	 	(e)
	 	1.3 
	Section 315

	 	(a)
	 	6.1 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	6.2 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	6.1 
	 

	 	(d)
	 	6.1 
	 

	 	(e)
	 	5.14 
	Section 316

	 	(a)
	 	1.1 
	 

	 	(a) (1) (A)
	 	5.2, 5.12 
	 

	 	(a) (1) (B)
	 	5.13 
	 

	 	(a) (2)
	 	Not Applicable
	 

	 	(b)
	 	5.8 
	 

	 	(c)
	 	1.5 






 









 






	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 317

	 	(a) (1)
	 	5.3 
	 

	 	(a) (2)
	 	5.4 
	 

	 	(b)
	 	10.3 
	Section 318

	 	(a)
	 	1.8 








 




			
	NOTE:	 	This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.






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INDENTURE




     INDENTURE, dated as of                     , between F.N.B. Corporation, a Florida corporation
(the “Corporation”), having its principal office at One F.N.B. Boulevard, Hermitage, Pennsylvania
16148, and                     , as trustee, (the “Trustee”), the office of the Trustee at which at
the date hereof its corporate trust business is principally administered being
                    .



RECITALS




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



     This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.



     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Corporation, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.



     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, each party agrees for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities, or of series thereof, issued under this
Indenture, as follows:



ARTICLE 1




DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION




Section 1.1 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 accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles in
the United States as are generally accepted as of the time when and for the period as to which such
accounting principles are to be applied;



     (3) “Or” is not exclusive;



 









 





     (4) Any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the
case may be, of this Indenture;



     (5) The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and



     (6) Certain terms, used principally in Article 6, are defined in Section 1.2.



     “Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.5.



     “Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts that are required by the express terms of a
Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant
thereto, to be paid by the Corporation with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing to such Holders.



     “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
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.



     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person, which may include the Corporation, authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.



     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in the New York, New York
area, printed in the English language and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or
not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive weekly publications in an
Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided
herein) on the same or different days of the week and in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers.



     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.



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



     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation 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.



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     “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, or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, are authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to close.



     “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 instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.



     “Common Stock” includes any shares of common stock of the Corporation, which has no preference
in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation and which is not subject to redemption by
the Corporation.



     “Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at [ ],
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other office, designated by the Trustee by written
notice to the Corporation, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered.



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



     “Corporation Request” or “Corporation Order” means, respectively, a written request or order
signed in the name of the Corporation by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer,
its President or a Vice President, and by its principal financial officer, its Controller, an
Assistant Controller, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.



     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.



     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.



     “Default” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, any event, act or condition
that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.



     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.



     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.



     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, The Depository Trust Company, New York,



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New York, another clearing agency, or any successor, registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1.



     “Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United
States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.



     “Euro” or “euros” means the currency adopted by those nations participating in the third stage
of the economic and monetary union provisions of the Treaty on European Union, signed at Maastricht
on February 7, 1992.



     “European Economic Area” means the member nations of the European Economic Area pursuant to
the Oporto Agreement on the European Economic Area dated May 2, 1992, as amended.



     “European Union” means the member nations of the European Union established by the Treaty of
European Union, signed at Maastricht on February 2, 1992, which amended the Treaty of Rome
establishing the European Community.



     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.



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



     “Exchange Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2.



     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.5.



     “Foreign Government Obligation” means with respect to Securities of any series which are not
denominated in the currency of the United States (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation
of the government which issued or caused to be issued the currency in which such security is
denominated and for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or, with
respect to Securities of any series which are denominated in euros, a direct obligation of any
member nation of the European Union for the payment of which obligation the full faith and credit
of the respective nation is pledged so long as such nation has a credit rating at least equal to
that of the highest rated member nation of the European Economic Area, or (ii) an obligation of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of a government
specified in clause (i) above the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the such government, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any Foreign
Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of
or interest on any Foreign Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the



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holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
Foreign Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.



     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.4 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1 for such Securities).



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



     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1 ; provided, however, that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees for any one or more
separate series of Securities, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities
for which any such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive,
however, of any provisions or terms that relate solely to other series of Securities for which such
Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of
any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and
delivered after such Person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as such Trustee, was
not a party; provided, further that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by
one or more indentures supplemental hereto which are only applicable to certain series of
Securities, the term “Indenture” for a particular series of Securities shall exclude provisions or
terms which relate solely to other series of Securities.



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



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



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



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     “Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 5.6.



     “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, repurchase at the option of the
Holder, call for redemption or otherwise.



     “Mortgage” means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale
or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.



     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.1(4).



     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the principal financial officer, the
Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Treasurer, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing
an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the principal executive, financial
or accounting officer of the Corporation.



     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be, without limitation,
(a) an employee of the Corporation, or (b) outside counsel designated by the Corporation, rendered,
if applicable, in accordance with Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.



     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.



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



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




          (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Corporation) in trust or
set aside and segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;




          (3) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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




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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 Corporation; provided, however, that
unless otherwise provided with respect to any Securities of any series pursuant to Section 3.1, 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 5.2, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated
Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be
deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section
3.1, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more non-U.S. dollar currencies
or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, 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 Corporation or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Corporation or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or of
such other obligor.




     “Paying Agent” means any Person, which may include the Corporation, authorized by the
Corporation to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any one or more series of Securities on behalf of the Corporation.



     “Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific
terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula
for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the
redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Corporation upon
the issuance of such Securities.



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



     “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, or any Additional



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Amounts with respect to, the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 and 10.2.



     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 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.



     “Preferred Stock” means shares of preferred stock of any class or classes, however designated,
of the Corporation which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, over Common
Stock of the Corporation.



     “Record Date” means any Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.



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



     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means any date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1, or, if not
so specified, the first day of the calendar month of the month of such Interest Payment Date if
such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar month, or the fifteenth day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the first day
of a calendar month, whether or not such day shall be a Business Day.



     “Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 5.6.



     “Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, an officer of the Trustee
in the Corporate Trust Office assigned and duly authorized by the Trustee to administer its
corporate trust matters.



     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.



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



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     “Security Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series issued in global form, the
Trustee for Securities of such series, acting in its capacity as custodian with respect to the
Securities of such series, or any successor entity thereto.



     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
3.5.



     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.



     “Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.



     “Subsidiary” means any Person of which the Corporation at the time owns or controls, directly
or indirectly, more than 50% of the shares of outstanding stock or other equity interests having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors,
managers or trustees, as the case may be, of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the
time stock of any other class or classes or other equity interests of such corporation shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening 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 instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.



     “United States” means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the
District of Columbia) and its “possessions”, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Somoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.



