EX-4.2



 Exhibit 4.2 
  

 
 Third Supplemental Indenture 

between 
 Reinsurance Group of
America, Incorporated 
 and 

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

as Trustee 
  

 
 Dated June 8,
2016 
  
  

3.95% Senior Notes due 2026 
  

 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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	 Section 1.1    Definition of Terms
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	 ARTICLE II TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES
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	 Section 2.1    Designation and Principal Amount
	  	 	6	  
		
	 Section 2.2    Issue Date; Maturity
	  	 	6	  
		
	 Section 2.3    Percentage of Principal Amount
	  	 	6	  
		
	 Section 2.4    Place of Payment and Surrender for Registration of
Transfer
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	 Section 2.5    Registered Securities; Form; Denominations; Depositary
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	 Section 2.6    Interest
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	 Section 2.7    Optional Redemption
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	 Section 2.8    No Sinking Fund
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	 Section 2.9    Events of Default
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	 Section 2.10    Ranking
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	 Section 2.11    Paying Agent; Security Registrar
	  	 	9	  
		
	 Section 2.12    Defeasance
	  	 	9	  
		
	 Section 2.13    No Conversion
	  	 	9	  
		
	 Section 2.14    CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	9	  
		
	 Section 2.15    Definitive Form of Senior Notes
	  	 	9	  
		
	 Section 2.16    Company Reports
	  	 	10	  
		
	 ARTICLE III COVENANTS
	  	 	10	  
		
	 Section 3.1    Limitation on Liens
	  	 	10	  
		
	 Section 3.2    Limitations on Issuance or Disposition of Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries
	  	 	10	  
		
	 ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 4.1    Ratification, Extension and Renewal of Indenture
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 4.2    Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 4.3    Governing Law
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	 Section 4.4    Severability
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 4.5    Counterparts
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 4.6    Successors and Assigns
	  	 	12	  
		
	 Section 4.7    FATCA Withholding
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	 EXHIBIT A - FORM OF SENIOR NOTE
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 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated June 8, 2016 (this “Third Supplemental
Indenture”), between REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED, a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), having its principal executive office at 16600 Swingley Ridge Road, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having its corporate trust office at 2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, supplementing the Indenture, dated as of
August 21, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”). 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 The
Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the issuance from time to time by the Company of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter generally called the “Debt
Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Base Indenture; 

Pursuant to the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of Debt
Securities to be known as the 3.95% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Senior Notes”), the form and substance of such Senior Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be as set forth in the Indenture; 

Pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, a new series of Debt Securities may at any time be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, an Officers’ Certificate or one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture; 
 The Company has requested that
the Trustee execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture. All requirements necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms (and to make the Senior Notes, when duly executed by the Company
and duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and enforceable obligations of the Company) have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects. 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Senior Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Senior Notes, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.1 Definition of
Terms 
 Unless the context otherwise requires: 







 (a) a term not defined herein that is defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when
used in this Third Supplemental Indenture; 
 (b) a term defined anywhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning
throughout; 
 (c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; 

(d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of this Third Supplemental Indenture; 

(e) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; and 

(f) the following terms have the following meanings: 

“Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per annum equal to the
semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that date of redemption.

 “Capital Lease Obligation” means an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease of (or another Indebtedness arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property thereof that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet thereof
in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due
under such lease (or such other arrangement) prior to the first date upon which such lease (or such other arrangement) may be terminated by the lessee (or obligor) without payment of a penalty. 

“Capital Stock” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock of such Person, including, without limitation, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership. 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

  
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 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury
security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Senior Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Senior Notes. 
 “Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any date of redemption, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than three (3) Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations. 

“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means the total shareholders’ equity as reflected in the
Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, less intangible assets such as goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, patents and unamortized debt discount and
expense. 
 “Debt Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor
version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code. 

“Guarantee” by any Person means any Obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any
Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including, without limitation, every obligation of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for
the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the holder of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness (and the terms “Guaranteed,” “Guaranteeing” and “Guarantor” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that the Guarantee by any Person shall not include
endorsements by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business. 
 “Global
Senior Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a). 
 “Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Senior Note is registered. 
 “Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication: (i) every obligation of such Person for money
borrowed; (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, including obligations incurred in 

