Exhibit 4.1


 





 



 


 


THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED


 





 



 


INDENTURE


 


Dated as of June 15, 2021


 





 



 


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


 


Trustee


 


 





 



 






     


     


    

 


TABLE
OF CONTENTS


 


	 		 	 	 	Page
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 	 	1
	 	Section 1.1.	 	Definitions	 	1
	 	Section 1.2.	 	Other Definitions	 	4
	 	Section 1.3.	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	 	4
	 	Section 1.4.	 	Rules of Construction	 	5
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES 	 	5
	 	Section 2.1.	 	Issuable in Series	 	5
	 	Section 2.2.	 	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities	 	6
	 	Section 2.3.	 	Execution and Authentication	 	8
	 	Section 2.4.	 	Registrar and Paying Agent	 	9
	 	Section 2.5.	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	 	10
	 	Section 2.6.	 	Securityholder Lists	 	10
	 	Section 2.7.	 	Transfer and Exchange	 	10
	 	Section 2.8.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	 	11
	 	Section 2.9.	 	Outstanding Securities	 	11
	 	Section 2.10.	 	Treasury Securities	 	12
	 	Section 2.11.	 	Temporary Securities	 	12
	 	Section 2.12.	 	Cancellation	 	12
	 	Section 2.13.	 	Defaulted Interest	 	13
	 	Section 2.14.	 	Global Securities	 	15
	 	Section 2.15.	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	15
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION 	 	15
	 	Section 3.1.	 	Notice to Trustee	 	15
	 	Section 3.2.	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	 	16
	 	Section 3.3.	 	Notice of Redemption	 	16
	 	Section 3.4.	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption	 	16
	 	Section 3.5.	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	17
	 	Section 3.6.	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	17
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS 	 	17
	 	Section 4.1.	 	Payment of Principal and Interest	 	17
	 	Section 4.2.	 	SEC Reports	 	17
	 	Section 4.3.	 	Compliance Certificate	 	18
	 	Section 4.4.	 	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	 	18
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS 	 	18
	 	Section 5.1.	 	When Company May Merge, Etc.	 	18
	 	Section 5.2.	 	Successor Corporation Substituted	 	19




 






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	ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 	 	19
	 	Section 6.1.	 	Events of Default	 	19
	 	Section 6.2.	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	20
	 	Section 6.3.	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	21
	 	Section 6.4.	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	22
	 	Section 6.5.	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	 	22
	 	Section 6.6.	 	Application of Money Collected	 	23
	 	Section 6.7.	 	Limitation on Suits	 	23
	 	Section 6.8.	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest	 	24
	 	Section 6.9.	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	24
	 	Section 6.10.	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	24
	 	Section 6.11.	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	24
	 	Section 6.12.	 	Control by Holders	 	24
	 	Section 6.13.	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	25
	 	Section 6.14.	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	25
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE 	 	26
	 	Section 7.1.	 	Duties of Trustee	 	26
	 	Section 7.2.	 	Rights of Trustee	 	27
	 	Section 7.3.	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	 	28
	 	Section 7.4.	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	 	28
	 	Section 7.5.	 	Notice of Defaults	 	28
	 	Section 7.6.	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders	 	29
	 	Section 7.7.	 	Compensation and Indemnity	 	29
	 	Section 7.8.	 	Replacement of Trustee	 	30
	 	Section 7.9.	 	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.	 	30
	 	Section 7.10.	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	31
	 	Section 7.11.	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	31
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 	 	31
	 	Section 8.1.	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	31
	 	Section 8.2.	 	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification	 	32
	 	Section 8.3.	 	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series	 	33
	 	Section 8.4.	 	Covenant Defeasance	 	34
	 	Section 8.5.	 	Repayment to Company	 	35
	 	Section 8.6.	 	Reinstatement	 	36
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS 	 	36
	 	Section 9.1.	 	Without Consent of Holders	 	36
	 	Section 9.2.	 	With Consent of Holders	 	37
	 	Section 9.3.	 	Limitations	 	37
	 	Section 9.4.	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	 	38
	 	Section 9.5.	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents	 	38
	 	Section 9.6.	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	 	38
	 	Section 9.7.	 	Trustee Protected	 	39




 