     “United States Alien” means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is
a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of
an estate or trust, or a foreign partnership.



     “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the
United States for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States is



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pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any
U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the
account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of
principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest
evidenced by such depositary receipt.



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



     “Yield to Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security, the
yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face thereof.



Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.




     Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act
terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:



     “Indenture securities” means the Securities.



     “Indenture security holder” means a Holder.



     “Indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.



     “Indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.



     “Obligor” on the indenture securities means the Corporation or any other obligor on the
Securities.



     All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by a
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statue or defined by Commission rule under the Trust
Indenture Act and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.



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Section 1.3 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.




     Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any application or request by
the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under
the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Corporation, or an Opinion of Counsel,
if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and
any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.



     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:



     (1) A statement that each Person 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 Person, such Person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person 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 Person, such condition or covenant
has been complied with.



Section 1.4 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 Corporation 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 or her 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 Corporation stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Corporation unless such counsel knows, or in the



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exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.



     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Corporation or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by
an accountant or firm of accountants employed or retained by the Corporation unless such officer or
counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinions or representations as to such accounting 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 1.5 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 all series or one or more 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 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 Corporation. The Trustee shall promptly deliver
to the Corporation copies of all such instrument or instruments delivered to the Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Corporation, 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 or her the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.



     The ownership, date of holding, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities shall be
proved by the Security Register.



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     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Corporation
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. Any
consent or waiver of the Holder of any Security shall be irrevocable for a period of six months
after the date of execution thereof, but otherwise any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke
the request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or other Act as to his Security or
portion of his Security; provided, however, that such revocation shall be effective only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the Act becomes effective.



     The Corporation 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, vote, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that
the Corporation may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to
in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Corporation 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 canceled 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 Corporation, at its own expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 1.7.



     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided



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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 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 canceled 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 Corporation’s expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date
to be given to the Corporation in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series
in the manner set forth in Section 1.7.



     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 that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.7, 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 1.5, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.



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



Section 1.6 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Corporation.




     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 Corporation shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (or by facsimile transmissions, provided
that oral confirmation of receipt shall have been received) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or



     (2) The Corporation by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and furnished



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by certified mail, return receipt requested, personally delivered or furnished via overnight
courier to the Corporation 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 Corporation, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.



Section 1.7 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, or delivered by hand or overnight courier to each Holder affected by
such event, at its 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. Neither the failure to mail or deliver by hand or overnight courier any notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed or delivered by hand or overnight courier, 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 notice to Holders of Securities by mail, then such notification as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every
purpose hereunder. In any case in which notice to Holders of Securities is given by mail, neither
the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder
of a Security, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Securities.



Section 1.8 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.




     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act or another provision hereof required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act, which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be
excluded, as the case may be.



Section 1.9  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.



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Section 1.10 Successors and Assigns.




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



Section 1.11 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.



Section 1.12 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, any Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent or Security Registrar, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.



Section 1.13 Governing Law.




     THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.



Section 1.14 Legal Holidays.




     Unless otherwise provided with respect to any Security or Securities pursuant to Section 3.1,
in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, or Stated
Maturity or Maturity or other payment date of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has
the right to convert a Security at a particular conversion price shall not be a Business Day at any
Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply
in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or, if applicable
to a particular series of Securities, conversion 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, at the Stated Maturity
or on such last day for conversion, as the case may be.



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Section 1.15 Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.




     No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Corporation in this Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby, shall be had, directly or indirectly, against any incorporator, subscriber to
the shares of beneficial interest (or capital stock or membership interests(as applicable)),
shareholder, stockholder, member, employee, agent, manager, officer, trustee or director, as such,
past, present or future, of the Corporation or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, either directly or through the Corporation or the Trustee or any predecessor or
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations and that no such
personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, any incorporator,
subscriber to the shares of beneficial interest (or capital stock or membership interests (as
applicable)), shareholder, stockholder, member, employee, agent, manager, officer, trustee or
director, as such, of the Corporation or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason
of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either
at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and
claims against, every such incorporator, subscriber to the shares of beneficial interest (or
capital stock or membership interests (as applicable)), shareholder, stockholder, member, employee,
agent, manager, officer, trustee or director, as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness
hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture, any supplemental indenture hereto, any certificate or other writing delivered in
connection herewith, or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the
issuance of such Securities. By accepting a Security, each Holder agrees to the provisions of this
Section 1.15 and waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.



Section 1.16 Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.




     This instrument 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.



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ARTICLE 2




SECURITY FORMS




Section 2.1 Forms Generally.




     The Securities of each series shall be in such form or forms as shall be established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions and set forth in such Board Resolutions, or, to the
extent established pursuant to, rather than set forth in, such Board Resolutions, an Officers’
Certificate detailing such establishment, 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
any applicable law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or any 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 pursuant to a Board Resolution, or, to the
extent established pursuant to, rather than set forth in, such Board Resolutions, an Officers’
Certificate detailing such establishment, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Corporation Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate
or record of such action shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of
Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Board Resolution or Officers’
Certificate.



     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.



Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.




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



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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[Trustee], as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 



Section 2.3 Global Securities.





     If the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a particular
series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global



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Securities, then the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
Section 3.3 and the Corporation Order delivered to the Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver
such Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, (ii) may provide that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
exchanges, (iii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or its nominee, (iv) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to
the Depositary’s instruction and (v) shall bear a legend in accordance with the requirements of the
Depositary.




     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or of Section 3.5, except as contemplated
by the provisions of this Section 2.3 below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit
such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.5,
only to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to the Depositary, or to a
successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or approved by the Corporation, or to a
nominee of such successor Depositary.



     If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security notifies the Corporation that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as the Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time the
Depositary for the Securities for such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Corporation shall appoint a
successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security. If a successor Depositary for such
Global Security is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days after the Corporation receives
such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities of such
series in the form of definitive certificates in exchange for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in the form of definitive certificates of like
tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security in exchange for such Global Security. Such Securities will be issued to and registered in
the name of such Person or Persons as are specified by the Depositary.



     The Corporation may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of
any series issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be
represented by such Global Security or Securities. In any such event the Corporation will execute,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Corporation Request for the authentication and delivery of
Securities in the form of definitive certificates in exchange in whole or in part for such Global
Security, will authenticate and deliver without service charge to each Person specified by the
Depositary Securities in the form of definitive certificates of like tenor and terms in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security representing such
series, or the aggregate principal amount



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of such Global Securities representing such series, in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.