  
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connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (iii) every obligation of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to assets or
property purchased by such Person or issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, assets or services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are nor overdue by
more than 90 days or are being contested by such Person in good faith); (iv) every Capital Lease Obligation of such Person; (v) every obligation of such Person with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which such Person is a
party; (vi) every obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (vii) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of outstanding
Redeemable Stock of such Person; (viii) every obligation of such Person with respect to performance, surety or similar bonds; (ix) every obligation of such Person under interest rate swap or cap or similar agreements, or under foreign
currency hedge, exchange or similar agreements, of such Person; (x) if such Person is engaged in the insurance business, all Surplus Debt of such Person; and (xi) every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(x) and (xii) of another Person the payment of which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise responsible for or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor, Guarantor or otherwise; and (xii) every amendment, modification,
renewal and extension of an obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (xi). 
 “Insurance
Regulator” means any Person having (i) authority to administer or enforce any statute, regulation or other law of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof (or any
order or decree of any court thereof) governing the conduct of an insurance business, and (ii) jurisdiction over the matter in question. 

“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a). 

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness. 
 “Quotation Agent” means
one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 
 “Recitals” means the Recitals of the
Company set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Redeemable Stock” of a Person means every
Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms or otherwise is required to be redeemed or otherwise purchased by such Person, or is redeemable or so purchasable at the option of the holder thereof, at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the
Capital Stock. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., and, in each case, their respective successors or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury
Dealers (as 

  
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defined herein); provided, however, that if any of them shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another nationally recognized investment banking firm
that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), and (ii) one other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of
redemption, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, after consultation with the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to
the Quotation Agent by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption. 

“Restricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Significant Subsidiary of the Company existing on the date hereof,
(ii) any Subsidiary of the Company, organized or acquired after the date hereof, which is a Significant Subsidiary and (iii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary which is reclassified as a Restricted Subsidiary by a resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors. 
 “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any bank, insurance company or
other lender or investor (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), or to which such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary that has been or
is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any Subsidiary to such lender or investor or to any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such
property or asset. 
 “Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary, including its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, which meets any
of the following conditions (in each case determined in accordance with GAAP): (i) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investment in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets (after inter-company eliminations) of the Subsidiary
exceeds ten percent (10%) of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or (iii) the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ equity interest in the
income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles of the Subsidiary exceeds ten percent (10%) of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated
for the most recently completed fiscal year. 

  
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 “Surplus Debt” of any Person engaged in the insurance business
means any liability of such Person to another for repayment of a sum of money to such other Person under a written agreement approved by an Insurance Regulator providing for such liability to be paid only out of surplus of such Person in excess of a
minimum amount of surplus specified in such agreement. 
 “Third Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals. 
 “Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Restricted Subsidiary. 

“Voting Stock” means capital stock, the holders of which have general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors of a corporation, provided that, for the purposes of such definition, capital stock which by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors carries only the right to vote
conditioned on the happening of an event shall not be considered Voting Stock, whether or not such event shall have happened. 
 ARTICLE II

 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES 

Pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Senior Notes are hereby established with the following terms and other provisions:

 Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount 

(a) There is hereby authorized a series of Debt Securities designated the “3.95% Senior Notes due 2026,” initially in the aggregate
principal amount at maturity of Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000). 
 (b) Without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes,
the Company may, from time to time, create and issue additional Senior Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Senior Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, the first payment of interest thereon.
Additional Senior Notes issued after the date hereof will form a single series with all such outstanding Senior Notes; provided that additional Senior Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP, if any, as existing Senior Notes unless such
additional Senior Notes are fungible with existing Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 
 Section 2.2 Issue Date; Maturity 

Subject to Section 2.1(b), the Senior Notes shall initially be issued as of the date hereof; the Stated Maturity of the Senior Notes
shall be September 15, 2026 or if such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day. 
 Section 2.3 Percentage of Principal Amount

 Subject to Section 2.1(b), the Senior Notes will initially be issued at 99.996% of the principal amount. 

  
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 Section 2.4 Place of Payment and Surrender for Registration of Transfer 

(a) Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Senior Notes shall be made, the transfer of Senior Notes will be
registrable, and Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of other denominations of a like principal amount at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, initially the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Senior Notes issued as Global Senior Notes shall be payable by the Company through the Paying Agent to the Depositary in immediately available funds. 

(b) Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Senior Notes issued in physical form shall be made, the transfer of Senior
Notes will be registrable, and Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of other denominations of a like principal amount at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, initially the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee; provided that, at the Company’s option, interest on Senior Notes issued in physical form may be payable by (i) a U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (ii) upon application to the Security Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date by a Holder of a principal amount of Securities in excess of $5,000,000, wire
transfer in immediately available funds, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Security Registrar to the contrary. 