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	ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS 	 	39
	 	Section 10.1.	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	 	39
	 	Section 10.2.	 	Notices	 	39
	 	Section 10.3.	 	Communication by Holders with Other Holders	 	40
	 	Section 10.4.	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	 	41
	 	Section 10.5.	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	 	41
	 	Section 10.6.	 	Rules by Trustee and Agents	 	41
	 	Section 10.7.	 	Legal Holidays	 	41
	 	Section 10.8.	 	No Recourse Against Others	 	41
	 	Section 10.9.	 	Counterparts	 	42
	 	Section 10.10.	 	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction	 	42
	 	Section 10.11.	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	43
	 	Section 10.12.	 	Successors	 	43
	 	Section 10.13.	 	Severability	 	43
	 	Section 10.14.	 	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.	 	43
	 	Section 10.15.	 	Securities in a Foreign Currency	 	43
	 	Section 10.16.	 	Judgment Currency	 	44
	 	Section 10.17.	 	Force Majeure	 	44
	 	Section 10.18.	 	U.S.A. Patriot Act	 	45
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS 	 	45
	 	Section 11.1.	 	Applicability of Article	 	45
	 	Section 11.2.	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	45
	 	Section 11.3.	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	46




 






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THE CHEESECAKE
FACTORY INCORPORATED


 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2021


 


	§ 310(a)(1)	 	7.10
	(a)(2)	 	7.10
	(a)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)	 	7.10
	(b)	 	7.10
	§ 311(a)	 	7.11
	(b)	 	7.11
	(c)	 	Not Applicable
	§ 312(a)	 	2.6
	(b)	 	10.3
	(c)	 	10.3
	§ 313(a)	 	7.6
	(b)(1)	 	7.6
	(b)(2)	 	7.6
	(c)(1)	 	7.6
	(d)	 	7.6
	§ 314(a)	 	4.2, 10.5
	(b)	 	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	 	10.4
	(c)(2)	 	10.4
	(c)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	(d)	 	Not Applicable
	(e)	 	10.5
	(f)	 	Not Applicable
	§ 315(a)	 	7.1
	(b)	 	7.5
	(c)	 	7.1
	(d)	 	7.1
	(e)	 	6.14
	§ 316(a)	 	2.10
	(a)(1)(A)	 	6.12
	(a)(1)(B)	 	6.13
	(b)	 	6.8
	§ 317(a)(1)	 	6.3
	(a)(2)	 	6.4
	(b)	 	2.5
	§ 318(a)	 	10.1




 





 



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


 






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Indenture dated as of June 15,
2021 between THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED, a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (“Company”), and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Trustee”).


 


Each party agrees as follows
for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.


 


ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE


 


Section 1.1.     Definitions.


 


“Affiliate”
of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities
or by agreement or otherwise.


 


“Agent” means
any Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent.


 


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


 


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


 


“Business Day”
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York, New York (or in connection with any payment, the place
of payment) on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.


 


“Capital Stock”
means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock.


 


“Company”
means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor.


 


“Company Order”
means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer.


 


“Corporate Trust Office”
means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business related to this Indenture shall be principally
administered.


 






     


     


    

 


“Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.


 


“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities,
the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities
of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series.


 


“Discount Security”
means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.


 


“Dollars”
and “$” means the currency of The United States of America.


 


“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 


“Foreign Currency”
means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.


 


“Foreign Government
Obligations” means, with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, direct obligations
of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations
its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.


 


“GAAP” means
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession,
which are in effect as of the date of determination.


 


“Global Security”
or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2
evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in
the name of such Depositary or nominee.


 


“Holder”
or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered.


 


“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities
established as contemplated hereunder.


 


“interest”
with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.


 






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


 


“Officer”
means the Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or
any Assistant Secretary, and any Vice President of the Company.


 


“Officer’s Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any Officer.


 


“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
The opinion may contain customary limitations, conditions and exceptions.


 


“person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.


 


“principal”
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, the Security.


 


“Responsible Officer”
means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having responsibility for administration of this Indenture and also means,
with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.


 


“SEC” means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


 


“Securities”
means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.


 


“Series”
or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created
pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.


 


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


 


“Subsidiary”
of any specified person means any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that person or a combination thereof.


 


“TIA” means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required
by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.


 






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


 


“U.S. Government Obligations”
means securities which are direct obligations of, or guaranteed by, The United States of America for the payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest
on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary
receipt.


 


Section 1.2.     Other
Definitions.


