Document:

Exhibit
10.7

 

TYCO
INTERNATIONAL (US) INC.

 

SEVERANCE
PLAN FOR U.S. OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVES

 

(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 2007)

 

May 10, 2007

 

 

TABLE OF
CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE I 

  	
  BACKGROUND, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 1.01

  	
   

  	
  Purpose of the Plan

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.02

  	
   

  	
  Term of the Plan

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II

  	
  DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 2.01

  	
   

  	
  “Alternative Position”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.02

  	
   

  	
  “Annual Bonus”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.03

  	
   

  	
  “Base Salary”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.04

  	
   

  	
  “Board”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.05

  	
   

  	
  “Cause”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.06

  	
   

  	
  “COBRA”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.07

  	
   

  	
  “Code”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.08

  	
   

  	
  “Committee”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.09

  	
   

  	
  “Company”

  	
   

  	
  2

  
	
  Section 2.10

  	
   

  	
  “Effective Date”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.11

  	
   

  	
  “Eligible Employee”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.12

  	
   

  	
  “Employee”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.13

  	
   

  	
  “Employer”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.14

  	
   

  	
  “ERISA”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.15

  	
   

  	
  “Exchange Act”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.16

  	
   

  	
  “Involuntary Termination”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.17

  	
   

  	
  “Notice Pay”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.18

  	
   

  	
  “Officer”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.19

  	
   

  	
  “Participant”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.20

  	
   

  	
  “Permanent Disability”

  	
   

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 2.21

  	
   

  	
  “Plan”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.22

  	
   

  	
  “Plan Administrator”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.23

  	
   

  	
  “Release”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.24

  	
   

  	
  “Service”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.25

  	
   

  	
  “Severance Benefit”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.26

  	
   

  	
  “Severance Period”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
						

 

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  Section 2.27

  	
   

  	
  “Subsidiary”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.28

  	
   

  	
  “Termination Date”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
  Section 2.29

  	
   

  	
  “Voluntary Termination”

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III

  	
  PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 3.01

  	
   

  	
  Participation

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 3.02

  	
   

  	
  Conditions

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV

  	
  DETERMINATION OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 4.01

  	
   

  	
  Amount of Severance Benefits Upon Involuntary
  Termination

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
  Section 4.02

  	
   

  	
  Voluntary Termination; Termination for Death or
  Permanent Disability

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 4.03

  	
   

  	
  Termination for Cause

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 4.04

  	
   

  	
  Reduction of Severance Benefits

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section
  4.05

  	
   

  	
  Modification of
  Severance Benefits

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V

  	
  METHOD AND DURATION OF SEVERANCE BENEFIT PAYMENTS

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 5.01

  	
   

  	
  Method of Payment

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 5.02

  	
   

  	
  Other Arrangements

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 5.03

  	
   

  	
  Termination of Eligibility for Benefits

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI

  	
  CONFIDENTIALITY, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND NOT TO
  SOLICIT

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 6.01

  	
   

  	
  Confidential Information

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 6.02

  	
   

  	
  Non-Competition

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 6.03

  	
   

  	
  Non-Solicitation

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 6.04

  	
   

  	
  Non-Disparagement

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 6.05

  	
   

  	
  Reasonableness

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 6.06

  	
   

  	
  Equitable Relief

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 6.07

  	
   

  	
  Survival of Provisions

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII

  	
  THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 7.01

  	
   

  	
  Authority and Duties

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 7.02

  	
   

  	
  Compensation of the Plan Administrator

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 7.03

  	
   

  	
  Records, Reporting and Disclosure

  	
   

  	
  14

  
						

 

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  ARTICLE VIII

  	
  AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND DURATION

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 8.01

  	
   

  	
  Amendment, Suspension and Termination

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 8.02

  	
   

  	
  Duration

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX

  	
  DUTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE COMMITTEE

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 9.01

  	
   

  	
  Records

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 9.02

  	
   

  	
  Payment

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 9.03

  	
   

  	
  Discretion

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X

  	
  CLAIMS PROCEDURES

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 10.01

  	
   

  	
  Claim

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 10.02

  	
   

  	
  Initial Claim

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 10.03

  	
   

  	
  Appeals of Denied Administrative Claims

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 10.04

  	
   

  	
  Appointment of the Named Appeals Fiduciary

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 10.05

  	
   

  	
  Arbitration; Expenses

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XI

  	
  MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 11.01

  	
   

  	
  Nonalienation of Benefits

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.02

  	
   

  	
  Notices

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.03

  	
   

  	
  Successors

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.04

  	
   

  	
  Other Payments

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.05

  	
   

  	
  No Mitigation

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.06

  	
   

  	
  No Contract of Employment

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.07

  	
   

  	
  Severability of Provisions

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 11.08

  	
   

  	
  Heirs, Assigns, and Personal Representatives

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.09

  	
   

  	
  Headings and Captions

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.10

  	
   

  	
  Gender and Number

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.11

  	
   

  	
  Unfunded Plan

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.12

  	
   

  	
  Payments to Incompetent Persons

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.13

  	
   

  	
  Lost Payees

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 11.14

  	
   

  	
  Controlling Law

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
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ARTICLE I

BACKGROUND, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN

 

Section 1.01         Purpose of the Plan.
The purpose of the Plan is to provide Eligible Employees with certain
compensation and benefits as set forth in the Plan in the event the Eligible
Employee’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated due to an
Involuntary Termination. The Plan is not intended to be an “employee pension
benefit plan” or “pension plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA. Rather,
this Plan is intended to be a “welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(1) of ERISA and to meet the descriptive requirements of a plan
constituting a “severance pay plan” within the meaning of regulations published
by the Secretary of Labor at Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations,
section 2510.3-2(b). Accordingly, the benefits paid by the Plan are not
deferred compensation and no employee shall have a vested right to such
benefits.

 

Section 1.02         Term of the Plan.
The Plan shall generally be effective as of the Effective Date and shall
supersede any prior plan, program or policy under which the Company or any
Subsidiary provided severance benefits prior to the Effective Date of the Plan.
The Plan shall continue until terminated pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan.

