exv4w1






Exhibit 4.1




Avnet, Inc., Issuer




and




The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Trustee




Indenture




Dated as of                      20      




DEBT SECURITIES




 









 





Avnet, Inc.

Debt Securities

Cross Reference Sheet1




This Cross Reference Sheet shows the location in the

Indenture of the provisions inserted pursuant

to Sections 310 — 318(a), inclusive, of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Trust Indenture Act	 	 	Sections of Indenture
	 
	 	 	§310	(a)(1)	 	 	 	9.08
	 
	 	 		(a)(2)	 	 	 	9.08
	 
	 	 		(a)(3)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(a)(4)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(a)(5)	 	 	 	9.08
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	9.07 and 9.09
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 	§311	(a)	 	 	 	9.12
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	9.12
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 	§312	(a)	 	 	 	7.01 and 7.02
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	7.02
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	7.02
	 
	 	 	§313	(a)	 	 	 	7.03
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	7.03
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	7.03
	 
	 	 		(d)	 	 	 	7.03
	 
	 	 	§314	(a)	 	 	 	7.04
	 
	 	 		(a)(4)	 	 	 	1.01 and 6.07
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(c)(l)	 	 	 	13.05
	 
	 	 		(c)(2)	 	 	 	13.05
	 
	 	 		(c)(3)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(d)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(e)	 	 	 	13.05
	 
	 	 		(f)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 	§315 	(a)	 	 	 	9.01
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	8.08
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	9.01
	 
	 	 		(d)	 	 	 	9.01
	 
	 	 		(e)	 	 	 	8.07
	 
	 	 	§316 	(a)	 	 	 	1.01








 




			
	1	 	The Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the
Indenture.




 









 










	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Trust Indenture Act	 	 	Sections of Indenture
	 
	 	 		(a)(l)(A)	 	 	 	8.01 and 8.06
	 
	 	 		(a)(l)(B)	 	 	 	8.01
	 
	 	 		(a)(2)	 	 	 	Inapplicable
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	8.09
	 
	 	 		(c)	 	 	 	13.11
	 
	 	 	§317	(a)(1)	 	 	 	8.02
	 
	 	 		(a)(2)	 	 	 	8.02
	 
	 	 		(b)	 	 	 	6.03
	 
	 	 	§318	(a)	 	 	 	13.08







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TABLE OF CONTENTS





	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS	 	8
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 1.01.	 	Certain Terms Defined
	 	 8
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES	 	16
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 2.01.	 	Designation and Amount of Securities
	 	16
	Section 2.02.	 	Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	18
	Section 2.03.	 	Date and Denominations
	 	18
	Section 2.04.	 	Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Securities
	 	18
	Section 2.05.	 	Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	20
	Section 2.06.	 	Temporary Securities
	 	21
	Section 2.07.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, and Stolen Securities
	 	22
	Section 2.08.	 	Cancellation of Surrendered Securities
	 	23
	Section 2.09.	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	23
	Section 2.10.	 	Persons Deemed Owners
	 	24
	Section 2.11.	 	Computation of Interest
	 	25
	Section 2.12.	 	CUSIP Numbers
	 	25
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	25
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 3.01.	 	Applicability of Article
	 	25
	Section 3.02.	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	25
	Section 3.03.	 	Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	26
	Section 3.04.	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	26
	Section 3.05.	 	Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	27
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. SINKING FUNDS	 	27
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 4.01.	 	Applicability of Article
	 	27
	Section 4.02.	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities
	 	28
	Section 4.03.	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	28
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE V. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE	 	28
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 5.01.	 	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	28
	Section 5.02.	 	Defeasance and Discharge
	 	29
	Section 5.03.	 	Covenant Defeasance
	 	29
	Section 5.04.	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	30
	Section 5.05.	 	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	31
	Section 5.06.	 	Reinstatement
	 	32
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY	 	32
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 6.01.	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest on Securities
	 	32
	Section 6.02.	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	32
	Section 6.03.	 	Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust
	 	33
	Section 6.04.	 	Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	34
	Section 6.05.	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	34
	Section 6.06.	 	Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	 	34
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. SECURITIES HOLDERS’ LIST AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE	 	35
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 7.01.	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	35
	Section 7.02.	 	Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders
	 	35
	Section 7.03.	 	Reports by Trustee
	 	35
	Section 7.04.	 	Reports by Company
	 	36
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. DEFAULT	 	36






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	Section 8.01.	 	Event of Default
	 	36
	Section 8.02.	 	Covenant of Company to Pay to Trustee Whole Amount
Due on Securities
on Default in Payment of Interest or Principal; Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	38
	Section 8.03.	 	Application of Money Collected by Trustee
	 	40
	Section 8.04.	 	Limitation on Suits by Holders of Securities
	 	40
	Section 8.05.	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of
Rights not a Waiver of Event of Default
	 	41
	Section 8.06.	 	Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Outstanding
Securities to Direct Trustee
	 	41
	Section 8.07.	 	Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits Under the
Indenture or Against the Trustee
	 	41
	Section 8.08.	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	42
	Section 8.09.	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, and
Interest 
	 	42
	Section 8.10.	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	42
	Section 8.11.	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claims
	 	42
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE	 	43
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 9.01.	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	43
	Section 9.02.	 	Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	44
	Section 9.03.	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	46
	Section 9.04.	 	May Hold Securities
	 	46
	Section 9.05.	 	Money Held in Trust
	 	46
	Section 9.06.	 	Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	46
	Section 9.07.	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
	 	47
	Section 9.08.	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	47
	Section 9.09.	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	47
	Section 9.10.	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	49
	Section 9.11.	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation, or Succession to Business
	 	50
	Section 9.12.	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	50
	Section 9.13.	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	 	50
	Section 9.14.	 	Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company
	 	52
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE X. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND CERTAIN ACTIONS	 	52
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 10.01.	 	Purposes for Which Supplemental Indentures May Be Entered Into
Without Consent of Holders
	 	52
	Section 10.02.	 	Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of at Least a
Majority in Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities
	 	53
	Section 10.03.	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	54
	Section 10.04.	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	55
	Section 10.05.	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	55
	Section 10.06.	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	55
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, OR TRANSFER	 	55
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 11.01.	 	Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales Permitted Only on
Certain Terms
	 	55
	Section 11.02.	 	Successor Corporation Substituted
	 	56
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE XII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	 	56
	Section 12.01.	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	56
	Section 12.02.	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	57
	 	 	 
