Exhibit 4.5



 Exhibit 4.5 

 
  

 
 VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC.

 TO 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Trustee 
  

 
 Indenture

 Dated as of [—] 

 
  

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES 
  

 
  







 TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTE: 

ARTICLE ONE 

DEFINITION AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
  

					
	SECTION 101.	 	Definitions.	  	1
	SECTION 102.	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions.	  	7
	SECTION 103.	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.	  	8
	SECTION 104	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates.	  	8
	SECTION 105.	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.	  	10
	SECTION 106.	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver.	  	10
	SECTION 107.	 	Waiver of Jury Trial.	  	11
	SECTION 108.	 	Force Majeure.	  	11
	SECTION 109.	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.	  	11
	SECTION 110.	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.	  	11
	SECTION 111.	 	Successors and Assigns.	  	11
	SECTION 112.	 	Separability Clause.	  	11
	SECTION 113.	 	Benefits of Indenture.	  	11
	SECTION 114.	 	Governing Law.	  	11
	SECTION 115.	 	Legal Holidays.	  	12
	SECTION 116.	 	USA Patriot Act Notice.	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS
  
	  	
	SECTION 201.	 	Forms Generally.	  	12
	SECTION 202.	 	Form of Face of Security.	  	12
	SECTION 203.	 	Form of Reverse of Security.	  	14
	SECTION 204.	 	Form of Legend for Global Securities.	  	17
	SECTION 205.	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.	  	17
		
	 ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES
  
	  	
	SECTION 301.	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.	  	17
	SECTION 302.	 	Denominations.	  	19
	SECTION 303.	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.	  	19
	SECTION 304.	 	Temporary Securities.	  	21
	SECTION 305.	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.	  	21
	SECTION 306.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.	  	23
	SECTION 307.	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.	  	23
	SECTION 308.	 	Persons Deemed Owners.	  	24
	SECTION 309.	 	Cancellation.	  	24
	SECTION 310.	 	Computation of Interest.	  	24
	SECTION 311.	 	CUSIP Numbers.	  	25

  

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 ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
  
	  	
	 SECTION 401.
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.	  	25
	 SECTION 402.
	 	Application of Trust Money.	  	26
	  
 ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES
  
	  	
	 SECTION 501.
	 	Events of Default.	  	26
	 SECTION 502.
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.	  	27
	 SECTION 503.
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.	  	28
	 SECTION 504.
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	29
	 SECTION 505.
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.	  	29
	 SECTION 506.
	 	Application of Money Collected.	  	29
	 SECTION 507.
	 	Limitation on Suits.	  	30
	 SECTION 508.
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.	  	30
	 SECTION 509.
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.	  	30
	 SECTION 510.
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.	  	30
	 SECTION 511.
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.	  	31
	 SECTION 512.
	 	Control by Holders.	  	31
	 SECTION 513.
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults.	  	31
	 SECTION 514.
	 	Undertaking for Costs.	  	31
	 SECTION 515.
	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.	  	31
	  
 ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE
  
	  	
	 SECTION 601.
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities.	  	32
	 SECTION 602.
	 	Notice of Defaults.	  	32
	 SECTION 603.
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee.	  	33
	 SECTION 604.
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.	  	34
	 SECTION 605.
	 	May Hold Securities.	  	34
	 SECTION 606.
	 	Money Held in Trust.	  	34
	 SECTION 607.
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement.	  	34
	 SECTION 608.
	 	Conflicting Interests.	  	35
	 SECTION 609.
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.	  	35
	 SECTION 610.
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.	  	35
	 SECTION 611.
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.	  	36
	 SECTION 612.
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.	  	37
	 SECTION 613.
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.	  	37
	 SECTION 614.
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent.	  	37

  

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 ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 
	  	
	 SECTION 701.
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.	  	39
	 SECTION 702.
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.	  	39
	 SECTION 703.
	 	Reports by Trustee.	  	39
	 SECTION 704.
	 	Reports by Company.	  	39
	  
 ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 
	  	
	 SECTION 801.
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.	  	40
	 SECTION 802.
	 	Successor Substituted.	  	40
	  
 ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
  
	  	
	 SECTION 901.
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.	  	41
	 SECTION 902.
	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.	  	42
	 SECTION 903.
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures.	  	42
	 SECTION 904.
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures.	  	42
	 SECTION 905.
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.	  	43
	 SECTION 906.
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.	  	43
	 SECTION 907.
	 	Subordination Impaired.	  	43
	  
 ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS
  
	  	
	 SECTION 1001.
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.	  	43
	 SECTION 1002.
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency.	  	43
	 SECTION 1003.
	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.	  	44
	 SECTION 1004.
	 	Statement by Officers as to Default.	  	44
	 SECTION 1005.
	 	Existence.	  	44
	 SECTION 1006.
	 	Company Statement as to Compliance.	  	45
	 SECTION 1007.
	 	Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.	  	45
	 SECTION 1008.
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants.	  	45
	 SECTION 1009.
	 	Calculation of Original Issue Discount.	  	45
	  
 ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
  
	  	
	 SECTION 1101.
	 	Applicability of Article.	  	46
	 SECTION 1102.
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.	  	46
	 SECTION 1103.
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.	  	46
	 SECTION 1104.
	 	Notice of Redemption.	  	47
	 SECTION 1105.
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price.	  	47
	 SECTION 1106.
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date.	  	47
	 SECTION 1107.
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part.	  	48

  

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 ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS
  
	  	
	 SECTION 1201.
	 	Applicability of Article.	  	48
	 SECTION 1202.
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.	  	48
	 SECTION 1203.
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.	  	48
	  
 ARTICLE THIRTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
  
	  	
	 SECTION 1301.
	 	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.	  	49
	 SECTION 1302.
	 	Defeasance and Discharge.	  	49
	 SECTION 1303.
	 	Covenant Defeasance.	  	49
	 SECTION 1304.
	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.	  	49
	 SECTION 1305.
	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.	  	51
	 SECTION 1306.
	 	Reinstatement.	  	51
	  
 ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
  
	  	
	 SECTION 1401.
	 	Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.	  	52
	 SECTION 1402.
	 	Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.	  	52
	 SECTION 1403.
	 	Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities.	  	53
	 SECTION 1404.
	 	No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.	  	53
	 SECTION 1405.
	 	Payment Permitted If No Default.	  	53
	 SECTION 1406.
	 	Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.	  	54
	 SECTION 1407.
	 	Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.	  	54
	 SECTION 1408.
	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.	  	54
	 SECTION 1409.
	 	No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.	  	54
	 SECTION 1410.
	 	Notice to Trustee.	  	55
	 SECTION 1411.
	 	Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.	  	55
	 SECTION 1412.
	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness (or Creditors in Respect of General Obligations).	  	56
	 SECTION 1413.
	 	Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights.	  	56
	 SECTION 1414.
	 	Article Applicable to Paying Agents.	  	56
	 SECTION 1415.
	 	Payment of Proceeds in Certain Cases.	  	56
	 SECTION 1416.
	 	Automatic Termination.	  	57
	 SECTION 1417.
	 	Rights of Trustee.	  	57

  

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

 

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

 inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939: 

 

			
	 Trust Indenture

Act Section
	  	Indenture Section
	 §310(a)(1)
	  	609
	 (a)(2)
	  	609
	 (a)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (a)(4)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (b)
	  	608
		  	610
	 § 311(a)
	  	613
	 (b)
	  	613
	 § 312(a)
	  	701
		  	702
	 (b)
	  	702
	 (c)
	  	702
	 § 313(a)
	  	703
	 (b)
	  	703
	 (c)
	  	703
	 (d)
	  	703
	 § 314(a)
	  	704
	 (a)(4)
	  	101
		  	1004
	 (b)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (c)(1)
	  	102
	 (c)(2)
	  	102
	 (c)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (d)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (e)
	  	102
	 § 315(a)
	  	601
	 (b)
	  	602
	 (c)
	  	601
	 (d)
	  	601
	 (e)
	  	514
	 § 316(a)
	  	101
	 (a)(1)(A)
	  	502
		  	512
	 (a)(1)(B)
	  	513
	 (a)(2)
	  	Not Applicable
	 (b)
	  	508
	 (c)
	  	104
	 §317(a)(1)
	  	503
	 (a)(2)
	  	504
	 (b)
	  	1003
	 § 318(a)
	  	107

  

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

 

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 INDENTURE, dated as of [—], between
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 5350 Lee Highway, Arlington, Virginia, 22207, and U.S.
Bank National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at U.S. Bank National Association, Corporate Trust Services, Two James Center, 1021 E. Cary Street, 18th
floor, Mail Station: EX-VA-URIT, Richmond, VA 23219-4000, phone: 804-771-7933, fax: 804-771-7941, email: pat.welling@usbank.com. 

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
subordinated debt securities (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. 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

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

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS 

OF GENERAL APPLICATION 

SECTION 101. Definitions. 

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

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular; 
 (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 
 (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation; 

(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article”, “Section” or “Clause”
refers to an Article, Section or Clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and 
 (5) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

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

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the 

 

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management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 
 “Authenticating Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. 