 

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 2.01         “Alternative
Position” shall mean a position with the Company that:

 

(a)           is not more than 75
miles each way from the location of the Employee’s current position (for
positions that are essentially mobile, the mileage does not apply); and

 

(b)           provides the Employee
with pay and benefits (not including perquisites or long term incentive
compensation) that are comparable in the aggregate to the Employee’s current
position.

 

The Plan
Administrator has the exclusive discretionary authority to determine whether a
position is an Alternative Position.

 

Section 2.02         “Annual Bonus”
shall mean 100% of the Participant’s target annual bonus.

 

Section 2.03         “Base Salary”
shall mean the annual base salary in effect as of the Participant’s Termination
Date.

 

Section 2.04         “Board” shall
mean the Board of Directors of the Company, or any successor thereto, or a
committee thereof specifically designated for purposes of making determinations
hereunder.

 

Section 2.05         “Cause” shall
mean an Employee’s (i) substantial failure or refusal to perform duties and
responsibilities of his or her job as required by the Company, (ii) violation
of any fiduciary duty owed to the Company, (iii) conviction of a felony or
misdemeanor, (iv) dishonesty, (v) theft, (vi) violation of Company rules or
policy, or (vii) other egregious conduct, that has or could have a serious and
detrimental impact on the Company and its employees. The Plan Administrator, in
its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine Cause. Examples of “Cause”
may include, but are not limited to, excessive absenteeism, misconduct,
insubordination, violation of Company policy, dishonesty, and deliberate
unsatisfactory performance (e.g., Employee refuses to improve deficient
performance).

 

Section 2.06         “COBRA” shall
mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

Section 2.07         “Code” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Section 2.08         “Committee”
shall mean the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board or such
other committee appointed by the Board to assist the Company in making
determinations required under the Plan in accordance with its terms. The “Committee”
may delegate its authority under the Plan to an individual or another
committee.

 

Section 2.09         “Company”
shall mean Tyco International Ltd. Unless it is otherwise clear from the
context, Company shall generally include participating Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 2.10         “Effective Date”
shall mean May 10, 2007, the effective date of this amended and restated Plan. The
Plan was originally effective January 1, 2004.

 

Section 2.11         “Eligible Employee”
shall mean an Employee employed in the United States who is an Officer, or in
career bands 1 and 2, who is not covered under any other severance plan or
program sponsored by the Company or a Subsidiary. If there is any question as
to whether an Employee is deemed an Eligible Employee for purposes of the Plan,
the Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Tyco International Ltd. shall make
the determination.

 

Section 2.12         “Employee”
shall mean an individual employed by Tyco International Ltd. or a Subsidiary as
a common law employee on the United States payroll of Tyco International Ltd.
or a Subsidiary, and shall not include any person working for the Company
through a temporary service or on a leased basis or who is hired by the Company
as an independent contractor, consultant, or otherwise as a person who is not
an employee for purposes of withholding federal employment taxes, as evidenced
by payroll records or a written agreement with the individual, regardless of
any contrary governmental or judicial determination or holding relating to such
status or tax withholding.

 

Section 2.13         “Employer”
shall mean the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to which this Plan has
been adopted.

 

Section 2.14         “ERISA” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
regulations thereunder.

 

Section 2.15         “Exchange Act”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Section 2.16         “Involuntary
Termination” shall mean a termination of the Participant initiated by the
Company or a Subsidiary for any reason other than Cause, Permanent Disability
or death, as provided under and subject to the conditions of Article III.

 

Section 2.17         “Notice Pay”
shall mean the amounts that a Participant is eligible to receive pursuant to
Article IV of the Plan.

 

Section 2.18         “Officer”
shall mean any individual who is an officer, as such term is defined pursuant
to Rule 16a-1(f) as promulgated under the Exchange Act, of the Company. For
purposes of this definition, Officer shall also mean any officer of any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries who perform policy making functions, within the context
of Rule 16a-1(f).

 

Section 2.19         “Participant”
shall mean any Eligible Employee who meets the requirements of Article III and
thereby becomes eligible for salary continuation and other benefits under the
Plan.

 

Section 2.20         “Permanent
Disability” shall mean that an Employee has a permanent and total
incapacity from engaging in any employment for the Employer for physical or
mental reasons. A “Permanent Disability” shall be deemed to exist if the
Employee meets the requirements for disability benefits under the Employer’s
long-term disability plan or under the requirements for disability benefits
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United States, if the Employee is employed in that
jurisdiction) then in effect, or if the Employee is designated with an inactive
employment status at the end of a disability or medical leave.

 

Section 2.21         “Plan” means
the Tyco International (US) Inc. Severance Plan for U.S. Officers and
Executives as set forth herein, and as the same may from time to time be
amended.

 

Section 2.22         “Plan
Administrator” shall mean the individual(s) appointed by the Committee to
administer the terms of the Plan as set forth herein and if no individual is
appointed by the Committee to serve as the Plan Administrator for the Plan, the
Plan Administrator shall be the Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Tyco
International Ltd. (or the equivalent). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
in the event the Plan Administrator is entitled to Severance Benefits under the
Plan, the Committee or its delegate shall act as the Plan Administrator for
purposes of administering the terms of the Plan with respect to the Plan
Administrator. The Plan Administrator may delegate all or any portion of its
authority under the Plan to any other person(s).

 

Section 2.23         “Release”
shall mean the Separation of Employment Agreement and General Release, as
provided by the Company.

 

Section 2.24         “Service”
shall mean the total number of years and completed months the Participant was
an Employee of the Company. Service with any predecessor employer or with a
Subsidiary prior to the Subsidiary’s becoming part of the Company shall be
recognized only to the extent specified in the merger or acquisition
documentation relating to the Subsidiary. Periods of authorized leave of
absence, such as military leave, will be included in Service only to the extent
required by applicable law. Any period of employment with the Company, a
Subsidiary, or a predecessor employer for which an Eligible Employee previously
received severance benefits, shall be excluded from Service.

 

Section 2.25         “Severance Benefit”
shall mean the salary continuation amounts and other benefits that a
Participant is eligible to receive pursuant to Article IV of the Plan.

 

Section 2.26         “Severance Period”
shall mean the period during which a Participant is receiving Severance
Benefits under this Plan.

 

Section 2.27         “Subsidiary”
shall mean (i) a subsidiary company (wherever incorporated) as defined by
section 86 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (as amended), (ii) any
separately organized business unit, whether or not incorporated, of the
Company, and (iii) any employer that is required to be aggregated with the
Company pursuant to section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and regulations issued thereunder.

