Exhibit 4.1


 


 





INDENTURE


 


ANI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


 


and


 


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON


 


as Trustee


 


 



INDENTURE


 


Dated as of December 10, 2014


 


 



Senior Debt Securities


 




    	 



    	 



    

TABLE OF CONTENTS


 


PAGE


 


	Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 		1
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1	 	Definitions	 	1
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.2	 	Other Definitions	 	4
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.3	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	 	4
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.4	 	Rules of Construction	 	4
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article II THE SECURITIES	 	5
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1	 	Issuable in Series	 	5
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.2	 	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities	 	5
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.3	 	Execution and Authentication	 	7
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.4	 	Registrar and Paying Agent	 	8
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.5	 	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	 	8
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.6	 	Securityholder Lists	 	8
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.7	 	Transfer and Exchange	 	8
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.8	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	 	9
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.9	 	Outstanding Securities	 	9
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.10	 	Treasury Securities	 	10
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.11	 	Temporary Securities	 	10
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.12	 	Cancellation	 	10
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.13	 	Defaulted Interest	 	10
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.14	 	Global Securities	 	10
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.15	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	12
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article III REDEMPTION	 	12
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1	 	Notice to Trustee	 	12
	 	 	 	 	 









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	Section 3.2	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	 	12
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.3	 	Notice of Redemption	 	12
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.4	 	Effect of Notice of Redemption	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.5	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.6	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IV COVENANTS	 	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1	 	Payment of Principal and Interest	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.2	 	SEC Reports	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.3	 	Compliance Certificate	 	13
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.4	 	Corporate Existence	 	14
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.5	 	Taxes	 	14
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article V SUCCESSORS	 	 	14
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1	 	When Company May Merge, Etc.	 	14
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.2	 	Successor Corporation Substituted	 	14
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	 	15
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1	 	Events of Default	 	15
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.2	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	16
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.3	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	16
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.4	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	17
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.5	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	 	17
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.6	 	Application of Money Collected	 	18
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.7	 	Limitation on Suits	 	18
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.8	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest	 	18
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.9	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	19
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.10	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	19




 






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	Section 6.11	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	19
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.12	 	Control by Holders	 	19
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.13	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	19
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.14	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	20
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VII TRUSTEE	 	 	20
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1	 	Duties of Trustee	 	20
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.2	 	Rights of Trustee	 	21
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.3	 	Individual Rights of Trustee	 	22
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.4	 	Trustee’s Disclaimer	 	22
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.5	 	Notice of Defaults	 	22
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.6	 	Reports by Trustee to Holders	 	22
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.7	 	Compensation and Indemnity	 	23
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.8	 	Replacement of Trustee	 	23
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.9	 	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	 	24
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.10	 	Eligibility; Disqualification	 	24
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.11	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	24
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE	 	24
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	24
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.2	 	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification	 	25
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.3	 	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series	 	26
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.4	 	Covenant Defeasance	 	27
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.5	 	Repayment to Company	 	27
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.6	 	Reinstatement	 	28
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IX AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS	 	28
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1	 	Without Consent of Holders	 	28
	 	 	 	 	 








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	Section 9.2	 	With Consent of Holders	 	28
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.3	 	Limitations	 	29
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.4	 	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	 	29
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.5	 	Revocation and Effect of Consents	 	29
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.6	 	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.7	 	Trustee Protected	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article X MISCELLANEOUS	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1	 	Trust Indenture Act Controls	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.2	 	Notices	 	30
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.3	 	Communication by Holders with Other Holders	 	31
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.4	 	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	 	31
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.5	 	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.6	 	Rules by Trustee and Agents	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.7	 	Legal Holidays	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.8	 	No Recourse Against Others	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.9	 	Counterparts	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.10	 	Governing Laws; Waiver of Jury Trial	 	32
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.11	 	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.12	 	Successors	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.13	 	Severability	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.14	 	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.15	 	Force Majeure	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Article XI SINKING FUNDS	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1	 	Applicability of Article	 	33
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.2	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	34
	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.3	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	34




 




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ANI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


 


Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of December 10, 2014


 


	Section 310(a)(1)	7.10
	(a)(2)	7.10
	(a)(3)	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)	7.10
	(b)	7.10
	Section 311(a)	7.11
	(b)	7.11
	(c)	Not Applicable
	Section 312(a)	2.6
	(b)	10.3
	(c)	10.3
	Section 313(a)	7.6
	(b)(1)	7.6
	(b)(2)	7.6
	(c)(1)	7.6
	(d)	7.6
	Section 314(a)	4.2, 10.5
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	10.4
	(c)(2)	10.4
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	10.5
	(f)	Not Applicable



