EX-4.9



 





Exhibit 4.9




 





BANCOLOMBIA S.A.




6.875% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2017




 






INDENTURE




Dated as of May 25, 2007




 






The Bank of New York

Trustee




 





 









 





CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	 	 	 
	Act Section	 	 	 	Indenture Section
	 	310	(a)(1)	 	 
	 	7.10
	 	 	(a)(2)	 	 
	 	7.10
	 	  	(a)(3)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	  	(a)(4)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	  	(a)(5)	 	 
	 	7.10
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	7.10
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	311	(a)	 	 
	 	7.11
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	7.11
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	312	(a)	 	 
	 	2.05
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	11.03
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	11.03
	 	313	(a)	 	 
	 	7.06
	 	  	(b)(2)	 	 
	 	7.06; 7.07
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	7.06; 11.02
	 	  	(d)	 	 
	 	7.06
	 	314	(a)	 	 
	 	4.03; 11.02; 11.05
	 	  	(c)(1)	 	 
	 	11.04
	 	  	(c)(2)	 	 
	 	11.04
	 	  	(c)(3)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	  	(e)	 	 
	 	11.05
	 	  	(f)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	315	(a)	 	 
	 	7.01
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	7.05; 11.02
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	7.01
	 	  	(d)	 	 
	 	7.01
	 	  	(e)	 	 
	 	6.10
	 	316	(a) (last sentence) 	 	 
	 	2.09
	 	  	(a)(1)(A)	 	 
	 	6.05
	 	  	(a)(1)(B)	 	 
	 	6.04
	 	  	(a)(2)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	6.06
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	2.12
	 	317	(a)(1)	 	 
	 	6.07
	 	  	(a)(2)	 	 
	 	6.08
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	2.04
	 	318	(a)	 	 
	 	11.01
	 	  	(b)	 	 
	 	N.A.
	 	  	(c)	 	 
	 	11.01








 




			
	N.A. means not applicable.
	 
	*	 	This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.




 









 










TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page
	 
	 	ARTICLE 1	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	BY REFERENCE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02
	 	Other Definitions	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.03
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	 	 	5	 
	Section 1.04
	 	Rules of Construction	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 2 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	THE NOTES 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01
	 	Form and Dating	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.02
	 	Execution and Authentication	 	 	6	 
	Section 2.03
	 	Registrar and Paying Agent	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.04
	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	 	 	7	 
	Section 2.05
	 	Holder Lists	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.06
	 	Transfer and Exchange	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.07
	 	Replacement Notes	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.08
	 	Outstanding Notes	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.09
	 	Treasury Notes	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.10
	 	Temporary Notes	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.11
	 	Cancellation	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.12
	 	Defaulted Interest	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.13
	 	Additional Amounts	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.14
	 	Purchase of Notes	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.15
	 	Unclaimed Amounts	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 3	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01
	 	Redemption and Prepayment	 	 	14	 
	Section 3.02
	 	Mandatory Redemption	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 4	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	COVENANTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01
	 	Payment of Notes	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.03
	 	Provision of Financial Statements and Reports	 	 	15	 
	Section 4.04
	 	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.05
	 	Further Actions	 	 	16	 
	Section 4.06
	 	Compliance Certificate	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 5	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SUCCESSORS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01
	 	Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets	 	 	16	 
	Section 5.02
	 	Successor Corporation Substituted	 	 	17	 






 









 






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	 	ARTICLE 6	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01
	 	Events of Default	 	 	17	 
	Section 6.02
	 	Acceleration	 	 	18	 
	Section 6.03
	 	Other Remedies	 	 	18	 
	Section 6.04
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	18	 
	Section 6.05
	 	Control by Majority	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.06
	 	Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.07
	 	Collection Suit by Trustee	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.08
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	19	 
	Section 6.09
	 	Priorities	 	 	20	 
	Section 6.10
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 7	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	TRUSTEE 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01
	 	Duties of Trustee	 	 	20	 
	Section 7.02
	 	Rights of Trustee	 	 	21	 
	Section 7.03
	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	 	 	22	 
	Section 7.04
	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	 	 	22	 
	Section 7.05
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.06
	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.07
	 	Compensation and Indemnity	 	 	23	 
	Section 7.08
	 	Replacement of Trustee	 	 	24	 
	Section 7.09
	 	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.10
	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	 	25	 
	Section 7.11
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 8	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01
	 	Without Consent of Holders of Notes	 	 	25	 
	Section 8.02
	 	With Consent of Holders of Notes	 	 	26	 
	Section 8.03
	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	27	 
	Section 8.04
	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents	 	 	27	 
	Section 8.05
	 	Notation on or Exchange of Notes	 	 	27	 
	Section 8.06
	 	Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 9	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SUBORDINATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01
	 	Agreement to Subordinate	 	 	28	 
	Section 9.02
	 	Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy	 	 	28	 
	Section 9.03
	 	Relative Rights	 	 	28	 
	Section 9.04
	 	Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company	 	 	29	 
	Section 9.05
	 	Distribution or Notice to Representative	 	 	29	 
	Section 9.06
	 	Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent	 	 	29	 
	Section 9.07
	 	Authorization to Effect Subordination	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE 10	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge	 	 	29	 
	Section 10.02
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	30	 