Section 2.5 Registered Securities; Form; Denominations; Depositary 

(a) Subject to Section 2.1(b), the Senior Notes shall be issued in fully registered form, without coupons, as registered Debt Securities
and shall initially be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes (the “Global Senior Notes”), and with the legends contained in, the form of Exhibit A hereto. 

(b) The Senior Notes shall not be issuable in bearer form. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Senior Note shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company, and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. 

(c) The Senior Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(d) Initially, the Depositary for the Senior Notes will be The Depository Trust Company. The Global Senior Notes will be registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee, Cede & Co., and held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of its participants. 

Section 2.6 Interest 
 (a) The
Senior Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.95% per annum on the principal amount thereof from and including June 8, 2016 to, but excluding, September 15, 2026, payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15
of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on September 15, 2016. The Regular Record Dates for the Senior Notes shall be the immediately preceding March 1 and September 1, respectively, of each year.


  
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 (b) The amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes for any period will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Senior Notes is not a Business Day, payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next day that is a Business Day (and
without any additional interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the preceding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
date such payment was originally payable. 
 (c) The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Senior Notes plus 1% per annum to the extent lawful. 

Section 2.7 Optional Redemption 

(a) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, or from time to time, at a Redemption Price
equal to: 
 (i) if the Senior Notes are redeemed prior to June 15, 2026, the greater of: (A) 100% of the
principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, and (B) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of those payments
of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points; or 

(ii) if the Senior Notes are redeemed on or after June 15, 2026, 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be
redeemed; 
 plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption. 

(b) The redemption provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Senior Notes. 

Section 2.8 No Sinking Fund 

The Senior Notes shall not be subject to a sinking fund provision. The provisions contained in Article XIII of the Base
Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes. 
 Section 2.9 Events of Default 

In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture, it shall be an “Event of Default” with
respect to the Senior Notes if the following occurs and shall be continuing: an acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount in excess of One Hundred Twenty Million Dollars
($120,000,000), if such failure to pay is not discharged or such acceleration is not annulled within 15 days after the Company shall have received due notice of such acceleration. 

  
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 The additional Events of Default set forth in this Section 2.9 are expressly being included
solely to be applicable to the Senior Notes specified in this Third Supplemental Indenture. 
 Section 2.10 Ranking 

The Senior Notes shall constitute the senior debt obligations of the Company and shall rank equally in right of payment with all other
existing and future senior debt obligations of the Company. 
 Section 2.11 Paying Agent; Security Registrar 

Initially, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. If the Senior Notes are issued in definitive form, the Corporate
Trust Office shall be the office or agency of the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar for the Senior Notes. 
 Section 2.12 Defeasance 

The defeasance provisions of Article XIV of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Senior Notes. 

Section 2.13 No Conversion 
 The
Senior Notes will not be convertible into shares of Common Stock or any other security. The provisions contained in Article XV of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes. 

Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers 
 The
Company in issuing the Senior Notes 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 Senior Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Senior Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers. 

Section 2.15 Definitive Form of Senior Notes 

The Senior Notes will be issued in definitive form only under the limited circumstances set forth in Section 3.4 of the Base Indenture.


  
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 Section 2.16 Company Reports 

The provisions of Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture relating to the nature, content and date for reports by the Company to the Holders,
to the extent such provisions are mandated by the Trust Indenture Act, shall apply to the Senior Notes. 
 ARTICLE III 

COVENANTS 
 Article XI of the Base
Indenture is hereby supplemented by the following additional covenants of the Company: 
 Section 3.1 Limitation on Liens 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume or guaranty any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is secured
by a mortgage, pledge of, lien on, security interest in or other encumbrance upon any shares of Voting Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Voting Stock is now owned or is hereafter acquired, without providing that the Senior Notes
(together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary ranking equally with such Senior Notes and then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with, or
prior to, such Indebtedness. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (a) Indebtedness incurred, issued, assumed, guaranteed or permitted to exist and secured by liens, security interests, pledges or other encumbrances which does not exceed
10% of the Company’s then Consolidated Tangible Net Worth; (b) Indebtedness secured by a pledge of, lien on or security interest in any shares of Voting Stock of any corporation if such pledge, lien or security interest is made or granted
prior to or at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such pledge, lien or security interest was not created in anticipation of the transfer of such shares of Voting Stock to the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(c) liens or security interests securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (d) the extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole
or in part, of any lien or security interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) but only if the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by the liens or security interests immediately prior thereto is not increased and the
lien or security interest is not extended to other property. 
 Section 3.2 Limitations on Issuance or Disposition of Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries 
 The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any shares of Capital Stock (other than nonvoting preferred stock) of any Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Restricted Subsidiary), except for, subject to Article IX of the Base
Indenture: (a) director’s qualifying shares; (b) a sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Restricted Subsidiary)
to the Company or to one or more Restricted Subsidiaries; (c) a sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or part of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any
Restricted Subsidiary) for consideration which is at least equal to the fair value of such Capital Stock as determined by the Company’s 