 


	TERM	 	DEFINED IN
		 	SECTION
	 	 	 
	“Bankruptcy Law”	 	6.1
	“Custodian”	 	6.1
	“Event of Default”	 	6.1
	“Judgment Currency”	 	10.16
	“Legal Holiday”	 	10.7
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“New York Banking Day”	 	10.16
	“Notice Agent”	 	2.4
	“optional sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“Paying Agent”	 	2.4
	“Registrar”	 	2.4
	“Required Currency”	 	10.16
	“Specified Courts”	 	10.10
	“successor person”	 	5.1




 


Section 1.3.     Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.


 


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


 


“Commission”
means the SEC.


 


“indenture securities”
means the Securities.


 






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“indenture security
holder” means a Securityholder.


 


“indenture to be qualified”
means this Indenture.


 


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


 


“obligor” on the indenture
securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.


 


All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise
defined herein are used herein as so defined.


 


Section 1.4.     Rules of
Construction.


 


Unless the context otherwise
requires:


 


(a)            a
term has the meaning assigned to it;


 


(b)            an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;


 


(c)            “or”
is not exclusive;


 


(d)            words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and


 


(e)            provisions
apply to successive events and transactions.


 


ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES


 


Section 2.1.     Issuable
in Series.


 


The aggregate principal amount
of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series.
All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officer’s Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under
a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate
or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide
for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are
to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall
be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.


 






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Section 2.2.     Establishment
of Terms of Series of Securities.


 


At or prior to the issuance
of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1
and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.23)
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture
hereto or Officer’s Certificate:


 


2.2.1.            the
title (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series) and ranking (including
the terms of any subordination provisions) of the Series;


 


2.2.2.            the
price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;


 


2.2.3.            any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);


 


2.2.4.            the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;


 


2.2.5.            the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including,
but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if
any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;


 


2.2.6.            the
place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities
of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer,
mail or other means;


 


2.2.7.            if
applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of
the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;


 


2.2.8.            the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the 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 shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;


 






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2.2.9.              the
dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option
of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;


 


2.2.10.            if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall
be issuable;


 


2.2.11.            the
forms of the Securities of the Series and whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;


 


2.2.12.            if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;


 


2.2.13.            the
currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination
is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;


 


2.2.14.            the
designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities
of the Series will be made;


 


2.2.15.            if
payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments
will be determined;


 


2.2.16.            the
manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if
such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index,
stock exchange index or financial index;


 


2.2.17.            the
provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;


 


2.2.18.            any
addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right
of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;


 


2.2.19.            any
addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;


 


2.2.20.            any
Depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if
other than those appointed herein;


 






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2.2.21.            the
provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of such Series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange
price, the conversion or exchange period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, at the option of the Holders
thereof or at the option of the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or exchange price and provisions affecting
conversion or exchange if such Series of Securities are redeemed;


 


2.2.22.            any
other terms of the Series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series),
including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities
of that Series; and


 


2.2.23.            whether
any of the Company’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries will guarantee the Securities of that Series, including the terms of subordination,
if any, of such guarantees.


 


All Securities of any one Series need
not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or
pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate referred to above.


 


Section 2.3.     Execution
and Authentication.


 


An Officer shall sign the Securities
for the Company by manual, facsimile or electronic signature.


 


If an Officer whose signature
is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.


 


A Security shall not be valid
until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that
the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.


 


The Trustee shall at any time,
and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication.


 


The aggregate principal amount
of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set
forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except
as provided in Section 2.8.


 


Prior to the issuance of Securities
of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or
of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an
Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.


 






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The Trustee shall have the right
to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that
such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee
or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents or a committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would
expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.


 


The Trustee may appoint an authenticating
agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may
do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent
has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.


 


Section 2.4.     Registrar
and Paying Agent.


 


The Company shall maintain,
with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2,
an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”),
where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered
(“Notice Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer
and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address,
of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying
Agent or Notice Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided, however, that any appointment of the Trustee
as the Notice Agent shall exclude the appointment of the Trustee or any office of the Trustee as an agent to receive the service of legal
process on the Company. The Company and the Trustee may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder
for all purposes.


 


The Company may also from time
to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional notice agents and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations
to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 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
name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional notice agent. The term “Registrar”
includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Notice
Agent” includes any additional notice agent. The Company or any of its Affiliates may serve as Registrar or Paying Agent.


 






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The Company hereby appoints
the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice
Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.