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	 	ARTICLE 11	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01
	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	 	 	31	 
	Section 11.02
	 	Notices	 	 	31	 
	Section 11.03
	 	Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes	 	 	32	 
	Section 11.04
	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	 	 	32	 
	Section 11.05
	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	 	 	32	 
	Section 11.06
	 	Rules by Trustee and Agents	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.07
	 	Currency Rate Indemnity	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.08
	 	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.09
	 	Governing Law	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.10
	 	Submission to Jurisdiction	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.11
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agent for Service of Process	 	 	33	 
	Section 11.12
	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	 	34	 
	Section 11.13
	 	Successors	 	 	34	 
	Section 11.14
	 	Severability	 	 	34	 
	Section 11.15
	 	Counterpart Originals	 	 	34	 
	Section 11.16
	 	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A            FORM
	 	OF NOTE	 	 	 	 






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     INDENTURE dated as of
May 25, 2007, between Bancolombia S.A., a banking institution
incorporated under the laws of Colombia (sociedad anónima) (the “Company”), and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).



     The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 6.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017
(the “Notes”):



ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE




Section 1.01 Definitions.




     “Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this
Indenture in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.



     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means 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, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to
be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under
common control with” have correlative meanings.



     “Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.



     “amend” means to amend, supplement, restate, amend and restate or otherwise modify; and
“amendment” shall have a correlative meaning.



     “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial
interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream
that apply to such transfer or exchange.



     “Asset” means any asset or property.



     “Bankruptcy Law” means the provisions of the Financial Statute concerning bankruptcy of
financial entities and any other Colombian law or regulation regulating the insolvency of financial
entities from time to time.



     “Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any
corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability
company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the board of
directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional
equivalent of the foregoing.



     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in New York or Colombia are authorized or required by law to close.



     “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.



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     “Colombian GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the
Superintendency of Finance for banks licensed to operate in Colombia, consistently applied, as in
effect on the Issue Date.



     “Company” means Bancolombia S.A., and any and all successors thereto.



     “Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in
Section 11.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.



     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.



     “Default” means (1) any Event of Default or (2) any event, act or condition that, after
notice or the passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default.



     “Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and
issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except
that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.



     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and
any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to
the applicable provision of this Indenture.



     “Equity Interests” of any Person means (1) any and all shares or other equity interests
(including common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests and partnership
interests) in such Person and (2) all rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not
currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated)
such shares or other interests in such Person.



     “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.



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



     “Financial Statute” means Decree 663 of 1993 of Colombia.



     “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof, which is
required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.



     “Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and
the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global
Note Legend.



     “Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United
States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.



     “Holder” means any registered holder, from time to time, of the Notes.



     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation, for the payment or repayment
of money borrowed or otherwise evidenced by debentures, Notes, bonds, or similar instruments or any



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other obligation (including all trade payables and other accounts payable and including
payments relating to bank deposits) that would appear or be treated as indebtedness upon a balance
sheet if such Person prepared it in accordance with Colombian GAAP as applicable to financial
institutions.



     “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.



     “Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through
a Participant.



     “Initial Notes” means the first $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued
under this Indenture on the date hereof.



     “Interest” means, with respect to the Notes, interest on the Notes.



     “Issue Date” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued.



     “Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes
and the Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this
Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the
Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any.



     “Obligation” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnification, reimbursements,
costs, expenses, damages and other liabilities payable under any Indebtedness.



     “Officer” means any of the following of the Company: the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer or the Secretary.



     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers.



     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 11.04 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.



     “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who
has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to
DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).



     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any
kind.



     “principal” means, with respect to the Notes, the principal of, and premium, if any, on the
Notes.



     “Regulatory Capital” means the patrimonio técnico of banks comprised of Tier One Capital basic
capital (patrimonio básico) and Tier Two Capital additional capital (patrimonio adicional) pursuant
to Decree 1720 of 2001, as amended, issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, or any
other Colombian law or regulation regulating the patrimonio técnico in effect from time to time.



     “Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any
Senior External Debt.



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     “Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.



     “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



     “Senior External Debt” means any external debt of the Company, whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular
external debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding expressly provides that such external debt shall not be senior in right of payment to
the Notes. Under Colombian Banking Laws and accounting principles, “external debt” (pasivo
externo) means, in the case of the Company, any and all liabilities to third parties as reflected
in the financial statements of the Company from time to time or any and all liabilities to third
parties in the event of liquidation.