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

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

“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 

“claim” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended to the date
of this Indenture. 
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as 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 its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank National Association, Corporate Trust Services, Two James Center, 1021 E. Cary Street, 18th floor Mail Station: EX-VA-URIT, Richmond, VA 23219-4000, phone: 804-771-7933,
fax: 804-771-7941 email: pat.welling@usbank.com, or such other address 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. 

“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust. 

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

“Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501. 

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

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301. 
  


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

“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 1415. 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time
to time. 
 “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104. 

“Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or its designated district bank, as applicable,
and any successor federal agency that is primarily responsible for regulating the activities of bank holding companies. 

“General Obligations” means all obligations of the Company to make payment on account of claims of general creditors, other
than (A) obligations on account of Senior Indebtedness and (B) obligations on account of the Securities and indebtedness for money borrowed ranking pari passu with or subordinate to the Securities; provided, however, that if
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or other Federal banking supervisor that shall at the time of determination be the Company’s primary Federal banking supervisor) shall promulgate any rule or issue any interpretation
defining or describing the term “general creditor” or “general creditors” or “senior indebtedness” for purposes of its criteria for the inclusion of subordinated debt of a bank holding company (including a financial
holding company, if applicable) in capital, or otherwise defining or describing the obligations to which subordinated debt of a bank holding company (including a financial holding company, if applicable) must be subordinated to be included in
capital, to include any obligations not included in the definition of “Senior Indebtedness” herein, the term “General Obligations” shall mean such obligations as defined or described in the first such rule or interpretation,
other than obligations described in clauses (A) and (B) above. 
 “Global Security” means a Security that
evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities). 

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

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part
of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301. 

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. 
 “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security,
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. 
 “Investment Company Act” means the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. 

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

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(b). 

 

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

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee, who may be counsel for the Company.

 “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 502. 

“OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision and any successor federal agency that is primarily responsible for regulating the
activities of savings and loan holding companies. 
 “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 cancelled 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; 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 1302; and 

(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; 
 provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if,
as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by
Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company 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
(and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. 
 “Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, 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, means the place or places where the principal of
and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301. 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. 
 “Redemption Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. 

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301. 
 “Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s 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. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. 
 “Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305. 
 “Senior Indebtedness” means:

 (1) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for all borrowed
and purchased money and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company; 

(2) all capital lease obligations of the Company; 

(3) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations
of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement; 
  

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 (4) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, any
banker’s acceptance, any security purchase facility, any repurchase agreement or similar arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other hedging arrangement, any obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction; 

(5) all obligations of the Company associated with derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts,
commodity contracts, and similar arrangements; 
 (6) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through
(5) above of other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise including, without limitation, similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and direct credit
substitutes; and 
 (7) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above of other
Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include 

(1) Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture; 

(2) trade accounts payable of the Company arising in the ordinary course of business (such trade accounts payable being pari
passu in right of payment to the Securities); 
 (3) any indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks
on an equal basis with, the Securities, including the outstanding junior subordinated debentures issued to certain financing trust affiliates pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2002, between Virginia
Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee (the “2002 Subordinated Indenture”), the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2005, between Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Trustee (the “2005 Subordinated Indenture”), and the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2008, between Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the “2008
Subordinated Indenture”); or 
 (4) obligations with respect to which (a) in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are pari passu, junior or otherwise not superior in right of payment to the Securities and (b) the Company, prior to the issuance
thereof, has notified (and, if then required under the applicable guidelines of the regulating entity, has received approval from) the Federal Reserve (if the Company is a bank holding company) or the OTS (if the Company is a savings and loan
holding company) of its intention to issue the obligations. 
 Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and
be entitled to the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness. 

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

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

“Subsidiary” means a corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency. 
  

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 “Subsidiary Bank” means any Subsidiary of the Company that (i) is a
depository institution and (ii) meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 

“Termination Event” means (a) the promulgation of any rule or regulation or the issuance of any interpretation of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or other Federal banking supervisor that shall at the time of determination be the Company’s primary Federal banking supervisor) that (i) defines or describes the terms “general
creditor” or “general creditors” or “senior indebtedness” for purposes of its criteria for the inclusion of subordinated debt of a bank holding company (including a financial holding company, if applicable) in capital, or
otherwise defines or describes the obligations to which subordinated debt of a bank holding company (including a financial holding company, if applicable) must be subordinated for the debt to be included in capital, to include no obligations other
than those covered by the definition of Senior Indebtedness without regard to any other obligations of the Company, (ii) permits the Company to include the Securities in its capital if they were subordinated in right of payment to the Senior
Indebtedness without regard to any other obligations of the Company, (iii) otherwise eliminates the requirement that subordinated debt of a bank holding company (including a financial holding company, if applicable) must be subordinated in
right of payment to the claims of its general creditors in order to be included in capital or (iv) causes the Securities to be excluded from capital notwithstanding the provisions of this Indenture referred to in Section 1416 or
(b) any event that results in the Company not being subject to capital requirements under the rules, regulations or interpretations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or other Federal banking supervisor). 

