Form of Indenture



 Exhibit 4.10 
 KFORCE INC. 
 INDENTURE 
 Dated as of 
  
  
 DEBT SECURITIES 
 [                ] 
 Trustee 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  


					
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	  	1
			
	 Section 1.01
	  	Definitions	  	1
		
	ARTICLE II FORMS OF SECURITIES	  	9
			
	 Section 2.01
	  	Terms of the Securities	  	9
			
	 Section 2.02
	  	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	  	9
			
	 Section 2.03
	  	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent	  	10
		
	ARTICLE III THE DEBT SECURITIES	  	10
			
	 Section 3.01
	  	Amount; Issuable in Series	  	10
			
	 Section 3.02
	  	Denominations	  	12
			
	 Section 3.03
	  	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	  	12
			
	 Section 3.04
	  	Temporary Securities	  	13
			
	 Section 3.05
	  	Registrar	  	14
			
	 Section 3.06
	  	Transfer and Exchange	  	14
			
	 Section 3.07
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	  	17
			
	 Section 3.08
	  	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	  	17
			
	 Section 3.09
	  	Cancellation	  	18
			
	 Section 3.10
	  	Computation of Interest	  	18
			
	 Section 3.11
	  	Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities	  	19
			
	 Section 3.12
	  	Judgments	  	19
			
	 Section 3.13
	  	CUSIP Numbers	  	19
		
	ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	  	19
			
	 Section 4.01
	  	Applicability of Right of Redemption	  	19
			
	 Section 4.02
	  	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	  	20
			
	 Section 4.03
	  	Notice of Redemption	  	20
			
	 Section 4.04
	  	Deposit of Redemption Price	  	21
			
	 Section 4.05
	  	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	  	21
			
	 Section 4.06
	  	Securities Redeemed in Part	  	21
		
	ARTICLE V SINKING FUNDS	  	21
			
	 Section 5.01
	  	Applicability of Sinking Fund	  	21
			
	 Section 5.02
	  	Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation	  	22
			
	 Section 5.03
	  	Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price	  	22
			
	 Section 5.04
	  	Application of Sinking Fund Payment	  	22
		
	ARTICLE VI PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY	  	23
			
	 Section 6.01
	  	Payments of Securities	  	23
			
	 Section 6.02
	  	Paying Agent	  	23
			
	 Section 6.03
	  	To Hold Payment in Trust	  	23

  

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	 Section 6.04
	  	Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets	  	24
			
	 Section 6.05
	  	Compliance Certificate	  	25
			
	 Section 6.06
	  	Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities	  	25
			
	 Section 6.07
	  	Statement by Officers as to Default	  	25
		
	 ARTICLE VII REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
	  	26
			
	 Section 7.01
	  	Events of Default	  	26
			
	 Section 7.02
	  	Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment	  	27
			
	 Section 7.03
	  	Other Remedies	  	28
			
	 Section 7.04
	  	Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact	  	28
			
	 Section 7.05
	  	Priorities	  	29
			
	 Section 7.06
	  	Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults	  	29
			
	 Section 7.07
	  	Limitation on Suits	  	29
			
	 Section 7.08
	  	Undertaking for Costs	  	30
			
	 Section 7.09
	  	Remedies Cumulative	  	30
		
	 ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	  	30
			
	 Section 8.01
	  	Evidence of Action of Securityholders	  	30
			
	 Section 8.02
	  	Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities	  	31
			
	 Section 8.03
	  	Persons Deemed Owners	  	31
			
	 Section 8.04
	  	Effect of Consents	  	31
		
	 ARTICLE IX SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
	  	32
			
	 Section 9.01
	  	Purposes of Meetings.	  	32
			
	 Section 9.02
	  	Call of Meetings by Trustee	  	32
			
	 Section 9.03
	  	Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders	  	32
			
	 Section 9.04
	  	Qualifications for Voting	  	32
			
	 Section 9.05
	  	Regulation of Meetings	  	32
			
	 Section 9.06
	  	Voting	  	33
			
	 Section 9.07
	  	No Delay of Rights by Meeting	  	33
		
	 ARTICLE X REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS
	  	33
			
	 Section 10.01
	  	Reports by Trustee	  	33
			
	 Section 10.02
	  	Reports by the Company	  	34
			
	 Section 10.03
	  	Securityholders’ Lists	  	34
		
	 ARTICLE XI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	  	34
			
	 Section 11.01
	  	Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity	  	34
			
	 Section 11.02
	  	Duties of Trustee	  	36
			
	 Section 11.03
	  	Notice of Defaults	  	37
			
	 Section 11.04
	  	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	37

  

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	 Section 11.05
	  	Registration and Notice; Removal	  	37
			
	 Section 11.06
	  	Successor Trustee by Appointment	  	38
			
	 Section 11.07
	  	Successor Trustee by Merger	  	39
			
	 Section 11.08
	  	Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate	  	39
			
	 Section 11.09
	  	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	  	39
			
	 Section 11.10
	  	Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders	  	40
		
	ARTICLE XII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE	  	40
			
	 Section 12.01
	  	Applicability of Article	  	40
			
	 Section 12.02
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	40
			
	 Section 12.03
	  	Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations	  	41
			
	 Section 12.04
	  	Repayment to Company	  	42
			
	 Section 12.05
	  	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations	  	42
			
	 Section 12.06
	  	Application of Trust Money	  	42
			
	 Section 12.07
	  	Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies	  	43
		
	ARTICLE XIII IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS	  	43
			
	 Section 13.01
	  	No Personal Liability	  	43
		
	ARTICLE XIV SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  	43
			
	 Section 14.01
	  	Without Consent of Securityholders	  	43
			
	 Section 14.02
	  	With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations	  	45
			
	 Section 14.03
	  	Trustee Protected	  	46
			
	 Section 14.04
	  	Effect of Execution of Supplemental Indenture	  	46
			
	 Section 14.05
	  	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	  	46
			
	 Section 14.06
	  	Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act	  	46
		
	ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  	46
			
	 Section 15.01
	  	Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent	  	46
			
	 Section 15.02
	  	Trust Indenture Act Controls	  	47
			
	 Section 15.03
	  	Notices to the Company and Trustee	  	47
			
	 Section 15.04
	  	Notices to Securityholders; Waiver	  	47
			
	 Section 15.05
	  	Legal Holiday	  	48
			
	 Section 15.06
	  	Effects of Headings and Table of Contents	  	48
			
	 Section 15.07
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	48
			
	 Section 15.08
	  	Separability Clause	  	48
			
	 Section 15.09
	  	Benefits of Indenture	  	48
			
	 Section 15.10
	  	Counterparts Originals	  	48
			
	 Section 15.11
	  	Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury	  	48

  

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 INDENTURE dated as of
                                 ,    
             (this “Indenture”), among Kforce Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and
                        , a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the
“Trustee”). 
 WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000 to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: that, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof for the equal and proportionate benefit of all of the present and future
Holders of the Securities, each party agrees and covenants as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (a) the terms defined in this Article
have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; 
 (b) all terms used herein without
definition which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 
 (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and 
 (d) References to “Article” or “Section” or other subdivision herein are references to an Article, Section or other subdivision of
this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires. 
 Section 1.01 Definitions.  
 (a) Unless otherwise defined in this Indenture or the context otherwise requires, all terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Trust Indenture Act. 
 (b) Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.01(b) shall for all purposes of
this Indenture have the meanings hereinafter set forth, the following definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of any of the terms herein defined: 
 Affiliate: 
 The term
“Affiliate,” with respect to any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 









 Authenticating Agent: 
 The term “Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.09. 
 Board of Directors: 
 The term
“Board of Directors” shall mean either the board of directors of the Company or the executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect hereof. 
 Board Resolution: 
 The term
“Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution or resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a committee of the Board of Directors to the
extent that any such other committee has been authorized by the Board of Directors to establish or approve the matters contemplated) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee. 
 Business Day: 
 The term
“Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 
 Capital
Stock: 
 The term “Capital Stock” shall mean: 
 (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; 
 (b) in the case of an association or business entity,
any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; 
 (c) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and 
 (d) any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital
Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock. 
 Code: 
 The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as in effect on the date hereof. 
 Company: 
 The term
“Company” shall mean the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person. 
  