     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be
paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and will
not include any contingent obligations to repay or repurchase any such interest or principal prior
to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.



     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:




     (1) any corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Equity Interests entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors thereof are 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);
and




     (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of
which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of
which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).



     Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.



     “Superintendency of Finance” means the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia.



     “Tax” shall mean any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge
(including penalties, interest and any other liabilities related thereto).



     “Taxing Authority” shall mean any government or political subdivision or territory or
possession of any government or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax.



     “Tier One Capital” means, as of any date of determination, the “Patrimonio Básico” as the same
is defined in article 5 of Decree 1720 of 2001, as amended, or any other Colombian law or
regulation regulating the Patrimonio Básico in effect from time to time.



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     “Tier Two Capital” means, as of any date of determination, the “Patrimonio Adicional” as the
same is defined in article 7 of Decree 1720 of 2001, as amended, or any other Colombian law or
regulation regulating the Patrimonio Adicional in effect from time to time.



     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb).



     “Trustee” means The Bank of New York until a successor replaces it in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.



     “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person
that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.



Section 1.02 Other Definitions.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“Authentication Order”
	 	 	2.02	 
	“DTC”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Event of Default”
	 	 	6.01	 
	“Paying Agent”
	 	 	2.03	 
	“Registrar”
	 	 	2.03	 






Section 1.03 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 have the following meanings when used in this Indenture:



     “indenture securities” means the Notes;




     “indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;




     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;




     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and




     “obligor” on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes.



     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 have the meanings so assigned to them.



Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.




     Unless the context otherwise requires:




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




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



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     (3) “or” is not exclusive;




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




     (5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;




     (6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and




     (7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to
include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time
to time.



ARTICLE 2



THE NOTES




Section 2.01 Form and Dating.




     (a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The
Notes shall be in denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000.



     The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of
this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to
the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the
provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.



     (b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such
of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to
reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06
hereof.



Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.




     At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.



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



     A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.



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     The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an
“Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under
this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for
issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in
Section 2.07 hereof.



     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes 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 Holders or an Affiliate of
the Company.



     The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate any Additional Notes, nor will it be
liable for its refusal to authenticate any Additional Notes, if the issue of such Additional Notes
will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture or
otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or may expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders or others.



     No Additional Notes may be issued unless the Company delivers to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel to the effect that such Additional Notes will be fungible with and will constitute a single
issue with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.



Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.




     The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any
additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to
any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries
may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.



     The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with
respect to the Global Notes.



     The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act
as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.



Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.




     The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will
notify the Trustee 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) will have no further liability for such money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as
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separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon
any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.



Section 2.05 Holder Lists.




     The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least
seven Business 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 the Holders of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a).



Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.




     (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note 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 to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged
by the Company for Definitive Notes if:




     (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;




     (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but
not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such
effect to the Trustee; or




     (3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to
the Notes.



     Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes
shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may
be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every
Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for
another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a
Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof and shall
bear any legend required by 2.06(f) hereof.



     (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1)
or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable:




     (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in
any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a



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beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be
required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section
2.06(b)(1).




     (2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either:




     (A) both:




     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in
another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged; and




     (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with
such increase; or




     (B) both:




     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the
Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and




     (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing
information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be
registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;



     (c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.




     (1) Beneficial Interests in Global Notes to Definitive Notes. If any holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of
the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person
designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section
2.06(c)(1) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the
Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.



     (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.




     (1) Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of an
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or
transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an
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will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes.



     (e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder
of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the
Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration
of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents
and information, as applicable, requested by the Registrar. A Holder of Definitive Notes may
transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note.



     (f) Legends. The legend in substantially the following form will appear on the face of all
Global Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable
provisions of this Indenture:



THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR
ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS
GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.



UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.”



     (g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests
in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note
has been repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned
to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time
prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such
Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an



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endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an
endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction
of the Trustee to reflect such increase.



     (h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.





     (1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and
the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.




     (2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but
the Company or the Registrar 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 taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 2.10 and 8.05 hereof).




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




     (4) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required to register the transfer of
or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.




     (5) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is
registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee,
any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.




     (6) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.




     (7) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel, if any, required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of
transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.



Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.




     If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue
and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if
the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond
must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of
them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a
Note.



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     Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.



Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.




     The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a
Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described
in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does
not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.



     If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.



     If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to
be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.



     If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after
that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.



Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.




     In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.



Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.




     Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary
Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the
Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate
definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.



     Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.



Section 2.11 Cancellation.




     The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled
Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Upon written request,
certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange.



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Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.




     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the
rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the
proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and
payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the
related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date,
the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special
record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.



Section 2.13 Additional Amounts.




