EX-4.70






Exhibit 4.70




 





GS FINANCE CORP.

Issuer




and




THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.

Guarantor




to




THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Trustee




 






Senior Debt Indenture




Dated
as of October 10, 2008

 






 





 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	 	 	 	Page	 
	Parties	 	 	1	 
	Recitals of the Company	 	 	1	 
	Recitals of the Guarantor	 	 	1	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ONE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01	 	Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 	 	Act
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	Affiliate
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	Applicable Procedures
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	Board of Directors
	 	 	2	 
	 	 	Board Resolution
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Business Day
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Commission
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Company
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Company Request or Company Order
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Corporate Trust Office
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	corporation
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Defaulted Interest
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Defeasance
	 	 	3	 
	 	 	Depositary
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Event of Default
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Exchange Act
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Expiration Date
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Global Security
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	GS&Co.
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Guarantee
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Guarantor
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Guarantor Order or Guarantor Request
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Holder
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	Indenture
	 	 	4	 
	 	 	interest
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Interest Payment Date
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Investment Company Act
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Maturity
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Notice of Default
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Officers’ Certificate
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Original Issue Discount Security
	 	 	5	 
	 	 	Outstanding
	 	 	5	 






 




			
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	 	 	Paying Agent
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Permitted Lien
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Person
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Place of Payment
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Predecessor Security
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Redemption Date
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Redemption Price
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Regular Record Date
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Responsible Officer
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Securities
	 	 	7	 
	 	 	Securities Act
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Security Register and Security Registrar
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Special Record Date
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Stated Maturity
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Subsidiary
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Trustee
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	U.S. Government Obligation
	 	 	8	 
	 	 	Vice President
	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.02	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.03	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	9	 
	Section 1.04	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.05	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company or Guarantor
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.06	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.07	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.08	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.09	 	Successors and Assigns
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.10	 	Separability Clause
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.11	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.12	 	Governing Law
	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.13	 	Legal Holidays
	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.14	 	Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.15	 	Force Majeure
	 	 	14	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SECURITY FORMS

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01	 	Forms Generally
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.02	 	Form of Face of Security
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.03	 	Form of Reverse of Security
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.04	 	Form of Legend for Global Securities
	 	 	20	 
	Section 2.05	 	Form of Guarantee
	 	 	20	 
	Section 2.06	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	23	 






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	ARTICLE THREE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECURITIES

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	 	23	 
	Section 3.02	 	Denominations
	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.03	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.04	 	Temporary Securities
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.05	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.06	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	31	 
	Section 3.07	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.08	 	Persons Deemed Owners
	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.09	 	Cancellation
	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.10	 	Computation of Interest
	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.11	 	CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	35	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.02	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	 	36	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01	 	Events of Default
	 	 	37	 
	Section 5.02	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	39	 
	Section 5.03	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	Section 5.04	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	40	 
	Section 5.05	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.06	 	Application of Money Collected
	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.07	 	Limitation on Suits
	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.08	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to
Convert
	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.09	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.10	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.11	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.12	 	Control by Holders
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.13	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	44	 






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	Section 5.14	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.15	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	44	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE TRUSTEE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.02	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.03	 	Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.04	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.05	 	May Hold Securities
	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.06	 	Money Held in Trust
	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.07	 	Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.08	 	Conflicting Interests
	 	 	48	 
	Section 6.09	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	48	 
	Section 6.10	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	49	 
	Section 6.11	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	50	 
	Section 6.12	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	51	 
	Section 6.13	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	52	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SEVEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE , COMPANY AND GUARANTOR

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01	 	Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders
	 	 	52	 
	Section 7.02	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	 	 	52	 
	Section 7.03	 	Reports by Trustee
	 	 	53	 
	Section 7.04	 	Reports by Company and Guarantor
	 	 	53	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01	 	Company or Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	53	 
	Section 8.02	 	Successor Substituted
	 	 	55	 






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	ARTICLE NINE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	56	 
	Section 9.02	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
	 	 	57	 
	Section 9.03	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	58	 
	Section 9.04	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	59	 
	Section 9.05	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	59	 
	Section 9.06	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	59	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.02	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.03	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	60	 
	Section 10.04	 	Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	61	 
	Section 10.05	 	Restriction on Certain Liens
	 	 	62	 
	Section 10.06	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	 	62	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	62	 
	Section 11.02	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	62	 
	Section 11.03	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.04	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	64	 
	Section 11.05	 	Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.06	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.07	 	Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	65	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWELVE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	SINKING FUNDS

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	66	 
	Section 12.02	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	 	 	66	 






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	Section 12.03	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	 	66	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01	 	Company’s or Guarantor’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
	 	 	67	 
	Section 13.02	 	Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	67	 
	Section 13.03	 	Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	68	 
	Section 13.04	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	68	 
	Section 13.05	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	70	 
	Section 13.06	 	Reinstatement
	 	 	71	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOURTEEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTEE

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.01	 	Guarantee
	 	 	71	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIFTEEN

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS

	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.01	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	73	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signatures	 	 	74	 
	Acknowledgments	 	 	75	 







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THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.




Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,

inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	 	 	 	 
	Act Section	 	 	 	 	Indenture Section
	 	§ 310	(a)(1)	 	 
	 	6.09
	 		(a)(2)	 	 
	 	6.09
	 		(a)(3)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(a)(4)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	6.08
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	6.10
	 	§ 311	(a)	 	 
	 	6.13
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	6.13
	 	§ 312	(a)	 	 
	 	7.01
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	7.02
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	7.02
	 		(c)	 	 
	 	7.02
	 	§ 313	(a)	 	 
	 	7.03
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	7.03
	 		(c)	 	 
	 	7.03
	 		(d)	 	 
	 	7.03
	 	§ 314	(a)	 	 
	 	7.04
	 		(a)(4)	 	 
	 	1.01
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	10.04
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(c)(1)	 	 
	 	1.02
	 		(c)(2)	 	 
	 	1.02
	 		(c)(3)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(d)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(e)	 	 
	 	1.02
	 	§ 315	(a)	 	 
	 	6.01
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	6.02
	 		(c)	 	 
	 	6.01
	 		(d)	 	 
	 	6.01
	 		(e)	 	 
	 	5.14
	 	§ 316	(a)	 	 
	 	1.01
	 		(a)(1)(A)	 	 
	 	5.02
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	5.12
	 		(a)(1)(B)	 	 
	 	5.13
	 		(a)(2)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	5.08
	 		(c)	 	 
	 	1.04
	 	§ 317	(a)(1)	 	 
	 	5.03
	 		(a)(2)	 	 
	 	5.04
	 		(b)	 	 
	 	10.03
	 	§ 318	(a)	 	 
	 	1.07








 




			
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     SENIOR
DEBT INDENTURE, dated as of October 10, 2008, among GS Finance Corp., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at 85 Broad Street, New York,
New York 10004 and The Bank of New York Mellon , a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”).



Recitals of the Company




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



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



Recitals of the Guarantor




     The Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the guarantee to be endorsed on the Securities from time to time as in this Indenture provided.



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



     Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:



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



ARTICLE ONE




Definitions and Other Provisions

of General Application




Section 1.01 Definitions.




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




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



 









 






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




     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;




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




     (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) when used with respect to any Security, the words “convert”, “converted” and
“conversion” are intended to refer to the right of the Holder or the Company to convert or
exchange such Security into or for securities or other property in accordance with such
terms, if any, as may hereafter be specified for such Security as contemplated by Section
3.01, and these words are not intended to refer to any right of the Holder or the Company
to exchange such Security for other Securities of the same series and like tenor pursuant
to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 or another similar provision of this Indenture,
unless the context otherwise requires; and references herein to the terms of any Security
that may be converted mean such terms as may be specified for such Security as contemplated
in Section 3.01.



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



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



     “Applicable Procedures” of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any time, the
policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such
time.



     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as
the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of that board.



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



     “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; provided that, when used
with respect to any Security, “Business Day” may have such other meaning, if any, as may be
specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.01.



     “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.



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



     “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a
President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, or any other officer or officers of the Company designated in writing by
or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors of the Company and delivered to the Trustee from
time to time.



     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which at the date
hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, 4E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, or such other addresses as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to
the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or
such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company).



     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company (including a limited liability
company), joint-stock company, business trust or other similar entity.



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



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



     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.



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



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



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



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



     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.01 for such Securities).



     “GS&Co.” means Goldman, Sachs & Co., a New York partnership, or any other Person that is a
Subsidiary and becomes the successor to GS&Co. as a result of a merger, consolidation or sale of
all or substantially all the assets of GS&Co., but only for as long as such other Person continues
to be a Subsidiary and such successor.



     “Guarantee” means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantee set forth in Section 14.01.



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



     “Guarantor Order” or “Guarantor Request” means a written order or request signed in the name
of the Guarantor by any two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the
Board, a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, or any other officer or officers of the Guarantor designated
in writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor and delivered to
the Trustee from time to time.



     “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 any particular series or specific Securities within a series
established as contemplated by Section 3.01.



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     “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 instalment 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.



     “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.



     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(4).



     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two of the following: a Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other officer or officers
of the Company designated in a writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee from time to time. One
of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.04
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company. An
Officers’ Certificate of the Company may be combined with an Officers’ Certificate of the Guarantor
if signed by any two of the above officers of the Company and the Guarantor.



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



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



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




     (1) Securities theretofore 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 Company) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;



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provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;




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




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




     (5) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been
delivered (or such delivery has been made available), or as to which any other particular
conditions have been satisfied, in each case as may be provided for such Securities as
contemplated in Section 3.01;


provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date,
(A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such
date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as of
such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable,
the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount
as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the
manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in
the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided
in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, of the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company,
the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.




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



     “Permitted Lien” means each such pledge, lien and other encumbrance as the Board of Directors
of the Guarantor determines does not materially detract from or interfere with the value or
control, as of the date of such determination, of the Guarantor’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
voting or profit participating equity ownership interests in GS&Co. (or in any Subsidiary of the
Guarantor that beneficially owns or holds any such interests in GS&Co., directly or indirectly).



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



     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series and subject to
Section 10.02, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.



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



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



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



     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.



     “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee, in each case, within the corporate trust department of the Trustee
who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall
be such officers, respectively, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.



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



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



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



     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.