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 Company Order: 
 The term “Company Order” shall mean a written order signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 Corporate Trust Office: 
 The term “Corporate Trust Office,” or other similar term, shall mean 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
[                        ], 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 officer of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company). 
 Currency: 
 The term
“Currency” shall mean U.S. Dollars or Foreign Currency. 
 Default: 
 The term “Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.03. 
 Defaulted Interest: 
 The term
“Defaulted Interest” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Section 3.08(b). 
 Depositary: 
 The term “Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Securities of that series. 
 Designated Currency: 
 The term “Designated Currency” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12. 
 Discharged: 
 The term “Discharged” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.03. 
 Event of Default: 
 The term
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01. 
 Exchange Act: 
 The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 Exchange Rate: 
 The term
“Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.01. 
  

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 Floating Rate Security: 
 The term “Floating Rate Security” shall mean a Security that provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by
reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to Section 3.01. 
 Foreign Currency: 
 The term “Foreign Currency” shall mean a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency,
the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries. 
 GAAP: 
 The term “GAAP,” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder, shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect
in the United States as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. 
 Global Security: 
 The term
“Global Security” shall mean any Security that evidences all or part of a series of Securities, issued in fully-registered certificated form to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 3.03 and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 3.03(g). 
 Holder; Holder of Securities: 
 The terms “Holder” and “Holder of Securities” are defined under “Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder.” 

Indebtedness: 
 The term
“Indebtedness” shall mean any and all obligations of a Person for money borrowed which, in accordance with GAAP, would be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person as a liability on the date as of which Indebtedness is to be
determined. 
 Indenture: 
 The term “Indenture” or “this Indenture” shall mean this instrument and all indentures supplemental hereto. 
 Interest: 
 The term “interest” shall mean, with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable after Maturity. 
 Interest Payment Date: 
 The term “Interest Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment: 
 The term “Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.01. 
  

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 Maturity: 
 The term “Maturity,” with respect to any Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security shall become due and payable as therein and herein provided, whether by declaration, call for
redemption or otherwise. 
 Members: 
 The term “Members” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.03(i). 
 Officer’s Certificate: 
 The term “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any of the
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 15.01 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section. 
 Opinion of Counsel: 
 The term “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who
may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, or may be other counsel that meets the requirements provided for in Section 15.01. 
 Optional Sinking Fund Payment: 
 The term “Optional Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 5.01. 
 Original Issue Discount Security: 
 The term “Original Issue Discount Security” shall mean any Security that is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder and any other Security designated by the Company as issued with original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes. 
 Outstanding: 
 The term “Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (b) Securities or portions thereof for which 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 or
Securities as to which the Company’s obligations have been Discharged; provided, however, that if such Securities or portions thereof 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; and 
 (c) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 3.07(b) 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 a Responsible Officer of the Trustee proof satisfactory
to it that such Securities are held by a protected 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 Securities of a series
Outstanding have performed any action hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any 

  

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other obligor upon the Securities of such series 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 action, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned that 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 to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a series have performed any action
hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated
pursuant to Section 3.11(b). 
 Paying Agent: 
 The term “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.02(a). 
 Person: 
 The term “Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 Place of Payment: 
 The term “Place of Payment” shall mean, when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
the place or places where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01. 
 Predecessor Security: 
 The term “Predecessor Security” shall mean, with respect to any
Security, every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in lieu of a
lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security. 
 Record Date:

 The term “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, the
close of business on any date specified in such Security for the payment of interest pursuant to Section 3.01. 
 Redemption Date:

 The term “Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture and the terms of such Security, which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an Interest Payment Date only. 

Redemption Price: 
 The term
“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, shall mean the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Security and this Indenture. 
  

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 Register: 
 The term “Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.05(a). 
 Registrar:

 The term “Registrar” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.05(a). 
 Responsible Officers: 
 The term
“Responsible Officers” of the Trustee hereunder shall mean any vice president, any assistant vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer or any other officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such 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. 
 SEC: 
 The term “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as constituted
from time to time. 
 Security: 
 The term “Security” or “Securities” shall have the meaning stated in the recitals and shall more particularly mean one or more of the Securities duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture. 
 Security Custodian: 
 The term “Security Custodian” shall mean the custodian with respect to any Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Paying Agent. 

Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder: 
 The term “Securityholder” or “Holder of Securities” or “Holder,” shall mean the Person in whose name Securities shall be registered in the Register kept for that purpose hereunder.

 Special Record Date: 
 The term “Special Record Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.08(b)(i). 
 Stated Maturity:

 The term “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal (or any portion thereof) of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable. 
  

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 Subsidiary: 
 The term “Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any Person, shall mean: 
 (a) any corporation,
limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement
or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and 
 (b) any partnership (i) the
sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (ii) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

 Successor Company: 
 The term “Successor Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.06(i). 
 Trust Indenture Act:

 The term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
 Trustee: 
 The term
“Trustee” shall mean the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities 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. Dollars: 
 The term “U.S. Dollars” shall mean such currency of the United States as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts. 
 U.S. Government Obligations: 
 The term “U.S. Government Obligations” shall mean (i) direct non-callable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case, for the payment of which guarantee or obligation the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged. 
 United States: 
 The term “United
States” shall mean the United States of America (including each individual State and the District of Columbia), its territories and its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
 FORMS OF SECURITIES 
 Section 2.01 Terms of the Securities. 
 (a) The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and
shall have 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of
any securities exchange on which any series of the Securities may be listed or of any automated quotation system on which any such series may be quoted, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 
 (b) The terms and provisions of the Securities shall constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. 
 Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. 
 (a) Only such of the Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate substantially in the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication
hereinafter recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or entitle the Holder thereof to any right or benefit under this Indenture. 
 (b) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except that any Global Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
in Section 3.01. 
 (c) The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities shall be
substantially as follows: 
 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

									
	 Date of authentication:                     

	 		 	[            ], as Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 Section 2.03 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent.
If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by such Authenticating Agent to be borne by Securities of each such series shall be
substantially as follows: 
 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities issued referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

									
	 Date of authentication:                     

	 		 	[            ], as Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 	as Authenticating Agent
			
		 		 	 
		 		 	Authorized Signatory

 ARTICLE III 
 THE DEBT SECURITIES 
 Section 3.01 Amount; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is $250,000,000. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the issuance of Securities of any series: 
 (a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of such series from the Securities of all other series, except to the extent that additional Securities of an existing series are being issued); 
 (b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 4.06, or 14.05); 
 (c) the dates on which or periods
during which the Securities of the series may be issued, and the dates on, or the range of dates within, which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series are or may be payable or the method by which such date or dates
shall be determined or extended; 
 (d) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by
which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the
Record Dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on such Interest Payment Dates or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the right, if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such
extension or deferral; 
 (e) if other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency in which Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable and any other terms concerning such payment; 
 (f) if the amount of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method including, but not limited to, an index
based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 
 (g) if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable without such election, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in
which the Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency in which the Securities are to be paid if such election is made; 
  