     All payments made by the Company under or with respect to the Notes will be made free and
clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future Taxes
imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority in any jurisdiction in which the Company
is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which
payment is made (each a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Company is required to withhold
or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If the Company is
required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction, from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes, the Company will pay such
additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by
each Holder of Notes (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will equal
the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted;
provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to any Tax that would
not have been imposed, payable or due:



     (a) but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder (or the
beneficial owner of, or person ultimately entitled to obtain an interest in, such Notes) and the
Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on
a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the
Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) other than the mere holding of the Notes or enforcement of rights
thereunder or the receipt of payments in respect thereof;



     (b) but for the failure to satisfy any certification, identification or other reporting
requirements whether imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice, provided,
however, that the Company has delivered a request to the Holder to comply with such requirements at
least 30 days prior to the date by which such compliance is required; or



     (c) if the presentation of Notes (where presentation is required) for payment has occurred
within 30 days after the date such payment was due and payable or was duly provided for, whichever
is later.



          In addition, Additional Amounts will not be payable if the beneficial owner of, or person
ultimately entitled to obtain an interest in, such Notes had been the Holder of the Notes and such
beneficial owner would not be entitled to the payment of Additional Amounts by reason of clause
(a), (b) or (c) above. In addition, Additional Amounts will not be payable with respect to any Tax
which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of, or in respect of principal of, or
any interest on, the Notes.




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     Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based
upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable
under or with respect to any of the Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof.



     The Company will provide the Trustee with documentation satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing
the payment of Additional Amounts.



     The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes, or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise in any jurisdiction from the
execution, delivery or registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument referred to
therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes, excluding any such taxes,
charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the
Company is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, the United States of America or any
jurisdiction in which a Paying Agent is located, but not excluding those resulting from, or
required to be paid in connection with, the enforcement of the Notes or any other such document or
instrument following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Notes.



Section 2.14 Purchase of Notes.




     The Company may at anytime purchase Notes at any price in the open market, in privately
negotiated transactions or otherwise. Notes so purchased by the Company may be held, resold in
accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any exemption therefrom, or surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation.



Section 2.15 Unclaimed Amounts.




     Any money deposited with the Trustee or paying agent or held by the Company, in trust, for the
payment of principal, premium, interest or any Additional Amounts, that remains unclaimed for two
years after such amount becomes due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon its request or,
if held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust. The Holder of the Notes will look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee, Paying Agent or of the
Company shall thereupon cease. However, the Trustee or Paying Agent may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once in a newspaper in each place of payment, or to be mailed to
Holders of Notes, or both, notice that the money remains unclaimed and any unclaimed balance of
such money remaining, after a specified date, will be repaid to the Company.



ARTICLE 3



REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT




Section 3.01 Redemption and Prepayment.




     The Notes may not be redeemed prior to the maturity date.



Section 3.02 Mandatory Redemption.




     The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect
to the Notes.



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ARTICLE 4



COVENANTS




Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.




     The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on,
the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or
a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Business Day prior to the due date
money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to
pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.



     The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then
applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.



Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.




     The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or
agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such
required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.



     Initially this agent will be CT Corporation System, and the Company agrees not to change the
designation of such agent without prior notice to the Trustee and designation of a replacement
agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.



Section 4.03 Provision of Financial Statements and Reports.



     At all times when the Company is required to file any financial statements or reports with the
SEC, the Company shall use its best efforts to file all required statements or reports in a timely
manner in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. In addition, at any time when the
Company is not subject to or is not current in its reporting obligations under Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is not included on the SEC’s list of foreign private issuers
that claim exemption from the registration requirements of the Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) thereunder and any Note remain outstanding, the Company will make
available, upon request, to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of the Notes, who so request in
writing, substantially the same financial and other information that we would be required to
include and file in an annual report on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K.



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



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     The Company will at all times comply with TIA § 314(a).



Section 4.04 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, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company 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.



Section 4.05 Further Actions.




     The Company will, at its own cost and expense, satisfy any condition or take any action
(including the obtaining or effecting of any necessary consent, approval, authorization, exemption,
filing, license, order, recording or registration) at any time required, as may be required by
applicable law or may be necessary, in accordance with applicable laws and/or regulations, to be
taken, fulfilled or done in order to (i) enable the Company to lawfully enter into, exercise its
rights and perform and comply with its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, as the case
may be, (ii) ensure that its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes are legally binding and
enforceable, (iii) make this Indenture and the Notes admissible in evidence in the courts of the
State of New York and Colombia and (iv) preserve the enforceability of, and maintain the Trustee’s
rights under, this Indenture and (v) respond to any reasonable requests received from the Trustee
to enable the Trustee to facilitate the Trustee’s exercise of its rights and performance of its
obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, including exercising and enforcing its rights under
and carrying out the terms, provisions and purposes of this Indenture and the Notes.