 

Section 2.28         “Termination Date”
shall mean the date on which the active employment of the Participant by the
Company or a Subsidiary is severed by reason of an Involuntary Termination.

 

Section 2.29         “Voluntary
Termination” shall mean any retirement or termination of employment that is
not initiated by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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ARTICLE III

PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS

 

Section 3.01         Participation.
Each Eligible Employee in the Plan who incurs an Involuntary Termination and
who satisfies the conditions of Section 3.02 shall be eligible to receive the
Severance Benefits described in the Plan. An Eligible Employee shall not be
eligible to receive any other severance benefits from the Company or Subsidiary
on account of an Involuntary Termination, unless otherwise provided in the Plan.
In addition, any Eligible Employee who is a party to an employment agreement
with the Company pursuant to which such Eligible Employee is entitled to
severance benefits shall be ineligible to participate in the Plan.

 

Section 3.02         Conditions.

 

(a)           Eligibility for any
Severance Benefits is expressly conditioned on (i) execution by the Participant
of a Release in the form provided by the Company; (ii) compliance by the
Participant with all the terms and conditions of such Release; (iii) the
Participant’s written agreement to the confidentiality, non-solicitation, and
non-disparagement provisions in Article VI during and after the Participant’s
employment with the Company; and (iv) execution of a written agreement that
authorizes the deduction of amounts owed to the Company prior to the payment of
any Severance Benefit (or in accordance with any other schedule as the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate). If the
Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the Participant has not
fully complied with any of the terms of the Agreement and/or Release, the
Committee may deny Severance Benefits not yet in pay status or discontinue the
payment of the Participant’s Severance Benefit and may require the Participant,
by providing written notice of such repayment obligation to the Participant, to
repay any portion of the Severance Benefit already received under the Plan. If
the Committee notifies a Participant that repayment of all or any portion of
the Severance Benefit received under the Plan is required, such amounts shall
be repaid within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the written notice is
sent. Any remedy under this subsection (a) shall be in addition to, and not in
place of, any other remedy, including injunctive relief, that the Company may
have.

 

(b)           An Eligible Employee
will not be eligible to receive severance benefits under any of the following
circumstances:

 

(i)            The Eligible Employee
voluntarily terminates employment:

 

(ii)           The Eligible Employee resigns
employment before the job-end date specified by the Employer or while the
Employer still desires the Eligible Employee’s services;

 

(iii)          The Eligible Employee’s
employment is terminated for Cause;

 

(iv)          The Eligible Employee
voluntarily retires;

 

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(v)           The Eligible Employee’s
employment is terminated due to the Eligible Employee’s death or Permanent
Disability;

 

(vi)          The Eligible Employee
does not return to work within six (6) months of the onset of an approved leave
of absence, other than a personal, educational or military leave and/or as
otherwise required by applicable statute;

 

(vii)         The Eligible Employee
does not return to work within three (3) months of the onset of a personal or
educational leave of absence;

 

(viii)        The Eligible Employee
continues in employment with the Company or a Subsidiary or has the opportunity
to continue in employment in the same or in an Alternative Position with the
Company or a Subsidiary; or

 

(ix)           The Eligible Employee’s
employment with the Employer terminates as a result of a sale of stock or
assets of the Employer, merger, consolidation, joint venture or a sale or
outsourcing of a business unit or function, or other transaction, and the
Eligible Employee accepts employment, or has the opportunity to continue
employment in an Alternative Position, with the purchaser, joint venture, or
other acquiring or outsourcing entity, or a related entity of either the
Company or the acquiring entity. The payment of Severance Benefits in the
circumstances described in this subsection (ix) would result in a windfall to
the Eligible Employee, which is not the intention of the Plan.

 

(c)           The Plan Administrator
has the sole discretion to determine an Eligible Employee’s eligibility to receive
Severance Benefits.

 

(d)           An Eligible Employee
returning from approved military leave will be eligible for Severance Benefits
if: (i) he/she is eligible for reemployment under the provisions of the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); (ii)
his/her pre-military leave job is eliminated; and (iii) the Employer’s
circumstances are changed so as to make reemployment in another position
impossible or unreasonable, or re-employment would create an undue hardship for
the Employer. If the Eligible Employee returning from military leave qualifies
for Severance Benefits, his/her severance benefits will be calculated as if
he/she had remained continuously employed from the date he/she began his/her
military leave. The Eligible Employee must also satisfy any other relevant
conditions for payment, including execution of a Release.

 

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ARTICLE IV

DETERMINATION OF SEVERANCE BENEFITS

 

Section 4.01         Amount of Severance
Benefits Upon Involuntary Termination. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.05,  the Severance Benefits to be
provided to an Eligible Employee who incurs an Involuntary Termination and is
determined to be eligible for Severance Benefits shall be as follows:

 

(a)           Notice Pay. Except
for Officers, each Eligible Employee who meets the eligibility requirements for
a Severance Benefit under Section 3.01 shall receive 30 calendar days notice as
a Notice Period. In the event that the Company determines that a Participant’s
last day of work shall be prior to the end of his or her Notice Period, such
Employee shall be entitled to pay in lieu of notice for the balance of such
Notice Period. Notice Pay paid to an Eligible Employee shall be in addition to,
and not offset against, the Severance Benefits the Participant may be entitled
to receive under this Article IV. An Eligible Employee who does not sign, or
who revokes his or her signature on, a Release shall only be eligible for
Notice Pay. Unless otherwise permitted by the applicable plan documents or
laws, an Eligible Employee will not be eligible to apply for short-term
disability, long-term disability and/or workers’ compensation during the Notice
Period, or anytime thereafter.

 

(b)           Salary Continuation
Benefits. Salary Continuation shall be provided during the Severance Period
applicable to the Participant as set forth under the benefits schedule appended
to the Plan. During the Severance Period, the Participant shall receive his or
her Base Salary (net of deductions and tax withholdings, as applicable) in
equal installments over the Severance Period, per normal payroll cycles. The
salary continuation payment shall commence no earlier than the end of the
revocation period applicable to the Release.

 

(c)           Bonus.