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 (h) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, and where Securities of any series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and the place or places where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made; 
 (i) the price or prices at which, the period or
periods within which or the date or dates on which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option; 
 (j) the obligation or right, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the Currency or Currencies in which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 
 (k) if other than denominations of
$1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; 
 (l) if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02; 
 (m) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Securities may
be issued; 
 (n) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of Securities of the series in whole or in part and any addition or change in the
provisions related to satisfaction and discharge; 
 (o) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for
the individual Securities represented thereby; 
 (p) the date as of which any Global Security of the series shall be dated if other than the
original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued; 
 (q) the form of the Securities of the series; 
 (r) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities or property of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange; 
 (s) whether the Securities of such series are subject to subordination and the terms of such subordination; 
 (t) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such series; 
 (u) any addition or change in the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;

 (v) any addition or change in the provisions related to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 14.04 and 14.02 which applies to
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 (w) provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of specified events;

 (x) 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 7.02 and any addition or change in the provisions set forth in Article VII which applies to Securities of the
series; 
 (y) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article VI which applies to Securities of the series; and 

(z) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted
by Section 14.01). 
 All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided herein or set forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. 
 Section 3.02
Denominations. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Securities in denominations of any integral multiple of $1,000,
and shall be payable only in U.S. Dollars. 
 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. 
 (a) The Securities shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chief Executive Officer,
President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents or Treasurer. If the Person whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated and delivered, the Security
shall nevertheless be valid. 
 (b) 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, if required pursuant to Section 3.01, a supplemental indenture
or Company Order setting forth the terms of the Securities of a series. The Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities without any further action by the Company. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be
authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. 
 (c) In authenticating the first Securities of
any series and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 11.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each prepared in accordance with Section 15.01 stating that the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture have been complied with. 
 (d) The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver the Securities under this Section 3.03 if the issue of the 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. 
 (e) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the
Securities of such series. 
 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if all of the Securities
of any series are not to be originally issued at the same time, then the documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03 must be delivered only once prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security of such series;

  

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 (g) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that: (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Securities; (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the
nominee of such Depositary; (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction; and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: 
 “Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented hereby, this Global Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.” 
 The aggregate principal amount of each Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Security Custodian, as provided in this Indenture. 
 (h) Each Depositary designated pursuant to
Section 3.01 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or
regulation. 
 (i) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Security Custodian under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar and any of their agents
as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of their agents from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security. The Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Members and Persons that may hold interests through Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to
take under this Indenture or the Securities. 
 (j) 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 one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent by manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture. 
 Section 3.04 Temporary Securities. 
 (a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any such temporary Security may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the
Outstanding Securities of such series. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as
the definitive Security or Securities in lieu of which it is issued. 
 (b) If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of such 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
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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 a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. 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. 
 (c) Upon any exchange of a portion of a
temporary Global Security for a definitive Global Security or for the individual Securities represented thereby pursuant to this Section 3.04 or Section 3.06, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the
reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed. 
 Section 3.05 Registrar. 
 (a)
The Company will keep, at an office or agency to be maintained by it in a Place of Payment where Securities may be presented for registration or presented and surrendered for registration of transfer or of exchange, and where Securities of any
series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable (the “Registrar”), a security register for the registration and the registration of transfer or of exchange of the Securities (the
registers 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 “Register”), as in this Indenture provided, which Register shall at all
reasonable times be open for inspection by the Trustee. Such Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars; the term
“Registrar” includes any co-registrar. 
 (b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or
co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar for any series, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 11.01. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent. 

(c) The Company hereby appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Registrar in connection with the Securities and this Indenture, until
such time as another Person is appointed as such. 
 Section 3.06 Transfer and Exchange. 
 (a) Transfer. 
 (i) Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the Registrar the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new
Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations. The transfer of any Security shall not be valid as against the Company or the Trustee unless registered at the Registrar at the
request of the Holder, or at the request of his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. 
 (ii) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 3.06, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for
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 (b) Exchange. 
 (i) At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the Registrar. 
 (ii) Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 (c) Exchange of Global Securities for Individual Securities.
Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive individual Securities. 
 (i) Individual Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security in exchange for such interests if: (A) at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.03(h) and, in each case, a successor Depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice; or (B) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Registrar an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable. 
 In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Security for individual Securities pursuant to this subsection (c), such Global Security shall be
deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver to
each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of individual Securities of authorized denominations. 
 (ii) The owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to receive an individual Security in exchange for such
interest if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon receipt by the Security Custodian and Registrar of instructions from the Holder of a Global Security directing the Security Custodian and Registrar to (x) issue one or more
individual Securities in the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security and (y) debit or cause to be debited an equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Security, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Depositary: 
 (A) the Security Custodian and Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such
instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest in such Global Security; 
 (B) the Company shall
promptly execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver to such beneficial owner individual Securities in an equivalent amount to
such beneficial interest in such Global Security; and 
 (C) the Security Custodian and Registrar shall decrease such Global
Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing. In the event that the individual Securities are not issued to each such beneficial owner promptly after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such
individual Securities, the Company expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to Section 7.07, the right of any beneficial Holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion
of the Global Security that represents such beneficial Holder’s Securities as if such individual Securities had been issued. 
 (iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in
part for individual Securities of such series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge: 
 (A) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new individual Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination
as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and 
  

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 (B) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference,
if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof. 
 (iv) In any exchange provided for in clauses (i) through (iii), the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver individual Securities in registered form in authorized denominations. 
 (v) Upon the exchange in full of a Global
Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 3.06 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered. 
 (d) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid
obligations of the Company evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer or exchange. 
 (e) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or
the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his, her or its attorney duly
authorized in writing. 
 (f) No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities. The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be
made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or charge to the Holders. 
 (g) The Company shall not be required to:
(i) register, transfer or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under
Section 4.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission; or (ii) register, transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part. 
 (h) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer or exchange of any Security, the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding
any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for all purposes whatsoever, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 (i) In case a successor Company (“Successor Company”) has executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to
Article XIV, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered pursuant to such transaction may, from time to time, at the request of the Successor Company, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the Successor Company with such
changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of the Successor Company, shall authenticate and deliver
Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Successor Company pursuant to this Section 3.06 in exchange or substitution for or upon
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of transfer of any Securities, such Successor Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all
Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name. 
 (j) 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 laws. 
 (k) 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 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, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. 
 (l) Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. 
 Section 3.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. 
 (a) If: (i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office; or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee security or indemnity bond satisfactory to them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Security has
been acquired by a protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the
same series and of like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution. 
 (b) 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 the amount due on such Security in accordance with its terms. 
 (c) Upon the issuance of any new
Security under this Section 3.07, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith. 
 (d) Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 3.07 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. 
 (e) The provisions of this Section 3.07 are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 
 Section 3.08 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. 
 (a) Interest on any Security that is payable and is
punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Record Date. Payment of interest on Securities shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01) or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer to an
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 (b) Any interest on any Security that 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 Record Date by virtue of his, her or its having been such a Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below: 
 (i) The Company may elect to make
payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “Special
Record Date”), 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 such Security 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 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed 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 the Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Register, not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii). 
 (ii) The Company may make payment of any
Defaulted Interest on Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by
the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 (c) Subject to the provisions set forth herein relating to Record Dates, each Security delivered pursuant to any provision of this Indenture in exchange or substitution for, or upon registration of transfer of, any other Security shall
carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 
 Section 3.09
Cancellation. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, all Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or credit against any sinking fund or otherwise
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.09, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities held by it in accordance with
its then customary procedures and deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its request therefor. The acquisition of any Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented
thereby unless and until such Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
 Section 3.10 Computation of
Interest. Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
  

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 Section 3.11 Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities. 
 (a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on Securities of such series will be made in U.S. Dollars. 
 (b) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture in which the
Holders of Outstanding Securities may perform an action that requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Securities of all series perform such action and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and
unpaid for the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities denominated in a
Foreign Currency will be the amount in U.S. Dollars based upon exchange rates, determined as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such action
have performed it or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be. 
 (c) Any decision or
determination to be made regarding exchange rates shall be made by an agent appointed by the Company; provided, that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall, in the opinion of the Company at the
time of such appointment, require such agent to make such determination by a method consistent with the method provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for the making of such decision or determination. All decisions and determinations of such agent
regarding exchange rates shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of the Securities. 
 Section 3.12 Judgments. The Company may provide pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series that: (a) the obligation, if
any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 is of the
essence and agrees that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency
that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other Currency (after any premium and cost of exchange) on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated
Currency or in the international banking community (in the case of a composite currency) immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any
reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate
and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect. 
 Section 3.13 CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing any Securities may use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with
respect to such series provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of 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 in writing of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN
or other similar numbers. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 
 Section 4.01 Applicability of Right of Redemption. Redemption
of Securities (other than pursuant to a sinking fund, amortization or analogous provision) permitted by the terms of any series of Securities shall be made (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such series shall govern. 
  