 






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	Section 315(a)	7.1
	(b)	7.5
	(c)	7.1
	(d)	7.1
	(e)	6.14
	Section 316(a)	2.10
	(a)(1)(A)	6.12
	(a)(1)(B)	6.13
	(b)	6.8
	Section 317(a)(1)	6.3
	(a)(2)	6.4
	(b)	2.5
	Section 318(a)	10.1
	 	 


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


 




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INDENTURE, dated as of December 10, 2014
between ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York
banking corporation (the “Trustee”).


 


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


 


Article I



DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE


 


Section 1.1Definitions.


 


“Additional Amounts” means any
additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by
the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.


 


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


 


“Agent” means any Registrar,
Paying Agent, Service Agent or authenticating agent.


 


“Authorized Newspaper” means
a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days
in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical
to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof
that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.


 


“Bearer” means anyone in possession
from time to time of a Bearer Security.


 


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


 


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


 


“Business Day” means, unless
otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law, regulation or executive order to close.


 


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


 


“Company Order” means a written
order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s chief executive officer, chief
financial officer or principal accounting officer.


 


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


 






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“Corporate Trust Office” means
the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7W, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company).


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


“ECU” means the European Currency
Unit as determined by the Commission of the European Union.


 


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


 


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


 


“Foreign Government Obligations”
means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government
that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii)
obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i)
or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.


 


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


 


“Holder” or “Securityholder”
means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


“Officer” means the Chairman
of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary
of the Company.






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“Officers’ Certificate”
means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer.


 


“Opinion of Counsel” means a
written opinion of legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.


 


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


 


“principal” of a Security means
the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.


 


“Responsible Officer” means
any officer of the Trustee in its corporate trust department including any vice president, assistant vice president, secretary,
assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed
by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with
a particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.


 


“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


“Subsidiary” of any specified
person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting
power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 






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Section 1.2Other
Definitions.


 


	
        TERM
	
        DEFINED
        IN SECTION

	“Bankruptcy Law”	6.1
	“Custodian”	6.1
	“Event of Default”	6.1
	“Journal”	10.15
	“Judgment Currency”	10.16
	“Legal Holiday”	10.7
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”	11.1
	“Market Exchange Rate”	10.15
	“New York Banking Day”	10.16
	“optional sinking fund payment”	11.1
	“Paying Agent”	2.4
	“Registrar”	2.4
	“Required Currency”	10.16
	“Service Agent”	2.4
	“successor person”	5.1


 


Section 1.3Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.


 


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


 


“Commission” means the SEC.


 


“indenture securities” means
the Securities.


 


“indenture security holder”
means a Securityholder.


 


“indenture to be qualified”
means this Indenture.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


Section 1.4Rules
of Construction.


 


Unless the context otherwise requires:


 


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


 


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


 






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(c)references
to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the
time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;


 


(d)“or”
is not exclusive;


 


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


 


(f)provisions
apply to successive events and transactions.


 


Article II



THE SECURITIES


 


Section 2.1Issuable
in Series.


 


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


 


Section 2.2Establishment
of Terms of Series of Securities.


 


At or prior to the issuance of any Securities
within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as
to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.22) by a Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:


 


2.2.1the
title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


2.2.6the
place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of
such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;


 






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


 


2.2.8the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;


 


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


 


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


 


2.2.11the
forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities
will be issuable as Global Securities);


 


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


 


2.2.13the
currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited
to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any,
responsible for overseeing such composite currency;


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


2.2.18if
the holders of Securities of the Series may convert or exchange the Securities into or for securities of the Issuer or of other
entities or other property, the period or periods within which, the rate or rates at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series may be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part;


 


2.2.19any
addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section
6.2;


 


2.2.20any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;


 






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2.2.21any
other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except
as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such
Series); and


 


2.2.22any
depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein.


 


All Securities of any one Series need not
be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by
or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized
principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise
provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.


 


Section 2.3Execution
and Authentication.


 


Two Officers shall sign the Securities for
the Company by manual or facsimile signature.


 


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


 


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


 


The Trustee shall at any time, and from
time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.


 


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


 


Prior to the issuance of Securities of any
Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on: (a) the
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that
Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series,
(b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4 and stating
that (i) the form of the Securities complies with this Indenture, and (ii) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified therein, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and by general
principles of equity.