	 	 






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	ARTICLE XIII. SUBORDINATION	 	57
	 	 	 
	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	 	59
	 	 	 
	 	 
	Section 14.01.	 	Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture
	 	59
	Section 14.02.	 	Service of Required Notice to Trustee and Company
	 	59
	Section 14.03.	 	Service of Required Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	60
	Section 14.04.	 	Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws
of the State of New York; Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	60
	Section 14.05.	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	60
	Section 14.06.	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	61
	Section 14.07.	 	Payments Due on Non-Business Days
	 	61
	Section 14.08.	 	Provisions Required by Trust Indenture Act to Control
	 	61
	Section 14.09.	 	Invalidity of Particular Provisions
	 	61
	Section 14.10.	 	Indenture May be Executed In Counterparts
	 	62
	Section 14.11.	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	62
	Section 14.12.	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	64
	Section 14.13.	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	64
	Section 14.14.	 	Force majeure
	 	64
	Section 14.15.	 	no recourse against others
	 	65






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     Indenture, dated as of                     , 20___between Avnet, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (herein called the “Trustee”).



Recitals




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




          B. The Securities of each series will be in substantially the form set forth below, or in such
other form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.




[Form of Face of Security]

[Insert any legend required by the Internal

Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]




 






CUSIP No.                     




			
	     	 	 
	No. R -
	 	$                              






          AVNET, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York
(hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                                         , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $                     on                                          [if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert: “, and to pay interest thereon from or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, on
                                         and                                          in each year, commencing on                     , at the rate of ___% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable,
insert: “, and at the rate of ___% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any
overdue installment of interest”]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which will be the                      or
                                         (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest not so



 









 






punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof will be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture”].




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




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




          REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH
PROVISIONS WILL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE.




          This Security will not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication herein has been signed manually by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on
the reverse side hereof.




          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed in accordance with the Indenture.




                                                            




By:                                                        




Attest:




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By:                                                            




[Form of Reverse of Security]




 






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




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




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Redemption	 	 	 	 	 	 	Redemption	 
	Year	 	Price	 	 	Year	 	 	Price	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 




and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _% of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption [if applicable, insert:  “(whether through operation of the sinking fund
or otherwise)”] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.”].




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




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




and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _% of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.”].




          [If applicable, insert: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
                    , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable,
insert: “Clause (b) of”] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any
refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an
interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice)
of less than _% per annum.”]




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




          [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert: “In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and



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of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.”]




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




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




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




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




          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
will not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in principal



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amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 calendar days after receipt of
such notice, request, and offer of indemnity. The foregoing will apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium
or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.




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




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




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




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




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




          All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture will have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.




          This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.




          C. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be in substantially the following form:




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[Form of Trustee’s Certificate Of

Authentication for Securities]



Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication




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




The Bank of New York Mellon

Trust Company, N.A.,

as Trustee




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                     

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 






          D. Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder will bear a legend in
substantially the following form:




[Form of Legend for Global Securities]




          THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON
OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED
UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY WILL BE A GLOBAL
SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.




          E. All acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when the Securities have been
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as provided in this
Indenture, the valid, binding, and legal obligations of the Company and to constitute these
presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the
Securities have in all respects been duly authorized; and the Company, in the exercise of legal
right and power in it vested, is executing and delivering this Indenture and proposes to make,
execute, issue, and deliver the Securities.




          NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:




          In order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are authenticated,
issued, and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the



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purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities
or of a series thereof, as follows:




Article I.




DEFINITIONS




     Section 1.01. Certain Terms Defined.



          (a) The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context of this Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of
any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or
by reference therein (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this
Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust
Indenture Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.




Act:




          The term “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning set forth in Section
14.11.




Affiliate:




          The term “Affiliate” means, with respect to a particular Person, any Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For
purposes of this definition, control of a 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 of the foregoing.




Authenticating Agent:




          The term “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section
9.13 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.




Board of Directors:




          The term “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized
committee of that Board of Directors.




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Board Resolution:




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




Business Day:




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




Commission:




          The term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.




Common Stock:




          The term “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.




Company:




          The term “Company” means Avnet, Inc., a New York corporation, until a successor Person shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company”
will mean such successor Person.




Company Request or Company Order:




          The term “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the
name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary,
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.




Corporate Trust Office:




          “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at
                                                                         
       , Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such
other address as the Trustee may designate form time to time by notice to the Holders and the
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corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).




Covenant Defeasance:




          The term “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.




Default:




          The term “Default” means any event which, with notice or passage of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.




Defaulted Interest:




          The term “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.




Defeasance:




          The term “Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02.