 


Section 2.5.     Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.


 


The Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of
any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of
Securities, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues,
the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it
shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by
it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Securities.


 


Section 2.6.     Securityholder
Lists.


 


The Trustee shall preserve in
as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each
Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list,
in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of
Securities.


 


Section 2.7.     Transfer
and Exchange.


 


Where Securities of a Series are
presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of
Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions
are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).


 


Neither the Company nor the
Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning
at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the sending of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected
for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day such notice is sent, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities
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Section 2.8.     Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.


 


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


 


If there shall be delivered
to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
security or indemnity bond as may be required by each of them to hold itself and any of its agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon receipt
of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security,
a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


Section 2.9.     Outstanding
Securities.


 


The Securities outstanding at
any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described
in this Section as not outstanding.


 


If a Security is replaced pursuant
to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held
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If the Paying Agent (other than
the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient
to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.


 


The Company may purchase or
otherwise acquire the Securities, whether by open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise. A Security does not cease to
be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security (but see Section 2.10 below).


 


In determining whether the Holders
of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the
amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.


 


Section 2.10.     Treasury
Securities.


 


In determining whether the Holders
of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.


 


Section 2.11.     Temporary
Securities.


 


Until definitive Securities
are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary
Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate
for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall
authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged,
temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.


 


Section 2.12.     Cancellation.


 


The Company at any time may
deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered
to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange
Act and the Trustee) and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon written request of the Company. The Company may
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Section 2.13.     Defaulted
Interest.


 


If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The
Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the special record date, the Company shall send to the Trustee
and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest
to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.


 


Section 2.14.     Global
Securities.


 


2.14.1.            Terms
of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate shall establish whether the Securities
of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security
or Securities.


 


2.14.2.            Transfer
and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto,
the Securities represented by a Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered
in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Global Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to
be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when it is required to be registered, and, in either case, the Company
fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event; (ii) the
Company determines, in its sole discretion, not to have such Securities represented by such Global Security; or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Series of such Securities, and the Depositary for such Global Security
or a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security has requested to exchange the Securities represented by such Global Security
or such beneficial interest therein, as applicable, for securities not represented by a Global Security, and, in each case, the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.
Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names
as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like
tenor and terms.


 


Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2,
a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such
Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such
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2.14.3.            Legends.
Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:


 


“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”


 


In addition, so long as the
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) is the Depositary, each Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee shall bear
a legend in substantially the following form:


 


“UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY GLOBAL NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”


 


2.14.4.            Acts
of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.


 


2.14.5.            Payments.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the
principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.


 


2.14.6.            Consents,
Declaration and Directions. The Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of
outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary
or by the applicable procedures of such Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations,
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Section 2.15.     CUSIP
Numbers.


 


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


 


ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION


 


Section 3.1.     Notice
to Trustee.


 


The Company may, with respect
to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay
the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for
in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity
thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least
15 days before the redemption date, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the Trustee.


 


Section 3.2.     Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.


 


Unless otherwise indicated for
a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, if less than all the
Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Securities of the Series to be redeemed will be selected as follows: (a) if
the Securities are in the form of Global Securities, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, (b) if the Securities are
listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any,
on which the Securities are listed, or (c) if not otherwise provided for under clause (a) or (b) in the manner that the
Trustee deems fair and appropriate, including by lot or other method, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements,
subject, in the case of Global Securities, to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. Portions of the principal of Securities
of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000 may be selected for redemption. Securities of the Series and portions
of them it selected for redemption shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable
in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and the authorized integral
multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions
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Section 3.3.        Notice
of Redemption.


 


Unless otherwise indicated for
a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, at least 15 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall send or cause to be sent by first-class mail or electronically, in accordance
with the procedures of the Depositary, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.


 


The notice shall identify the
Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:


 


(a)        the
redemption date;


 


(b)        the
redemption price;


 


(c)        the
name and address of the Paying Agent;


 


(d)        if
any Securities are being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and that, after the redemption
date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original
Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security;


 


(e)        that
Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;


 


(f)         that
interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date unless the Company defaults
in the deposit of the redemption price;


 


(g)        the
CUSIP number, if any; and


 


(h)        any
other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.


 


At the Company’s request,
the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided, however, that the Company has
delivered to the Trustee, at least 10 days (unless a shorter time shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the notice date, an Officer’s
Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice.


 







Section 3.4.         Effect
of Notice of Redemption.