“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 1304. 

“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by
a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”. 
 SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

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

Every certificate 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
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 (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 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. 

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

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

 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 SECTION 104. Acts of
Holders; Record Dates. 
 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of
the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. 
 The ownership of
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 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 

The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled
to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company
may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If not set by the Company prior to the
first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such matter referred to in the foregoing sentence, the record date for any such matter shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to
be provided pursuant to Section 701) prior to such first solicitation. 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 from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106. 

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled
to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any
direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided 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 cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 106. 
 With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which
sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is
not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto,
subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date. 

 

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 Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder
with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of
such principal amount. 
 SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, 
 (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or 

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or
directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such
transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized
representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act
upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon
and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such
electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties. 

SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. 

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

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

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 SECTION 107. 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 108. 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; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to
resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 
 SECTION 109. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that 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 that 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 110. 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 111. Successors and Assigns. 

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

 SECTION 112. 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 113. Benefits of Indenture. 

 Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than (a) the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, (b) the holders of Senior Indebtedness, (c) the Holders and (d) subject to Section 907, the creditors in respect of General Obligations, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture. 
 SECTION 114. Governing Law. 

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, including the
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 SECTION 115. Legal Holidays. 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or
at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, and up to and including such next succeeding Business Day. 

SECTION 116. USA Patriot Act Notice. 

The Company is hereby given notice that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the Trustee is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow the Trustee to identify the Company in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. 

ARTICLE TWO 

SECURITY FORMS 

SECTION 201. Forms Generally. 

The Securities of each series and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this
Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. 
 The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 
 SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security. 

THIS SECURITY IS AN UNSECURED SUBORDINATED DEBT OBLIGATION OF VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC. THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR
SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY. 
  

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 [Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.] 
 VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC. 

Subordinated Debt Securities 

					
	
No.            
	  		  	$            


VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (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 duly
provided for, semi-annually on              and              in each year, commencing
         , at the rate of .% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert — , provided that any principal and premium, and
any such installment 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 such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the          or
         (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. 

[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest
except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal 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. [Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [    ]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest 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 of the Company maintained for that purpose in             , 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 [if applicable, insert—; 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]. 
 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. 
 In Witness
Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. 
 Dated: 

 

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 VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC. 

By                    

 Attest: 
 SECTION 203. 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 an Indenture, dated as of [—] (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it
in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, 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 Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness 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’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert — (1) on          in any year commencing with the year          and
ending with the year . through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
            , 20        ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the 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 [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the
face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 
 [If applicable, insert — The Securities of
this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on          in any year commencing with the year
         and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning              of the years indicated, 
  

					
	 Year
	 	 Redemption Price

For Redemption

Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund
	 	 Redemption Price For

Redemption Otherwise

Than Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund

		 		 	
		 		 	

 and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to         % of the
principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the 

 

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Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 

[If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
            , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part
of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than
         % per annum.] 
 [If applicable, insert —
The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on              in each year beginning with the year          and ending
with the year          of [if applicable, insert — not less than $         (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more
than] $         aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,
insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable,
insert — , in the inverse order in which they become due].] 
 [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.] 
 The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and in certain circumstances, to all General Obligations, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with
respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination
provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions. 

[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 rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of 

 

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specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 

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

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

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 integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the 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. 
 This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including
the New York General Obligations Law, but without regard to principles of conflict of laws. 
 All terms used in this Security
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 SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities. 

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 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 205. 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 therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

Dated: 
 U.S. Bank National Association,

 As Trustee 
  

					
	 By
	 	  
	 	
	 Authorized Officer



ARTICLE THREE 

THE SECURITIES 

SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. 

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

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, 

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series); 
 (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); 

(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; 

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

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

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

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation; 
 (9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral 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 or currency units in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
“Outstanding” in Section 101; 
 (12) if the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in
which the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or
the manner in which such amount shall be determined); 
 (13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502; 

(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and
payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined); 
 (15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible
pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced; 

 

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 (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 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and
any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; 

(17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502; 

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

(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)). 
 All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except
as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto. 
 If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Fourteen. 

SECTION 302. Denominations. 

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the
absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

 SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. 