     If specified by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities issued or
issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender
such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities in the form of definitive
certificates of like tenor and terms on such terms as are acceptable to the Corporation and such
Depositary. Thereupon the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, without service charge, (A) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or
Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and any authorized denomination as requested
by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial
interest in the Global Security and (B) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and
terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities
delivered to Holders thereof.



     In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Corporation shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities in the form of definitive
certificates in authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a
Global Security for Securities in the form of definitive certificates, such Global Security shall
be canceled by the Trustee. Except as provided in the immediately preceding subparagraph,
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global
Security, acting pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. Provided that the Corporation and the Trustee have so agreed, the
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names the Securities are so to be
registered.



     Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the principal amount thereof, or any increase
or decrease in such principal amount, or changes in the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement entered
into with, or procedures of, the Depositary with respect to such Global Security or in the
Corporation Order delivered or to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 with respect
thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee
shall deliver and redeliver any such Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by
the Person or Persons specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations or other
arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the Depositary with respect to such Global
Security or in any applicable Corporation Order. If a Corporation Order pursuant to Section 3.3 or
Section 3.4 is so delivered, any instructions by the Corporation with respect to such Global
Security contained therein shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an
Officers’ Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.



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     The Depositary or, if there be one, its nominee, shall be the Holder of a Global Security for
all purposes under this Indenture; and beneficial owners with respect to such Global Security shall
hold their interests pursuant to applicable procedures of such Depositary. The Corporation, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to deal with such Depositary
for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Global
Security and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the beneficial owners of such Global
Security as the sole Holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial
owners thereof (including any direct or indirect participants in such Depositary). None of the
Corporation, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security in or pursuant to any applicable letter of representations
or other arrangement entered into with, or procedures of, the Depositary with respect to such
Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.



Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Global Securities.




     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:


THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART
MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF,
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.




Section 2.5 Form of Face of Security.



[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]




F.N.B. CORPORATION




			
	 	 	 
	No.                     
	 	$                                        






     F.N.B. Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Florida
(herein called the “Corporation”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to



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, or registered assigns, the principal sum of                     
Dollars on [if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert —, and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on      and      in each year, commencing      , at
the rate of      % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment
[if applicable, insert — and at the rate of      % per annum on any overdue principal and
premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the      or
     (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will 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 Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) 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 Securities of this series 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 Securities of this series may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture].




     [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of      % per annum, which shall accrue from the
date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on
any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of       %
per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such
interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]



     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for
that purpose in       , in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert —;
provided, however, that at the option of the Corporation payment of interest may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register].



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



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



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



Dated:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	F.N.B. CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






Attest:




Section 2.6 Form of Reverse of Security.




     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Corporation (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated
as of       , 20       (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Corporation
and            , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security
is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable insert —, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $           ].



     [If applicable, insert — Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time on or before the close of
business on       , or in case this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption,
then in respect of this Security or such portion hereof until and including, but (unless the
Corporation defaults in making the payment due upon redemption) not after, the close of business on
the 10th calendar day before the Redemption Date, to convert this Security (or any portion of the
principal amount hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), at the principal amount
hereof, or of such portion, into fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to each
conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Corporation at a conversion
price per share of Common Stock equal to $          per each share of Common Stock (or at the current
adjusted conversion price if an adjustment has been made as provided in the Indenture) by surrender
of this Security, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank, to the Corporation at
its office or agency in       , accompanied by written notice to the Corporation
that the Holder hereof



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elects to convert this Security, or if less than the entire principal amount hereof is to be
converted, the portion hereof to be converted, and, in case such surrender shall be made during the
period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment
Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion
thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period),
also accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Corporation of an amount equal to the
interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Security then being
converted. Subject to the aforesaid requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after
the Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record
at such Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest (with certain exceptions provided
in the Indenture), no payment or adjustment is to be made on conversion for interest accrued hereon
or for dividends on the Common Stock issued on conversion. No fractions of shares or scrip
representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional
interest the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The conversion
price is subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides
that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which the Corporation is a party or the
transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, the Indenture shall be amended,
without the consent of any Holders of Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will
be convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible as specified above,
only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the
consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which
this Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer
(assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise any rights of election and received per
share the kind and amount received per share by a plurality of non-electing shares).]



     [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert — (1) on       in any year
commencing with the year       and ending with the year 20___      through operation of
the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2)] at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after       , 20___], as a whole or in part,
at the election of the Corporation, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before      ,
___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning       of the years
indicated,



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Redemption	 	 	 	Redemption
	Year	 	Price	 	Year	 	Price
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 





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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to      % of the principal amount, together in the
case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking
fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, 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.]




     [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on            in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year            through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert —
on or after       ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Corporation, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning            of the years indicated,



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Redemption Price	 	Redemption Price For
	 	 	For Redemption	 	Redemption Otherwise
	 	 	Through Operation	 	Than Through Operation
	Year	 	of the Sinking Fund	 	of the Sinking Fund
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 




and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to      % of the principal amount, together in the
case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, 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.]




     [If applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year            and ending with the year
of [if applicable, insert — not less than $             (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or
redeemed by the Corporation otherwise than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking
fund payments [if applicable, insert and Securities surrendered for conversion] may be credited
against subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [if applicable, insert — in the inverse order in which they become due).]



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     [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption or
conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like
tenor for the unredeemed or unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]



     [If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (1)
the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.]



     [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]



     [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest all of the Corporation’s obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]



     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Holders of
the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each
series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Corporation 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
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security 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 Security.



     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
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 the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made



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written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding
a direction inconsistent with such 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 Holder of this Security 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 Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.



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



     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series 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
Corporation or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.



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



     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.



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ARTICLE 3




THE SECURITIES




Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.




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



     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.3, 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 2.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant
to Section 3.3, 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 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 and premium, if any, on any Securities of the
series is payable or the method of determination and/or extension of such date or dates; and the
amount or amounts of such payments of principal and premium, if any, or the method of determination
thereof;



     (5) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), at which any Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect
to such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and, if other that as set
forth in Section 1.1, the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date (or the method for determining the dates and rates);



     (6) Whether any of such Securities will be subject to certain optional interest rate reset
provisions;



     (7) The place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities of the series shall be payable, where the
Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and



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where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of such
series and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail
or other means;



     (8) (a) The period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or
currencies (including currency units) 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 Corporation, (b) if other than as
provided in Section 11.3, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less
than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption and (c) if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Corporation to redeem the
Securities shall be evidenced;



     (9) The obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, purchase or repay any Securities of
the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or upon the happening
of a specified event 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, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation and any
provisions for the remarketing of such Securities;



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



     (11) If other than the Trustee, the identity of the Securities Registrar and/or the Paying
Agent;