 


Once notice of redemption is
sent as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date
and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate
for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the
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Section 3.5.        Deposit
of Redemption Price.


 


On or before 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.


 


Section 3.6.        Securities
Redeemed in Part.


 


Upon surrender of a Security
that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal
in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.


 


ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS


 


Section 4.1.        Payment
of Principal and Interest.


 


The Company covenants and agrees
for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the applicable payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the principal
of and interest, if any, on the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.


 


Section 4.2.        SEC
Reports.


 


To the extent any Securities
of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may
by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a). Reports, information and documents filed
with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of
this Section 4.2.


 


Delivery of reports, information
and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.2 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing
shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Company’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively
on Officer’s Certificates). All such reports, information or documents referred to in this Section 4.2 that the Company files
with the SEC via the SEC’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee and transmitted to Holders at the time such
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Section 4.3.        Compliance
Certificate.


 


To the extent any Securities
of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed
and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of his/her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture
and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which the Officer may have knowledge).


 


Section 4.4.        Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws.


 


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


 


ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS


 


Section 5.1.        When
Company May Merge, Etc.


 


The Company shall not consolidate
with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor
person”) unless:


 


(a)        the
Company is the surviving corporation or the successor person (if other than the Company) is a corporation organized and validly existing
under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this
Indenture; and


 


(b)        immediately
after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.


 


The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion
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Notwithstanding the above, any
Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to the Company. Neither an Officer’s
Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection therewith.


 


Section 5.2.        Successor
Corporation Substituted.


 


Upon any consolidation or merger,
or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1,
the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance
or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, conveyance or other disposition (other than a lease) shall be released from all obligations
and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.


 


ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES


 


Section 6.1.           Events
of Default.


 


“Event of Default,”
wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of
said Event of Default:


 


(a)          default
in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior
to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period); or


 


(b)          default
in the payment of principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or


 


(c)          default
in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraphs
(a) or (b) above or pursuant to a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of
Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or


 


(d)          the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:


 


(i)            commences
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(ii)           consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,


 


(iii)          consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,


 


(iv)         makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or


 


(v)          generally
is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or


 


(e)           a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:


 


(i)            is
for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,


 


(ii)          appoints
a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or


 


(iii)          orders
the liquidation of the Company,


 


and the order or decree remains unstayed
and in effect for 60 days; or


 


(f)           any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture
hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18.


 


The term “Bankruptcy
Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.


 


The Company will provide the
Trustee written notice of any Default or Event of Default within 30 days of becoming aware of the occurrence of such Default or Event
of Default, which notice will describe in reasonable detail the status of such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company
is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.


 


Section 6.2.          Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.


 


If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to
in Section 6.1(d) or (e)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
on 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) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur, the principal
amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become
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At any time after such a declaration
of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all Events
of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Securities
of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.


 


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


 


Section 6.3.          Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.


 


The Company covenants that if


 


(a)          default
is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period
of 30 days, or


 


(b)          default
is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or


 


(c)          default
is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when and as due by the terms of a Security,


 


then, 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 interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal
and any overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.


 


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


 


If an Event of Default with
respect to any 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.


 






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Section 6.4.          Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.


 


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


 


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


 


(b)          to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,


 


and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments
to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it for the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.


 


Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.


 


Section 6.5.          Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.


 


All rights of action and claims
under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or
the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation, reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
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Section 6.6.           Application
of Money Collected.


 


Any money or property collected
by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in
case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal 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 7.7; and


 


Second:        To
the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of 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 interest, respectively; and


 


Third:           To
the Company.


 


Section 6.7.           Limitation
on Suits.


 


No Holder of any Security of
any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment
of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless


 


(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 or security satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request;


 


(d)          the
Trustee for 60 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, intended and expressly covenanted
by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under
this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders of the applicable Series.


 






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Section 6.8.          Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.


 


Notwithstanding any other provision
in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or,
in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.


 


Section 6.9.          Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.


 


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


 


Section 6.10.        Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.


 


Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.


 


Section 6.11.        Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.


 


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


 


Section 6.12.        Control
by Holders.


 


The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
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(a)          such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,


 


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


 


(c)          subject
to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability, and


 


(d)          prior
to taking any action as directed under this Section 6.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.


 


Section 6.13.        Waiver
of Past Defaults.


 


The Holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such Series, by written notice to the Trustee and the Company, waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its
consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however,
that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.