 

(i)            Participant may be eligible
for a cash payment equal to his or her pro rated annual bonus for the year in
which Participant’s Termination Date occurs, subject to the discretion of the
Company and pursuant to the terms set forth in the applicable incentive plans.

 

(ii)           The Participant shall
also receive a cash payment equal to his or her Annual Bonus during the
Severance Period applicable to the Participant as set forth under the benefits
schedule appended to the Plan. Such bonus payment shall be paid to the
Participant in equal installments over the Severance Period (e.g., 12 month, 18 months or 24 months) or, in the sole
discretion of the Plan Administrator, may be paid to the Participant in a
single lump sum in lieu of payment over the Severance Period. The bonus payment
shall be paid at the same time as the Salary Continuation Benefits.

 

(d)           Medical, Dental and
Health Care Reimbursement Account Benefits. The Participant shall continue
to be eligible to participate in the medical, dental and Health Care
Reimbursement Account coverage in effect at the date of his or her termination
(or generally comparable coverage) for himself or herself and, where
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dependents, as the same may be changed from time to
time for employees of the Company generally, as if Participant had continued in
employment during the Severance Period (the “COBRA Continuation Coverage Period”).
The Participant shall be responsible for the payment of the employee portion of
the medical, dental and Health Care Reimbursement Account contributions that
are required during the Severance Period and such contributions shall be made
within the time period and in the amounts that other employees are required to
pay to the Company for similar coverage. The Participant’s failure to pay the
applicable contributions shall result in the cessation of the applicable
medical and dental coverage for the Participant and his or her spouse or
domestic partner and dependents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Plan to the contrary, in the event that a Participant commences employment with
another company at any time during the Severance Period, the Participant may
cease receiving coverage under the Company’s medical and dental plans. Within
thirty (30) days of Participant’s commencement of employment with another
company, Participant shall provide the Company written notice of such
employment and provide information to the Company regarding the medical and
dental benefits provided to Participant by his or her new employer. The COBRA
Continuation Coverage Period under section 4980B of the Code shall run
concurrently with the Severance Period.

 

(e)           Stock Options. All
stock options held by the Participant as of his or her Termination Date shall
continue to vest as scheduled during the twelve (12) month period after the
Participant’s Termination Date (unless the Participant’s option agreement
covering such options provides for more favorable vesting treatment), and
provided that the Participant has met any other condition contained in an
applicable stock option award agreement with respect to such continued vesting.
All vested outstanding stock options held by Participant shall be exercisable
for the greater of (i) the period set forth in Participant’s option agreement
covering such options, or (ii) twelve (12) months from the Termination Date,
provided that the Participant has met any other condition contained in an
applicable stock option award agreement with respect to such extended exercise
period. In no event, however, shall an option be exercisable beyond its
original term.

 

(f)            Restricted  Stock.

 

(i)            Restricted Stock.
All unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units held by the
Participant as of his or her Termination Date shall be forfeited as of the
Termination Date.

 

(g)           Outplacement
Services. The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, pay the
cost of outplacement services for the Participant at the outplacement agency
that the Company regularly uses for such purpose; provided, however,
that the period of outplacement shall not exceed twelve (12) months from
Participant’s Termination Date. The Company shall pay the cost of outplacement
services for the Participant for a period of up to twelve (12) months from
Participant’s Termination Date at either (i) the outplacement agency that the
Company regularly uses for such purpose, or (ii) provided the Senior Vice
President – Human Resources provides prior approval, at an outplacement agency
selected by the Participant.

 

(h)           In the event that
provision of any of the benefits in (d) above, would adversely affect the tax
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discretion, may elect to pay to the Participant cash
in lieu of such coverage in an amount equal to the Company’s premium or average
cost of providing such coverage.

 

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Section 4.02         Voluntary Termination;
Termination for Death or Permanent Disability. If the Eligible Employee’s
employment terminates on account of (i) the Eligible Employee’s Voluntary
Resignation, (ii) death, or (iii) Permanent Disability, then the Eligible
Employee shall not be entitled to receive Severance Benefits under this Plan
and shall be entitled only to those benefits (if any) as may be available under
the Company’s then-existing benefit plans and policies at the time of such
termination.

 

Section 4.03         Termination for Cause.
If any Eligible Employee’s employment terminates on account of termination by
the Company for Cause, the Eligible Employee shall not be entitled to receive
Severance Benefits under this Plan and shall be entitled only to those benefits
that are legally required to be provided to the Eligible Employee. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Committee or the Plan
Administrator determines that an Eligible Employee has engaged in conduct that
constitutes Cause at any time prior to the Eligible Employee’s Termination
Date, any Severance Benefit payable to the Eligible Employee under Section 4.01
of the Plan shall immediately cease, and the Eligible Employee shall be
required to return any Severance Benefits paid to the Eligible Employee prior
to such determination. The Company may withhold paying Severance Benefits under
the Plan pending resolution of an inquiry that could lead to a finding
resulting in Cause. If the Company has offset other payments owed to the
Eligible Employee under any other plan or program, it may, in its sole
discretion, waive its repayment right solely with respect to the amount of the
offset so credited.

 

Section 4.04         Reduction of Severance
Benefits. The Plan Administrator reserves the right to make deductions
in accordance with applicable law for any monies owed to the Company by the
Participant or the value of Company property that the Participant has retained
in his/her possession.

 

Section 4.05         Modification of
Severance Benefits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Senior Vice President, Human Resources (or her/his successor) shall
have the discretion to modify the benefits otherwise available to a Plan
Participant under Section 4.01 or the timing of such benefits as she/he deems
appropriate, provided that in no event may the exercise of such discretion
result in an increase in the benefits that would otherwise have been payable to
the Participant under Section 4.01.

 

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ARTICLE V

METHOD AND DURATION OF SEVERANCE BENEFIT PAYMENTS

 

Section 5.01         Method of Payment.
The Severance Benefit to which a Participant is entitled, as determined
pursuant to Section 4.01, shall be paid in accordance with normal payroll
practices over the Severance Period or from a supplemental unemployment
benefits trust. In no event will interest be credited on the unpaid balance for
which a Participant may become eligible. Payment shall be made by mailing to
the last address provided by the Participant to the Company or such other
reasonable method as determined by the Plan Administrator. In general, the
initial payments shall be made as promptly as practicable after the Participant’s
Termination Date, the execution of the Release required under Section 3.02, and
the expiration of the required revocation period specified in the Release. All
payments of Severance Benefits are subject to applicable federal, state and
local taxes and withholdings. In the event of the Participant’s death prior to
the completion of all payments being made, the remaining payments shall be paid
to the Participant’s estate.