Section 4.06 Compliance Certificate.



     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company, a certificate signed by either the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating
whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the
performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture
(without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and the status thereof of
which the signer may have knowledge.



ARTICLE 5



SUCCESSORS




Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.




     The Company will not consolidate with or merge into, or sell, lease, convey or transfer, in
one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
and assets to any person, unless:




     (1) the surviving entity, if other than the Company, is organized and existing under
the laws of Colombia or the United States and assumes all of the Obligations under the Notes
and this Indenture,



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     (2) the Company, or the surviving entity, as the case may be, is not immediately after
such transaction in Default under the Notes and this Indenture, and



     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the merger, consolidation or sale of assets complies
with the terms of this Section 5.01 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to the merger, consolidation or sale of assets have been complied
with .



Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.




     Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a
transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture
referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and
may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor
Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes
except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to,
and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.



ARTICLE 6



DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES




Section 6.01 Events of Default.




     Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:




     (1) failure by the Company to pay interest on any of the Notes when it becomes due and
payable and the continuance of any such failure for 30 days;




     (2) failure by the Company to pay the principal on any of the Notes when it becomes due
and payable whether at Stated Maturity or otherwise and the continuance of any such failure
for seven days;




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




     (A) commences a voluntary case,




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




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




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




     (E) a government intervention is declared with respect to the Company;



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




     (A) is for relief against the Company as debtor in an involuntary case;




     (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or a Custodian for all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company; or




     (C) orders the liquidation of the Company;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.



Section 6.02 Acceleration.




     There is no right of acceleration in the case of a default in any payment on the Notes
(whether when due or otherwise) or the performance of any of the Company’s other obligations under
this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Holders of
the Notes shall have the right to accelerate the payments due under the Notes during the occurrence
of an Event of a Default; provided that there shall have been a change, amendment or modification
to the Colombian Banking Laws that would permit such right without disqualifying the Notes from
Regulatory Capital–Tier Two Capital status and the Holders exercise such right in accordance with
applicable Colombian Banking Law. Subject to the provisions of Article 9, if any Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy (excluding acceleration,
except as provided herein) to collect the payment of principal and interest on the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision under this Indenture.



Section 6.03 Other Remedies.




     Subject to the provisions of Article 9, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may pursue any available remedy (excluding acceleration, except as provided in Section 6.02
above) to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.



     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.



Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults




     Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing
Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including
in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration (provided
that such acceleration is permitted under Section 6.02) ; provided, however, the Company has
paid or deposited with the Trustee all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof and
reimbursed any and all fees, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel incurred in connection with such Default or



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Event of Default. 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 6.05 Control by Majority.




     Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may
be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in
personal liability.



Section 6.06 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.




     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective
due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.



Section 6.07 Collection Suit by Trustee.




     If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining
unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.



Section 6.08 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.




     The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on
any such claims and any custodian 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 to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the
payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in
any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien
on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or
under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. 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 Notes or
the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder
in any such proceeding.



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Section 6.09 Priorities.




     If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in
the following order:




     First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07
hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;




     Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any and
interest, respectively; and




     Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.



     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes
pursuant to this Section 6.09.



Section 6.10 Undertaking for Costs.




     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.10 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.



ARTICLE 7



TRUSTEE




Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.




     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
its 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:




     (1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set
forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and




     (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture.



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However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.



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




     (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;




     (2) the Trustee will 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; and




     (3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof.



     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.



     (e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and
powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the
Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.



     (f) The Trustee will 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 be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on
the Trustee to take or omit to take any action, or suffer any action to be taken or omitted, in the
performance of its duties or obligations under this Indenture, or to exercise any right or power
thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action or suffering such action to
be taken or omitted would violate applicable law binding upon it.



     (h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default with respect to any Notes unless a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge
thereof or unless written notice thereof is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office.



Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.




     (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document 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 Officers’ Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be
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authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.



     (c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.



     (d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that
it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.



     (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.



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



     (g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits provided to the Trustee
hereunder (including its right to be indemnified) are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and to each of its agents, custodians and other Persons
duly employed by the Trustee hereunder.



     (h) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.



     (i) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the
name of the individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specific actions
pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to
sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such
Officers’ Certificate previously delivered and not superseded.



Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.




     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to
continue as trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may
do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11
hereof.



Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.




     The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the
proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money
received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any
statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with
the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.



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Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.




     If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee,
the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90
days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long
as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is
in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.



Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.




     (a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this
Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the
Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no
event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date,
no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee
will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).



     (b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by
the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which
the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee
when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.



Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.




     (a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse
the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred
or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.



     (b) The Company will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses
incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties
under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the
Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by
the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability
or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Company
promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company will defend the
claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the
Company will 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.