     “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any instalment 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 instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.



     “Subsidiary” of the Company or the Guarantor means any Person a majority of the combined
voting power of the total outstanding
ownership interests in which is, at the time of determination, beneficially owned or held,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or one or more other
Subsidiaries of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be. For this purpose, “voting power”
means power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case of a Person that is not a
corporation, ordinarily to appoint or approve the appointment of Persons holding similar
positions), whether at all times or only as long as no senior class of ownership interests has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.



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



     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.



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



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



Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.




     Upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, or



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both, as the case
may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the
Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such opinion shall be required in connection with
the issuance of Securities that are part of any series as to which such an opinion has been
furnished. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate,
if to be given by an officer of the Company or the Guarantor, or both, 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 shall include,




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




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




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




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



Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.




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



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



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



Section 1.04 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 may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company and the Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, if
made in the manner provided in this Section.



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



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



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



     Each of the Company and the Guarantor may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series,
provided that neither the Company nor the Guarantor may set a



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record date for, and the provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless
taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Company or the Guarantor 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 Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, at its own
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.



     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration 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 Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company and the Guarantor in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
1.06.



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



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



Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company or Guarantor.




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




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




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



Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.




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



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by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver.



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



     Where this Indenture provides for Notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such
notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee),
pursuant to its Applicable Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier
than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.



Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.




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



Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.




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



Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns.




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



Section 1.10 Separability Clause.




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



Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.




     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, except as may otherwise be provided
pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any specific Securities.



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Section 1.12 Governing Law.




     This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York.



Section 1.13 Legal Holidays.




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



Section 1.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.




     EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.



Section 1.15 Force Majeure.




     In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services. The Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as possible, and shall be
responsible or liable in accordance with this Indenture.



ARTICLE TWO




Security Forms




Section 2.01 Forms Generally.




     The Securities of each series and the Guarantees to be endorsed thereon as contemplated in
Article Fourteen shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article,



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or in such other
form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities or Guarantees endorsed thereon, as evidenced by their execution
thereof. If the form of Securities of any series or Guarantees endorsed thereon is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company or of the Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.



     The definitive Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon 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 or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.



Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security.




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



GS Finance Corp.




Title of Series:                     




Title of Securities:                     




	 	 	 
	No.                    

	 	$                     






     GS Finance Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , 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 made available for payment, semi-annually on                      and                      in each year,
commencing                     , and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof
is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert —, provided that any premium, and any
such instalment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of                     % per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates



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such
overdue amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest on any
overdue instalment shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or
made available for payment, 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 so payable, but not punctually paid or made available for payment,
on any Interest Payment Date 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
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which this Security 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 and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall 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 maintained for that purpose in New
York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, against surrender of this Security in the
case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof (other than any payment of
interest that first becomes payable on a day other than an Interest Payment Date); provided,
however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and
provided, further, that if this Security is a Global Security, payment may be made pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture.



     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.



     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.



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     In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GS Finance Corp.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:






Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.




     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Indenture,
dated as of October 10, 2008 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning
assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the
“Guarantor”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Guarantor, 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 — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
                    , 20                    ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, 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,



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Redemption Price	 	Year	 	Redemption Price
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 




and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to                     % of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest instalments 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.]




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     [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed 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 the
entire indebtedness of this Security or 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, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium 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 Company and the Guarantor and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all
Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected, considered together as one class for this
purpose (such Securities to be affected may be Securities of the same or different series and, with
respect to any series, may comprise fewer than all the Securities of such series). The Indenture
also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected under the Indenture, considered together as one
class for this purpose (such affected Securities may be Securities of the same or different series
and, with respect to any particular series, may comprise fewer than all the Securities of such
series), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities so affected, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of any series to be affected under the Indenture
(with each such series considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series, to waive 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



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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 written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, 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.



     If so provided pursuant to the terms of any specific Securities, the above-referenced
provisions of the Indenture regarding the ability of Holders to waive certain defaults, or to
request the Trustee to institute proceedings (or to give the Trustee other directions) in respect
thereof, may be applied differently with regard to such Securities.



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



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



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     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company 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 Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company 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 Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.



     [If this Security is a Global Security, insert — This Security is a Global Security and is
subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations
in Section 3.05 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.]



     This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.



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



Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities.




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



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 2.05 Form of Guarantee.




     Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall be substantially in the form set forth
below:



[Form of Guarantee]




     The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), for value received, hereby
fully and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is
endorsed, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on such Security when and as the



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same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated
Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the
terms of such Security and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of GS Finance Corp., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), punctually to make any such payment [if
applicable, insert — (and subject to the Company’s right to defer the Stated Maturity of interest
payments as provided in such Security)], the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be
made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity
or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were
made by the Company.



     The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of
such Security or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or the
Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto,
by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the
consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase the interest
rate thereon, change any redemption provisions thereof (including any change to increase any
premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change the Stated Maturity of any payment thereon [if
the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — , or increase the principal amount
of such Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration or the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Indenture].



     The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any
requirement that the Trustee or the Holder of such Security exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest
or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands
whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security
except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this Guarantee.
This Guarantee shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor hereby
agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on such Security, whether at its Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by,
the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture,
directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the
Company.