Defeasible Series:




          The term “Defeasible Series” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.




Depositary:




          The term “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 2.01.




Event of Default:




          The term “Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a).




Exchange Act:




          The term “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar
Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the same may be in
effect from time to time.




GAAP:




          The term “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
(including, if applicable, International Financial Reporting Standards) as in effect from time to
time.




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Global Security:




          The term “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of
any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for
such Securities or a nominee thereof.




Holder:




          The term “Holder” means a person in whose name a particular Security is registered in the
Security Register.




Indenture:




          The term “Indenture” means this Indenture, as this Indenture may be amended, supplemented, or
otherwise modified from time to time, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
will also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 2.01.




Interest:




          The term “interest” (i) when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest which accrues from and after and is
payable after Maturity and (ii) when used with respect to any Security, means the amount of all
interest accruing on such Security, including any default interest and any interest accruing after
any Event of Default that would have accrued but for the occurrence of such Event of Default,
whether or not a claim for such interest would be otherwise allowable under applicable law.




Interest Payment Date:




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




Maturity:




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




Notice of Default:




          The term “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind set forth in Section
8.01(a)(iv).




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Officer’s Certificate:




          The term “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate executed on behalf of the Company by a
responsible officer and delivered to the Trustee.




Opinion of Counsel:




          The term “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who,
subject to any express provisions hereof, may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or any
Subsidiary, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.




Original Issue Discount Security:




          The term “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 8.01(b).




Outstanding:




          The term “Outstanding” means, when used with reference to Securities as of a particular time,
all Securities theretofore issued by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, (b) Securities for the payment or redemption of which 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 is acting
as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision often not covered therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made, and
(c) Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.07 or Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver hereunder, (i)
the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that will be deemed to be Outstanding
will be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 8.01(b),
(ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency
units will be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner contemplated by Section 2.01 on
the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of
such Security of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, and (iii)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
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and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee will be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or
waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned
will be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgor establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.




Paying Agent:




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




Person:




          The term “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company,
business trust, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, or other entity, or government or
political subdivision or agency thereof.




Place of Payment:




          The term “Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any series means the
place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 2.01.




Predecessor Security:




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




Redemption Date:




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




Redemption Price:




          The term “Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed means the
price (including premium, if any) at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.




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Regular Record Date:




          The term “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 2.01.




Responsible Officer:




          “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any senior trust officer or assistant trust officer, any 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 to whom such matter
is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.




Securities:




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




Security Register and Security Registrar:




          The terms “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth
in Section 2.05.




Special Record Date:




          The term “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.09.




Stated Maturity:




          The term “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, any installment of interest
thereon, or any other amount payable under this Indenture or the Securities means the date
specified in this Indenture or such Security as the regularly scheduled date on which the principal
of such Security, such installment of interest, or such other amount, is due and payable.




Subsidiary:




          The term “Subsidiary” means, as applied with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, or other business entity of which, in the case of a corporation, more than 50% of the
issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
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voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), or, in the case of any partnership or
other legal entity, more than 50% of the ordinary equity capital interests, is at the time directly
or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other
Subsidiaries, or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.




Trust Indenture Act:




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




Trustee:




          The term “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” will 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 will mean each Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.




U.S. Government Obligation:




          The term “U.S. Government Obligation” means (a) any security that is (i) a direct obligation
of the United States of America for the payment of which full faith and credit of the United States
of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof and (b) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation
specified in clause (a), which U.S. Government Obligation is held by such custodian for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of
or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation, provided that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder
of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.




Vice President:




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




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          (b) The words “Article” and “Section” refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this
Indenture. 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.
Certain terms used principally in Articles V, VI, and IX are defined in those Articles. Terms in
the singular include the plural and terms in the plural include the singular.




Article II.




THE SECURITIES




     Section 2.01. Designation and Amount of Securities.



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




          (b) The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There will be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 2.04, set forth or determined in the manner
provided in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the issuance of Securities of any series: (i) the title of the Securities of the series
(which will distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series); (ii) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in the exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 3.05, or 10.06 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 2.04, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(iii) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series will be payable, if other than
the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; (iv) the date or dates on which the
principal of the Securities of the series is payable; (v) the rate or rates at which the Securities
of the series will bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest will accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable, and the Regular Record Date
for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (vi) the place or places where the principal
of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series will be payable; (vii) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at 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; (viii)
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation; (ix) if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series will be issuable; (x) the currency, currencies, or
currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities
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currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof
in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01; (xi) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, based upon a formula, or in
some other manner, the manner in which such amounts will be determined; (xii) if the principal of
or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those
in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies, or currency units in
which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to
which such election is made will be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made; (xiii) if other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which will be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 8.01(b); (xiv) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series will be subject to either or both of Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article V, provided that no series of Securities that is
convertible into Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(xvi) or convertible into or exchangeable
for any other securities pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(xvii) will be subject to Defeasance pursuant
to Section 5.02; (xv) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series will be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or
Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those
set forth in Section 2.05 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered
and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered; (xvi) the
terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are convertible into Common Stock;
(xvii) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are convertible into or
exchangeable for any other securities, including (without limitation) securities of Persons other
than the Company; and (xviii) any other terms of, or provisions, covenants, rights or other matters
applicable to, the series (which terms, provisions, covenants, rights or other matters will not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 10.01(e)).




          (c) All Securities of any one series will be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to below
and (subject to Section 2.04) set forth or determined in the manner provided in the Officer’s
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.




          (d) If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action will be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee concurrently with or prior to the
delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.