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 

 

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 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon: 

(1) A copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Securities were
established, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Securities
are established by an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the Board of Directors, such Officers’ Certificate; 

(2) an executed supplemental indenture, if any; 

(3) an Officers’ Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 102; and 

(4) an Opinion of Counsel stating, 

(A) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 
 (B) if the terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 

(C) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; 
 (D)
that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with; and 

(E) all conditions precedent with respect to the issuance and establishment of such Securities have been complied with. 

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

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior
to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. 

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 No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. 
 SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon delivery of a Company Order and Opinion
of Counsel the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in
lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor. 
 SECTION 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 
 The Company shall cause to be kept at the principal office of the
Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent 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 a like tenor and aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the
Holder, and subject to the other provisions of this Section 305, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

 

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 Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company 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 304, 906 or
1107 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 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. 

Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer,
exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States Federal or state securities law. 

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or indirect participants of interests in any Global Security) other than to
require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture. 

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, 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 Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the
Company that it 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) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301. 

(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, 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 shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct. 

(4) Every Security 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 304, 306, 906 or 1107 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. 
  

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

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

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
 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 shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. 
 The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 

SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. 

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which
is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest. 
 Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date (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, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: 
 (1) The Company may elect to
make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed

  

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payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). 

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 

SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. 

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

None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a
Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Security in global form. 
 SECTION 309. Cancellation.

 All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking
fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the
Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s customary procedures. 
  

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 SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. 

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 no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers. 
 ARTICLE FOUR 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 

SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any terms which survive by their terms including,
without limitation, any indemnity and any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities), 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 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) 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, 
 and the Company, 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 premium, if any) 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; 

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 (3) the Company 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 607,
the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 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 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive. 
 SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401
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 premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. 

ARTICLE FIVE 

REMEDIES 

SECTION 501. Events of Default. 

(a) “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be 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) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company 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 bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 (2) the commencement by the Company 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 bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company 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 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 receiver or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of
its property or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or 
 (3)(A) the appointment
by a competent government agency having primary regulatory authority over any Subsidiary Bank under any applicable Federal or State banking, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect of a receiver, conservator or other similar official of
any such Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of such entity’s property or (B) the entry of a decree or order in any case or 

 

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proceeding under any applicable Federal or State banking, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect adjudging any Subsidiary Bank insolvent or bankrupt, or appointing any
receiver, conservator or other similar official of any Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of such entity’s property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of such entity’s affairs; or 

(4) (A) the filing by any Subsidiary Bank with any competent government agency having primary regulatory authority over any such
Subsidiary Bank of a notice of voluntary liquidation or other similar action under any applicable Federal or State banking, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or (B) the commencement by any Subsidiary Bank of any case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State banking, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect to be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or seeking the appointment of a receiver, conservator or other similar official of any such
Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of such entity’s property or the consent by any Subsidiary Bank to the entry of a decree or order in any case or proceeding under the Federal or State banking, insolvency or other similar laws
adjudging any such Subsidiary Bank insolvent or bankrupt, or appointing any receiver, conservator or other similar official of any Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of such entity’s property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of their respective affairs, or the taking of any corporate action by any such Subsidiary Bank in furtherance of such action. 

(b) “Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Default and whether it
shall 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 or any administrative or governmental body): 

(i) an Event of Default specified in Section 501(a); or 

(ii) 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 
 (iii) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that series at its
Maturity; or 
 (iv) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that
series; or 
 (v) default in the performance, or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company 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 series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding 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 

(vi) any other Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. 

SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal shall become immediately
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 At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if 
 (1) the Company 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 

(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 513. 

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

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

The Company 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, 
 the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities,
the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest 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 the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company
or any other obligor upon such Security and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Security, wherever situated. 

 

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 If a 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 most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (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 such proceeding. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to 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 607. 

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 505. 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 506. Application of Money Collected. 

Subject to Article Fourteen, 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 607; 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) 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 and interest, respectively;
and 
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 SECTION 507. 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 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 submitted a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee 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 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. 
 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 premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or,
in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 

SECTION 509. 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 510. 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 306, 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
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 SECTION 511. 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 Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such 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 512. 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 or expose the Trustee to personal liability, and

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

 SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. 

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 premium, if any) 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 or Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 SECTION 514. 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 attorney’s fees and expenses, against any such party
litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 514 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 508 hereof, or
a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities. 
 SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension
Laws. 
 The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
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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 (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. 
 ARTICLE SIX 

THE TRUSTEE 

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. 

Except as otherwise provided, 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. 
 The Trustee shall, prior to the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee is
deemed to have knowledge, and after the curing of all Defaults or Events of Default which may have occurred, (1) perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture or any other related document against the Trustee, and (2) in the absence of bad faith or gross negligence on its part, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to
be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein). The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated or contemplated in this Indenture or other related documents shall not be construed as a duty. 