     (12) If the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on or other payments, if any, on
any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
(which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on the price of one or more
commodities, derivatives or securities; one or more securities, derivatives or commodities exchange
indices or other indices; a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than
that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable; or any
other variable or the relationship between any variables or combination of variables), the index,
formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;



     (13) If other than the currency of the United States, the currency, currencies or currency
units (including composite currencies) in which the principal of or any premium or interest on, or
any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Securities of the series shall be payable and the
manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States for any purpose,
including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.1;



     (14) If the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect
to, any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Corporation



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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);



     (15) If other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;



     (16) 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);



     (17) If applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall
be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 or both such Sections, or any other
defeasance provisions applicable to any Securities of the series, and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Corporation to defease such Securities shall be
evidenced;



     (18) The terms, if any, upon which Securities of the series may be convertible into or
exchanged for other Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, other debt securities, warrants to
purchase any of the foregoing, or other securities of any kind of the Corporation or any other
obligor or any other property, and the terms and conditions upon which the conversion or exchange
shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or
exchange period, and any other additional provisions;



     (19) If applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4;



     (20) Any deletions, modifications of or additions to the definitions set forth in Section 1.1,
the Events of Default which apply to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of
the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due
and payable pursuant to Section 5.2;



     (21) Any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which
applies to Securities of the series;



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     (22) Any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, Security Registrars or such other agents
necessary in connection with the issuance of the Securities of such series, including, without
limitation, exchange rate agents and calculation agents;



     (23) If applicable, the terms of any Mortgage that will be provided for a series of
Securities, including any provisions regarding the circumstances under which collateral may be
released or substituted;



     (24) If applicable, the terms of any guaranties for the Securities, including the terms of any
subordination of such guaranties, and any circumstances under which there may be additional
obligors on the Securities;



     (25) Provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series
upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;



     (26) Whether Securities of the series shall be issuable in registered form or bearer form
(registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons), or both,
and any restrictions applicable to the offering, sale or delivery of bearer securities and the
terms upon which bearer Securities of a series may be exchanged for registered Securities of the
same series and vice versa;



     (27) The forms of the Securities of the series;



     (28) Any terms which may be related to warrants, options or other rights to purchase and sell
securities issued by the Corporation in connection with, or for the purchase of, Securities of such
series, including whether and under what circumstances the Securities of any series may be used
toward the exercise price of any such warrants, options or other rights;



     (29) If the Securities of the series will be governed by, and the extent to which such
Securities will be governed by, any law other than the laws of the state of New York;



     (30) Any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1(5)).



     All Securities of any one series need not be identical but may vary as may be provided in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same
time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders,
for issuances of additional Securities of such series.



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Section 3.2 Denominations.




     Except as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Securities of each series shall be
issuable only in registered form without coupons. The Securities of such series shall be issuable
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, any
Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations that are the equivalent, as determined by the Corporation by reference to the noon
buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency (“Exchange Rate”), as
such rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the
applicable issue date for such Securities, of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.



Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.




     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Chairman of the Board,
its Chief Executive Officer, its principal financial officer, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, and attested by its Treasurer, its Secretary or one of its Assistant Treasurers or
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.



     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Corporation may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Corporation to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with
such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or
electronic instructions from the Corporation or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in
writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Corporation Order
delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such
series. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a
Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate. If the form or
terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions or any other method permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
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entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, a
copy of such Board Resolution, the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series and
an Opinion of Counsel, with such Opinion of Counsel stating:



     (1) If the form or terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution or any other method permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, that such form or terms have
been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering will be, established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and



     (2) That such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Corporation in the manner and subject to any conditions, exceptions and qualifications specified in
such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforcement is subject to the effect of
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).



     Such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the enforceability of Section 6.7 or as
to whether a court in the United States would render a money judgment in a currency other than that
of the United States. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not
be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the
Corporation 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 that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall have the
right to decline to authenticate such Securities if, in the written opinion of counsel to the
Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee), such action may not lawfully be taken or
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of trustees or trustees, executive committee or a trust
committee of directors, trustees or vice presidents shall determine that such action would expose
the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any Securities then outstanding.



     With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely,
as to the authorization by the Corporation of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof
and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel
and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as applicable,
in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.



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     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual
signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall deliver such Security to the Trustee
for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9 , 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.



     The Corporation in issuing Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and
if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience
to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Securities, that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any
such redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect or omission of such CUSIP numbers.
The Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in CUSIP numbers known to an Officer
of the Corporation. Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any
defect in the CUSIP number that appears on any Security, check, advice of payment or redemption
notice, and any such document may contain a statement to the effect that CUSIP numbers have been
assigned by an independent service for convenience of reference and that neither the Corporation
nor the Trustee shall be liable for any inaccuracy in such numbers.



Section 3.4 Temporary Securities.




     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Corporation may execute,
and upon Corporation 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. All or any portion of the temporary Securities of a series may be Global Securities.



     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Corporation will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. Except in the case of
temporary Securities that are Global Securities, each of which shall be exchanged in accordance
with the provisions thereof, after the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series
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agency of the Corporation 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
Corporation 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 benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series and tenor, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.



Section 3.5 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.




     The Corporation shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any
office or agency to be maintained by the Corporation in accordance with Section 9.2 in a Place of
Payment or in such other place or medium as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1 a register for
each series of Securities (each register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation
shall provide for the registration of Securities of such series and of transfers of Securities of
such series. Unless otherwise contemplated by Section 3.1, the Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities, and for
the purpose of maintaining the Security Register in respect thereof, as herein provided.



     Except as set forth in Section 2.3 or as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1, upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the
Corporation in a Place of Payment for that series, the Corporation shall execute and deliver a
Corporation Order requesting the Trustee to authenticate and deliver, 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 any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.



     Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, at the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series (other than Global Securities) may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency, and upon payment, if the
Corporation shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.



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



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



     Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, no service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Corporation 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, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7
not involving any transfer.



     Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, if the Securities of any series (or
of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in whole or in part, the Corporation shall
not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series
(or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such
Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the
day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.



     Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Corporation shall not be
required to register the transfer or exchange of Securities between a Record Date and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date.



Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.




     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Corporation shall execute and
deliver a Corporation Order requesting the Trustee to authenticate and deliver, 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 Corporation 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 Corporation or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and upon the Corporation’s request 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.



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



     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, the Corporation 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 3.6 in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Corporation, 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 3.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.



Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.




     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 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 at the office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 9.2;
provided, however, that at the option of the Corporation, interest on any series of Registered
Securities that bear interest may be paid (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as it shall appear on the Security Register of such series (unless, with respect to a
Global Security, the rules of the Depositary require payment of such amount by wire transfer) or
(ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register of such series.



     Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on any Security of any
series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may
be paid by the Corporation, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:



     (1) The Corporation 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
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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 Corporation
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation of such Special Record Date
and, in the name and at the expense of the Corporation, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of
Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.7, not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of
the Corporation, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper,
but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of 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 Corporation 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 Corporation 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 3.7, 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 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners.




     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the
Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest and any Additional Amounts
or other payments on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
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Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.



     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, none of the Corporation, the
Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Global Security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global
Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation or the Trustee, or any agent of the
Corporation or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such
Global Security or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such
Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such
Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.



Section 3.9 Cancellation.




     The Corporation may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Corporation 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 Corporation
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee.
The Security Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. On request
of the Corporation at the time of surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Corporation canceled
Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request, all canceled Securities held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s customary procedures.



Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.




     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.



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ARTICLE 4




SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE




Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.




     This Indenture shall upon Corporation Request cease to be of further effect with respect to
Securities of or within any series (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer
or exchange of such Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have been lost, stolen
or mutilated as herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to such Securities, when:



     (1) Either:



          (A) All such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Trustee or the Corporation and thereafter repaid to the
Corporation or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or




          (B) All such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation




          (i) have become due and payable, or




          (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or




          (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Corporation, and the Corporation, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest and any
Additional Amounts to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;




     (2) The Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Corporation with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series;



     (3) The Corporation has complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to Section 3.1
to be applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series; and



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     (4) The Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such Securities have been complied with.



     If any Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated
Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any
mandatory sinking fund requirement, the trust agreement evidencing the trust referred to in
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section 4.1 shall provide therefore and the Corporation shall
make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation.



     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Corporation to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section 4.1, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2
and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.



Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money.




     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest or
Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.



Section 4.3 Reinstatement.




     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with respect to Securities of any series in accordance with Section 4.1 by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Corporation’s obligations
under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and the Securities of such
series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.1
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 4.1 ; provided, however, that if the Corporation
has made any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to, any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Corporation
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from
the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.



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ARTICLE 5




REMEDIES




Section 5.1 Events of Default.




     “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
occasioned by the subordination provisions applicable to any Securities or be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless it is
either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture, Officers’ Certificate establishing such series, or form of
Security for such series:



     (1) Default in the payment of any interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Corporation with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or



     (2) Default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series
at its Maturity; or



     (3) Default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a
Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or



     (4) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Corporation in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section 5.1 specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), 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 Corporation by the Trustee or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or



     (5) The entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or
order adjudging the Corporation a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Corporation
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custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of
the Corporation 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 for relief or any such
other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or



     (6) The commencement by the Corporation of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case
or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to
the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by
it, of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of
or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Corporation or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it
of an assignment for the benefit of 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 Corporation
in furtherance of any such action; or



     (7) Any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate establishing that series.



     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1, if the principal of, premium (if
any) or any interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security is payable in a
currency or currencies (including a composite currency) other than Dollars and such currency or
currencies are not available to the Corporation for making payment thereof due to the imposition of
exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Corporation (a “Conversion
Event”), the Corporation will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities
by making such payment in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable
in such other currency, as determined by the Corporation by reference to the Exchange Rate, as such
Exchange Rate is certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date
of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently
available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1, any payment
made under such circumstances in Dollars where the required payment is in a currency other than
Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.



     Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Corporation shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee, promptly
after receipt of such notice, shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 1.7 to
the Holders of such series. Promptly after the making of any payment in Dollars as a result of a
Conversion Event with respect to the Securities of any series, the Corporation shall give notice in
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series, setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate and describing the calculation of such payments.




Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.




     Unless the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate establishing such
series provides otherwise, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs
and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of
all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) and premium, if any, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such
declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and premium, if any, together with accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto, shall
become immediately due and payable. Unless the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers’ Certificate establishing such series provides otherwise, if an Event of Default specified
in Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) and premium, if any, together with accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto, shall
automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder, become immediately due and payable.



     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article 5 provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Corporation and the Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:



     (1) The Corporation has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:



          (A) All overdue interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, all Securities of
that series (or of all series, as the case may be),




          (B) The principal of or premium (if any) on any Securities of that series (or of all series,
as the case may be) which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity),




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          (C) To the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest and
any Additional Amounts at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity), and




          (D) All sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder, the compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances due to Trustee under Section 6.7, and all other amounts due under
Section 6.7;




     (2) All Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series, as the
case may be), other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series (or of all
series, as the case may be) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13; and



     (3) The rescission would not conflict with any final judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction.



     No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.



Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.




     The Corporation covenants that if:



     (1) Default is made in the payment of any interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect
to, any Security of any series when such interest or Additional Amounts shall become due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or



     (2) Default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof, the Corporation will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
for principal and any premium and interest on, and Additional Amounts with respect to, and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest or Additional Amounts, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities (or in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the
Securities’ Yield to Maturity), and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and all other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 6.7.



     If the Corporation fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection
of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Corporation or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the



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manner provided by law out of the property of the Corporation or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.




     In addition, if any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed, in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust, to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.



Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.




     In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Corporation or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Corporation or of such
other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal (or lesser
amount in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) of the Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Corporation for the payment of overdue principal of, premium (if
any), interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:



     (1) To file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or lesser amount in the case
of Original Issue Discount Securities) (and premium, if any) and interest and any Additional
Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as
may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and



     (2) To collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.



     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
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thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other
similar committee.




Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.




     All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding may be instituted by the Trustee in its
own name as trustee of an express trust.



Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected.




     Subject to the subordination provisions applicable to any series of Securities, any money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied and paid in the following order,
at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the
Securities, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:



     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7 in connection with such
series of Securities in respect of which money or other property is collected;



     SECOND: Subject to the terms of any subordination entered into as contemplated by Section 3.1,
to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium, if any, and
interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium, if
any, interest on and Additional Amounts, respectively; and



     THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Corporation or any other Person or Persons entitled
thereto.



     To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose of obtaining judgment
against the Corporation in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the
Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be
rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day in The City of New York next
preceding that on which final judgment is given. Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall be
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from any windfall in payments to Holders of Securities under this Section 5.6 caused by a
change in exchange rates between the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as
above and the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make
payments under this Section 5.6 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such judgment shall
discharge all amounts owed by the Corporation on the claim or claims underlying such judgment.




Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits.




     Subject to Section 5.8, no Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:



     (1) An Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing
Event of Default;



     (2) The Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;



     (3) Such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;



     (4) The Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and



     (5) No direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series (or of all series, as the case may be).