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     Section 2.02. Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.



          (a) The Securities of each series will be in substantially the form set forth in or otherwise
contemplated by the recitals to this Indenture, with appropriate variations to reflect the specific
terms of such series. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action will be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee concurrently
with or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 2.04 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.




          (b) The definitive Securities will be printed, lithographed, or engraved on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on
which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.




          (c) The Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be in substantially the form set forth in
the recitals to this Indenture.




          (d) Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder will bear a legend in
substantially the form set forth in the recitals to this Indenture.




     Section 2.03. Date and Denominations.



          Each Security will be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series
will be issuable only in registered form without coupons in such denominations as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series will be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.




     Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Securities.



          (a) The Securities will be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman or any Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice
President of the Company and attested by the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, or
any Assistant Secretary of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile.




          (b) Only such Securities bearing the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, signed manually
by the Trustee, will be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose. Such execution of the certificate of authentication by the Trustee upon any
Securities executed by the Company will be conclusive evidence that the Securities so authenticated
have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in



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Section 2.08, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security will be deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder and will never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.




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




          (d) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order will authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 9.01) will be fully protected
in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:





     (i) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 2.02, that such form has been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture,




     (ii) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such terms have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture,




     (iii) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity; and




     (iv) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Company of such Securities have been complied with.



          The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully
be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders.




          (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.04(d), if all Securities of a series
are not to be originally issued at one time, it will not be necessary to



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deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.04(d) at or prior to the time
of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to
the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.




     Section 2.05. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.



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




          (b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or
agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company will execute, and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.




          (c) At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company will execute, and the Trustee
will authenticate and deliver the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.




          (d) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange will (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment, fee or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, 3.05, or 10.06 not involving any
transfer. The Company will not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 calendar days
before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption
under Section 3.02(c) and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except, in the case of any Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not being
redeemed.





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




          (f) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person
other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such transfer may
be registered, unless (i) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that
such Global Security shall be so transferable, registrable, and exchangeable, and such transfers
shall be registrable, (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global Security, or (iv) there shall exist such other
circumstances, if any, as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 2.01.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security to which the restriction
set forth in the preceding sentence shall have ceased to apply may be transferred only to, and may
be registered and exchanged for Securities registered only in the name or names of, such Person or
Persons as the Depositary for such Global Security shall have directed and no transfer thereof
other than such a transfer may be registered. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security to which the
restriction set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.05(f) shall apply, whether pursuant
to this Section 2.05, Section 2.06, 2.07, 3.05, or 10.06 or otherwise, will be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and will be, a Global Security.




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




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




     Section 2.06. Temporary Securities.



          Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and
register and upon Company Order the Trustee will authenticate and deliver temporary Securities
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any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities but
with such omissions, insertions, and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all
as may be determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities; provided, however that the Company will use reasonable efforts to
have definitive Securities of that series available at the times of any issuance of Securities
under this Indenture. Every temporary Security will be executed and registered by the Company and
be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Securities. The Company will execute and register and furnish
definitive Securities of such series as soon as practicable and thereupon any or all temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor at the office or agency of the
Company in the Place of Payment for that series, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver in
exchange for such temporary Securities of such series one or more definitive Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Such
exchange will be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge to the Holder
therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series will be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series authenticated and
delivered hereunder.




     Section 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, and Stolen Securities.



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




          (b) If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost, or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor
and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.




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




          (d) Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 2.07, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment, fee or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.




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          (e) Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in exchange for any
mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost, or stolen Security will constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed,
lost, or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and will be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
that series duly issued hereunder.




          (f) The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and will 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 2.08. Cancellation of Surrendered Securities.



          All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or
for credit against any sinking fund payment will, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and will be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the
Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered will be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities will be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 2.08, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all cancelled Securities in
accordance with its customary procedures.




     Section 2.09. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.



          (a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest.




          (b) Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company together with interest thereon (to
the extent permitted by law) at the rate of interest applicable to such Security, 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 (and interest
thereon, if any) to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which will be fixed in the
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promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest (and
interest thereon, if any) proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date
of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company will deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest (and interest thereon, if any) or will 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 (and interest thereon, if any) as in this clause (i) provided. Thereupon the
Trustee will fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (and
interest thereon, if any) which will 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 will
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, will cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder
of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest (and interest thereon, if any) and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest will be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and will no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (ii).




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



          (c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.09, each Security delivered under
this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
will carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.




     Section 2.10. Persons Deemed Owners.



          Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee,
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 2.09) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
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Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustees nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee will be affected by notice to the contrary.




     Section 2.11. Computation of Interest.



          Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.




     Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers.



          The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use CUSIP 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 numbers.




Article III.




REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES




     Section 3.01. Applicability of Article.



          Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity will be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article III.




     Section 3.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.



          (a) The election of the Company to redeem any Securities will be evidenced by a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company will, at least
60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal
amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities
prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company will furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.




          (b) Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company will be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and will be irrevocable. Notice




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of redemption will be given by mail, first class postage prepaid, not less than 30 or more
than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at
his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption will include the CUSIP
number and will state (i) the Redemption Date, (ii) the Redemption Price, (iii) if less than all
the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case
of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed, (iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on
and after said date, (v) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price, (vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case, and (vii) the specific provision of this Indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to
be redeemed.




          (c) If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed will be selected not more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for
redemption, by such method as the Trustee may deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for
the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
that series. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected
for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.




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




     Section 3.03. Deposit of Redemption Price.



          Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in Section 3.02, the Company will 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 sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on, all of the
Securities that are to be redeemed on that date.