 

Section 5.02         Other Arrangements.
The Severance Benefits under this Plan are not additive or cumulative to
severance or termination benefits that a Participant might also be entitled to
receive under the terms of a written employment agreement, a severance
agreement or any other arrangement with the Employer. As a condition of
participating in the Plan, the Eligible Employee must expressly agree that this
Plan supersedes all prior agreements, and sets forth the entire Severance Benefit
the Eligible Employee is entitled to while an Eligible Employee in the Plan. The
provisions of this Plan may provide for payments to the Eligible Employee under
certain compensation or bonus plans under circumstances where such plans would
not provide for payment thereof. It is the specific intention of the Company
that the provisions of this Plan shall supersede any provisions to the contrary
in such plans, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and such plans shall
be deemed to be have been amended to correspond with this Plan without further
action by the Company or the Board.

 

Section 5.03         Termination of
Eligibility for Benefits.

 

(a)           All Eligible Employees
shall cease to be eligible to participate in the Plan, and all Severance
Benefit payments shall cease upon the occurrence of the earlier of:

 

(i)            Subject to Article
VIII, termination or modification of the Plan; or

 

(ii)           Completion of payment
to the Participant of the Severance Benefit for which the Participant is
eligible under Article IV.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to cease all
Severance Benefit payments and to recover payments previously made to the
Participant should the Participant at any time breach the Participant’s
undertakings under the terms of the Plan, the Release the Participant executed
to obtain the Severance Benefits under the Plan or the confidentiality,
non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disparagement provisions of Article
VI.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONFIDENTIALITY, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND NOT TO SOLICIT

 

Section 6.01         Confidential
Information. The Eligible Employee
agrees that he or she shall not, directly or indirectly, use, make available,
sell, disclose or otherwise communicate to any person, other than in the course
of the Eligible Employee’s assigned duties and for the benefit of the Company,
either during the period of the Eligible Employee’s employment or at any time
thereafter, any nonpublic, proprietary or confidential information, knowledge
or data relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, affiliated companies
or businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Eligible Employee during
the Eligible Employee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary. The
foregoing shall not apply to information that (i) was known to the public prior
to its disclosure to the Eligible Employee; (ii) becomes known to the public
subsequent to disclosure to the Eligible Employee through no wrongful act of
the Eligible Employee or any representative of the Eligible Employee; or (iii)
the Eligible Employee is required to disclose by applicable law, regulation or
legal process (provided that the Eligible Employee provides the Company with
prior notice of the contemplated disclosure and reasonably cooperates with the
Company at its expense in seeking a protective order or other appropriate
protection of such information). Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the
preceding sentence, the Eligible Employee’s obligation to maintain such
disclosed information in confidence shall not terminate where only portions of
the information are in the public domain.

 

Section 6.02         Non-Competition.
The Participant acknowledges that he or she performs services of a unique
nature for the Company that are irreplaceable, and that his or her performance
of such services for a competing business will result in irreparable harm to
the Company. Accordingly, during the Participant’s employment with the Company
or Subsidiary and for the one (1) year period thereafter, the Participant
agrees that the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage,
operate, control, be employed by (whether as an employee, consultant,
independent contractor or otherwise, and whether or not for compensation) or render
services to any person, firm, corporation or other entity, in whatever form,
engaged in any business of the same type as any business in which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates is engaged on the date of termination
or in which they have proposed, on or prior to such date, to be engaged in on
or after such date and in which the Participant has been involved to any extent
(other than de minimis) at any time during the one (1) year period ending with
the date of termination, in any locale of any country in which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries conducts business. This Section 6.02 shall not prevent
the Participant from owning not more than one percent of the total shares of
all classes of stock outstanding of any publicly held entity engaged in such
business, nor will it restrict the Participant from rendering services to
charitable organizations, as such term is defined in section 501(c) of the
Code.

 

Section 6.03         Non-Solicitation.
During the Eligible Employee’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary and
for the two (2) year period thereafter, the Eligible Employee agrees that he or
she will not, directly or indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other
person, firm, corporation or other entity, knowingly solicit, aid or induce (i)
any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, as defined by the Company, to
leave such employment in order to accept employment with or render services to
or with any other person, firm, corporation or other entity unaffiliated with
the Company or knowingly take any action to materially assist or aid any other
person, firm, corporation or other entity in identifying or hiring any such
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any customer of the Company or any Subsidiary to
purchase goods or services then sold by the Company or any Subsidiary from
another person, firm, corporation or other entity or assist or aid any other
persons or entity in identifying or soliciting any such customer.

 

Section 6.04         Non-Disparagement.
Each of the Eligible Employee and the Company (for purposes hereof, the Company
shall mean only the executive officers and directors thereof and not any other
employees) agrees not to make any statements that disparage the other party, or
in the case of the Company or its Subsidiaries, their respective affiliates,
employees, officers, directors, products or services. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative,
judicial or arbitral proceedings (including, without limitation, depositions in
connection with such proceedings) shall not be subject to this Section 6.04.

 

Section 6.05         Reasonableness.
In the event the provisions of this Article VI shall ever be deemed to exceed
the time, scope or geographic limitations permitted by applicable laws, then
such provisions shall be reformed to the maximum time, scope or geographic
limitations, as the case may be, permitted by applicable laws.

 

Section 6.06         Equitable Relief.

 

(a)           By participating in the
Plan, the Eligible Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in
this Article VI are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate
interests of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its affiliates, that the Company
would not have established this Plan in the absence of such restrictions, and
that any violation of any provision of this Article will result in irreparable
injury to the Company. By agreeing to participate in the Plan, the Eligible
Employee represents that his or her experience and capabilities are such that
the restrictions contained in this Article VI will not prevent the Eligible
Employee from obtaining employment or otherwise earning a living at the same
general level of economic benefit as is currently the case. The Eligible
Employee further represents and acknowledges that (i) he or she has been
advised by the Company to consult his or her own legal counsel in respect of
this Plan, and (ii) that he or she has had full opportunity, prior to agreeing
to participate in this Plan, to review thoroughly this Plan with his or her
counsel.