The Trustee shall, during the existence of any Default or Event of Default which it is deemed to have knowledge of and which has not been
cured, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of the prudent person’s
own affairs. 
 The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any Responsible Officer of the
Trustee unless the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the affected series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or the exercise of any trust or power conferred
upon the Trustee, under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct. 
 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 602. Notice
of Defaults. 
 The Trustee shall give the Holders notice of any default hereunder 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 501(b)(ii) and Section 501(b)(v), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days or 90 days, respectively,
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, a Default. 

 

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 The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under
this Indenture or related documents unless (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) the Trustee shall have received notice in writing of such Default or Event of
Default by the Company or by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of the affected series, and such notice is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such
notice references the Securities and this Indenture. 
 SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. 

Subject to the provisions of Section 601: 

(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 mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company
Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; 

(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may request and, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel; 

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

(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 satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and
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; provided that 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, personally or by agent or attorney, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 (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
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 (9) other than in event of fraud, in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable
for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action; 
 (10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without
limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and 

(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 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. 
 The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication,
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity, sufficiency or priority of this
Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. 

SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. 

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent. 
 SECTION 606. 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 with the Company. 
 SECTION 607.
Compensation and Reimbursement. 
 The Company agrees 

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation 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) 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 willful misconduct; 

(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful
misconduct 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 or liability in connection with the exercise or
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 (4) whether or not herein expressly provided, every provision of this Indenture and of
other related documents relating to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee hereunder, including without limitation its right to be indemnified, shall (a) be subject to this Article, (b) apply to
and be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including without limitation its capacity as Paying Agent and Security Registrar and (c) extend to directors, officers and employees of the Trustee. 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default, 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 608. 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 such 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 other indentures or guarantee agreements of the Company. 

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. 

There shall at all times be a 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 and has (or in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related holding
company has) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and a corporate trust office in either the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York or Los Angeles, California. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its said 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 surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. 
 SECTION 610.
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 611. 

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. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 
  

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 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. 

If at any time: 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company 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 609
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company 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 by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any
cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. 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 611, 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 or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, 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 106. 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 611. 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 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; provided that, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
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 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 retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary
or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; provided that, on
request of the Company 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
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 612. 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 substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, by sale or otherwise, 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 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (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 any such other obligor). 

SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. 

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be
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and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by
the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the
Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District
of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. 
 Any corporation into which an
Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all
or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, by sale or otherwise, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. 
 An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent
and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent
will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. 
 The Trustee agrees
to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 607. 

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

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

Dated: 
  

			
	 U.S. Bank National Association,

	
	 As Trustee

		
	 By
	 	  

	 Authorized Officer




 

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 ARTICLE SEVEN 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE
AND COMPANY 
 SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. 

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

(1) not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and 
 (2) at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company 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 the capacity as Security Registrar, to the extent the Trustee is duly
appointed to act as such. 
 SECTION 702. 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 701 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 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. 

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

SECTION 703. 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. 
 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. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed or
delisted on any stock exchange. 
 SECTION 704. Reports by Company. 

The Company 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 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 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. 
  


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 Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). 
 ARTICLE EIGHT 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE 
 SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. 

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 or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless: 

(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, limited liability company or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia 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 premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities and the performance or
observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; 
 (2) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary 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 or Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default or 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. 
 SECTION 802. Successor Substituted. 

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company 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 under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company 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. 
  

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 ARTICLE NINE 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 

SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. 

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more 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 in accordance with Section 801 and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or 
 (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for
the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or 
 (3) to add any additional Defaults or Events of
Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Defaults or Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Defaults or Events of
Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or 
 (4) to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or 
 (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture
in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and
entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of 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; or 

(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; 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 611; or

 (9) 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 (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
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 SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by
such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental 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 Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, 
 (1) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (or premium, if any) payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the
amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, 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) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture, or 
 (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008,
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 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with
the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8). 
 A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of
this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall
be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. 
 It shall not be
necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 

SECTION 903. 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 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate 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
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 SECTION 904. 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 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. 

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

SECTION 906. 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 shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. 

SECTION 907. Subordination Impaired. 

No provision in any supplemental indenture that affects the superior position of the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be effective
against any holder of Senior Indebtedness, unless such holder shall have consented thereto. 
 ARTICLE TEN 

COVENANTS 

SECTION 1001. 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
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 
 SECTION
1002. 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 and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of that series 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
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 
 The Company 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 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. 
  

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 SECTION 1003. 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 (and premium, if any) 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 premium, if any) or 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 
 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 (i) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) 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 (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of that series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) 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 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 Borough of Manhattan, 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 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default. 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after the Company becomes aware
of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action
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 SECTION 1005. Existence. 

Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights (charter and statutory), as applicable, and franchises, and the existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of any Subsidiary Bank; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 SECTION 1006. Company Statement as to Compliance. 

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement, which need not comply
with Section 102, signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, stating, as to each signer thereof, that 

(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his
supervision, and 
 (2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is
continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default under Section 501, or a Default under Section 501 or, if such event has occurred and is continuing, specifying such event known to him and the
nature and status thereof. 
 SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. 

The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid,
might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose
amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. 
 SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

 Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Company, with respect
to the Securities of any series, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series
or in any of Sections 1005 to 1007, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, provided that 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. 

SECTION 1009. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. 

If any Original Issue Discount Securities are outstanding, the Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar
year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such
original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
  

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 ARTICLE ELEVEN 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 

SECTION 1101. 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 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article. 
 SECTION 1102. Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee. 
 The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 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 Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by 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 shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. 

SECTION 1103. 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 subject to the applicable
proceedings of DTC, 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. 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Securities Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in
case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, 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 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. 

 

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 SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. 

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. 
 All notices
of redemption 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, and 

(6) 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 and provision of the notice information to the Trustee, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 
 SECTION
1105. 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 1003) 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. 
 SECTION 1106. 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 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall 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 307. 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
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 SECTION 1107. 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 or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company 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 exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. 
 ARTICLE TWELVE 

SINKING FUNDS 

SECTION 1201. 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 301 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 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities. 
 SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and
(2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the 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, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. 

SECTION 1203. 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 satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and
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 ARTICLE THIRTEEN 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE 

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

The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series
of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with
the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. 

SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge. 

Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, 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 1304 and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and
1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities. 
 SECTION 1303. Covenant
Defeasance. 
 Upon the Company’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, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1005 to 1007 inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(b)(v) (with respect to any of Sections 1005 to 1007 inclusive and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7))
and 501(b)(vi) shall be deemed not to be or result in a Default and (3) the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(b)(v)) or Article Fourteen, 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 shall be unaffected thereby. 

 

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 SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be: 
 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 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) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. 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 1302 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company 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 1303 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same
times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur. 
 (4) The Company 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, a 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 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) and (a)(4), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit
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 (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 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 such Act or exempt from registration thereunder. 

(9) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourteen, would prevent the Company from making
payments of the principal of (and any premium) or interest on the Securities of such series on the date of such deposit or 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). 
 (10) The Company 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 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, 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 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304
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 premium, if any) and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. Money and U.S. Government Obligations so held in trust shall not be subject to the provisions of Article Fourteen, provided that the applicable conditions of Section 1304 have been satisfied.

 The Company 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 1304 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 from time to time
upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 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 1306. 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 from which the Company has been discharged or released
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1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such
Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company 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 

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES 

SECTION 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness. 

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the
extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. 
 Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a deposit referred to in Section 1304(1) is made pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 with respect to any Securities (and provided all other conditions set out in Section 1302 or 1303, as applicable, shall have
been satisfied with respect to such Securities), then, following the 90th day after such deposit, no money or U.S. Government Obligations so deposited, and no proceeds thereon, will be subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness,
including any such rights arising under this Article Fourteen. 
 SECTION 1402. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.

 In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization
or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment on account of
principal of or interest on the Securities, and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up or event. 

Upon the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding paragraph, in the
event that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof provided for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in
such event such payment or distribution to the extent still in possession of the Trustee shall be upon written direction of the Trustee or Holders of the Senior Indebtedness paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. 
  

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 The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or
the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or which acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the respective conditions
set forth in Article Nine. 
 SECTION 1403. Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities. 

In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness or provision shall be made for such payment in cash, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities) by the Company on account of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with
Article Twelve by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 1202 Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such declaration of acceleration. 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment to the extent still
in the possession of the Trustee shall be upon a Company Order paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. 
 The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 1402 would be applicable. 
 SECTION 1404. No
Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default. 
 In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or, in the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default, then no payment shall
be made by the Company on account of principal of or interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities. 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment to the extent still
in the possession of the Trustee shall be upon a Company Order paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. 
 The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 1402 would be applicable. 
 SECTION 1405.
Payment Permitted If No Default. 
 Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities of any series shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshaling of assets and
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Section 1403 or 1404, from making payments at any time of principal of or interest on the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to
the payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of any series or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article. 
 SECTION 1406. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness. 
 Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated
(equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and interest on the Securities shall be paid in
full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions
of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness
and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness. 

SECTION 1407. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. 