  
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Board of Directors acting in good faith; (d) the issuance, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition made in compliance with an order of a court or regulatory authority of competent
jurisdiction, other than an order issued at the request of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (e) issuance for consideration which is at least equal to fair value as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors acting in good
faith. 
 ARTICLE IV 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 4.1 Ratification,
Extension and Renewal of Indenture 
 The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is ratified,
confirmed, extended and renewed, and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture is inconsistent with
a provision of the Base Indenture, the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall control. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall only apply to the Senior Notes and shall not apply to any other Debt Securities of any other series issued under
the Base Indenture (unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture for Debt Securities of any such series). 

Section 4.2 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals 

The Recitals are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Senior Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Senior Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 Section 4.3 Governing Law 

This Third Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York. 
 Section 4.4 Severability 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall for any reason be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture or of the Senior Notes, but this Third Supplemental Indenture and the
Senior Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 
 Section 4.5
Counterparts 
 This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 Section 4.6 Successors and Assigns 

All covenants and agreements in the Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether expressed or not. The Company will
have the right at all times to assign any of its respective rights or obligations under the Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain liable
for all of its respective obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns. The Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the
parties thereto. 
 Section 4.7 FATCA Withholding 

In order to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA, the Company agrees (i) to provide to the Trustee tax information
about holders or the transactions contemplated hereby (including any modification to the terms of such transactions), to the extent such information is directly available to the Company, so that the Trustee can determine whether it has tax-related
obligations under FATCA and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Senior Notes to the extent necessary to comply with FATCA. For the purposes of this Section 4.7,
“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Third Supplement Indenture. 
 Signature page follows.


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

			
	REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	/s/ Brian W. Haynes
		 	 Brian W. Haynes

Senior Vice President and Corporate

Treasurer



  

	
	Attest:
	
	/s/ William L. Hutton
	 William L. Hutton

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary


 Seal 
  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch
		 	 Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
 Title: Vice
President



 Third Supplemental Indenture 







 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF SENIOR NOTE 
 [FACE
OF SENIOR NOTE] 
 [THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SENIOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SENIOR NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SENIOR NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS SENIOR NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM. UNLESS THIS SENIOR NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SENIOR NOTE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), 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.]* 
 REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED 

3.95% Senior Notes due 2026 
  

			
	 Certificate No.: R-                

CUSIP No.: 759351 AM1
	  	$                

 This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities of REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA,
INCORPORATED (the “Senior Notes”), all issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 21, 2012, duly executed and delivered by REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED, a Missouri corporation (the
“Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third
Supplemental Indenture thereto dated June 8, 2016, 
  

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between the Company and the Trustee, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Senior Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Debt Securities are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other
respects as provided in the Indenture. 
 The Company, for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]*, or registered assigns, the principal sum of             
($            ) [(as increased or decreased on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases)]* on September 15,
2026 or if such date is not a Business Day, the following Business Day. 
 Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15,
commencing on September 15, 2016. 
 Record Dates: March 1 and September 1. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly
executed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers under its corporate seal. 
  

			
	REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	 
		 	 Brian W. Haynes

Senior Vice President and Corporate

Treasurer



  

	
	Attest:
	
	   

	 William L. Hutton

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary


 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the 3.95% Senior Notes due 2026 issued under the within mentioned Indenture. 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee 
  

			
		
	By:	 	 
		 	 Authorized Signatory


 Dated: June 8, 2016 

 

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 [REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE] 

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED 

3.95% Senior Notes due 2026 

To the extent that any rights or other provisions of this Senior Note differ from or are inconsistent with those contained in the Indenture,
then the Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. 

 

	1.	Principal and Interest. 

 Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, a Missouri
corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note in the manner specified below at the rate of 3.95% per annum from and including June 8, 2016, to, but excluding, the Stated
Maturity. The Company will pay interest on this Senior Note semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on September 15, 2016. Interest not paid on
the scheduled Interest Payment Date will accrue and compound semiannually at the rate borne by the principal amount of this Senior Note. 