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 Section 4.02 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 
 (a) If the Company shall at any time elect to redeem all or any portion of the Securities of a series then Outstanding, it shall at least 30 days prior
to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select,
by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal
amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. In any case where more than one Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee
may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Security of such series. The Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, notify the Company in writing of the Securities and portions of Securities so selected.

 (b) 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 Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security that has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the
Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption. 
 Section 4.03
Notice of Redemption. 
 (a) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company; provided, however, that the Company makes such request at least 3 days prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this Section 4.03; provided
further that, the text of such notice shall be prepared by the Company, not less than 60 days before the Redemption Date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period, to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part
pursuant to this Article, in the manner provided in Section 15.04. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such
notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Security of such series. 
 (b) All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if available) and shall
state: 
 (i) such election by the Company to redeem Securities of such series pursuant to provisions contained in this
Indenture or the terms of the Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case; 
 (ii) the Redemption Date; 
 (iii) the Redemption Price; 
 (iv) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amounts) of the Securities of such series to be redeemed; 
 (v) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption
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 (vi) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price; 
 (vii) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and 
 (viii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent for payment of the Redemption Price. 
 Section 4.04 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the Redemption Date for any Securities, 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 6.03) an amount of money in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated
(except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Securities or any portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date. 
 Section 4.05 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and from and after such date (unless the Company shall Default in the payment of the Redemption Price) 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; provided, however, that (unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) installments of interest that have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such
Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Securities and the provisions of Section 3.08. 
 If any Security called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof and premium, if any, thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. 
 Section 4.06 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office
or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with, if the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company,
the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its 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, of like tenor and form, 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; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a
denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of a Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in
lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof. 
 ARTICLE V 
 SINKING FUNDS 
 Section 5.01 Applicability of Sinking Fund. 
 (a) Redemption of Securities
permitted or required pursuant to a sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series by the terms of such series of Securities shall be made in accordance with such terms of such series of Securities and this Article, except as otherwise
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 (b) The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series 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 Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “Optional Sinking
Fund Payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 5.02. 
 Section 5.02 Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation. The Company may, at its option, satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, in
whole or in part, with respect to a particular series of Securities by (a) delivering to the Trustee Securities of such series in transferable form theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or redeemed at the election of the
Company pursuant to Section 4.03 or (b) receiving credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall credit such Mandatory Sinking Fund
Payment obligation with an amount equal to the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be reduced accordingly. If the Company
shall elect to so satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date a written notice signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers, which shall designate the Securities (and portions thereof, if any) so delivered or credited and
which shall be accompanied by such Securities (to the extent not theretofore delivered) in transferable form. In case of the failure of the Company, at or before the time so required, to give such notice and deliver such Securities the Mandatory
Sinking Fund Payment obligation shall be paid entirely in moneys. 
 Section 5.03 Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption
Price. In addition to the sinking fund requirements of Section 5.02, to the extent, if any, provided for by the terms of a particular series of Securities, the Company may, at its option, make an Optional Sinking Fund Payment with respect
to such Securities. Unless otherwise provided by such terms, (a) to the extent that the right of the Company to make such Optional Sinking Fund Payment shall not be exercised in any year, it shall not be cumulative or carried forward to any
subsequent year, and (b) such optional payment shall operate to reduce the amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation as to Securities of the same series. If the Company intends to exercise its right to make such optional payment
in any year it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date a certificate signed by its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice
Presidents, Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers stating that the Company will exercise such optional right, and specifying the amount which the Company will pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Such certificate
shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 
 Section 5.04 Application of Sinking Fund Payment.

 (a) If the sinking fund payment or payments made in funds pursuant to either Section 5.02 or 5.03 with respect to a
particular series of Securities plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in funds with respect to such series shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request, or such equivalent sum for Securities
denominated other than in U.S. Dollars), it shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date next following the date of such payment, unless the date of such payment shall be a sinking fund payment date, in which case such payment
shall be applied on such sinking fund payment date, to the redemption of Securities of such series at the redemption price specified pursuant to Section 4.03(b). The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 4.02, for
redemption on such sinking fund payment date, a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said funds, as nearly as may be, and shall, at the expense and in the name of the Company, thereupon cause notice of redemption of the
Securities to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 4.03(a) for the redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company, except that the notice of redemption shall also state that the Securities are being redeemed
for the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received in funds by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.04. Any and all sinking fund moneys held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or redemption of
particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity. 
  

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 (b) On or prior to each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee a
sum equal to all interest accrued to but not including the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 5.04. 
 (c) The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of
such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on any Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) of
which the Trustee has actual knowledge, except that if the notice of redemption of any Securities of such series shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall redeem such Securities if funds
sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund at the time any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter
paid into the sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of all the Securities of such series; provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default shall have been
cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date on which such moneys are required to be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.04. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF
THE COMPANY 
 The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows: 
 Section 6.01 Payments of Securities. The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium, if any, on each series of
Securities, and the interest which shall have accrued thereon, at the dates and place and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. 
 Section 6.02 Paying Agent. 
 (a) The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities, if any, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such 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 and this Indenture may be served (the “Paying Agent”). 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 Paying Agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 
 (b)
The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time
to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and of any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Paying Agent not a
party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as
Paying Agent. 
 Section 6.03 To Hold Payment in Trust. 
 (a) If the Company or an Affiliate thereof shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, then, on or before the date on
which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption shall become payable, the Company or such Affiliate will segregate and hold in trust
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Trustee a sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest which shall have so become payable until such sums shall be paid to such
Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act in that regard. Upon any proceeding under any federal bankruptcy laws with respect to the Company or any Affiliate thereof, if the
Company or such Affiliate is then acting as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall replace the Company or such Affiliate as Paying Agent. 
 (b) If
the Company shall appoint, and at the time have, a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any series of Securities, then prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the principal of and
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series shall become payable as aforesaid, whether by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption, the Company will deposit with such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to
pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee), the Company or any other obligor of such Securities
will promptly notify the Trustee of its payment or failure to make such payment. 
 (c) If the Paying Agent shall be other than the Trustee,
the Company will cause such Paying Agent 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 6.03, that such Paying Agent shall: 
 (i) hold all moneys held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 
 (ii) give to the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series in the making of any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
of that series; and 
 (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee,
pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. 
 (d) Anything in this Section 6.03 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a release, satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or by any Paying Agent other than
the Trustee as required by this Section 6.03, 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. 
 (e) Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, 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 any 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 upon
Company Order 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 of such amounts without interest thereon,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to
make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 
 Section 6.04 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any
series of Securities: 
 (a) The Company will not consolidate with any other entity or accept a merger of any other entity into the Company
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substantially all its assets to another entity, or purchase all or substantially all the assets of another entity, unless (i) either the Company shall
be the continuing entity, or the successor, transferee or lessee entity (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume, by indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered by such entity prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation,
merger, sale or lease, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all other obligations to the Holders
and the Trustee under this Indenture or under the Securities to be performed or observed by the Company; and (ii) immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or purchase the Company or the successor, transferee or lessee entity
(if other than the Company) would not be in Default in the performance of any covenant or condition of this Indenture. A purchase by a Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of another entity shall not be deemed to be a purchase of
such assets by the Company. 
 (b) Upon any consolidation with or merger into any other entity, or any sale other than for cash, or any
conveyance or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with this Section 6.04, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which the Company is sold 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 entity had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and from time to time such entity may exercise each and every right and power
of the Company under this Indenture, in the name of the Company, or in its own name; and any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture required or permitted to be done by the Board of Directors or any officer of the Company may be done
with like force and effect by the like board or officer of any entity that shall at the time be the successor of the Company hereunder. In the event of any such sale or conveyance, but not any such lease, the Company (or any successor entity which
shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Section 6.04) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may thereupon be dissolved and liquidated. 
 Section 6.05 Compliance Certificate. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of
Securities, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee annually, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, principal financial officer, principal
accounting officer, any vice president or treasurer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (which compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) and, in the event of any Default, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof of which such person may have knowledge. Such certificates need not comply with Section 15.01.