     No one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of
such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.



Section 5.8 Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.




     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Security
to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on, or
any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the



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Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment after the
respective due dates, shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.




Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.




     If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.



Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.




     Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.7 or with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.



Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.




     No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.



Section 5.12 Control by Holders.




     With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in clause (1),
(2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 5.1, and with respect to all Securities the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
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under an Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1, provided that in each
such case.




     (1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee,
being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would
conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer,
determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in personal liability or be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, and



     (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.



Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.




     Subject to Section 5.8 and Section 9.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default described in clause (1),
(2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 5.1 hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, and
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities waive any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1
hereunder and its consequences, except a default:



     (1) In the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to, any Security as and when the same shall become due and payable by the
terms thereof, otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured as provided
herein), or



     (2) In respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 9 cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.



     Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.



Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.




     All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the
costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the
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the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Corporation,
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any
series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).




ARTICLE 6




THE TRUSTEE




Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.




     (1) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent individual would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.



     (2) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:



          (A) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee.




          (B) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’
Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel
which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).




     (3) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or bad faith, except that:



          (A) This paragraph does not limit the effect of clause (2) of this Section 6.1.




          (B) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.




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          (C) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to
be taken by it with respect to Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series.




     (4) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section 6.1.



     (5) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of Holder or Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holder or Holders shall have offered and, if requested, provided to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.



     (6) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.



     (7) The Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and any Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to
the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of
this Section 6.1 with respect to the Trustee.



Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults.




     If a default occurs hereunder and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series and
it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give the Holders of
Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, however, that except in the case of a default in the payment of principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Securities
of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of Securities of such
series.



Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee.




     Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:



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     (1) In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;



     (2) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Corporation,
personally or by agent or attorney;



     (3) Any request or direction of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Corporation Request or Corporation Order (unless other evidence is specifically
required herein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;



     (4) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed), in the absence of bad faith on
its part, is entitled to and may rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;



     (5) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;



     (6) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder.



     (7) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written
notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Corporation
or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and



     (8) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture.



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Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.




     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and neither the Trustee nor
any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.



Section 6.5 May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee under Other Indentures.




     The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Corporation, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee
of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Corporation with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.



     Subject to the limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, nothing in this Indenture shall
prohibit the Trustee from becoming and acting as trustee under other indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest of participation in other securities, of the Corporation
are outstanding in the same manner as if it were not Trustee hereunder.



Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust.




     Subject to the provisions of Sections 10.3 and 13.5, all moneys received by the Trustee shall,
until used or applied, as provided herein, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were
received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Corporation. So long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such
moneys shall be paid by the Corporation from time to time upon a Corporation Order.



Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement.




     The Corporation shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation for
its services as the Corporation and the Trustee may agree in writing from time to time. The
Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Corporation shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred by it in connection with the performance of its
duties under this Indenture, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
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faith. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s
agents and counsel.




     The Corporation shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses, and including
taxes other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee),
including without limitation the costs and expenses of defending itself against any third-party
claim (whether asserted by any Holder or any other Person (other than the Corporation to the extent
of any claim brought by it against the Trustee that establishes a breach by the Trustee in the
observance or performance of its duties under this Indenture)), incurred by it without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith arising out of or in connection with its acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the performance of its duties or the
exercise of its powers hereunder. With respect to any such claim other than a claim brought by the
Corporation, (i) the Trustee shall notify the Corporation promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity, (ii) the Corporation may at its option defend the claim, in which event the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense and the Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Corporation
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel and (iii) the Corporation need not pay
for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the
Trustee.



     To secure the Corporation’s payment obligations in this Section 6.7, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities of any series on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to, particular Securities of that series.



     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.



     The provisions of this Section 6.7 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee or the discharge of the Corporation’s obligations under this
Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.



Section 6.8 Conflicting Interests.




     If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the
extent and in the manner and with the effect provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series or any other indenture.



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Section 6.9 Eligibility; Disqualification.




     There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series (which need not be the same Trustee for all series). A Trustee may be
Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has (or if the Trustee is a member
of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state (or the District
of Columbia) authority. If any such Person or bank holding company publishes reports of condition
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.9 and to the extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person or bank holding company shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.9, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 6.



     The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Sections
310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5) of the Trust Indenture Act.



Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.




     No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.



     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Corporation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the
Corporation any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.



     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Corporation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the removed Trustee within
30 days after the receipt of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee may petition at the
expense of the Corporation any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.



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     (1) The Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor by the
Corporation or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
or



     (2) The Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Holder, or



     (3) The Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Corporation by a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.



     If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Corporation by a Board Resolution shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and such successor Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series delivered to the Corporation and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Corporation. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been
so appointed by the Corporation or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 6.11, the retiring Trustee may petition, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may petition, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.



     The Corporation shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 1.7. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.



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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.




     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation
and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Corporation or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring
to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder.



     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Corporation, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to,
and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested
in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee
of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered
by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but,
on request of the Corporation or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates.



     Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all
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all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as
the case may be.




     No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article 6.



Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.




     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to or acquiring all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of the trust created
by this Indenture), shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities
shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by
merger, conversion or consolidation to, or by succession to or acquisition of all or substantially
all of the corporate trust business of, such successor Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.



Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation.




     If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Corporation (or any other obligor
upon the Securities) as provided in the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Corporation
(or any such other obligor).



Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.




     The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Corporation and, except as other specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, shall at all times be a
bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating



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Agent, having (or if the Authenticating Agent is a member of a bank holding company system,
its bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the District of Columbia) authority.
If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 6.14, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6.14, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in this Section 6.14.




     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to or acquiring the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section
6.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent.



     An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee for such series and to the Corporation. The Trustee for any series
of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Corporation. Upon receiving such a notice
of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series
may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Corporation and shall
give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.7 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section 6.14.



     The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 6.14, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7.



     If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 6.14,
the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:



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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[TRUSTEE], as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	As Authenticating Agent 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 


Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6.14 to the contrary, if at any time any
Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder with respect to any series of Securities shall not also be
acting as the Security Registrar hereunder with respect to any series of Securities, then, in
addition to all other duties of an Authenticating Agent hereunder, such Authenticating Agent shall
also be obligated: (i) to furnish to the Security Registrar promptly all information necessary to
enable the Security Registrar to maintain at all times an accurate and current Security Register;
and (ii) prior to authenticating any Security denominated in a foreign currency, to ascertain from
the Corporation the units of such foreign currency that are required to be determined by the
Corporation pursuant to Section 3.2.




ARTICLE 7




HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND CORPORATION




Section 7.1 Corporation to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.