 


Section 6.14.        Undertaking
for Costs.


 


All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, 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, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions
of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted
by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after
the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption
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ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE


 


Section 7.1.          Duties
of Trustee.


 


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


 


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


 


(i)            The
Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.


 


(ii)           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 Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officer’s Certificates and Opinions
of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture.


 


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


 


(i)            This
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.


 


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


 


(iii)          The
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any
Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series in accordance with
Section 6.12.


 


(d)            Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.


 






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(e)          The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power.


 


(f)           The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.


 


(g)          No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if adequate indemnity against such risk is not assured to the
Trustee in its satisfaction.


 


(h)          The
Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs
(e), (f) and (g) of this Section and in Section 7.2, each with respect to the Trustee.


 


Section 7.2.           Rights
of Trustee.


 


(a)          The
Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile
form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact
or matter stated in the document.


 


(b)          Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion
of Counsel.


 


(c)          The
Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No
Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary.


 


(d)          The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights
or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.


 


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


 


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


 






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(g)          The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.


 


(h)          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 generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this Indenture.


 


(i)           In
no event shall the Trustee be liable to any person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage.


 


(j)           The
permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do
so.


 


Section 7.3.          Individual
Rights of Trustee.


 


The Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to
Sections 7.10 and 7.11.


 


Section 7.4.           Trustee’s
Disclaimer.


 


The Trustee makes no representation
as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds
from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication.


 


Section 7.5.          Notice
of Defaults.


 


If a Default or Event of Default
occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee,
the Trustee shall send to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90
days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except
in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold
the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
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Section 7.6.           Reports
by Trustee to Holders.


 


Within 60 days after each anniversary
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept
by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such anniversary date, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313.


 


A copy of each report at the
time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the
Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when Securities of any Series are
listed on any national securities exchange.


 


Section 7.7.           Compensation
and Indemnity.


 


The Company shall pay to the
Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing.
The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse
the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation
and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.


 


The Company shall indemnify
each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including for the cost of defending itself) against any cost, expense or liability, including
taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth in the
next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations
hereunder, unless and to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. This
indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.


 


The Company need not reimburse
any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent
of the Trustee through willful misconduct or negligence.


 


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


 


When the Trustee incurs expenses
or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) occurs, the expenses and the compensation
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The provisions of this Section shall
survive the termination of this Indenture.


 


Section 7.8.           Replacement
of Trustee.


 


A resignation or removal of
the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment
as provided in this Section.


 


The Trustee may resign with
respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by
so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:


 


(a)           the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;


 


(b)           the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;


 


(c)           a
Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or


 


(d)           the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.


 


If the Trustee resigns or is
removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within
one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.


 


If a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is
removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable
Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.


 


A successor Trustee shall deliver
a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall
transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall
mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee
with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it for actions taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with its rights, powers
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Section 7.9.           Successor
Trustee by Merger, Etc.


 


If the Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.10.


 


Section 7.10.         Eligibility;
Disqualification.


 


This Indenture shall always
have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA § 310(b).


 


Section 7.11.         Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.


 


The Trustee is subject to TIA
 § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject
to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.


 


ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE


 


Section 8.1.           Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.


 


This Indenture shall upon Company
Order be discharged with respect to the Securities of any Series and cease to be of further effect as to all Securities of such Series (except
as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when


 


(a)           either


 


(i)            all
Securities of such Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or


 


(ii)           all
such Securities of such Series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation


 


(1)            have
become due and payable by reason of sending a notice of redemption or otherwise, or


 


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


 


(3)            have
been called for redemption or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
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(4)            are
deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable;


 


and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or
(3) above, shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount of money
or U.S. Government Obligations, which amount shall be sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging each installment of principal
(including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments
of principal or interest are due;


 


(b)           the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and


 


(c)           the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge contemplated by this Section have been complied with.


 


Notwithstanding the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.


 


Section 8.2.           Application
of Trust Funds; Indemnification.


 


(a)           Subject
to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it,
in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest
for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments as contemplated by Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4.


 


(b)          The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government
Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in
respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.


 


(c)          The
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Order any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess
of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any
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Section 8.3.           Legal
Defeasance of Securities of any Series.