The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness (and, in the case of Section 1415, the creditors of General Obligations) on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional and which,
subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (and the rights under Section 1415 of creditors in respect of General Obligations), is intended to rank equally with all other General Obligations of the Company, to
pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the
Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, (and under Section 1415 of creditors in respect of General Obligations) under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable
to the Trustee or such Holder. 
 SECTION 1408. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. 

Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. 

SECTION 1409. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. 

No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any
way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. 
  

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 Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person. 
 SECTION 1410. Notice to Trustee. 

The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would
prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received
the notice provided for in this Section at least five Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within five Business Days prior to such
date. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it
of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee therefor (or a creditor in respect of General Obligations) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a
trustee therefor (or a creditor in respect of General Obligations). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a
creditor in respect of General Obligations) to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
(or General Obligations) held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. 

SECTION 1411. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company
(and the creditors in respect of General Obligations), the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. 

 

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 SECTION 1412. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness (or Creditors in Respect of
General Obligations). 
 The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or
creditors in respect of General Obligations) and shall not be liable to any such holders (or creditors in respect of General Obligations) if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to
any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness (or creditors in respect of General Obligations) shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. 

SECTION 1413. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights. 

The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it (or with respect to any General Obligations owed to the Trustee as a creditor), to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness (or creditors in respect of General Obligations as the
case may be), and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. 
 Nothing in this
Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607. 
 SECTION 1414. Article Applicable to
Paying Agents. 
 In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be
then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and
purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Section 1413 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as
Paying Agent. 
 SECTION 1415. Payment of Proceeds in Certain Cases. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the first paragraph of Section 1402,
the provisions of that Section shall be given effect to determine the amount of cash, property or securities which may be payable or deliverable as between the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities, on
the other hand. 
 (b) If, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 1402 and Section 1406, any amount of cash,
property or securities of the Company shall be available for payment or distribution in respect of the Securities (“Excess Proceeds”), and any creditors in respect of General Obligations shall not have received payment in full of all
amounts due or to become due on or in respect of such General Obligations, then such Excess Proceeds shall first be applied (it being understood that the Trustee has no affirmative duty to pay such General Obligations with Excess Proceeds) (ratably
with any amount of cash, property or securities available for payment or distribution in respect of any other indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms provides for the payment over of amounts corresponding to Excess Proceeds to
creditors in respect of General Obligations) to pay or provide for the payment of the General Obligations remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all General Obligations in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution
to or for creditors in respect of General Obligations. Any Excess Proceeds remaining after the payment (or provision for payment) in full of all General Obligations shall be available for payment or distribution in respect of the Securities.

 (c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, the Trustee or Holder
of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, before all General Obligations are paid in full or payment thereof duly provided for, and if
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time of such payment or distribution have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event, subject to any obligation that the Trustee or such Holder may
have pursuant to Section 1402, such payment or distribution to the extent still in the possession of the Trustee shall be upon the written direction of such Person paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for payment in accordance with subsection (b). 

(d) Subject to the payment in full of all General Obligations, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated (equally and ratably
with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms provides for the payment over of amounts corresponding to Excess Proceeds to creditors in respect of General Obligations and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to
the rights of the creditors in respect of General Obligations to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the General Obligations until the principal of and interest on the Securities shall be paid in
full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to creditors in respect of General Obligations of any cash, property or securities to which Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Section, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Section to creditors in respect of General Obligations by Holders of Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than creditors in
respect of General Obligations and the Holders of Securities be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the General Obligations. 

(e) The provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this Section are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the creditors in respect of General Obligations, on the other hand, after giving effect to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, as provided in this
Article. Nothing contained in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this Section is intended to or shall affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and (1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
(2) other creditors of the Company other than creditors in respect of General Obligations. 
 SECTION 1416. Automatic Termination. 

 Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company will promptly notify the Trustee and the following provisions of this
Indenture shall immediately and automatically terminate, be null and void ab initio and have no further effect: the definitions of “Claim”, “Excess Proceeds” and “General Obligations”; subsection (d) of
Section 111; the sixth paragraph of Section 203; the last paragraph of Section 901; subsection (b) of Section 907; all language in each parenthetical containing the words “General Obligations” in Sections 1407,
1410, 1411, 1412 and 1413; and Section 1415. The Trustee shall have the right at any time to request that the Company supply it with an Opinion of Counsel as to whether a Termination Event shall have occurred. 

SECTION 1417. Rights of Trustee. 

Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 506. 

 
  

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, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

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	VIRGINIA COMMERCE BANCORP, INC.
		
	By	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
		
	By	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer


  

			
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	As Trustee
		
	By	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	


  

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