     Section 3.04. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.



          (a) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
will, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and
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Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities
will cease to accrue interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, such Security will be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.01, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates in accordance
with their terms and the provisions of Section 2.09.




          (b) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium will, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.




     Section 3.05. Securities Redeemed in Part.



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




Article IV.




SINKING FUNDS




     Section 4.01. Applicability of Article.



          The provisions of this Article IV will be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities
of such series. 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 amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 4.02. Each sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of a particular
series will be applied to the redemption of Securities of such series as provided for by the terms
of Securities of such series.




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     Section 4.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities.



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




     Section 4.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.



          Not less than 60 calendar days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount
of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the
portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 4.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than
30 calendar days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee will select the Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02(c) and
cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 3.02(b). Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of
such Securities will be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.04 and 3.05.




Article V.




DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE




     Section 5.01. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.



          The Company may elect, at its option by Board Resolution at any time, to have either Section
5.02 or Section 5.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to
Section 2.01 as being defeasible pursuant to this Article V (hereinafter called “Defeasible
Series”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article V, provided
that Section 5.02 will not apply to any series of Securities that is convertible into Common Stock
pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(xvi) or convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities
pursuant to Section 2.01 (b)(xvii).




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     Section 5.02. Defeasance and Discharge.



          Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 5.01 to have this Section 5.02
applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series and subject to the proviso to
Section 5.01, the Company will be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect
to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section 5.02 on and after the date
the conditions set forth in Section 5.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this
purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the
Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, will
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which will survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such
series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 5.04 and as more fully set forth
in Section 5.04, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such
Securities of such series when payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to the
Securities of such series under Sections 2.05,2.06,2.07, 6.02, 6.03, and 10.06, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and (d) this Article V. Subject
to compliance with this Article V, the Company may exercise its option provided in Section 5.01 to
have this Section 5.02 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option provided in Section 5.01 to have Section 5.03
applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series.




     Section 5.03. Covenant Defeasance.



          Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 5.01 to have this Section 5.03
applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series, (a) the Company will be released
from its obligations under Sections 6.04 through 6.07, inclusive, Section 11.01, and the provisions
of any Supplemental Indenture specified in such Supplemental Indenture, and (b) the occurrence of
any event specified in Sections 8.01(a)(iii), 8.01(a)(iv) (with respect to any of Sections 6.04
through 6.07, inclusive, Section 11.01, and the provisions of any Supplemental Indenture specified
in such Supplemental Indenture), 8.01(a)(v), and 8.01(a)(viii) will be deemed not to be or result
in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as
provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 5.04 are
satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance
means that the Company may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term,
condition, or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the
case of Section 8.01(a)(iv)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision
herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such
series will be unaffected thereby.




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     Section 5.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.



          The following will be the conditions to application of either Section 5.02 or Section 5.03 to
the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series:




          (a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee that satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 9.08 and agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Article V applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii)
U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, without reinvestment, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each
case sufficient in the opinion of an independent firm of certified public accountants, to pay and
discharge, and which will be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series on
the respective Stated Maturities or on any earlier date or dates on which the Securities of such
series shall be subject to redemption and the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
instructions satisfactory to the Trustee to give notice to the Holders of the redemption of the
Securities of such series, all in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of
such series.




          (b) In the case of an election under Section 5.02, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (from a counsel who shall not be an employee of the Company) to the
effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon, such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance, and
discharge to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner, and at the same times as would be the
case if such deposit, Defeasance, and discharge were not to occur.




          (c) In the case of an election under Section 5.03, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (from a counsel who shall not be an employee of the Company) to the
effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be
effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same manner, and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and
Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.




          (d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect
that the Securities of such series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will not be delisted
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          (e) No Event of Default or event that (after notice or lapse of time or both) would become an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard
to any Event of Default or any such event specified in Sections 8.01(a)(vi) and (vii), at any time
on or prior to the 90th calendar day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition will not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th calendar day).




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




          (g) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.




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




          (i) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, unless such trust will be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation
thereunder.




     Section 5.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.



          (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03(e), all money and U.S. Government Obligations
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for
purposes of this Section 5.05 and Section 5.06, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred
to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 5.04 in respect of the Securities of any
Defeasible Series will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities of such series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Holders of Securities of such series, of all sums due and to become due
thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.




          (b) The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee, or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 5.04
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee, or other
charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.




          (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon a Company Request




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any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 5.04 with respect
to Securities of any Defeasible Series that are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to
the Securities of such series.




     Section 5.06. Reinstatement.



          If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article V with respect to the Securities of any series by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting such application,
then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series will be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article V with respect to
Securities of such series until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
money held in trust pursuant to Section 5.05 with respect to Securities of such series in
accordance with this Article V; provided, however, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.




Article VI.




PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY




     Section 6.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest on Securities.



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




     Section 6.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.



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




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




     Section 6.03. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.



          (a) If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date of the principal of
or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.




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




          (c) The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent will agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.03, that such Paying Agent will (i)
comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii)
during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obliger upon the Securities of
that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.




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




          (e) Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and
payable will be paid to the Company upon a Company Request (or, if then held by the Company, will
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trust); and the Holder of such Security will thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, shall, at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice,
to be prepared by the Company, that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which will not be less than 30 calendar days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.




     Section 6.04. Statement by Officers as to Default.



          The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate signed by the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, or principal accounting officer of the Company
stating whether or not to the knowledge of such person after due inquiry the Company is in default
in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Indenture
(without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company is in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such
person may have such knowledge.