 Section 6.06 Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may fail or omit in any particular instance to comply with a covenant or condition set forth herein with respect to any series of Securities if the Company shall have obtained and filed with the Trustee, prior to the time of such failure or
omission, evidence (as provided in Article VIII) of the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding, either waiving such compliance in such instance or generally waiving
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, or impair any right consequent thereon and, until such waiver shall have become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Section 6.07 Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event
which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with
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 ARTICLE VII 
 REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS 
 Section 7.01 Events of Default. Except where
otherwise indicated by the context or where the term is otherwise defined for a specific purpose, the term “Event of Default” as used in this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series shall mean one of the following described
events unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the manner contemplated in Section 3.01: 
 (a) the failure of the Company to pay any installment of interest on any Security of such series when and as the same shall become payable, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days;

 (b) the failure of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of such series, when and as the same shall
become payable, whether at Maturity as therein expressed, by call for redemption (otherwise than pursuant to a sinking fund), by declaration as authorized by this Indenture or otherwise; 
 (c) the failure of the Company to pay a sinking fund installment, if any, when and as the same shall become payable by the terms of a Security of such
series, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days; 
 (d) the failure of the Company, subject to the provisions
of Section 6.06, to perform any covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture (including any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the Securities of such series were issued as contemplated by Section 3.01) (other than a
covenant or agreement which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series and other than a covenant or agreement a default in the performance of which is elsewhere in this
Section 7.01 specifically addressed), which failure shall not have been remedied, or without provision deemed to be adequate for the remedying thereof having been made, for a period of 90 days after written notice shall have been given to the
Company by the Trustee or shall have been given to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the
same and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; 
 (e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of substantially all the property of the Company or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs
and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; 
 (f) the commencement by the Company of a
voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Company to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of
substantially all the property of the Company or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by
the Company in furtherance of any action; or 
 (g) the occurrence of any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series as
provided in Section 3.01; provided, however, that no event described in clause (d) or (other than with respect to a payment default) (g) above shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer assigned to and
working in the Trustee’s corporate trust department has actual knowledge thereof or until a written notice of any such event is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice refers to the facts underlying such event,
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.01, if the principal or any premium or
interest on any Security is payable in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States and such Currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in the Currency of the United States in an amount equal to the Currency of the United States equivalent of the amount
payable in such other Currency, as determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such Currency (“Exchange Rate”), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made
available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.01, any
payment made under such circumstances in the Currency of the United States where the required payment is in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture. 
 Section 7.02 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. 
 (a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, if any one or more of the above-described Events of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 7.01(e) or 7.01(f)) shall happen with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may declare the principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that
series) of and all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities of such series then Outstanding 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 amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(e) or 7.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case, the principal amount of all of the Securities of
that series then Outstanding shall automatically, and without any declaration or any other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become due and payable immediately. Upon payment of such amounts in the Currency in which such Securities are
denominated (subject to Section 7.01 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of such series shall terminate.

 (b) The provisions of Section 7.02(a), however, are subject to the condition that, at any time after the principal of all the
Securities of such series, to which any one or more of the above-described Events of Default is applicable, shall have been so declared to be due and payable, and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Event of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be
deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if: 
 (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent a
sum in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (subject to Section 7.01 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay: 
 (A) all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a) (provided, however, that all sums
payable under this clause (A) shall be paid in U.S. Dollars); 
 (B) all arrears of interest, if any, upon all the
Securities of such series (with interest, to the extent that interest thereon shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at the rate borne by such Securities at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities); and

 (C) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon. 
 (ii) every other Default and Event 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 7.06. 
  

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

 (d) For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be
deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities. 
 Section 7.03 Other Remedies. If the Company shall fail for a period of 30 days to pay any installment of interest on the Securities of any series or shall fail to pay the principal of and premium, if any,
on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity, or by call for redemption (other than pursuant to the sinking fund), by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise, or
shall fail for a period of 30 days to make any required sinking fund payment as to a series of Securities, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series then
Outstanding the whole amount which then shall have become due and payable on all the Securities of such series, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (so far as the same may be legally enforceable) on the overdue
installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a). 
 In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be
entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever
situated, in the manner provided by law. Every recovery of judgment in any such action or other proceeding, subject to the payment to the Trustee of all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a),
shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of such series of Securities which shall be the subject of such action or proceeding. All rights of action upon or under any of the Securities or this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities and without the production of any thereof at any trial or any proceeding relative thereto. 
 Section 7.04 Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact. The Trustee is hereby appointed, and each and every Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have appointed the Trustee, the true and
lawful attorney-in-fact of such Holder, with authority to make or file (whether or not the Company shall be in Default in respect of the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the Securities), in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust or otherwise as it shall deem advisable, in any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or to their respective
creditors or property, any and all claims, proofs of claim, proofs of debt, petitions, consents, other papers and documents and amendments of any thereof, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and any
predecessor trustee hereunder and of the Holders of the Securities allowed in any such proceeding and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to execute and deliver any and all other papers
and documents and to do and perform any and all other acts and things, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to enforce in any such proceeding any of the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder and of any of such Holders
in respect of any of the Securities; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor in any such proceeding is hereby authorized, and each and every taker or Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively
deemed to have authorized any such receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor, to make any such payment or delivery only to or on the order of the Trustee, and to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor trustee hereunder under
Section 11.01(a); provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower the Trustee to consent to or accept or adopt, on behalf of any Holder of Securities, any plan of reorganization or readjustment affecting
the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize or empower the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of any Securities in any such proceeding. 
  

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 Section 7.05 Priorities. Any moneys or properties collected by the Trustee with respect to a
series of Securities under this Article VII shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys or properties and, in the case of the distribution of such moneys or properties on
account of the Securities of any series, upon presentation of the Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid: 
 First: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a). 
 Second: In case the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on the
Securities of such series, in the chronological order of the Maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate
borne by such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto. 
 Third: In case the principal of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such series for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on
the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, and in case such moneys shall be
insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over
interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such
principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest. 
 Any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Company or as directed by
a court of competent jurisdiction. 
 Section 7.06 Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee hereunder, or of exercising any trust or power hereby conferred
upon the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 11.01 and 11.02, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by
counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining in such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the Maturity
of the Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of
Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.06, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing. 