 

(b)           The Eligible Employee
agrees that the Company shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent
injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving actual damages, as well as
an equitable accounting of all earnings, profits and other benefits arising
from any violation of this Article VI, which rights shall be cumulative and in
addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Company may be entitled. In
the event that any of the provisions of this Article VI should ever be
adjudicated to exceed the time, geographic, service, or other limitations
permitted by applicable law in any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be
deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, service,
or other limitations permitted by applicable law.

 

(c)           The Eligible Employee
irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees that any suit, action or other legal
proceeding arising out of this Article VI, including without limitation, any
action commenced by the Company for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief
or other equitable relief, may be brought in the United States District Court
for the District of New York, or if such court does not have jurisdiction or
will not accept jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in New York,
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such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) waives any
objection which Participant may have to the laying of venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding in any such court. Participant also irrevocably and
unconditionally consents to the service of any process, pleadings, notices or
other papers in a manner permitted by the notice provisions of Section 11.02.

 

Section 6.07         Survival of Provisions.
The obligations contained in this Article VI shall survive the termination of
Eligible Employee’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary and shall be
fully enforceable thereafter.

 

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ARTICLE VII

THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR

 

Section 7.01         Authority and Duties.
It shall be the duty of the Plan Administrator, on the basis of information
supplied to it by the Company and the Committee, to properly administer the
Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the full power, authority and
discretion to construe, interpret and administer the Plan, to make factual
determinations, to correct deficiencies therein, and to supply omissions. All
decisions, actions and interpretations of the Plan Administrator shall be
final, binding and conclusive upon the parties, subject only to determinations
by the Named Appeals Fiduciary (as defined in Section 10.04), with respect to
denied claims for Severance Benefits. The Plan Administrator may adopt such
rules and regulations and may make such decisions as it deems necessary or
desirable for the proper administration of the Plan.

 

Section 7.02         Compensation of the
Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall receive no
compensation for services as such. However, all reasonable expenses of the Plan
Administrator shall be paid or reimbursed by the Company upon proper
documentation. The Plan Administrator shall be indemnified by the Company
against personal liability for actions taken in good faith in the discharge of
the Plan Administrator’s duties.

 

Section 7.03         Records, Reporting and
Disclosure. The Plan Administrator shall keep a copy of all records
relating to the payment of Severance Benefits to Participants and former
Participants and all other records necessary for the proper operation of the
Plan. All Plan records shall be made available to the Committee, the Company
and to each Participant for examination during business hours except that a
Participant shall examine only such records as pertain exclusively to the
examining Participant and to the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall prepare and
shall file as required by law or regulation all reports, forms, documents and
other items required by ERISA, the Code, and every other relevant statute, each
as amended, and all regulations thereunder (except that the Company, as payor
of the Severance Benefits, shall prepare and distribute to the proper
recipients all forms relating to withholding of income or wage taxes, Social
Security taxes, and other amounts that may be similarly reportable).

 

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ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENT, TERMINATION AND DURATION

 

Section 8.01         Amendment, Suspension
and Termination. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.01, the
Board or its delegee shall have the right, at any time and from time to time,
to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, for any reason or
without reason, and without either the consent of or the prior notification to
any Participant, by a formal written action. No such amendment shall give the
Company the right to recover any amount paid to a Participant prior to the date
of such amendment or to cause the cessation of Severance Benefits already
approved for a Participant who has executed a Release as required under Section
3.02.

 

Section 8.02         Duration. Unless
terminated sooner by the Board or its delegee, the Plan shall continue in full
force and effect until termination of the Plan pursuant to Section 8.01;
provided, however, that after the termination of the Plan, if any Participants
terminated employment on account of an Involuntary Termination prior to the
termination of the Plan and are still receiving Severance Benefits under the
Plan, the Plan shall remain in effect until all of the obligations of the
Company are satisfied with respect to such Participants.

 

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ARTICLE IX

DUTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE COMMITTEE

 

Section 9.01         Records. The
Company or a Subsidiary thereof shall supply to the Committee all records and
information necessary to the performance of the Committee’s duties.

 

Section 9.02         Payment.
Payments of Severance Benefits to Participants shall be made in such amount as
determined by the Committee under Article IV, from the Company’s general assets
or from a supplemental unemployment benefits trust, in accordance with the
terms of the Plan, as directed by the Committee.

 

Section 9.03         Discretion. Any
decisions, actions or interpretations to be made under the Plan by the Board, the
Committee and the Plan Administrator, acting on behalf of either, shall be made
in each of their respective sole discretion, not in any fiduciary capacity and
need not be uniformly applied to similarly situated individuals and such
decisions, actions or interpretations shall be final, binding and conclusive
upon all parties. As a condition of participating in the Plan, the Eligible
Employee acknowledges that all decisions and determinations of the Board, the
Committee and the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on the Eligible
Employee, his or her beneficiaries and any other person having or claiming an
interest under the Plan on his or her behalf.

 

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ARTICLE X

CLAIMS PROCEDURES

 

Section 10.01       Claim. Each
Participant under this Plan may contest only the administration of the
Severance Benefits awarded by completing and filing with the Plan Administrator
a written request for review in the manner specified by the Plan Administrator.
No appeal is permissible as to a Participant’s eligibility for or amount of the
Severance Benefit, which are decisions made solely within the discretion of the
Company, and the Committee acting on behalf of the Company. No person may bring
an action for any alleged wrongful denial of Plan benefits in a court of law
unless the claims procedures described in this Article X are exhausted and a
final determination is made by the Plan Administrator and/or the Named Appeals
Fiduciary. If the terminated Participant or interested person challenges a
decision by the Plan Administrator and/or Named Appeals Fiduciary, a review by
the court of law will be limited to the facts, evidence and issues presented to
the Plan Administrator during the claims procedure set forth in this Article X.
Facts and evidence that become known to the terminated Participant or other
interested person after having exhausted the claims procedure must be brought
to the attention of the Plan Administrator for reconsideration of the claims
administrator. Issues not raised with the Plan Administrator and/or Named
Appeals Fiduciary will be deemed waived.