     (c) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 will survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.



     (d) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a
Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held
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trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.



     (e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01(3) or (4) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services
(including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.



     (f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.



Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.




     (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become
effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
7.08.



     (b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby
created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in
writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:




     (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;




     (2) 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;




     (3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or




     (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.



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



     (d) If a successor Trustee 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 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, at the expense of the Company,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.



     (e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six
months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.



     (f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will
become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to
the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof.



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Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.




Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.




     If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the transferee or
resulting, surviving or successor corporation without any further act will be the successor
Trustee.



Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.




     There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.



     This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1),
(2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to 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 therein.



ARTICLE 8



AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER




Section 8.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.




     Notwithstanding Section 8.02 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of the Note to:




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




     (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
Notes;




     (3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the
Notes by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;




     (4) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any
Holder;




     (5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;




     (6) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the
“Description of the Notes” section of the Company’s Prospectus Supplement dated May 21,
2007, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in
that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
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     (7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations
set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; or



     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company
in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of
this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental
indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.



Section 8.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.




     Except as provided below in this Section 8.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional
Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to
Sections 6.05 and 6.08 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes) or
compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including,
without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase
of, the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or
waiver under this Section 8.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):




     (1) reduce, or change the maturity, of the principal of any Note;




     (2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;




     (3) make any Note payable in money or currency other than that stated in the Notes;




     (4) modify or change the related definitions affecting the subordination of the Notes
or any provision of this Indenture (including the covenants in this Indenture) in a manner
that adversely affects the Holders;




     (5) reduce the percentage of Holders necessary to consent to an amendment or waiver to
this Indenture or the Notes;




     (6) impair the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or interest on the
Notes; or




     (7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions.



     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with
the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as
aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the
Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture
unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
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or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to,
enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.



     It is not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 8.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient
if such consent approves the substance thereof.



     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 8.02 becomes effective, the
Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental indenture or waiver.



Section 8.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.




     Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in a amended or
supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.



Section 8.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.




     Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a
Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or
portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of
the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation
before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.



Section 8.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.




     The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any
Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment,
supplement or waiver.



     Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.



Section 8.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.




     The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until
the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental
indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be
fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 11.04 hereof, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.



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ARTICLE 9



SUBORDINATION




Section 9.01 Agreement to Subordinate.




     The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Article 9, to the prior payment in full in cash or cash equivalents of all
obligations in respect of all Senior External Debt (whether outstanding on the date hereof or
hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed), and that the subordination is for the benefit
of the holders of Senior External Debt. The Notes will rank senior only to all classes of the
Company’s capital stock and any other instrument that may qualify as Tier One Capital, if any, and
which is expressly or effectively subordinated to the Notes.



Section 9.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.




     Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating
to the Company or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of
the Company’s assets and liabilities:




     (1) holders of Senior External Debt will be entitled to receive payment in full of all
Obligations due in respect of such Senior External Debt (including interest after the
commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior
External Debt) before the Holders of Notes will be entitled to receive any payment with
respect to the Notes; and




     (2) until all Obligations with respect to Senior External Debt (as provided in clause
(1) above) are paid in full, any distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for
this Article 9 will be made to holders of Senior External Debt, as their interests may
appear.



Section 9.03 Relative Rights.




     This Article 9 defines the relative rights of Holders of Notes and holders of Senior External
Debt. Nothing in this Indenture will:




     (1) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest on, the Notes
in accordance with their terms;




     (2) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the Company other
than their rights in relation to holders of Senior External Debt; or




     (3) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Notes from exercising its available remedies
upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior
External Debt to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.



     If the Company fails because of this Article 9 to pay principal of, premium or interest on, a
Note on the due date, the failure is still a Default or Event of Default.



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Section 9.04 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.




     No right of any holder of Senior External Debt to enforce the subordination of the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes may be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or
any Holder or by the failure of the Company or any Holder to comply with this Indenture.



Section 9.05 Distribution or Notice to Representative.




     Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior External Debt,
the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.



     Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 9, the
Trustee and the Holders of Notes will be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior External Debt and other Indebtedness of the Company, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 9.



Section 9.06 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.




     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 9 or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the
making of any payment or distribution by the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent may
continue to make payments on the Notes, unless the Trustee has received at its Corporate Trust
Office at least five Business Days prior to the date of such payment written notice of facts that
would cause the payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes to violate this Article 9.
Only the Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article 9 will impair
the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof.



     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior External Debt with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.



Section 9.07 Authorization to Effect Subordination.




     Each Holder of Notes, by the Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee
on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination as provided in this Article 9, and appoints the Trustee to act as such Holder’s
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of
claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.08 hereof at
least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the Representatives are hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes.



ARTICLE 10



SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE




Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.