Section 7.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding
at law or in equity for the execution of any trust hereunder or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each case with respect to an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities, unless such Holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of one or more of the Events of Default herein specified with respect to such series of Securities, and unless also the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Securities of such series
then Outstanding shall have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and unless also there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and such
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offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action, suit or proceeding by any Holder of any Security of
such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his, her, its or their action to enforce any right hereunder, except in the manner herein
provided, and that every action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however,
that nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series shall affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series to
the respective Holders of such Securities at the respective due dates in such Securities stated, or affect or impair the right, which is also absolute and unconditional, of such Holders to institute suit to enforce the payment thereof. 

Section 7.08 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture and each Holder of any Security, by such Holder’s acceptance
thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its discretion require, in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any action, suit or proceeding against the Trustee for any
action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs of such action, suit or proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the
provisions of this Section 7.08 shall not apply to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee, to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any one or more Holders of Securities holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Securities of any series Outstanding, or to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any Holder of Securities of any series for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on,
any of the Securities of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities. 
 Section 7.09 Remedies
Cumulative. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities of any series is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in
addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of the Securities of any series to exercise any right or power accruing upon any
Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Article VII to the Trustee and to the
Holders of Securities of any series, respectively, may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities of such series, as the case may be. In case the Trustee or any Holder of
Securities of any series shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and the proceedings for the enforcement thereof shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of waiver or for any other reason or shall have been
adjudicated adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder of Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall severally and respectively be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken, except as to any matters so waived or adjudicated.

 ARTICLE VIII 
 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 
 Section 8.01 Evidence of Action of Securityholders. Whenever in this Indenture
it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage or a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities or of any series of Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice,
consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage or majority have joined therein may be evidenced by: (a) any instrument or any number of
instruments of similar tenor executed by Securityholders in person, by an agent or by a proxy appointed in writing, including through an electronic system for tabulating consents operated by the Depositary for such series or otherwise (such action
becoming effective, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, when such instruments or evidence of electronic consents are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company); or (b) by the record of the
Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a
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 Section 8.02 Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities. Proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or his, her or its agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner: 
 (a) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument may be proved: (i) by the certificate of any notary public or other
officer in any jurisdiction who, by the laws thereof, has power to take acknowledgments or proof of deeds to be recorded within such jurisdiction, that the Person who signed such instrument did acknowledge before such notary public or other officer
the execution thereof; or (ii) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution sworn to before any such notary or other officer. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. 
 (b) The ownership of Securities of any series shall be proved by
the Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Registrar for such series. 
 (c) The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be
proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06. 
 (d) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this
Section 8.02 as it shall deem appropriate or necessary, so long as the request is a reasonable one. 
 (e) If the Company shall solicit
from the Holders of Securities of any series any action, the Company may, at its option fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Securities entitled to take such action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any
such record date shall be fixed at the Company’s discretion. If such a record date is fixed, such action may be sought or given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of Securities of record at the close of business on such
record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Securities for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose
the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date. 
 Section 8.03 Persons Deemed Owners.

 (a) The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any 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 3.08) interest, if any, on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his, her or its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or
sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Security. 
 (b) None of the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. 
 Section 8.04 Effect of Consents. After an amendment, supplement,
waiver or other action becomes effective as to any series of Securities, a consent to it by a Holder of such series of Securities is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Securities or
portion thereof, and of any Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Security. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance
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 ARTICLE IX 
 SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS 
 Section 9.01 Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of
Securityholders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes: 
 (a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other
action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VIII; 
 (b) to remove the Trustee and nominate
a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article XI; 
 (c) to consent to the execution of an Indenture or of indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.02; or 
 (d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. 
 Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of all Securityholders of all series that may be
affected by the action proposed to be taken, to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders of a series, setting forth the
time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the Register of the Company. Such notice
shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. 
 Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by
Company or Securityholders. In case at any time the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series (or of all series, as the case may be) then Outstanding that may be affected by the action
proposed to be taken, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of such series (or of all series), by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee
shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in
Section 9.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02. 
 Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting. To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a Person shall: (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities affected by the action proposed to be taken at the meeting; or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by
a Holder of one or more such Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. 
 Section 9.05 Regulation of Meetings.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for
any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other
evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem fit. 
 (b) The Trustee shall,
by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the
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 (c) At any meeting of Securityholders of a series, each Securityholder of such series of such
Securityholder’s proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series Outstanding held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in
writing as aforesaid duly designating him or her as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. At any meeting of the Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 the presence of Persons holding or
representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and any such meeting may be adjourned from time to
time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. 
 Section 9.06 Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders of a series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts of the Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or
against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth
a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the principal amounts of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee. 
 Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. 
 Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by
reason of any call of a meeting of Securityholders of any series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
to the Securityholders of such series under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series. 
 ARTICLE X 

 REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS 
 Section 10.01 Reports by Trustee. 
 (a) So long as any Securities are outstanding, 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 therein. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each following the date of this Indenture deliver to Holders a brief report which complies with the provisions of such
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (b) The Trustee shall, at the time of the transmission to the Holders of Securities of any
report pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.01, file a copy of such report with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, if any, and also with the SEC in respect of a Security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange, if any. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when, as and if the Securities become listed on any stock exchange. 
  

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 The Company will reimburse the Trustee for all expenses incurred in the preparation and transmission of
any report pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.01 and of Section 10.02. 
 Section 10.02 Reports by the
Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, 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 in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that, unless available on EDGAR, any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 30 days after the same is filed with the SEC; and provided further, that the filing of the reports specified in Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act by an entity that is the direct or indirect parent of the Company will
satisfy the requirements of this Section 10.02 so long as such entity is an obligor or guarantor on the Securities; and provided further that the reports of such entity will not be required to include condensed consolidating financial
information for the Company in a footnote to the financial statements of such entity. 
 Section 10.03 Securityholders’
Lists. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: 
 (a) semi-annually, within 15
days after each Record Date, but in any event not less frequently than semi-annually, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities to which such Record Date applies, as of such
Record Date, and 
 (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after 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; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee shall be the Registrar, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.

 ARTICLE XI 
 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 11.01 Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity. The Trustee accepts the
trusts created by this Indenture upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the parties hereto and the Holders from time to time of the Securities agree: 
 (a) The Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered
by it hereunder (including in any agent capacity in which it acts). The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee
promptly upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee (including the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 
 The Company also agrees to indemnify each of the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee hereunder for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, or expense incurred without its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder and the performance of its duties (including in any agent capacity in which it acts), as well as the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except those attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The
Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
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the Trustee to pay principal of and interest on any Securities. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the obligations of the
Company to compensate and indemnify the Trustee under this Section 11.01(a) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and any satisfaction and discharge under Article XII. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after
an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 7.01 occurs, the expenses and compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws. 
 (b) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder either directly
or by its agents and attorneys and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. 
 (c) The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals herein or in the Securities (except its certificates of authentication thereon) contained, all of which are made
solely by the Company; and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities (except its certificates of authentication
thereon), and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that
the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any
Securities, or the proceeds of any Securities, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture. 
 (d) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and, to the extent permitted by Section 11.02, any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by the
Trustee hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel. 
 (e) The Trustee, to the extent permitted by
Section 11.02, may rely upon the certificate of the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Company as to the adoption of any Board Resolution or resolution of the stockholders of the Company, and any request, direction, order or
demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by, and 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 may rely upon, an Officer’s Certificate of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed). 
 (f) Subject to Section 11.04, the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have had if it were not the Trustee or such agent. 
 (g)
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company. 
 (h) Any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to any provision hereof at the request or with the consent of any
Person who at the time is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding in respect of such Security upon all future Holders thereof or of any Security or Securities which may be issued for or in lieu thereof in whole or in part, whether
or not such Security shall have noted thereon the fact that such request or consent had been made or given. 
 (i) Subject to the provisions
of Section 11.02, 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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 
  

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 (j) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of the Securities, pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, unless one or more of the Holders of the Securities shall
have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it therein or thereby. 
 (k) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within its discretion or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 
 (l) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have knowledge or notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Securities notify the Trustee thereof. 