 

Section 10.02       Initial Claim. Before
the date on which payment of a Severance Benefit commences, each such
application must be supported by such information as the Plan Administrator
deems relevant and appropriate. In the event that any claim relating to the
administration of Severance Benefits is denied in whole or in part, the
terminated Participant or his or her beneficiary (“claimant”) whose claim has
been so denied shall be notified of such denial in writing by the Plan
Administrator within ninety (90) days after the receipt of the claim for
benefits. This period may be extended an additional ninety (90) days if the
Plan Administrator determines such extension is necessary and the Plan
Administrator provides notice of extension to the claimant prior to the end of
the initial ninety (90) day period. The notice advising of the denial shall
specify the following: (i) the reason or reasons for denial, (ii) make specific
reference to the Plan provisions on which the determination was based, (iii)
describe any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to
perfect the claim (explaining why such material or information is needed), and
(iv) describe the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to
such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil
action under section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination
on review.

 

Section 10.03       Appeals of Denied
Administrative Claims. All appeals shall be made by the following
procedure:

 

(a)           A claimant whose claim
has been denied shall file with the Plan Administrator a notice of appeal of
the denial. Such notice shall be filed within sixty (60) calendar days of
notification by the Plan Administrator of the denial of a claim, shall be made
in writing, and shall set forth all of the facts upon which the appeal is based.
Appeals not timely filed shall be barred.

 

(b)           The Named Appeals
Fiduciary shall consider the merits of the claimant’s written presentations,
the merits of any facts or evidence in support of the denial of benefits, and
such other facts and circumstances as the Named Appeals Fiduciary shall deem
relevant.

 

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(c)           The Named Appeals
Fiduciary shall render a determination upon the appealed claim which
determination shall be accompanied by a written statement as to the reasons
therefor. The determination shall be made to the claimant within sixty (60)
days of the claimant’s request for review, unless the Names Appeals Fiduciary
determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for
processing the claim. In such case, the Named Appeals Fiduciary shall notify
the claimant of the need for an extension of time to render its decision prior
to the end of the initial sixty (60) day period, and the Named Appeals
Fiduciary shall have an additional sixty (60) day period to make its
determination. The determination so rendered shall be binding upon all parties.
If the determination is adverse to the claimant, the notice shall provide (i)
the reason or reasons for denial, (ii) make specific reference to the Plan
provisions on which the determination was based, (iii) a statement that the
claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable
access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant
to a the claimant’s claim for benefits, and (iv) state that the claimant has
the right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA.

 

Section 10.04       Appointment of the Named
Appeals Fiduciary. The Named Appeals Fiduciary shall be the person or
persons named as such by the Board or Committee, or, if no such person or
persons be named, then the person or persons named by the Plan Administrator as
the Named Appeals Fiduciary. Named Appeals Fiduciaries may at any time be
removed by the Board or Committee, and any Named Appeals Fiduciary named by the
Plan Administrator may be removed by the Plan Administrator. All such removals
may be with or without cause and shall be effective on the date stated in the
notice of removal. The Named Appeals Fiduciary shall be a “Named Fiduciary”
within the meaning of ERISA, and unless appointed to other fiduciary
responsibilities, shall have no authority, responsibility, or liability with
respect to any matter other than the proper discharge of the functions of the
Named Appeals Fiduciary as set forth herein.

 

Section 10.05       Arbitration; Expenses.
In the event of any dispute under the provisions of this Plan, other than a
dispute in which the primary relief sought is an equitable remedy such as an
injunction, the parties shall have the dispute, controversy or claim settled by
arbitration in New York, New York (or such other location as may be mutually
agreed upon by the Employer and the Participant) in accordance with the
National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes then in effect of the
American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, two of
whom shall be selected by the Company and the Participant, respectively, and
the third of whom shall be selected by the other two arbitrators. Any award
entered by the arbitrators shall be final, binding and nonappealable and
judgment may be entered thereon by either party in accordance with applicable
law in any court of competent jurisdiction. This arbitration provision shall be
specifically enforceable. The arbitrators shall have no authority to modify any
provision of this Plan or to award a remedy for a dispute involving this Plan
other than a benefit specifically provided under or by virtue of the Plan. If
the Participant substantially prevails on any material issue, which is the
subject of such arbitration or lawsuit, the Company shall be responsible for
all of the fees of the American Arbitration Association and the arbitrators and
any expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including the Company’s
and Participant’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses). Otherwise, each
party shall be responsible for its own expenses relating to the conduct of the
arbitration (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and shall share
the fees of the American Arbitration Association.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01       Nonalienation of
Benefits. None of the payments, benefits or rights of any Participant
shall be subject to any claim of any creditor of any Participant, and, in
particular, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all such payments, benefits
and rights shall be free from attachment, garnishment (if permitted under
applicable law), trustee’s process, or any other legal or equitable process
available to any creditor of such Participant. No Participant shall have the
right to alienate, anticipate, commute, plead, encumber or assign any of the
benefits or payments that he may expect to receive, continently or otherwise,
under this Plan, except for the designation of a beneficiary as set forth in
Section 5.01.

 

Section 11.02       Notices. All
notices and other communications required hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be delivered personally or mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or by overnight express courier service. In the case of the
Participant, mailed notices shall be addressed to him or her at the home
address which he or she most recently communicated to the Company in writing. In
the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to the Plan
Administrator.

 

Section 11.03       Successors. Any
successor to the Company shall assume the obligations under this Plan and
expressly agree to perform the obligations under this Plan.

 

Section 11.04       Other Payments. Except
as otherwise provided in this Plan, no Participant shall be entitled to any
cash payments or other severance benefits under any of the Company’s then
current severance pay policies for a termination that is covered by this Plan
for the Participant.

 

Section 11.05       No Mitigation. Except
as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.04, Participant shall
not be required to mitigate the amount of any Severance Benefit provided for in
this Plan by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any
Severance Benefit provided for herein be reduced by any compensation earned by
other employment or otherwise, except if the Participant is re-employed by
Company, in which case Severance Benefits shall cease.

 

Section 11.06       No Contract of
Employment. Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any modification
thereof, nor the creation of any fund, trust or account, nor the payment of any
benefits shall be construed as giving any Eligible Employee or any person
whosoever, the right to be retained in the service of the Company, and all
Eligible Employees shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if
the Plan had never been adopted.