     This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to rights
of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes which shall survive until all Notes have been
canceled) as to all Notes issued hereunder, when either:



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     (1) all Notes that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or
destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from the trust, have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or




     (2) (a) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have
become due and payable and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness (including all principal and accrued interest) on the
Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,




(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture,




(c) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this
Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity,
and




(d) the Holders have a valid, perfected, exclusive security interest in this trust.



     In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the Trustee each stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been
satisfied.



     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (2) of this Section 10.01, the provisions of
Sections 10.02 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 10.01 will be deemed to
discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture.



Section 10.02 Application of Trust Money.




     All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.



     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 10.01 hereof 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 Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof; provided that if the
Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of
the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders
of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee
or Paying Agent.



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ARTICLE 11



MISCELLANEOUS




Section 11.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.




     If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or
excludes any provision of the TIA which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.



Section 11.02 Notices.




     Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee is duly given if in writing and
delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the applicable
address:




If to the Company:




Bancolombia S.A.

Calle 50 No. 51-66

Medellín, Colombia

Facsimile No.: +(574) 510-8871

Attention: Legal Department




If to the Trustee:




The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, 4E

New York, New York 10286

Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5802/5803

Attention: Global Finance Americas



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



     All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by
facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.



     Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to
its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be
so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to
mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with
respect to other Holders.



     If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders



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shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.



     If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.



Section 11.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.




     Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).



Section 11.04 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:




     (1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that,
in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and




     (2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which must include the statements set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied;


provided that in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular
request or application, no additional certificate or opinion shall be required.




Section 11.05 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)) must comply
with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must include:




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




     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;




     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and




     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been satisfied.



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Section 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.




     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.



Section 11.07 Currency Rate Indemnity.




     The Company has agreed that, if a judgment or order made by any court for the payment of any
amount in respect of any Notes is expressed in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Company will
indemnify the relevant Holder against any deficiency arising from any variation in rates of
exchange between the date as of which the denomination currency is notionally converted into the
judgment currency for the purposes of the judgment or order and the date of actual payment. This
indemnity will constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Company’s other
obligations under the Indenture, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will
apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and
effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due
under the Indenture or the Notes.



Section 11.08 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.




     No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the
Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or
this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.



Section 11.09 Governing Law.




     THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE
NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES BY THE COMPANY WILL BE GOVERNED BY
THE LAWS OF COLOMBIA.



Section 11.10 Submission to Jurisdiction.




     The Company hereby irrevocably agrees, accepts, and submits itself to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the City and County of New York and of the
United States for the Southern District of New York, in connection with any claim, legal action,
suit or proceeding and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service
with respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in
any court in which any claim, legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or in any way
relating to this Indenture is brought. The Company waives all right to trial by jury in any
action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way
arising out of or relating to this Indenture. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such
action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon
the Company and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company is or
may be subject, by suit upon such judgment subject to customary exquatur provisions.



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Section 11.11 Maintenance of Office or Agent for Service of Process




     The Company shall maintain an office or agent for service of process in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, where notices to and demands upon the Company in respect of the
Notes and this Indenture may be served. Initially this agent will be CT Corporation System, and
the Company will agree not to change the designation of such agent without prior notice to the
Trustee and designation of a replacement agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.



Section 11.12 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.




     This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may
not be used to interpret this Indenture.



Section 11.13 Successors.




     All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.



Section 11.14 Severability.




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



Section 11.15 Counterpart Originals.




     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Indenture by facsimile shall be as effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Indenture.



Section 11.16 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 of
this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.



[Signatures on following page]




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SIGNATURES




Dated as of May 25, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANCOLOMBIA S.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ JAIME ALBERTO VELÁSQUEZ	 
	 	 	Name:  Jaime Alberto Velásquez	 	 
	 	 	Title:    Finance Vicepresident	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ SERGIO RESTREPO	 
	 	 	Name:  Sergio Restrepo	 	 
	 	 	Title:    Executive Vicepresident	 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ WILLIAM POTES	 
	 	 	Name:  William Potes	 	 
	 	 	Title:    Assistant Vice President	 	 



 









 






	 	 	 	 	 



EXHIBIT A




[Face of Note]




CUSIP/CINS 05968L AA0




6.875% Subordinated Notes due 2017




			
	 	 	 
	No. 1
	 	$400,000,000






BANCOLOMBIA S.A.



promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns,



the principal sum of FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS on May 25, 2017.



Interest Payment Dates: May 25 and November 25



Record Dates: May 15 and November 15



Dated: May 25, 2007




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANCOLOMBIA S.A.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, 

as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Authorized Signatory	 	 






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[Back of Note]

6.875% Subordinated Notes due 2017



[Insert the Global Note Legend pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]




     Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to
below unless otherwise indicated.