     The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to such Security shall be continuing
and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Security has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the



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provisions of Article Four of
the Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.



     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security upon which this
Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on
account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided,
however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out
of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on all Securities issued under the Indenture shall have been paid in full.



     This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue notwithstanding any petition
filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent
or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a receiver or trustee being appointed for
all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of the
Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or
reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Holder of such Security,
whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment
or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned on such Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.



     This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.



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



     This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York,
and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed as of the date
first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:






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Section 2.06 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 and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.



Dated:




The Bank of New York Mellon,

As Trustee




By                                        

Authorized Signatory




ARTICLE THREE




The Securities




Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.




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



     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution of the Company and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, 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 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, 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



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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 any Securities of the series is
payable;




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




     (6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made;




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




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




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




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




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




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



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in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies, composite currency,
composite 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 (provided that
payment in such currency, currencies, composite currency, composite currencies or currency
units is deemed to be reasonably practicable by the Trustee and any Paying Agent (including
the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)), 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);




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




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




     (15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such Sections, any
provisions to permit a pledge of obligations other than U.S. Government Obligations (or the
establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements of Section 13.04(1) for
defeasance of such Securities and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which
any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;




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




     (17) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of



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the Trustee or the
requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02;




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




     (19) any provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or
conversion of any Securities of the series that may be converted into securities or other
property other than Securities of the same series and of like tenor, whether in addition
to, or in lieu of, any payment of principal or other amount and whether at the option of
the Company or otherwise;




     (20) any change in the actions permitted or required under this Indenture to be taken
by or on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of the series, including any such change
that permits or requires any or all such actions to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders
of any specific Securities of the series rather than or in addition to the Holders of all
Securities of the series;




     (21)
any provisions for subordination of Securities of any series to other
indebtedness of the Company (including Securities of other
series);



     (22)
any provisions necessary or desirable to permit or facilitate the
issuance of warrants hereunder; and




     (23) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(5)).



     There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Guarantor and, subject
to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of
the Guarantor, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series, the provisions of the Guarantees with respect to the Securities of
such series, if such provisions differ from those set forth in Section 14.01.



     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate of the Company 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 for issuances of additional Securities of that series.



     The terms of any Security of a series may differ from the terms of other Securities of the
same series, if and to the extent provided pursuant to this Section 3.01. The matters referenced
in any or all of Clauses (1) through (23) above may be established and set forth or determined as
aforesaid with respect to all or any specific Securities of a series (in each case to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act).



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



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Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series.



Section 3.02 Denominations.




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



Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.




     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President of the Company (or any other officer of the
Company designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee from time to time. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile. The Guarantees to be endorsed on any Securities shall be
executed and delivered.



     Securities or Guarantees endorsed thereon bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or the Guarantor shall bind the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
Guarantees endorsed thereon or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. For all
purposes hereof, a Guarantee that is endorsed on, otherwise attached to, or made part of, a
Security shall be deemed “endorsed” on such Security.



     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company with the Guarantees endorsed
thereon to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and a Guarantor Order approving the terms and delivery of the
Guarantees to be endorsed on such Securities as contemplated by the Company Order, and the Trustee
in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities with the
Guarantees endorsed thereon. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series or the Guarantees
endorsed thereon have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions of the
Company as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,




     (1) if the form of such Securities or Guarantees endorsed thereon has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution of the Company as permitted



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by Section 2.01, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;




     (2) if the terms of such Securities or Guarantees endorsed thereon have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution of the Company as permitted by Section 3.01,
that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and




     (3) that such Securities with the Guarantees endorsed thereon, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor,
respectively, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.



     If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities with the Guarantees endorsed thereon if the issue of such Securities with the
Guarantees endorsed thereon pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon and this Indenture or
otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.



     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers’ Certificate of the Company otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the
Company Order, the Guarantor 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.



     Each Security, and any Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall be dated the date of its
authentication.



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



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Section 3.04 Temporary Securities.




     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order and a Guarantor 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, having the Guarantees endorsed thereon, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or
Guarantees may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Guarantees, as
applicable.



     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series with the definitive Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed
thereon upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount with the definitive Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon. 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.



Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.




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



     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee 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 with the Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon.



     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount
with the Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any



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Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities with the
Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.



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



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



     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any
transfer.



     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing (or during such period as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 3.01 for such Securities), or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security
so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part.



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




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




     (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such
applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any
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Security or a nominee thereof unless (A)
such Depositary has notified the Company that it (i) is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default
with respect to such Global Security or (C) the Company has executed and delivered to the
Trustee a Company Order stating that such Global Security shall be exchanged in whole for
Securities (with Guarantees endorsed thereon) that are not Global Securities (in which case
such exchange shall promptly be effected by the Trustee). If the Company receives a notice
of the kind specified in Clause (A) above or has
delivered a Company Order of the kind specified in Clause (C) above, it may, in its
sole discretion, designate a successor Depositary for such Global Security within 60 days
after receiving such notice or delivery of such order, as the case may be. If the Company
designates a successor Depositary as aforesaid, such Global Security shall promptly be
exchanged in whole for one or more other Global Securities registered in the name of the
successor Depositary, whereupon such designated successor shall be the Depositary for such
successor Global Security or Global Securities and the provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3)
and (4) of this Section shall continue to apply thereto.