     The Corporation will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:



     (1) Not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each respective series of
Securities, or if there is no Regular Record Date for such series of Securities, semi-annually on
January 1 and July 1, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such date, as the case may be, and



     (2) At such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Corporation of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that no such list need be
furnished by the Corporation to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as Security Registrar.



Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.




     The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its



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capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.




     The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.



     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Corporation and
the Trustee that neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be
held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders
made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.



Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee.




     The Trustee shall transmit to Holders and any other required Persons such reports concerning
the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.



     As promptly as practicable after each January 1 beginning with the January 1 following the
date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to March 1 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to
each Holder a brief report dated as of December 31 of the prior year if and to the extent required
by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.



     A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Corporation. The Corporation will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any
stock exchange.



Section 7.4 Reports by Corporation.




     The Corporation shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders and
any other required Persons within 30 days after the filing with the Trustee, such information,
documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act; provided
that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 30 days after the
same is so required to be filed with the Commission.



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ARTICLE 8




CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE




Section 8.1 Corporation May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.




     The Corporation may not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, in a transaction
in which it is not the surviving Person, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, unless (i) the surviving or transferee Person
is organized and existing under the laws of the United States or a State thereof or the District of
Columbia and such Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the
Corporation under the Securities and under this Indenture, (ii) immediately thereafter, giving
effect to such merger or consolidation, or such sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) the Corporation shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that
such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with
this Article 8 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.



Section 8.2 Successor Substituted.




     Upon any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger of the Corporation into, any other
Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Corporation in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Corporation is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer
or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Corporation under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been
named as the Corporation herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor
Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.



ARTICLE 9




SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES




Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.




     Without the consent of any Holders, the Corporation, 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 hereto for any of the following purposes:



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     (1) To evidence the succession of another Person to the Corporation, or successive
successions, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the
Corporation herein and in the Securities in compliance with Article 8 ; or



     (2) To add to the covenants of the Corporation for the benefit of the Holders of any one or
more series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series
of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of
such series), to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee
or otherwise secure any series of the Securities, including provisions regarding the circumstances
under which collateral may be released or substituted, to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Corporation or to comply with any requirement of the Commission or otherwise in
connection with the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act; or



     (3) To add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of any one or more
series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series); or



     (4) To add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in global form or uncertificated form; or



     (5) To add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one
or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall
neither (i) apply to any Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision, or (ii) modify the rights of
any Holder of any Outstanding Security with respect to such provision, or (B) shall become
effective when there is no Security then Outstanding; or



     (6) To add or provide for a guaranty or guarantees of the Securities or additional obligors on
the Securities; or



     (7) To establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1
and 3.1; or



     (8) To evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11 ; or



     (9) To correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with
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any mistake, or to conform to any prospectus pursuant to which Securities of any series were
offered; or




     (10) To make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of Securities
of any series; or



     (11) To make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.



Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.




     With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (acting as one class), by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee, the Corporation, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby:



     (1) Change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of principal of, or the
date fixed for payment of interest on or any sinking fund payment with respect to, any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the
Corporation to pay Additional Amounts (except as contemplated by Section 8.1 and permitted by
clause (1) of Section 9.1), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which any Security or any premium or
interest thereon or Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or modify the provisions of this
Indenture with respect to the subordination of a Security in a manner adverse to the holder
thereof, or



     (2) Reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or



     (3) Modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2, Section 5.13 or Section 10.8, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide with respect to any particular series the



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right
to condition the effectiveness of any supplemental indenture as to that series on the
consent of the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series (which provision may be made pursuant to Section 3.1 without the consent
of any Holder) or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided,
however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to “the Trustee “ and concomitant changes in this Section 9.2 and
Section 10.8, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11
and 9.1(8).




     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.



     It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.



Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.




     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.3) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights,
duties, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.



Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.




     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 9, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby; provided that if such supplemental indenture makes
any of the changes described in clauses (1) through (3) of the first proviso to Section 9.2, such
supplemental indenture shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every
subsequent Holder of such Security or any part thereof.



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Section 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.




     Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 9 shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.



Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.




     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article 9 may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Corporation shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Corporation, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.



ARTICLE 10




COVENANTS




Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.




     The Corporation covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on,
and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.



Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.




     The Corporation will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office
or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. The Corporation will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the
Corporation shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Corporation hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless
otherwise provided in a supplemental indenture or pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, the Place of
Payment for any series of Securities shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.



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The Corporation may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Corporation of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Corporation
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.



Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.




     If the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates shall at any time act
as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, such Paying Agent will, on or before each
due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect
to, any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest, or any
Additional Amounts, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.



     Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or Additional
Amounts with respect to, any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.



     The Corporation will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent will (1)
comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2)
during the continuance of any default by the Corporation (or any other obligor upon the Securities
of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.



     The Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, or with respect to one or more series of Securities, or for any other purpose,
pay, or by Corporation Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust
by the Corporation or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts
as those upon which such sums were held by the Corporation or such Paying Agent; and, upon such
payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.



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     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Corporation, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to, any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for a period ending on the
earlier of the date that is ten Business Days prior to the date such money would escheat to the
State or two years after such principal, premium or interest or Additional Amount has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Corporation on Corporation Request, or (if then held by the
Corporation) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Corporation for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Corporation as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Corporation cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in The Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York and in such other Authorized Newspapers as the Trustee shall deem appropriate,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified herein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat, or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Corporation.



Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default.




     At any time at which there are Outstanding Securities of any series issued under this
Indenture, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Corporation ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate complying
with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act and stating that a review of the activities of
the Corporation during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under the
supervision of the signers thereof and stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof, based upon such review, the Corporation is in default in the performance and observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Corporation shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
One of the officers signing the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 10.05
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Corporation.



Section 10.5 Existence.




     Subject to Article 8, the Corporation will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.



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Section 10.6 All Securities to be Equally and Ratably Secured.




     Unless specified otherwise by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any
series, the Corporation will not itself secure Securities of any one or more series with any
Mortgage, without effectively providing that the Securities of every other series shall be secured
equally and ratably by such Mortgage.



Section 10.7 Maintenance of Properties.




     The Corporation will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as, and to the extent, in the judgment of the Corporation may be
necessary or appropriate in connection with its business; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section shall prevent the Corporation from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of
such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Corporation, desirable in the
conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.



Section 10.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.




     The Corporation will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Corporation or upon the income, profits or property of the Corporation, and (2) all lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of
the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay or discharge
or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (i) whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (ii) if
the failure to pay or discharge would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business,
operations, properties or financial condition of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.



Section 10.9 Waiver of Certain Covenants.