     Section 6.05. Waiver of Certain Covenants.



          The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with the provisions of any
Supplemental Indenture specified in such Supplemental Indenture, with respect to the Securities of
any series if the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such term, provision, or condition, but no such waiver will extend to or
affect such term, provision, or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision, or condition will remain in full force and effect.




     Section 6.06. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.



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




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Article VII.




SECURITIES HOLDERS’ LIST AND

REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE




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


          The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) semi-annually, not more
than 15 calendar days after the applicable Regular Record Date, a list for each series of
Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date and (b) at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 calendar days after the receipt by the Company of any
such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 calendar days prior
to the time such list is furnished; excluding from any such list names and addresses
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.




     Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.



          (a) The Trustee will preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names
and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.




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




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




     Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee.



          (a) The Trustee will transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313 (a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall, within sixty days after each [ ] following the date of this Indenture deliver to
Holders a brief report, dated as of such [ ], which complies with the provisions of such
Section 313 (a).




          (b) A copy of each such report will, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are




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listed, with the Commission, and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting
thereof.




     Section 7.04. Reports by Company.



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




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




Article VIII.




DEFAULT




     Section 8.01. Event of Default.



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





     (i) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 calendar days;




     (ii) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable;




     (iii) default in the making of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms
of a Security of that series;




     (iv) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty, a default in the performance or
breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 8.01 specifically dealt with or which has
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benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that series), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 90 calendar days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;




     (v) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law or
(B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition
of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or
any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
calendar days;




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




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



          (b) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 8.01(a)(v) or
(vi)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing,
then in every case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the




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principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the
terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series 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) will become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a)(v) or (vi) occurs, then the principal of, premium, if
any, and accrued interest on the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.




          (c) At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any
series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article VIII provided, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company has paid or
deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of
that series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the nonpayment 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 8.01(d). No such rescission will
affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.




          (d) The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder
with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (i) in the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series or (ii) in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof which under Article X cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver,
such default will cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed to have
been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver will extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.




     Section 8.02. Covenant of Company to Pay to Trustee Whole Amount Due on Securities on
Default in Payment of Interest or Principal; Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.



          (a) The Company covenants that if (i) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such




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default continues for a period of 30 calendar days or (ii) default is made in the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security when it becomes due and payable, the Company
will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the
whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest
and, to the extent that payment of such interest will be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor
in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as will be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements, and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel.




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




          (c) In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obliger upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee will be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the
Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee will be authorized to collect and receive any money or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator, or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements,
and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 9.06.




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




          (e) All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted
and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee will
be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment will, after
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reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee and its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.




     Section 8.03. Application of Money Collected by Trustee.



          Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII will be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and
the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	FIRST:
	 	To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.06;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECOND:
	 	To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit
of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	THIRD:
	 	To the Company.






     Section 8.04.  Limitation on Suits by Holders of Securities.



          No Holder of any Security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (a) such Holder has previously given written
notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series, (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder, (c) such Holder or Holders have offered
to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses, and liabilities
to be incurred in compliance with such request, (d) the Trustee for 60 calendar days after its
receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding, and (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
Holders will have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders (it
being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not
such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders), or to obtain or to seek to
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any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.




     Section 8.05. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights not
a Waiver of Event of Default.



          (a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 2.07, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy will, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.




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




     Section 8.06. Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities
to Direct Trustee.



          The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series will
have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect
to the Securities of such series, provided that (a) such direction will not be in conflict
with any rule of law or with this Indenture and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.




     Section 8.07. Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits Under the
Indenture or Against the Trustee.



          In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may
require any party litigant in such suit to file undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess costs, including attorney’s fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the
manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this
Section 8.07 nor the Trust Indenture Act will be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 8.09 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the then Outstanding Securities.




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     Section 8.08. Notice of Defaults.



          If a Default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee will give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such Default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any Default of the character
specified in Section 8.01(a)(iv) with respect to Securities of such series no such notice to
Holders will be given until at least 30 calendar days after the occurrence thereof. The Company
will give the Trustee notice of any uncured Event of Default within 10 days after any Responsible
Officer of the Company becomes aware of or receives actual notice of such Event of Default.




     Section 8.09. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, and
Interest.



          Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security will have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 2.09) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights may not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.




     Section 8.10. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.



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




     Section 8.11. Trustee May File Proofs of Claims.



          The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Subsidiaries (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claim and to distribute the same, and any custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
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Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of
the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.




Article IX.




CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE




     Section 9.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.



          (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,





	 	(1)	 	the Trustee undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	in the absence of bad faith on its part,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not
confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or
other facts stated therein).





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




          (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that





	 	(1)	 	this Subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless
it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;




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	 	(3)	 	the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
determined as provided in Sections 1.01, 8.06 and 14.11, relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series; and
	 
	 	(4)	 	no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.





          (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.




     Section 9.02. Certain Rights of Trustee.



          Subject to the provisions of Section 9.01:




          (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and will be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon, whether in its original or facsimile form, any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;




          (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein will be sufficiently evidenced by
a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board will be sufficiently evidenced
by a Board Resolution;




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




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




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




          (f) the Trustee will not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it will be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or
additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;




          (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys or independent contractors and the
Trustee will not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney
or independent contractor appointed with due care by it hereunder;




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




          (i) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action;




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




          (k) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder; and




          (l) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to
this Indenture.




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     Section 9.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.



          The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, may be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent will not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.