 


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


 


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


 






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Section 2.4Registrar
and Paying Agent.


 


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


 


The Company may also from time to time designate
one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain
a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for
such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Registrar”
includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service
Agent” includes any additional service agent.


 


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


 


Section 2.5Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.


 


The Company shall require each Paying Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any
Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series
of Securities, and will notify the Trustee 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) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying
Agent.


 


Section 2.6Securityholder
Lists.


 


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


 


Section 2.7Transfer
and Exchange.


 


Where Securities of a Series are presented
to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities
of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are
met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein),
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6
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Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall
be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening
of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities
selected, called or being called for redemption in part.


 


Section 2.8Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


Section 2.9Outstanding
Securities.


 


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


 


If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section
2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona
fide purchaser.


 


If the Paying Agent (other than the Company,
a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities
payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases
to accrue.


 


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


 


Section 2.10Treasury
Securities.


 


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


 


Section 2.11Temporary
Securities.


 


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


 


Section 2.12Cancellation.


 


The Company at any time may deliver Securities
to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to
them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of
the Exchange Act) and, upon the written request of the Company, deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless
the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation.


 


Section 2.13Defaulted
Interest.


 


If the Company defaults in a payment of
interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable
on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and
to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.


 


Section 2.14Global
Securities.


 


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


 


2.14.2Transfer
and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto,
any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders
other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall
be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened
and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities
registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
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Except as provided in this Section
2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a
nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.


 


2.14.3Legend.
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:


 


“This Security is a Global
Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee
of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or
its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”


 


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


 


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


 


2.14.6Consents,
Declaration and Directions. With respect to a Global Security, the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect
to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and
its agent members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.


 


2.14.7Trustee
Protections. Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result
from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or
applicable United States Federal or state securities law.


 


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


 


Neither the Trustee nor any agent
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Section 2.15CUSIP
Numbers.


 


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


 


Article III



REDEMPTION


 


Section 3.1Notice
to Trustee.


 


The Company may, with respect to any Series
of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities
or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If
a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or
part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption
date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before
the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).


 


Section 3.2Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.


 


Unless otherwise indicated for a particular
Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a
Series are to be redeemed, the Notes shall be selected by lot, pro rata or in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate
and in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures. The Notes shall be selected from Securities of the Series outstanding
not previously called for redemption. Portions of Notes may be selected for redemption of the principal of Securities of the Series
that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them selected shall be in amounts of $1,000
or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10,
the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities
of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.


 


Section 3.3Notice
of Redemption.


 


Unless otherwise indicated for a particular
Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than
90 days before a redemption date, the Company shall deliver a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed
and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.


 


The notice shall identify the Securities
of the Series to be redeemed (including the CUSIP numbers thereof) and shall state:


 


(a)the
redemption date;


 


(b)the
redemption price;


 


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


 


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


 






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(e)that
interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and


 


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


 


At the Company’s written request and
provision of the notice information, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.


 


Section 3.4Effect
of Notice of Redemption.


 


Once notice of redemption is mailed or published
as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the
redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid
at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.


 


Section 3.5Deposit
of Redemption Price.


 


On or before the redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities
to be redeemed on that date.


 


Section 3.6Securities
Redeemed in Part.


 


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


 


Article IV



COVENANTS


 


Section 4.1Payment
of Principal and Interest.


 


The Company covenants and agrees for the
benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any,
on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.


 


Section 4.2SEC
Reports.


 


The Company shall deliver to the Trustee
after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file
with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a).


 


Section 4.3Compliance
Certificate.


 


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


 






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The Company will, so long as any of the
Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.


 


Section 4.4Corporate
Existence.


 


Subject to Article V, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights (charter
and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any
such right, license or franchise, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in
any material respect to the Holders.


 


Section 4.5Taxes.


 


The Company shall pay prior to delinquency
all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.


 


Article V



SUCCESSORS


 


Section 5.1When
Company May Merge, Etc.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


The Company shall deliver to the Trustee
prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.


 


Section 5.2Successor
Corporation Substituted.


 


Upon any consolidation or merger, or any
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section
5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided,
however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from
the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities.


 





 






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Article VI



DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES


 


Section 6.1Events
of Default.