     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series,
the Corporation may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance
to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to
Sections 3.1(22), 9.1(2), 8.1, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 for the benefit of the Holders of
such series if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
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become effective, the obligations of the Corporation and the duties of the Trustee in respect
of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.




Section 10.10 Additional Amounts.




     If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the
Corporation will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly
provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal of, or premium (if any) or interest on any Security of any series or the net proceeds
received from the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 10.10 to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.10 and express mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional
Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.



     If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days
prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the
Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment
of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Corporation shall furnish the Trustee
and the Corporation’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an
Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such
payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made
to Holders of Securities of that series who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on
account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify
by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Securities and the Corporation will pay to such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by
this Section 10.10. The Corporation covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for,
and to hold them harmless against any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant
to this Section 10.10.



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ARTICLE 11




REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES




Section 11.1 Applicability of Article.




     Securities of any series that are redeemable in whole or in part before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article 11.



Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.




     The election of the Corporation to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Corporation of less than all the Securities of any
series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Corporation shall, at
least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Corporation (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal
amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the
Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Corporation which is subject to a condition
specified in the terms of such Securities, the Corporation shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.



Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.




     If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, on a pro-rata basis, or in the Trustee’s discretion, by lot, or
by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, provided that the unredeemed
portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall
not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.



     If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the
conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of
such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.



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     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation and the Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.



For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating
to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or
is to be redeemed.



Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption.




     Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not fewer
than 30 nor more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in
the Securities to be redeemed, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address
appearing in the Security Register.



     All notices of redemption shall state:



     (1) The Redemption Date,



     (2) The Redemption Price (including accrued interest, if any, to be paid),



     (3) If less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single
Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than
all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed,
the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,



     (4) In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, that on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a
new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining
unredeemed;



     (5) That on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,



     (6) The place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price,



     (7) If applicable, the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the principal
of the Securities or the portions thereof to be redeemed will terminate, and the place or places
where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion,



     (8) That the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and



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     (9) The CUSIP number or numbers and/or common codes of the Security being redeemed.



     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be
given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation shall have prepared and provided to the
Trustee the form of such notice, or, if acceptable to the Trustee, provided sufficient information
to enable the Trustee to prepare such notice, in each case on a timely basis.



Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.




     On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust
as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and
(except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.



     If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or
with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall
(subject to any right of any Holder of such Security to receive interest thereon) be paid to the
Corporation on Corporation Request, or if then held by the Corporation, shall be discharged from
such trust.



Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.




     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price
and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Corporation at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) to
the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as
such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7.



     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity.



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Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part.




     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Corporation or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee duly executed by,
the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Corporation shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.



     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Corporation and any Affiliate
of the Corporation may at any time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or
by private agreement. Such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a
redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or
acquired by the Corporation may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery, the
indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section 3.9 shall apply to all
Securities so delivered.



ARTICLE 12




SINKING FUNDS




Section 12.1 Applicability of Article.




     The provisions of this Article 12 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement
of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such
Securities.



     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is
herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an “optional sinking
fund payment.” Unless otherwise provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund
payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such
Securities.



Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.




     The Corporation (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Securities or
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to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities;
provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The
Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.




Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.




     Not fewer than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to
each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee
any Securities to be so delivered. Not fewer than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment
date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.



ARTICLE 13




DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE




Section 13.1 Corporation’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.




     The Corporation may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.2 or Section 13.3
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to
Section 3.1 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 13.2 or 13.3, in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.1 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article 13. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or
in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.



Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge.




     Upon the Corporation’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Corporation shall be deemed



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to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied
(hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Corporation
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities
and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:




     (1) The rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described
in Section 13.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of and any premium and interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities when
payments are due,



     (2) The Corporation’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 10.2 and 10.3,



     (3) The rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and



     (4) This Article 13.



     Subject to compliance with this Article 13, the Corporation may exercise its option (if any)
to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if
any) to have Section 13.3 applied to such Securities.



Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance.




     Upon the Corporation’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 13.3 applied to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:



     (1) The Corporation shall be released from their obligations under Sections 8.1, 10.4, 10.5,
10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 and any covenants provided pursuant to Sections 3.1(22) or 9.1(2) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and



     (2) The occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.1(4) (with respect to any of
Sections 8.1, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 and any such covenants provided pursuant to
Sections 3.1(22) or 9.1(2)) and the occurrence of any other Event of Default specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 or Section 9.1(3) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each
case with respect to such Securities or any series of Securities as provided in this Section 13.3
on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to
such Securities, the Corporation may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of
any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section or such other covenant
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and the occurrence of any Event of Default specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or
Section 9.1(3)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any
such Section or such other covenant or by reason of any reference in any such Section or such other
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.




Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.




     The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:



     (1) The Corporation shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the
Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees
to comply with the provisions of this Article 13 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities:  



          (A) In the case of Securities of a series denominated in currency of the United States,




          (i) cash in currency of the United States in an amount, or




          (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest
in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the
due date of any payment, an amount in cash, or




          (iii) a combination thereof, or




          (B) In the case of Securities of a series denominated in currency other than that of the
United States,




          (i) cash in the currency in which such series of Securities is denominated in an amount, or




          (ii) Foreign Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment, an amount in cash, or




          (iii) a combination thereof,



in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective
Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.




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     (2) For Securities denominated in United States dollars, in the event of an election to have
Section 13.2 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that:



          (A) The Corporation has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or




          (B) Since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case clause (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion
shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with
respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge
were not to occur.




     (3) For Securities denominated in United States dollars, in the event of an election to have
Section 13.3 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times
as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.



     (4) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect
that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.



     (5)  No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections
5.1(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).



     (6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default
within the meaning of such Act).



     (7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Corporation is a party or by which it is bound.



     (8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
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Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.




     (9) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.



Section 13.5 Deposited Money; U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.




     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money, U.S. Government
Obligations and Foreign Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section 13.5 and Section 13.6, the
Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to
Section 13.4 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Corporation acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Corporation
shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed
against the U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to
Section 13.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities. Anything
in this Article 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the
Corporation from time to time upon Corporation Request any money, U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 with respect to any
Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.



Section 13.6 Reinstatement.




     If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article 13 with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Corporation has been discharged
or released pursuant to Section 13.2 or 13.3 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit
had occurred pursuant to this Article 13 with respect to such Securities, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 13.5 with
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Article 13; provided, however, that if the Corporation makes any payment of principal of or
any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the
Corporation shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive
such payment from the money so held in trust.




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



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	F.N.B. CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	[TRUSTEE]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Title: 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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