     (1) Interest. Bancolombia, a banking institution incorporated under
the laws of Colombia (sociedad anónima) (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at 6.875% per annum from May 25, 2007 until maturity. The
Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 25 and November 25 of each year,
or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an
“Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance;
provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note
is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest
Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be November 25,
2007. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on
demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect to the extent
lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.




     (2) Method of Payment. If a Holder has given wire transfer
instructions to the Bank, copying the Trustee, at least ten Business Days prior to the
applicable payment date, the Trustee will make all payments on such Holder’s Notes by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified in those instructions.
Otherwise, payments on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent
and Registrar for the Notes within the City and State of New York unless the Bank elects to
make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the
register of Holders.




     (3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York, the
Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change
any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.




     (4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated
as of May 25, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the
Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of
this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the
Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be
issued thereunder.



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     (5) Optional Redemption.




     The Notes may not be redeemed prior to the maturity date.




     (6) Mandatory Redemption.




     The Company is not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the Notes.




     (7) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The
transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.
The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay
any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.




     (8) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.




     (9) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions,
the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including
Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or
Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the
consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented
to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the
Company’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make
any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes
or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder,
to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of the Indenture under the TIA, to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any
provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Company’s Prospectus Supplement
dated May 21, 2007, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such
provision in that “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision of the Indenture or the Notes; to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in
accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture.




     (10) Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: (i) failure
by the Company to pay interest on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable and the
continuance of any such failure for 30 days; (ii) failure by the Company to pay the
principal on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or
otherwise and the continuance of any such failure for seven days; (iii) the Company pursuant
to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its assets, (D) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) a governmental intervention is
declared with respect to the Company; or (iv) a court of competent jurisdiction or relevant
entity enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the
Company as debtor in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or a
Custodian for all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (C) orders the



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liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for
60 days. If the Company fails to make payment of principal of or interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Notes (and, in the case of payment of principal, such failure to pay
continues for seven days or, in the case of payment of interest or Additional Amounts, such
failure to pay continues for 30 days), each Holder of the Notes has the right to demand and
collect under the Indenture and the Company will pay to the Holders of the Notes the
applicable amount of such due and payable principal, accrued interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Notes; provided, however, that to the extent that the
Superintendency of Finance has taken possession of the Company in order to administer it or
to liquidate it, under the Bankruptcy Law the Holders of the Notes would not be able to
commence proceedings to collect amounts owed. There is no right of acceleration in the
case of a default in any payment on the Notes (whether when due or otherwise) or the
performance of any of the Company’s other obligations under the Indenture or the Notes.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Holders of the Notes shall have the
right to accelerate the payments due under the Notes during the occurrence of an Event of a
Default; provided that there shall have been a change, amendment or modification to the
Colombian Banking Laws that would permit such right without disqualifying the Notes from
Regulatory Capital–Tier Two Capital status and the Holders exercise such right in accordance
with applicable Colombian Banking Law. Subject to the subordination provisions of the Notes
as described in Section (11) below and on the terms provided in the Indenture, if any Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy (excluding
acceleration, except as provided herein) to collect the payment of principal and interest on
the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision under the Indenture.




     (11) Subordination. Payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, on
the Notes is subordinated to the prior payment of Senior External Debt on the terms provided
in the Indenture.




     (12) Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the
Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if
it were not the Trustee.




     (13) No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes.




     (14) Authentication. This Note will not be valid until authenticated
by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.




     (15) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name
of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by
the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).




     (16) CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP
numbers to be printed on the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers placed thereon.



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     (17) GOVERNING LAW. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION
WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AUTHORIZATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS
INDENTURE AND THE NOTES BY THE COMPANY WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF COLOMBIA.



     The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to:



Bancolombia S.A.

Calle 50 No. 51-66

Medellín, Colombia




Attention: Legal Department




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Assignment Form




     To assign this Note, fill in the form below:



	 	 	 
	(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	(Insert assignee’s legal name)






 




 




(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)




 




 





 




 





 




 





 




 




(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)




	 	 	 
	and irrevocably appoint
	 	 
	 

	 	 





to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.




Date:                     




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)






Signature Guarantee*:                     






 




			
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor
acceptable to the Trustee).




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Date:                     




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Your Signature:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Tax Identification No.:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 





Signature Guarantee*:                     






 




			
	*	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor
acceptable to the Trustee).




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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note *




     The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global
Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for
an interest in this Global Note, have been made:



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Principal Amount of	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	this Global Note	 	Signature of
	 	 	Amount of decrease	 	Amount of increase	 	following such	 	authorized
	 	 	in Principal Amount of	 	in Principal Amount of	 	decrease	 	officer of Trustee or
	Date of Exchange	 	this Global Note	 	this Global Note	 	(or increase)	 	Custodian
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 







 




			
	*	 	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.






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