     Section 9.04. May Hold Securities.



          The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 9.07 and 9.12, may otherwise deal with the Company with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, or such other agent.




     Section 9.05. Money Held in Trust.



          Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required herein or by law. The Trustee will be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.




     Section 9.06. Compensation and Reimbursement.



          The Company will (a) pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to time (which compensation will not
be limited to any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement, or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and (c) indemnify each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and hold them harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the
Trustee) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any
Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section.




          The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it
hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant




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to this Section 9.06, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of particular Securities.




          When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 8.01(vi) or Section 8.01(vii), the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law.




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




     Section 9.07. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.



          If the Trustee has or acquires a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee will 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.




     Section 9.08. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.



          There will at all times be one or more Trustees hereunder with respect to the Securities of
each series, at least one of which will be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and its
Corporate Trust Office or principal office in any major city in the United States that is
acceptable to the Company. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of a supervising or examining state or Federal authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 9.08, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 9.08, it will resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article IX.




     Section 9.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.



          (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article IX will become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 9.10.




          (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 9.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 calendar
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of
the Company, petition any court




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of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.




          (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 9.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 calendar
days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may, at the expense of
the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.




          (d) If, at any time, (i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.07 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, (ii) the Trustee ceases to be eligible under Section 9.08 and fails to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or (iii) the Trustee becomes
incapable of acting or is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property is appointed or any public officer takes charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, or liquidation, then, in any
such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all
Securities or (B) subject to Section 8.07, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.




          (e) If the Trustee resigns, is removed, or becomes incapable of acting, or if a vacancy occurs
in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the
Company by a Board Resolution will promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to
the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there will be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and will
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 9.10. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal, or incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series is appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed will, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 9.10, become the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 9.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, at the




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expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.




          (f) The Company will give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series to all holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 13.03. Each notice will include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.




     Section 9.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 



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




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




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that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but on
request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee will duly assign, transfer,
and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates.




          (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company will execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
applicable rights, powers, and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9.10.




          (d) No successor Trustee will accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee is qualified and eligible under this Article IX.




     Section 9.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation, or Succession to Business.



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




     Section 9.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.



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




     Section 9.13. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.



          (a) The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more
series of Securities which will be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer,
or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 2.07, and Securities so authenticated will be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and will be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference will be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee




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by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to
act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 9.13, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent will be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
9.13, such Authenticating Agent will resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in this Section 9.13.




          (b) 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 may be a party, or any corporation succeeding to
all or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating
Agent, will continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation is otherwise eligible
under this Section 9.13, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.




          (c) 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 this Section
9.13, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and will mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve,
as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent
upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder will 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 will be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of
this Section 9.13.




          (d) The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 9.13.




          (e) If an appointment with respect to one or more series of Securities is made pursuant to
this Section 9.13, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative form of certificate of authentication in
the following form:




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




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A.,

as Trustee

 	 
	Dated:                     	By:  	 	 
	 	 	As Authenticating Agent 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




     Section 9.14. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company.



          Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of
the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under
this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall
be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee
in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such
application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of
the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in
writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the
case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such
application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.




Article X.




SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND CERTAIN ACTIONS




     Section 10.01. Purposes for Which Supplemental Indentures May Be Entered Into Without
Consent of Holders.



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




          (a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities, all to the extent otherwise
permitted hereunder;




          (b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of




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less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company;




          (c) to add any additional Events of Default;




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




          (e) to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one
or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change, or elimination (i)
will neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of
the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) will become effective only
when there is no such Security Outstanding;




          (f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01
and 2.02;




          (g) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as may be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10; or




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




     Section 10.02. Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of at Least a Majority in
Principal Amount of Outstanding Securities.



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




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     (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of
or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, 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 Sections 8.01(b), or
change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);




     (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which 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 10.02, Section 8.01(d) or Section
6.09, except to increase the percentage in principal amount of Holders required under any
such Section 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 (c) will not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the
Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 10.02 and Section 6.09, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 9.10 and 10.01(g).



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




          (c) It will not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 10.02 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be sufficient if such Act
approves the substance thereof.




     Section 10.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.



          In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article X or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture,
the Trustee will receive, and (subject to Section 9.01) will be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but will not be obligated
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supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.




     Section 10.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.



          Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article X, this Indenture will be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture will form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder will be bound thereby.




     Section 10.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.



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




     Section 10.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.



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




Article XI.




CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, OR TRANSFER




     Section 11.01. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales Permitted Only on Certain
Terms.



          (a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, transfer, lease or
convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, in one transaction or a series of
transactions, any other Person, unless: (i) the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor”) shall be Person organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, and
the Successor (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and this Indenture shall remain
in full force and effect;




          (b) Immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and




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          (c) If requested, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indenture, if any, complies with this Indenture (except that such opinion of Counsel
need not opine as to clause (b) above).




     Section 11.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. The Successor will succeed to, and
be substituted for, the Company under the Indenture with the same effect as if the Successor had
been an original party to this Indenture, and the Company shall be relieved of all liabilities,
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.



Article XII.




SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE




     Section 12.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.



          This Indenture will upon a Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, will execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when: (a) either (i) all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and (B) Securities for the payment
of which 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 such Securities 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
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in
the case of clause (A), (B), or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (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 have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 9.06, the obligations
of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 9.13, and, if money shall have been
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the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section 12.01, the obligations of
the Trustee under Sections 6.03(e) and 12.02, will survive.




     Section 12.02. Application of Trust Money.