     (3) Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a
Global Security or any portion thereof have Guarantees endorsed thereon and shall be
registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.




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



Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.




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



     If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the



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Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of
the same series and of like tenor and principal amount, having a Guarantee of the Guarantor
endorsed thereon, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.



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



     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.



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



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



Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.




     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities of
a series, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or made available for
payment, 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 (or, if no business is conducted by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office on such date, at 5:00 P.M. New York City time on such date).



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




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




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



     Except as may otherwise be provided in this Section 3.07 or as contemplated in Section 3.01
with respect to any Securities of a series, the Person to whom interest shall be payable on any
Security that first becomes payable on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date shall be the
Holder of such Security on the day such interest is paid.



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



     In the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose



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Maturity is prior to
such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall
be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or made available for payment) shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after
the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
terms of any Security that may be converted may provide that the provisions of this paragraph do
not apply, or apply with such additions, changes or omissions as may be provided thereby, to
such Security.



Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners.




     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.



Section 3.09 Cancellation.




     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company or
the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and
sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly 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. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall not be required to destroy such canceled Securities.



Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.




     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.



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Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers.




     The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use) and, if
so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders,
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities.
Any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.



ARTICLE FOUR




Satisfaction and Discharge




Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.




     This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of any Security expressly
provided for herein or in the terms of such Security), and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when




     (1) either




     (A) all 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 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
or the Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) 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 Company
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and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (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 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 Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company or the Guarantor; and




     (3) the Company, or, if applicable, the Guarantor 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 have been
complied with.



     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.



Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.




     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 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 Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee. All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.01 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently
converted into other property shall be returned to the Company upon Company Request or to the
Guarantor upon Guarantor Request, to the extent originally deposited by such party. The Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, may direct by a Company Order or Guarantor Order the investment
of any money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01, without distinction between
principal and income, in (1) United States Treasury Securities with a maturity of one year or less
or (2) a money market fund that invests solely in short term United States Treasury Securities and
from time to time the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may direct the reinvestment of
all or a portion of such money in other securities or funds meeting the criteria specified in
Clause (1) or (2) of this Section.



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ARTICLE FIVE




Remedies




Section 5.01 Events of Default.




     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to the 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 provisions of Article Fourteen 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):




     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a 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; or




     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
or the Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Securities other
than such Security), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the
Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 10% 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 Company or the Guarantor 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 Company or the Guarantor a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or the Guarantor under any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
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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 (provided that, if any
Person becomes the successor to the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to Article Eight and
such Person is a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the
law of a jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference in this Clause 5 to an
applicable Federal or State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law
or any applicable comparable law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person
is the successor to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, hereunder and is so
organized and existing); or




     (6) the commencement by the Company or the Guarantor 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 Company or the Guarantor 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 other similar official of the Company or the
Guarantor 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 Company or the
Guarantor in furtherance of any such action (provided that, if any Person becomes the
successor to the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to Article Eight and such Person is a
corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under the law of a
jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference in this Clause 6 to an applicable
Federal or State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any
applicable comparable law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the
successor to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, hereunder and is so
organized and existing);




     (7) except as provided by the terms hereof, the Securities of such series and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon, the cessation of effectiveness of the Guarantee endorsed on a
Security of that series or the finding by any judicial proceeding that the Guarantee
endorsed on a Security of that series is unenforceable or invalid or the denial or
disaffirmation by the Guarantor of its obligations under the Guarantee endorsed on a
Security of that series; or




     (8)
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.




     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.01(5) or 5.01(6)) with respect to the 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, in the case of any Security of that series which
specifies an amount to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such
amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and
payable. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, if an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or 5.01(6) with
respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all
the Securities of that series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which specifies an
amount to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such amount as may
be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.



     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
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 provided, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if




     (1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay




     (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,




     (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,




     (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and



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     (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and




     (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.


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




Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.




     The Company and the Guarantor each covenants that if




     (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes 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,


they will, upon demand of the Trustee, jointly and severally 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 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, at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 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.




     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed 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 necessary 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 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.




     In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Guarantor, or any other
obligor upon the Securities, its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized
under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any
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collect and receive any moneys
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 6.07.



     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,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder
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 5.05 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 instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.



Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected.




     Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied 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, 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 6.07;




     Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
and any premium and interest on 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
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     Third: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, the
Guarantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.



Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.




     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) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;




     (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 to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it 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;


it being understood and intended that 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 5.08	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,

Premium and Interest and to Convert.






     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date), and, if the
terms of such Security so provide, to convert such Security in accordance with its terms, and to
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payment and, if applicable, any such right to
convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.



Section 5.09 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 Company, 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 with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, 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 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.




     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any 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, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that




     (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and




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



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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.




     Except
as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or
any specific Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in 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
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default




     (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of
such series, or




     (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series 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.




     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, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any such party litigant,
in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this
Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company, the Guarantor or
the Trustee or, if applicable, in any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security
in accordance with its terms.



Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.




     Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the
Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.



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ARTICLE SIX




The Trustee




Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.




     The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, 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 or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.



Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults.




     If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, 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 in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.



Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.




     Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:




     (1) the Trustee may conclusively 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, 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) any request or direction of the Company or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, or a Guarantor Request or
Guarantor Order, as the case may be, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, thereof;




     (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
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omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate of the
Company or the Guarantor;




     (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the 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;




     (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;




     (6) 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 Company, or the Guarantor, personally or by
agent or attorney;




     (7) 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;




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




     (9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture;




     (10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the
Trustee, including its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable
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     (11) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture.



Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.




     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon,
except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee does not assume any responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.



Section 6.05 May Hold Securities.




     The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the
Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar
or such other agent.



Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust.




     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 Company or the Guarantor.



Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.




     The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree




     (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in
writing between the parties for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust);




     (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and



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     (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their agents for,
and to hold them harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or
expenses including taxes (other than taxes imposed on the income of the Trustee) incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the
Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder or in connection with enforcing the
provisions of this Section.



     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.



     The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.



Section 6.08 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 interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner 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 a trustee under any other indenture, a
fiscal agent under any fiscal agency agreement or a warrant agent
under any warrant agreement, of the Company or the Guarantor.



     The
following indentures shall be considered specifically described herein for purposes of
clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act: Senior Debt
Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, as
trustee; Indenture, dated as of May 19, 1999, between the
Guarantor and the Trustee, as trustee; Senior Debt Indenture, dated
as of July 16, 2008, between the Guarantor and the Trustee, as
trustee; Warrant Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2006,
between the Guarantor and the Trustee, as trustee; and, pursuant to and to the extent permitted by Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company or the
Guarantor under this Indenture will not
disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a trustee
under such other indentures.



Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.




     There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust
Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If any such Person 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 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
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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, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.



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 Company and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by
a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Company or the Guarantor, 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 Company and the Guarantor. 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 a notice of removal pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee being removed
may petition, at the expense of the Company or the Guarantor, any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.



     If at any time:




     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written request therefor
by the Company, the Guarantor 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 6.09 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor 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 Company or the Guarantor 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
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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 Company or the Guarantor, 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 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 Company 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 Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company, the
Guarantor or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.



     The Company 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 1.06. 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.



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 Company,
the Guarantor 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 Company, the
Guarantor 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
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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 Company, the Guarantor, 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 and the Guarantee endorsed
thereon 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 and the Guarantee endorsed thereon
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 Company, the Guarantor 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 Company and the Guarantor shall execute any
and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
Trustee 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.



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 all or



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substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, 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 such authenticating 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 Company.




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



ARTICLE SEVEN




Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee , Company and Guarantor




Section 7.01 Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.




     The Company and the Guarantor will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee




     (1) semi-annually, not later than May 15 and November 15 in each year, 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 the immediately preceding May 1 or November 1, 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 Company and the Guarantor 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;


excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.




Section 7.02 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 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.



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     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 Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee that none of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee or any agent of
any 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 7.03 Reports by Trustee.




     The Trustee shall transmit to Holders 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.



     Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be
transmitted no later than July 1 and shall be dated as of May 1 in each calendar year, commencing
in 2009.



     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 Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor will notify the Trustee when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.



Section 7.04 Reports by Company and Guarantor.




     The Company and the Guarantor shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to
Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be
required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, if any, at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to
such 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 need not be filed with the Trustee
until the 15th day after the same are actually filed with the Commission.



ARTICLE EIGHT




Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease




Section 8.01 Company or Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.




     (a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer
or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company
shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:



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     (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of any domestic or foreign jurisdiction and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of
every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed
and, for each Security that by its terms provides for conversion, shall have provided for
the right to convert such Security in accordance with its terms;




     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of
such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of
such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and



     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.



     (b) The Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the
Guarantor shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Guarantor, unless:




     (1) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or
the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or



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which leases, the properties and
assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or
trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of any domestic or foreign
jurisdiction and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be
performed or observed and, for each Security that by its terms provides for conversion,
shall have provided for the right to convert such Security in accordance with its terms;




     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor as a result
of such transaction as having been incurred by the Guarantor or such Subsidiary at the time
of such transaction, no Event of Default,
and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, shall have happened and be continuing;




     (3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer
or lease, properties or assets of the Guarantor would become subject to a pledge, lien or
other similar encumbrance which would not be permitted by this
Indenture with respect to any particular Securities, the Guarantor or
such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary
effectively to secure such Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all
indebtedness or contractual obligations secured thereby; and




     (4) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.



Section 8.02 Successor Substituted.




     Upon any consolidation of the Company or the Guarantor with, or merger of the Company or the
Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.01, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 (including the Guarantees).



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ARTICLE NINE




Supplemental Indentures




Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.




     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, when
authorized by their Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any
of the following purposes:




     (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, as
the case may be, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees
endorsed thereon; or




     (2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any Securities of any series (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all Securities of any series, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Securities within such series) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor with
regard to all or any Securities of any series (and if any such surrender is to be made with
regard to less than all Securities of any series, stating that such surrender is expressly
being made solely with regard to such Securities within such series); or




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




     (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of all or any Securities of any series (and if such addition, change or elimination is to
apply with respect to less than all Securities of any series, stating that it is expressly
being made to apply solely with respect to such Securities within such series), provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security
issued prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of
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the Holder of any such Security with respect
to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security
Outstanding; or




     (6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.01(3) or
Section 10.05 or otherwise; or




     (7) to establish the form or terms of all or any Securities of any series or the
Guarantees to be endorsed thereon as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; 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 add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to any
Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon that by their terms may be converted into
securities or other property other than Securities of the same series and of like tenor, in
order to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or conversion of such Securities; or




     (10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this Clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of any Securities in any material respect.



Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.




     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, considered together as one class
for this purpose (such affected Securities may be Securities of the same or different series and,
with respect to any series, may comprise fewer than all the Securities of such series), by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantor, when authorized by their respective Board Resolutions, 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 of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of such affected Securities 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 instalment of principal of
or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
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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 5.02, or permit the Company to redeem any Security if, absent such supplemental
indenture, the Company would not be permitted to do so, or change any Place of Payment
where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon 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




     (2) if any Security provides that the Holder may require the Company to repurchase or
convert such Security, impair such Holder’s right to require repurchase or conversion of
such Security on the terms provided therein, or




     (3) reduce the percentage in principal amount of any Outstanding Securities
(considered separately or together as one class, as applicable, and whether comprising the
same or different series or less than all the Securities of a 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




     (4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.06,
except to increase any such percentage 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 and Section 10.06, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 9.01(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
Securities or series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of such Securities
or series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of any other Securities or of any other series, as
applicable.




     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 9.03 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 Section 6.01) shall be



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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 or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise.



Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.




     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, 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.



Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.




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



Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.




     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article 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
Company and the Guarantor shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company (with Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed
thereon) and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of
such series.



ARTICLE TEN




Covenants




Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.




     The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.



Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.




     The Company 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, where
Securities may be surrendered for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
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and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company 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 Company and the Guarantor hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.



     The Company or the Guarantor 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 Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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.



     With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be specified for such Global
Security as contemplated by Section 3.01, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be the
Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for
registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Securities may be delivered in exchange
therefor, provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery effected
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be deemed to
have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.



Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.




     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
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 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 Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit (or, if the Company has deposited any trust funds with a trustee pursuant to
Section 13.04(1), cause such trustee to 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 Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.



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     The Company 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, 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 Company (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 Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any
Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company 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 Company 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.



     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company (and, pursuant to the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the
Guarantor) for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect
to such trust money, and all liability of the Company 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 Company, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published
in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in
The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.



Section 10.04 Statement by Officers as to Default.




     Each of the Company and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively, ending after the date
hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 Company or the Guarantor
shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they
may have knowledge.



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Section 10.05 Restriction on Certain Liens.




     The Guarantor will not create, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money
that is secured by a pledge, lien or other similar encumbrance (except for Permitted Liens) on the
Guarantor’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ voting or profit participating equity ownership interests
in GS&Co. (or in any Subsidiary of the Guarantor that beneficially owns or holds any such interests
in GS&Co., directly or indirectly), unless the Guarantor also secures the Securities equally and
ratably with (or, at the option of the Guarantor, prior to) the indebtedness secured thereby.



Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.




     Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any Securities of any series,
the Company may, with respect to all or any 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 Section 3.01(18), 9.01(2) or 9.01(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities
or in Article Eight or Section 10.05 if, before the time for such compliance, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such waiver, considered
together as one class for this purpose (such affected Securities may be Securities of the same or
different series and, with respect to any particular series, may comprise fewer than all the
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 the extent so expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full
force and effect.



ARTICLE ELEVEN




Redemption of Securities




Section 11.01 Applicability of Article.




     Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.



Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. 




     The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be established in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such
Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the
Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the
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the Company (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 prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor shall each furnish the Trustee with an Officers’
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.



Section 11.03 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 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, 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 less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.



     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.
Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be
treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.



     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each 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.



     The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.



     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



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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 11.04 Notice of Redemption.




     Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (or within such period as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the relevant Securities),
to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security
Register.



     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP
numbers, if any) and shall state:




     (1) the Redemption Date,




     (2) the Redemption Price,




     (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) 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,




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




     (6) for any Securities that by their terms may be converted, the terms of conversion,
the date on which the right to convert the Security to be redeemed will terminate and the
place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and




     (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.



     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request delivered at least ten days prior to the date
such notice is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee, which
acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and shall be irrevocable.



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Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.




     Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 10.03) 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, other than any Securities called for redemption
on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.



     If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or
with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall
(subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive
interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07 or in the terms of such Security) be
paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from
such trust.



Section 11.06 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 Company 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 Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, instalments 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 3.07.



     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.



Section 11.07 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 Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee
duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company
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 of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
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unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered, with the
Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon.



ARTICLE TWELVE




Sinking Funds




Section 12.01 Applicability of Article.




     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 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”. If 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 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall
be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.



Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.




     The Company and the Guarantor (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 converted in accordance with their terms or which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant 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
(or at such other prices as may be specified for such Securities as contemplated in Section 3.01),
for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment
shall be reduced accordingly.



Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.




     Not less than 90 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior
to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company 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
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be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee
any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 60 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 11.03 and cause notice
of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.



ARTICLE THIRTEEN




Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance




Section 13.01 Company’s or Guarantor’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.




     The Company or the Guarantor may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.02 or
Section 13.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon, designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 13.02 or 13.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such
election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of each of the Company and the Guarantor or in
another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.



Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge.




     Upon the Company’s or the Guarantor’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, and the Guarantees
endorsed thereon, the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Securities and Guarantees, as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantor shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and
Guarantees and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and Guarantees and
this Indenture insofar as such Securities and Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 13.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due,
(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities and the Guarantor’s obligations with
respect to such Guarantees under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02, 10.03 and Article Fifteen, (3)
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of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article.
Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company or the Guarantor may exercise its option (if
any) to have this Section applied to any Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon,
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 13.03 applied to such
Securities and Guarantees.



Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance.




     Upon the Company’s or the Guarantor’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, and the Guarantees
endorsed thereon, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under, and the Guarantor
will have no liability in respect of, Section 8.01(3) and Section 10.05, and any covenants provided
pursuant to Section 3.01(18), 9.01(2) or 9.01(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities
and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.01(4) (with respect to any of Section
8.01(3) and Section 10.05, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18), 9.01(2) or
9.01(7)) and 5.01(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with
respect to such Securities and Guarantees as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For
this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities and Guarantees,
the Company may omit to comply with, and the Company and the Guarantor and shall have no liability
in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the
extent so specified in the case of Section 5.01(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of
any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such
Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture
and such Securities and Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby.



Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.




     The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or any Guarantees:




     (1) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements
contemplated by Section 6.09 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article
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) money in an amount, or (B) 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,
money in an amount, or (C) such other obligations or arrangements as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to such Securities, or (D) a combination thereof,
in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
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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. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any
security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United
States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America, 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.




     (2) In the event of an election to have Section 13.02 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, or any Guarantees, the Company or the Guarantor
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company or
the Guarantor 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 (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) In the event of an election to have Section 13.03 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, or any Guarantees, the Company or the Guarantor
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
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     (4) The Company or the Guarantor 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 5.01(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, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
or the Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.




     (8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from
such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or
exempt from registration thereunder.




     (9) The Company or the Guarantor 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 13.05	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be

Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.





     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S.
Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other
qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.06, the Trustee and any such
other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 13.04 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 Company 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
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     The Company or the Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
13.04 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 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company or the Guarantor from time to time upon Company Request or Guarantor Request, as the
case may be, any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 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 13.06 Reinstatement.




     If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article 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 (and the Guarantees endorsed thereon) from
which the Company or the Guarantor has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or
13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article
with respect to such Securities (and Guarantees), until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such
Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor
makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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.



ARTICLE FOURTEEN




Guarantee




Section 14.01 Guarantee.




     The Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such
Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such
Security and of this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such
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such payment to be made punctually when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.



     The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of such Security or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of
such Security or this Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company
with respect thereto, by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which
may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence
shall, without the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security, or
increase the interest rate thereon, change any redemption provisions thereof (including any change
to increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof) or change the Stated Maturity of any
payment thereon, or increase the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration or the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02 of this Indenture.



     The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any
requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders exhaust any right or take any action against the
Company or any other Person, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy
of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and
covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of any Security except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this Guarantee. This Guarantee
shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in
the event of a default in payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security, whether at its Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of
such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against
the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.



     The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to any Security shall be continuing
and irrevocable until the date upon which the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Security has been, or has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of Article Four of
this Indenture to have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.



     The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities upon which
its Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on
account of such Securities pursuant to the provisions of its Guarantee or this Indenture; provided,
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receive any payments arising out
of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on all Securities issued hereunder that are due and payable shall have been paid
in full.



     This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue notwithstanding any petition
filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, the
Company becoming insolvent or making an assignment for the benefit of creditors or a receiver
or trustee being appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment of any Security, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in
amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of such Security, whether as a
“voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned on a Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.



ARTICLE FIFTEEN




Repayment at the Option of Holders




Section 15.01 Applicability of Article.




     Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their
Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The
repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require
repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 3.09, shall not
operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee
with a Company Order that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article Fifteen, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may
arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or
other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or
before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price
payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay
the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment
is so paid by such purchasers.



      





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     This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.



     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GS FINANCE CORP.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	/s/ Rajashree Datta
	 

	 	 	 	 





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	/s/ Elizabeth E. Beshel
	 

	 	 	 	 





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	/s/ Karen Trachtenberg
	 

	 	 	 	 





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	State of New York

	 	) 
	 

	 	) ss.:
	County of New York

	 	) 






     On
the 10th day of
October,
2008, before me personally came Rajashree Datta, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that she is Treasurer of GS Finance Corp., one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board
of Directors of said corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.



/s/ Christopher Scott Santini




	 	 	 
	State of New York

	 	) 
	 

	 	) ss.:
	County of New York

	 	) 






     On
the 10th day of
October,
2008, before me personally came Elizabeth E. Beshel, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that she is Treasurer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., one of the corporations described
in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that
the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that she signed
her name thereto by like authority.



/s/ Christopher Scott Santini




	 	 	 
	State of New York

	 	) 
	 

	 	) ss.:
	County of New York

	 	) 






     On
the 10th day of
October,
2008, before me personally came
Karen Trachtenberg, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that she is Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the corporations described in
and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation; that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority.



/s/ Christopher Scott Santini





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