 


Unless this Section 8.3
is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities
of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon receipt of a Company Order,
execute instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:


 


(a)           the
rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment
of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Maturity
of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable
to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and the Securities of such Series;


 


(b)           the
provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 7.7, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5 and 8.6; and


 


(c)           the
rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith;


 


provided that, the following conditions shall
have been satisfied:


 


(d)           the
Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust
funds specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case
of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case
of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government
Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and
without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment
bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and
interest, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments
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(e)           such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;


 


(f)            no
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;


 


(g)           the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel 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 execution 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 of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not
occurred;


 


(h)           the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and


 


(i)            the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.


 


Section 8.4.           Covenant
Defeasance.


 


Unless this Section 8.4
is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company may omit to comply with
respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 5.1 and,
unless otherwise specified therein, any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities
or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 (and the failure to comply with any such
covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under Section 6.1) and the occurrence
of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 and designated as an Event of Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder,
with respect to the Securities of such Series, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities will
be unaffected thereby; provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:


 






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(a)           with
reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in
Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated
in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated
in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest
and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability
will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments)
of and interest on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of principal or interest are due;


 


(b)           such
deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;


 


(c)           no
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit;


 


(d)           the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;


 


(e)           The
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent
of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and


 


(f)            The
Company shall have 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 covenant defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.


 


Section 8.5.            Repayment
to Company.


 


Subject to applicable abandoned
property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal
and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment
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Section 8.6.         Reinstatement.


 


If the Trustee or the Paying
Agent is unable to apply any money deposited with respect to Securities of any Series in accordance with Section 8.1 by reason
of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series and
under the Securities of such Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1
until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.1; provided,
however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money
or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent after payment in full to the Holders.


 


ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS


 


Section 9.1.         Without
Consent of Holders.


 


Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in Section 9.2. , the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or
more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:


 


(a)         to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;


 


(b)         to
comply with Article V;


 


(c) 
        to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;


 


(d)     
    to add guarantees with respect to Securities of any Series or secure Securities of any Series;


 


(e)    
     to surrender any of the Company’s rights or powers under this Indenture;


 


(f)          to
add covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders of Securities of any Series;


 


(g)         to
comply with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary;


 


(h)         to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;


 


(i)          to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;


 


(j)          to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
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(k)         to
comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.


 


Section 9.2.         With
Consent of Holders.


 


The Company and the Trustee
may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders
of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect
to such Series.


 


It shall not be necessary for
the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture
or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this
section becomes effective, the Company shall send to the Holders of Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental
indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.


 


Section 9.3.         Limitations.


 


Without the consent of each
Securityholder affected, subject to the provisions described in Sections 9.1 and 9.2, an amendment or waiver may not:


 


(a)         reduce
the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;


 


(b)         reduce
the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;


 


(c)         reduce
the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any
sinking fund or analogous obligation;


 


(d)         reduce
the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;


 


(e)         waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration
of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such
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(f)          make
the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;


 


(g)         make
any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence); or


 


(h)         waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Company’s option.


 


Section 9.4.         Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.


 


Every amendment to this Indenture
or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then
in effect.


 


Section 9.5.         Revocation
and Effect of Consents.


 


Until an amendment is set forth
in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder
and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security,
even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to
his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or
the date the waiver becomes effective.


 


Any amendment or waiver once
effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described
in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security
who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder’s Security.


 


The Company may, but shall not
be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action
described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the second
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those
persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or take any such action, whether or not such
Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record
date.


 


Section 9.6.         Notation
on or Exchange of Securities.


 


The Company or the Trustee may
place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance
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Section 9.7.            Trustee
Protected.


 


In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both complying with Section 10.4. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental
indentures upon delivery of such an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel or both, except that the Trustee need not sign any
supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture.


 


ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section 10.1.          Trust
Indenture Act Controls.


 


If any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required
or deemed provision shall control.


 


Section 10.2.          Notices.


 


Any notice or communication
by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in
person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, email or overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:


 


if to the Company:


 


THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED


26901 Malibu Hills Road


Calabasas Hills, California 91301


Attention: Matthew E. Clark


Telephone: (818) 871-3000


 


with a copy to:


 


Latham & Watkins
LLP


10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1100


Los Angeles, CA 90067


Attention: Kathleen M. Wells and David
A. Zaheer


Telephone: (213) 485-1234


 






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if to the Trustee:


 


U.S. Bank National Association


Global Corporate Trust Services


U.S. Bank Tower


633 West 5th Street, 24th Floor


Los Angeles, CA 90071


Attention: Bradley Scarbrough


Telephone: (213) 615-6047


 


with a copy to:


 


Shipman & Goodwin LLP


One Constitution Plaza


Hartford, CT 06103


Attention: William G. Rock


Telephone: (860) 251-5121


 


The Company or the Trustee by
notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.