 


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


 



(a)default
in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 90 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 90 days); or


 


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


 


(c)default
in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or


 


(d)default
in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that
has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues
uncured for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or


 


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


 


(i)commences
a voluntary case,


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(iii)orders
the liquidation of the Company and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or


 


(g)any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.19.


 


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


 






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Section 6.2Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.


 


If an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or
(f)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of
the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal
amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.


 


At any time after such a declaration of
acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:


 


(a)the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:


 


(i)all
overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,


 


(ii)the
principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,


 


(iii)to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and


 


(iv)all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel; and


 


(b)all
Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that
Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.


 


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


 


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


 


The Company covenants that if:


 


(a)default
is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 90 days, or


 


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


 


(c)default
is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security, then, the Company will, upon demand
of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts
forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding
for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the
same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.


 


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


 


Section 6.4Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.


 


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


 


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


 


(b)to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, fees,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.


 


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


 


Section 6.5Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.


 


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


 





 






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Section 6.6Application
of Money Collected.


 


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


 



First: To the payment of all amounts due
the Trustee under Section 7.7; and


 


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


 


Third: To the Company or as a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision may direct.


 


Section 6.7Limitation
on Suits.


 


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


 


(a)such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
Series;


 


(b)the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;


 


(c)such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request;


 


(d)the
Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding;
and


 


(e)no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 90-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;


 


it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and
ratable benefit of all such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether
or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).


 


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


 


Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case
of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not
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Section 6.9Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.


 


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



 


Section 6.10Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.


 


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


 


Section 6.11Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.


 


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


 


Section 6.12Control
by Holders.


 


The Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities
of such Series, provided that:


 


(a)such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,


 


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


 


(c)subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.


 


Section 6.13Waiver
of Past Defaults.


 


Subject to Section 6.2, the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment
of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment
default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
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Section 6.14Undertaking
for Costs.


 


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


 



Article VII



TRUSTEE


 


Section 7.1Duties
of Trustee.


 


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


 


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


 


(i)The
Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.


 


(ii)In
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which
by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers’
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not
confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(d)Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section.


 


(e)The
Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any
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(f)The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.


 


(g)No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.


 


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


 


Section 7.2Rights
of Trustee.


 


(a)The
Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting 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. The Trustee shall
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.


 


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


 


(d)The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers.


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(j)The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized
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In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default until the Trustee shall have received written notification in the manner set
forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information
and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.2 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s
receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information
contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).


 


Section 7.3Individual
Rights of Trustee.


 


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


 


Section 7.4Trustee’s
Disclaimer.


 


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


 


Section 7.5Notice
of Defaults.


 


If a Default or Event of Default occurs
and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized
Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after the Trustee has knowledge
of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest
on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee
of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that
Series.


 


Section 7.6Reports
by Trustee to Holders.


 


Within 60 days after May 15 in each year
commencing May 15, 2015, the Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders, and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish
in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.


 


A copy of each report at the time of its
mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series
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Section 7.7Compensation
and Indemnity.


 


The Company shall pay to the Trustee from
time to time such compensation for its services as shall be agreed from time to time in writing. The Trustee’s compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred by it, including the reasonable compensation and expenses
of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.


 


The Company shall indemnify the Trustee
(including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred by it except as set forth
in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification
shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.




 


The Company need not reimburse any expense
or indemnify against any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred by the Trustee determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
to have been through its own negligence or bad faith.


 


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


 


When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.


 


The obligations of the Company in this Section
7.7 shall survive the discharge of the Indenture or resignation or removal of the Trustee.


 


Section 7.8Replacement
of Trustee.


 


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


 


The Trustee may resign with respect to the
Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of
any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company
may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(d)the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.


 


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


 


If a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.


 


If the Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.


 






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A successor Trustee shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties
of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect
to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.


 


Section 7.9Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.


 


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


 


Section 7.10Eligibility;
Disqualification.


 


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


 


Section 7.11Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.


 


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


 


Article VIII



SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE


 


Section 8.1Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.


 


This Indenture shall upon Company Order
cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:


 


(a)either:


 


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


 


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


 


(1)have
become due and payable, or


 


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


 


(3)are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or


 


(4)are
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and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest
to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit)
or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;


 


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


 


(c)the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.


 


Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.


 


Section 8.2Application
of Trust Funds; Indemnification.


 


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


 


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


 


(c)The
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would
have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations
or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations
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Section 8.3Legal
Defeasance of Securities of any Series.