          Subject to provisions of Section 6.03(e), all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 12.01 will be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has
been deposited with the Trustee.




Article XIII.




SUBORDINATION



Sections 13.01 through 13.09. Reserved. [Covenants and other subordination provisions
vary from issue to issue.]




     Section 13.10. Notice to Trustee.



          The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company
which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities.
Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Securities to Senior
Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the address specified in Section 14.02 from
the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and, prior to
the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01,
shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall not have received, at least three Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become payable for any purpose
(including, without limitation, the payment of the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if
any, as the case may be, in respect of any Security), the notice with respect to such money
provided for in this Section 1010, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the
purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.




          Subject to the provisions of Section 9.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the
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holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish
that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf
of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence
is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such
person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior
Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in
such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this
Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment which it may be
required to make for the benefit of such person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending
judicial determination as to the rights of such person to receive such payment.




     SECTION 13.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.



          Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01, and the Holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee
in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company,
the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.




     SECTION 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.



          The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith
mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other person
cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to
holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.




     SECTION 13.13 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of
Trustee’s Rights.



          The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all
the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness




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which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent
of any of its rights as such holder.




          Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 9.06.




Article XIV.




MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS




     Section 14.01. Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture.



          All the covenants, stipulations, promises, and agreements in this Indenture contained by or on
behalf of the Company will bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.




     Section 14.02. Service of Required Notice to Trustee and Company.


Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company will be sufficient for every purpose hereunder
if made, given, furnished, or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any
Holder will be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at
                    , Attention:                     , or at any other address previously furnished in writing to
the Trustee by the Company.




     In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions
or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other
similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written
instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally
executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally
executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party
providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or
facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its
discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions
shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses
arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such
instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent
written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks
arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the
Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions,
and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.



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     Section 14.03. Service of Required Notice to Holders; Waiver.



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




     Section 14.04. Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the
State of New York; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.



          This Indenture and the Securities will be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes will be construed in accordance with the laws of said State
without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of such State.




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




     Section 14.05. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.



          Upon any application or demand 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 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.




          Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
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Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or
opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to
whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.




     Section 14.06. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.



          In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents. 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 14.07. Payments Due on Non-Business Days.



          In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision will apply in lieu of this Section 14.07))
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the
same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest will accrue for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.




     Section 14.08. Provisions Required by Trust Indenture Act to Control.



          If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with the duties imposed on
any Person by Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust Indenture Act (including provisions
automatically deemed included in this Indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act unless this
Indenture provides that such provisions are excluded), which are deemed to be a part of and govern
this Indenture, whether or not contained herein, then such imposed duties will control.




     Section 14.09. Invalidity of Particular Provisions.



          In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities is
for any reason held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect,




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such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect any other provision of this
Indenture or of the Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities will be construed as if such
invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.




     Section 14.10. Indenture May be Executed In Counterparts.



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




     Section 14.11. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.



          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action will
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent will be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 14.11.




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




          (c) The ownership of Securities will be proved by the Security Register.




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




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          (e) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as
the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents),
and only such Persons, will be entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or
taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any
series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such action
purported to be given or taken by any Holder will be effective hereunder unless given or taken on
or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior to any
expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its
option, extend such date to any later date. Nothing in this paragraph will prevent any Holder (or
any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any such expiration date, any action
identical to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from, the action or purported action to
which such expiration date relates, in which event the Company may set a record date in respect
thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this Section 14.11(e) will be construed to render
ineffective any action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is so taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act, the Company will not set a
record date for, and the provisions of this Section 14.1l(e) will not apply with respect to, any
notice, declaration, or direction referred to in the next paragraph.




          (f) Upon receipt by the Trustee from any Holder of Securities of a particular series of (a)
any notice of default or breach referred to in Section 8.01(a)(iv) or 8.01(a)(v) with respect to
Securities of such series, if such default or breach has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee
shall not have given such notice to the Company, (b) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 8.01(b), if an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series has occurred and
is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a declaration to the Company, or (c) any
direction referred to in Section 8.06 with respect to Securities of such series, if the Trustee
shall not have taken the action specified in such direction, then a record date will automatically
and without any action by the Company or the Trustee be set for determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice, declaration, or direction,
which record date will be the close of business on the tenth calendar day following the day on
which the Trustee receives such notice, declaration, or direction. Promptly after such receipt by
the Trustee, and in any case not later than the fifth calendar day thereafter, the Trustee will
notify the Company and the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series of any such record date
so fixed. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly
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and only such Persons, will be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, or direction,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless
such notice, declaration, or direction shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their
duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th calendar day after such record
date, such notice, declaration, or direction will automatically and without any action by any
Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this Section 14.11(f) will be construed
to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration
of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration, or direction contrary to or different from, or, after
the expiration of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration, or direction to which such
record date relates, in which event a new record date in respect thereof will be set pursuant to
this Section 14.11(f). Nothing in this Section 14.11(f) will be construed to render ineffective
any notice, declaration, or direction of the type referred to in this Section 14.11(f) given at any
time to the Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such notice,
declaration, or direction is so given.




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




     Section 14.12. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.



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




     Section 14.13. Benefits of Indenture.



          Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, will give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim under this Indenture.




     Section 14.14. Section 14.14. Force Majeure.



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




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     Section 14.15. No Recourse Against Others.



          A director, officer, employee or stockholder as such of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.




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




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AVNET, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	 	 
	 	 	TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,	 	 
	 	 	AS TRUSTEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 







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