 


Any notice or communication
to a Securityholder shall be sent electronically or by first-class mail to his, her or its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar,
in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. Failure to send a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.


 


If a notice or communication
is sent or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives
it.


 


If the Company sends a notice
or communication to Securityholders, it shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.


 


Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption)
to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given to the Depositary for such Security
(or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.


 


Section 10.3.          Communication
by Holders with Other Holders.


 


Securityholders of any Series may
communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone
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Section 10.4.         Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.


 


Upon any request or application
by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:


 


(a)           an
Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and


 


(b)           an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.


 


Section 10.5.         Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.


 


Each certificate or opinion
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to
TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:


 


(a)           a
statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;


 


(b)           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;


 


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


 


(d)           a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.


 


Section 10.6.         Rules by
Trustee and Agents.


 


The Trustee may make reasonable
rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable
requirements for its functions.


 


Section 10.7.         Legal
Holidays.


 


A “Legal Holiday”
is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on
the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.


 


Section 10.8.         No
Recourse Against Others.


 


A director, officer, employee
or stockholder (past or present), as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities
or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting
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Section 10.9.          Counterparts.


 


This Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and
of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) transmission shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all
purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”)
shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.


 


Unless otherwise provided herein
or in any other Securities, the words “execute”, “execution”, “signed”, and “signature”
and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture, any Securities or any of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic
signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability
as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State
Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, provided that,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee is not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any
form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee.


 


Section 10.10.        Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction.


 


THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING
ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.


 


THE
COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECURITIES) EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.


 


Any legal suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United
States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City of New York
(collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under
any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for
any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The Company, the Trustee and the Holders (by their acceptance of the Securities)
each hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the
Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has
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Section 10.11.        No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.


 


This Indenture may not be used
to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.


 


Section 10.12.        Successors.


 


All agreements of the Company
in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.


 


Section 10.13.        Severability.


 


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


 


Section 10.14.        Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc.


 


The Table of Contents, Cross
Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are
not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.


 


Section 10.15.        Securities
in a Foreign Currency.


 


Unless otherwise specified in
a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture
with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders
of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action
at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in more than one
currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking
such action shall be determined by converting any such other currency into a currency that is designated upon issuance of any particular
Series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, such conversion shall
be at the spot rate for the purchase of the designated currency as published in The Financial Times in the “Currency Rates”
section (or, if The Financial Times is no longer published, or if such information is no longer available in The Financial Times, such
source as may be selected in good faith by the Company) on any date of determination. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in
determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection
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All decisions and determinations
provided for in the preceding paragraph shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all
purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Trustee and all Holders.


 


Section 10.16.        Judgment
Currency.


 


The Company agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary
to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required
Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange
used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required
Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking
Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase
in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final
unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection
(a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt,
by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable
as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such
actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected
by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day”
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law, regulation or executive order to close.


 


Section 10.17.        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 best 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 10.18.        U.S.A.
Patriot Act.


 


The parties hereto acknowledge
that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information
that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this
Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements
of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.


 


ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS


 


Section 11.1.          Applicability
of Article.


 


The provisions of this Article shall
be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series if so provided by the terms of such Securities
pursuant to Section 2.2 and except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant
to this Indenture.


 


The minimum amount of any sinking
fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional
sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment
may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities
of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.


 


Section 11.2.          Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.


 


The Company may, in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any
of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to
which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application
of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officer’s Certificate
with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption,
and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the
sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities
in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in
order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for
redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a
Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying
Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the
Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having
an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.


 






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Section 11.3.          Redemption
of Securities for Sinking Fund.


 


Not less than 45 days (unless
otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate in respect of a particular Series of
Securities) 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 mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that
Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added
in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect
of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date will be selected in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and the Company shall send or cause to be sent a notice
of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in and in accordance with
Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.


 




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


 


	 	THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Matthew Clark
	 	 	Name: Mathew Clark
	 	 	Its: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough
	 	 	Name: Bradley E. Scarbrough
	 	 	Its: Vice President