 


Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified,
pursuant to Section 2.2.21, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred
to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series,
shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except as to:


 


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




 


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


 


(c)the
rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(g)the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution
of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred;


 


(h)the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company
with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;


 


(i)such
deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and


 


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





  



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Section 8.4Covenant
Defeasance.


 


Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit
referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections
4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular
Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.21 (and the failure
to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any
event described in clause (e) of Section 6.1 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the
Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:


 







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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(e)the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with
the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent
of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and


 


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


 


Section 8.5Repayment
to Company.


 


The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay
to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years
or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law. After that, Securityholders
entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
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Section 8.6Reinstatement.


 


If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable
to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, 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 Securities shall be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case
may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities
because of reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.



 


Article IX



AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS


 


Section 9.1Without
Consent of Holders.


 


The Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:


 


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


 


(b)to
comply with Article V;


 


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


 


(d)to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;


 


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


 


(f)to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or


 


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


 


Section 9.2With
Consent of Holders.


 


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


 


It shall not be necessary for the consent
of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture
or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver
under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities
affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental
indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any
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Section 9.3Limitations.


 


Without the consent of each Securityholder
affected, an amendment or waiver may not:


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


(e)waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration
of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such
Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);


 


(f)make
the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;


 


(g)make
any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3, 10.15 or 10.16; or


 


(h)waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.


 


Section 9.4Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.


 


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


 


Section 9.5Revocation
and Effect of Consents.


 


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


 


Any amendment or waiver once effective shall
bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a)
through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it
and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s
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Section 9.6Notation
on or Exchange of Securities.


 


The Trustee may place an appropriate notation
about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of
that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment
or waiver.


 




Section 9.7Trustee
Protected.


 


In executing, or accepting the additional
trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture
that adversely affects its rights.


 


Article X



MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section 10.1Trust
Indenture Act Controls.


 


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


 


Section 10.2Notices.


 


Any notice or communication by the Company
or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:


 


if to the Company:


 


ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

210 Main Street West

Baudette, Minnesota 56623

Attention: Charlotte C. Arnold, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


 


if to the Trustee:


 


The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7W

New York, New York 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration


 


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


 


Any notice or communication to a Securityholder
shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are
outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.


 


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


 


If the Company mails a notice or communication
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"Electronic Means" shall mean
the following communications methods: S.W.I.F.T., e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable
authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee
as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.


 


The Trustee shall have the right to accept
and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture
and delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate
listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures
of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted
from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion
elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company
understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee
shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate
provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized
Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard
the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the
Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s
reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent
written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions
to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception
and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of
transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s)
selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions
provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify
the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.


 


Section 10.3Communication
by Holders with Other Holders.


 


Securityholders of any Series may communicate
pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).


 


Section 10.4Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.


 


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


 


(a)an
Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
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(b)an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.


 


Section 10.5Statements
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 Section 314(a)(4))
shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


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


 


Section 10.6Rules
by Trustee and Agents.


 


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


 


Section 10.7Legal
Holidays.


 


Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is
not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding
day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.


 


Section 10.8No
Recourse Against Others.


 


A director, officer, employee or stockholder,
as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.


 


Section 10.9Counterparts.


 


This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.


 


Section 10.10Governing
Laws; Waiver of Jury Trial.


 


THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE,
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Section 10.11No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.


 


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


 


Section 10.12Successors.


 


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



 


Section 10.13Severability.


 


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


 


Section 10.14Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc.


 


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


 


Section 10.15Force
Majeure.


 


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


 


Section 10.16FATCA.


 


In order to comply with applicable tax laws
(inclusive of rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) related to the Indenture in effect from
time to time (“Applicable Law”) that a foreign financial institution, Company, trustee, paying agent or other party
is or has agreed to be subject to, the Company agrees (i) to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about the parties and/or
transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so that the Trustee can determine whether they have
tax related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction
from payments to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability.


 


Article XI



SINKING FUNDS


 


Section 11.1Applicability
of Article.


 


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


 


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


 


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



 


Section 11.3Redemption
of Securities for Sinking Fund.


 


Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise
indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series
of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to
the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated
to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2
and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided
in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


 


 





	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	 
	 	 
	By: 	/s/ Charlotte
    C. Arnold
	Name:	Charlotte
    C. Arnold	 
	Title:	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee	 
	 	 
	By:	/s/ Latoya S. Elvin
	Name:	Latoya S. Elvin	 
	Title:	Vice President