(m) Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Section 11.02, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, may, but shall not
be required to, make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit. 
 (n) 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. 
 Section 11.02 Duties of Trustee. 
 (a) If one or more of the Events of Default specified in Section 7.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened, then, during the continuance thereof, the Trustee shall, with respect to such Securities, exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall 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 such person’s own affairs.

 (b) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall be construed as relieving the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent action, negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that, anything in this Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding: 
 (i) unless and until an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened
which at the time is continuing: 
 (A) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties with respect to the
Securities of that series as are specifically set out in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee, whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Indenture; and 
 (B) the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, upon certificates and opinions furnished to it pursuant to the express provisions of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which, by
the provisions of this Indenture, 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, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein); 
 (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Securities or to any other Person for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
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 (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Securities or to any other Person
with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of Securityholders given as provided in Section 7.06, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to it or exercising any trust or power conferred upon it by this Indenture. 
 (c) None of the provisions of this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (d) 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 11.02. 
 Section 11.03 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, and if known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to the
Holders of the Securities of a series notice of each Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series known to the Trustee, by transmitting such notice to Holders at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the
Register of the Company, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice (the term “Default” being hereby defined to be the events specified in Section 7.01, which are, or after notice or lapse of
time or both would become, Events of Default as defined in said Section). Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same
shall become payable, or to make any sinking fund payment as to Securities of the same series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice, if and so long as a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such series. 
 Section 11.04
Eligibility; Disqualification. 
 (a) The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) under the Trust
Indenture Act. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and shall have a Corporate Trust Office. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.04, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. 
 (b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation
of Section 310(b)(i) under the Trust Indenture Act any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion
set forth in Section 310(b)(i) under the Trust Indenture Act are met. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) 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. If Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act is amended any time after the date of this Indenture to
change the circumstances under which a Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series or to change any of the definitions in connection therewith, this Section 11.04 shall be automatically
amended to incorporate such changes. 
 Section 11.05 Registration and Notice; Removal. The Trustee, or any successor to it
hereafter appointed, may at any time resign and be discharged of the trusts hereby created with respect to any one or more or all series of Securities by giving to the Company notice in writing. Such resignation shall take effect upon the
appointment of a successor Trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Trustee. Any Trustee hereunder may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at any time by the filing with such Trustee and the delivery to the
Company of an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective. 
  

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 If at any time: 
 (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) under the Trust Indenture Act 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; 
 (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 11.04 and shall fail to resign 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 
 (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, (i) the Company by written notice to the Trustee may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject
to Section 315(e) under the Trust Indenture Act, any Securityholder 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. 
 Upon its resignation
or removal, any Trustee shall be entitled to the payment of reasonable compensation for the services rendered hereunder by such Trustee and to the payment of all reasonable expenses incurred hereunder and all moneys then due to it hereunder. The
Trustee’s rights to indemnification provided in Section 11.01(a) shall survive its resignation or removal. 
 Section 11.06
Successor Trustee by Appointment. 
 (a) In case at any time the Trustee shall resign, or shall be removed (unless the Trustee shall
be removed as provided in Section 11.04(b), in which event the vacancy shall be filled as provided in said subdivision), or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or if a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed, or if 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 with respect to the Securities of one or more series, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series) may be appointed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that or those series then Outstanding, by an instrument or instruments in writing signed in
duplicate by such Holders and filed, one original thereof with the Company and the other with the successor Trustee; but, until a successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of Securities of that or those series as herein
authorized, the Company, or, in case all or substantially all the assets of the Company shall be in the possession of one or more custodians or receivers lawfully appointed, or of trustees in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings (including a
trustee or trustees appointed under the provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted), or of assignees for the benefit of creditors, such receivers, custodians, trustees or assignees, as the case may be, by an
instrument in writing, shall appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11.04 and 11.05, upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall cease to be Trustee hereunder. After any such appointment other than by the Holders of Securities of that or those series, the Person making such appointment shall forthwith
cause notice thereof to be mailed to the Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the Register of the Company but any successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series so appointed shall,
immediately and without further act, be superseded by a successor Trustee appointed by the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner above prescribed, if such appointment be made prior to the expiration of one year from the date of the
mailing of such notice by the Company, or by such receivers, trustees or assignees. 
 (b) If any Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall resign or be removed and a successor Trustee shall not have been appointed by the Company or by the Holders of the Securities of such series or, if any successor Trustee so appointed shall not have accepted its appointment
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competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. If in any other case a successor Trustee shall not be appointed pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 11.06 within three months after such appointment might have been made hereunder, the Holder of any Security of the applicable series or any retiring Trustee at the expense of the Company may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, in any such case, after such notice, if any, as such court may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee. 
 (c) Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its
predecessor Trustee and to the Company, or to the receivers, trustees, assignees or court appointing it, as the case may be, an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations with respect to such series of such predecessor Trustee with like effect as if originally named as Trustee hereunder, and such
predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to pay over, and such successor Trustee shall be entitled to receive, all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee as
Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.01(a). Nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee or of the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of
such series then Outstanding, such predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its said charges and disbursements, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee upon the trusts herein expressed all the rights, powers and
trusts of such predecessor Trustee and shall assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.01(a); and, upon request
of any such successor Trustee and the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such authority, rights, powers,
trusts, immunities, duties and obligations. 
 Section 11.07 Successor Trustee by Merger. Any Person into which the Trustee or
any successor to it in the trusts created by this Indenture shall be merged or converted, or any Person with which it or any successor to it shall be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee or any such successor to it shall be a party, or any Person to which the Trustee or any successor to it shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee
under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article. In case at the time such successor
to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture with respect to one or more series of Securities, any of such Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor to such
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture
provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to
its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 
 Section 11.08 Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate.
Subject to Section 11.02, and subject to the provisions of Section 15.01 with respect to the certificates required thereby, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on
the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. 
 Section 11.09 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities, and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Unless limited by the
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may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the
Authenticating Agent. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. 
 Each Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States, 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
corporation 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 Article XI, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation 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 Article XI, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article XI. 
 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 the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Article XI, 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 11.09, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company
and shall give written notice of such appointment 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 11.09. 
 The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services
under this Section 11.09, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 11.01. 
 Section 11.10 Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders. Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to such communications. 
 ARTICLE XII 
 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 
 Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the
defeasance of Securities of a series and if the Securities of such series are denominated and payable only in U.S. Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01), then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01. 
 Section 12.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of any series (if all series issued
under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive
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Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when, 
 (a) either: 
 (i) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 and (B) 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 6.03) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or 
 (ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:

 (A) have become due and payable; 
 (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year; or 
 (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, and in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the
Currency in which such Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter
constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the
Trustee to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged. 
 (b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and 
 (c) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series have
been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of
clause (a)(i) of this Section 12.02, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.06 and the last paragraph of Section 6.03(e) shall survive. 
 Section 12.03 Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations. At the Company’s option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its
obligations with respect to Securities of any series on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition
set forth in Section 6.04 with respect to Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) at any time after the
applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied: 
 (a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below)
that through the payment of interest and principal 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 (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii),
sufficient to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal
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 (b) No Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds and the grant of any related liens to be applied to such deposit); and 
 (c) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a
result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 12.03 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such action had not been
exercised and, in the case of the Securities of such series being Discharged accompanied by a ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service. 
 “Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by, and obligations under,
the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
(A) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (a) above, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the
Company’s obligations with respect to Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 6.02 and 12.06 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. 
 “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are: (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged; or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely of payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States, that, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the action of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian
with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt; 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 interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt. 
 Section 12.04 Repayment to
Company. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company (or to its designee) upon Company Order any excess moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time. The provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 6.03 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been
deposited pursuant to Section 12.03. 
 Section 12.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and
shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal or interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations. 
 Section 12.06 Application of Trust Money. 
 (a) Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, neither the Trustee nor any other paying agent shall be required to pay interest on any moneys deposited pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, except such
as it shall agree with the Company in writing to pay thereon. Any moneys so deposited for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after the date of the
maturity of the Securities of such series or the date fixed for the redemption of all the Securities of such series at the time outstanding, as the case may be, shall be repaid by the Trustee or such other paying agent to the Company upon its
written request and thereafter, anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any rights of the Holders of Securities of such series in respect of which such moneys shall have been deposited shall be enforceable only against the
Company, and all liability of the Trustee or such other paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereafter cease. 
  

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 (b) Subject to the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, any moneys which at any time shall be deposited
by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other paying agent for the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any of the Securities shall be and are hereby assigned, transferred and set over to the Trustee
or such other paying agent in trust for the respective Holders of the Securities for the purpose for which such moneys shall have been deposited; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 Section 12.07 Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, if the Securities of
any series are payable in a Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency or the nature of the government obligations to be deposited with the Trustee or paying agent under the foregoing provisions of this Article shall be as set forth in the
Officer’s Certificate or established in the supplemental indenture under which the Securities of such series are issued. 
 ARTICLE
XIII 
 IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS 
 Section 13.01 No Personal Liability. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or the premium, if any, or interest on, any Security or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof or of the Indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and the Securities are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, because of the incurring of the Indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations,
covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities, or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that all liability, if any, of that character against every such incorporator, stockholder, officer and director
is, by the acceptance of the Securities and as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities expressly waived and released. 
 ARTICLE XIV 
 SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES 
 Section 14.01 Without Consent of Securityholders. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company 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 one or more of or all
the following purposes: 
 (a) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company, to be observed thereafter and during the period, if
any, in such supplemental indenture or indentures expressed, and to add Events of Default, in each case for the protection or benefit of the Holders of all or any series of the Securities (and if such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are
to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are expressly being included for the benefit of such series as shall be identified therein), or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; 
 (b) to delete or modify any Events of Default with respect to all or any series of the
Securities, the form and terms of which are being established pursuant to such supplemental indenture as permitted in Section 3.01 (and, if any such Event of Default is applicable to fewer than all such series of the Securities, specifying the
series to which such Event of Default is applicable), and to specify the rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders of such Securities in connection therewith; 
  


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 (c) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide, change or eliminate any
restrictions on the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; 
 (d) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there
is no Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; 
 (e) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants
and obligations of the Company contained in the Securities of one or more series and in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture; 
 (f)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 11.06(c); 
 (g) to secure any
series of Securities; 
 (h) to evidence any changes to this Indenture pursuant to Sections 11.05, 11.06 or 11.07 hereof as permitted by the
terms thereof; 
 (i) to cure or reform any ambiguity mistake, manifest error, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to conform the text of
any provision herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto to any description thereof in the applicable section of a prospectus, prospectus supplement or other offering document that was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
Indenture of any indenture supplemental hereto; 
 (j) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as shall be necessary
or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; 
 (k) to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to any series
of Securities; 
 (l) to make any change in any series of Securities that does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
the Holders of such Securities; 
 (m) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; 
 (n) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of
any series of Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities; 
 (o) to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities; or 
 (p) to establish the form and terms of Securities of any series as permitted in Section 3.01, or to authorize the issuance of additional Securities
of a series previously authorized or to add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication or delivery of the Securities of any series, as herein set forth, or other conditions,
limitations or restrictions thereafter to be observed. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 14.03, the Trustee is authorized to join
with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make the further agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property or assets
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 Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 14.01 may be executed by the
Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 14.02. 
 Section 14.02 With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations. 
 (a) With the consent of the
Holders (evidenced as provided in Article VIII) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, the Company and the Trustee may, from time to time
and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Securities of such series to be affected; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of each such series affected thereby, 
 (i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or extend the Stated Maturity of, or change the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to
Section 3.01; or 
 (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain Defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for
in this Indenture; or 
 (iii) modify any of the provisions of this Section 14.02, Section 7.06 or
Section 6.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however,
that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 14.02 and Section 6.06, or the deletion of this proviso,
in accordance with the requirements of Sections 11.06 and 14.01(f); or 
 (iv) modify, without the written consent of the
Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. 
 (b) A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any 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. 
 (c) It shall not be necessary for
the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 14.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
 (d) The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of the Holders of each series of Securities entitled to give a written
consent or waive compliance by the Company as authorized or permitted by this Section 14.02. Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or waiver or the date of the most recent list of
Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (e) Promptly after
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substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of Securities at their addresses as the same shall then appear in the Register of the Company. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 
 Section 14.03 Trustee Protected. Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by Section 15.01 stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of consent of the Holders if the supplemental indenture is to be executed pursuant to Section 14.02, the Trustee shall join
with the Company in the execution of said supplemental indenture unless said supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into said supplemental indenture. The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. 
 Section 14.04 Effect of Execution of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
this Article XIV, this Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this
Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of all of the Securities or of the Securities of any series affected, as the case may be, shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 
 Section 14.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in the form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for the Securities then Outstanding in equal aggregate principal amounts, and such exchange shall be made without cost to the Holders of the Securities. 
 Section 14.06 Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. 
 ARTICLE XV 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 Section 15.01 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent. 
 (a) Upon any request or application by the
Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
 (b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 6.05) shall include: (i) a statement that the Person giving such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) 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; (iii) a statement that, in the view or opinion of such Person, he or she has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed view or opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the view or
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 (c) Any certificate, statement 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 or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate, statement 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,
statement or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 
 (d) Any certificate, statement or opinion of an
officer of the Company or of counsel to the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants, unless such officer or counsel, as the case
may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any
certificate or opinion of any firm of independent registered public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent. 
 (e) 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. 
 (f) 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 15.02 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by, or another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated
provision shall control. 
 Section 15.03 Notices to the Company and Trustee. Any notice or demand authorized by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Company or the Trustee shall be sufficiently made, given, furnished or filed for all purposes if it shall be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to: 
 (a) the Company, at 1001 East Palm Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33605, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, Facsimile No.: (813) 552-2970, or at such other
address or facsimile number as may have been furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 (b) the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, Attention: Trust Administrator. 
 Any such notice, demand or other document shall be in the English language.

 Section 15.04 Notices to Securityholders; Waiver. Any notice required or permitted to be given to Securityholders shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided), 
 (a) if to Holders, if given in writing by first class mail, postage
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 (b) In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder. 
 (c) 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 on
such waiver. 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, and
any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. 
 Section 15.05 Legal Holiday. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Maturity of any Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Securities of that series, then payment of principal and premium, if any, or interest 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 such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day. 
 Section 15.06 Effects 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 15.07 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 15.08 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 15.09 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any Person or
corporation other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities any benefit or any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and
all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities. 
 Section 15.10 Counterparts Originals. This Indenture 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. 
 Section 15.11 Governing
Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Indenture and the Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

 EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE. 
  

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

			
	 KFORCE INC.
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