Interest on the Senior Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods)
from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Senior Notes plus 1% per annum to the extent lawful. 
  

	2.	Ranking. 

 The Senior Notes shall constitute the senior debt obligations of the Company
and shall rank equally in right of payment with all other existing and future senior debt obligations of the Company. 
  

	3.	Method of Payment. 

 Interest on any Senior Note which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name that Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for the payment of such
interest. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Senior Notes is not a Business Day, payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next day that is a Business Day (and without any additional interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the preceding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally
payable. 

  
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	4.	Paying Agent and Security Registrar. 

 Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., the Trustee, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent and Security Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain exceptions, act
in any such capacity. 
  

	5.	Indenture. 

 This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized series of the 3.95% Senior
Notes due 2026 (the “Senior Notes”) of the Company, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $400,000,000 and issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), as
supplemented by a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 8, 2016 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case, between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The terms of this Senior Note include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the “TIA”). This Senior Note is subject to all such terms, and by acceptance hereof, Holders agree to be bound by all of such terms, as the same may be amended from time to time. Holders are referred to the Indenture and
the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Senior Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 
  

	6.	Optional Right of Redemption. 

 (a) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior
Notes, in whole or in part, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to: 
 (i) if the Senior Notes are redeemed prior to June 15, 2026,
the greater of: (A) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, and (B) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not
including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 35
basis points; or 
 (ii) if the Senior Notes are redeemed on or after June 15, 2026, 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes
to be redeemed; 
 plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption. 

(b) The redemption provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Senior Notes. 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that date of redemption. 

  
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 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected
by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Senior Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Senior Notes. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means,
with respect to any date of redemption, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent
obtains fewer than three (3) Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations. 

“Quotation Agent” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated and one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., and, in each case, their respective successors or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers (as defined herein);
provided, however, that if any of them shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States
(a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), and (ii) one other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the
average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, after consultation with the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation
Agent by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption. 

Pursuant to Article XII of the Base Indenture, notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before the date of redemption to each Holder of the Senior Notes to be redeemed. 
  

	7.	No Sinking Fund. 

 The Senior Notes will not be subject to a sinking fund provision.

  

	8.	Defaults and Remedies. 

 The Indenture provides that an Event of Default with respect to
the Senior Notes occurs upon the occurrence of specified events. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all of the Senior Notes may become or be declared due and payable, in the manner, with the effect provided in the
Indenture. 

  
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	9.	Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. 

 The Indenture provides for amendments, supplements and
waivers with respect to the Indenture as set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture. 
  

	10.	Restrictive Covenants. 

 The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company and its Subsidiaries to, among other things, create certain liens, issue or dispose of stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and consummate certain mergers and consolidations or sales of all or substantially all of its assets. The limitations are
subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. 
  

	11.	Denomination; Transfer; Exchange. 

 The Senior Notes of this series are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, Senior Notes of this series so issued are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount at maturity of Senior Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior Note is transferable by the registered Holder
hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in the City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount at maturity will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
relation thereto. 
  

	12.	Persons Deemed Owners. 

 The registered Holder of this Senior Note shall be treated as
its owner for all purposes. 
  

	13.	Defeasance. 

 Subject to certain conditions contained in the Indenture, at any time some
or all of the Company’s obligations under the Senior Notes and the Indenture may be discharged if the Company deposits with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Senior Notes
to Stated Maturity. 

  
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	14.	No Recourse Against Others. 

 No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal
of or the interest on this Senior Note, or any part hereof or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present
or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or of any predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to and the enforcement of the liability, if any, of any shareholder or subscriber to capital stock upon or in respect of the shares of capital stock not fully paid. 

 

	15.	CUSIP Numbers. 

 The Company may cause CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Senior Notes
as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon. 
  


	16.	Authentication. 

 This Senior Note shall not be valid until the Trustee (or
authenticating agent) executes the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Senior Note. 
  

	17.	Governing Law. 

 The Indenture and this Senior Note shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

  
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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SENIOR NOTE* 
 The initial aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes is
$            . The following increases or decreases in this Global Senior Note have been made: 
  

									
	 Date of

Exchange
	  	 Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of Senior Notes evidenced
by this Global Senior 
Note
	  	 Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of Senior Notes evidenced
by this Global Senior 
Note
	  	 Principal Amount of

Senior Notes evidenced

by this Global Senior Note
following such decrease

or increase
	  	
Signature of authorized
officer of Trustee 
or
Securities Custodian

		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	

  

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