 

Section 11.07       Severability of
Provisions. If any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and this Plan
shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.

 

20

 

Section 11.08       Heirs, Assigns, and
Personal Representatives. This Plan shall be binding upon the heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties, including
each Participant, present and future.

 

Section 11.09       Headings and Captions.
The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience
only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and shall not be employed in
the construction of the Plan.

 

Section 11.10       Gender and Number.
Where the context admits: words in any gender shall include any other gender,
and, except where otherwise clearly indicated by context, the singular shall
include the plural, and vice-versa.

 

Section 11.11       Unfunded Plan. The
Plan shall not be funded. No Participant shall have any right to, or interest
in, any assets of the Company that may be applied by the Company to the payment
of Severance Benefits.

 

Section 11.12       Payments to Incompetent
Persons. Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of a minor, an
incompetent person or other person incapable of receipting therefor shall be
deemed paid when paid to such person’s guardian or to the party providing or
reasonably appearing to provide for the care of such person, and such payment
shall fully discharge the Company, the Committee and all other parties with
respect thereto.

 

Section 11.13       Lost Payees. A
benefit shall be deemed forfeited if the Committee is unable to locate a
Participant to whom a Severance Benefit is due. Such Severance Benefit shall be
reinstated if application is made by the Participant for the forfeited
Severance Benefit while this Plan is in operation.

 

Section 11.14       Controlling Law.
This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of
New York to the extent not superseded by Federal law.

 

21

 

SCHEDULE
A

 

SEVERANCE
BENEFITS

 

	
  Section 16 Officers

  	
   

  	
  24 months of pay

  
	
  Presidents of businesses whose annual revenue is $2 billion or
  more

  	
   

  	
  18 months of pay

  
	
  All other Band 1 and 2 employees

  	
   

  	
  12 months of pay.

  

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for Participants whose benefit is provided pursuant to a
supplemental unemployment benefits trust – cash Severance Benefits shall be
paid for the period of time set forth under the plan, with the trust being the
exclusive source of all salary continuation other than Notice Pay.

 

 

A-1Exhibit 4.1

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of __________, 2007

 

 

[Name of Trustee]

Trustee

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

	
  Trust Indenture Act Section

  	
   

  	
  Indenture Section

  	
   

  
	
  310(a)(1)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(3)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(4)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(5)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
  311(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.11

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.11

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
  312(a)

  	
   

  	
  2.06

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  11.03

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  11.03

  	
   

  
	
  313(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.06

  	
   

  
	
        (b)(2)

  	
   

  	
  7.06; 7.07

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  7.06; 11.02

  	
   

  
	
        (d)

  	
   

  	
  7.06

  	
   

  
	
  314(a)

  	
   

  	
  4.03; 11.02

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (c)(1)

  	
   

  	
  11.04

  	
   

  
	
        (c)(2)

  	
   

  	
  11.04

  	
   

  
	
        (c)(3)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (e)

  	
   

  	
  11.05

  	
   

  
	
        (f)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
  315(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.01

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.05; 11.02

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  7.01

  	
   

  
	
        (d)

  	
   

  	
  7.01

  	
   

  
	
        (e)

  	
   

  	
  6.11

  	
   

  
	
  316(a) (last sentence)

  	
   

  	
  2.10

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(1)(A)

  	
   

  	
  6.05

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(1)(B)

  	
   

  	
  6.04

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  6.07

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  2.13

  	
   

  
	
  317(a)(1)

  	
   

  	
  6.08

  	
   

  
	
        (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  6.09

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  2.05

  	
   

  
	
  318(a)

  	
   

  	
  11.01

  	
   

  
	
        (b)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  	
   

  
	
        (c)

  	
   

  	
  11.01

  	
   

  

N.A. means not
applicable.

*  This Cross
Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
  ARTICLE 1

  
	
  DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

  
	
  BY REFERENCE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 1.01

  	
   

  	
  Definitions.

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.02

  	
   

  	
  Other Definitions.

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 1.03

  	
   

  	
  Incorporation by Reference of Trust
  Indenture Act.

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
  Section 1.04

  	
   

  	
  Rules of Construction.

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 2

  
	
  THE NOTES

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 2.01

  	
   

  	
  Issuable in Series

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
  Section 2.02

  	
   

  	
  Establishment of Terms of Series of
  Notes.

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
  Section 2.03

  	
   

  	
  Execution and Authentication

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
  Section 2.04

  	
   

  	
  Registrar and Paying Agent

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.05

  	
   

  	
  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.06

  	
   

  	
  Holder Lists

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.07

  	
   

  	
  Transfer and Exchange

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.08

  	
   

  	
  Replacement Notes

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.09

  	
   

  	
  Outstanding Notes

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.10

  	
   

  	
  Treasury Notes

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.11

  	
   

  	
  Temporary Notes

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.12

  	
   

  	
  Cancellation

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.13

  	
   

  	
  Defaulted Interest

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 2.14

  	
   

  	
  Global Notes

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 2.15

  	
   

  	
  CUSIP Number

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 3

  
	
  REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 3.01

  	
   

  	
  Notice to Trustee

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 3.02

  	
   

  	
  Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 3.03

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Redemption

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.04

  	
   

  	
  Effect of Notice of Redemption

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.05

  	
   

  	
  Deposit of Redemption Price

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 3.06

  	
   

  	
  Notes Redeemed in Part.

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 4

  
	
  COVENANTS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 4.01

  	
   

  	
  Payment of Principal and Interest.

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 4.02

  	
   

  	
  Maintenance of Office or Agency.

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 4.03

  	
   

  	
  Reports.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.04

  	
   

  	
  Compliance Certificate.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.05

  	
   

  	
  Taxes.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.06

  	
   

  	
  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 4.07

  	
   

  	
  Corporate Existence.

  	
   

  	
  17

  

 

 

	
  ARTICLE 5

  
	
  SUCCESSORS

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 5.01

  	
   

  	
  Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of
  Assets.

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 5.02

  	
   

  	
  Successor Corporation Substituted.

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 6

  
	
  DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 6.01

  	
   

  	
  Events of Default.

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 6.02

  	
   

  	
  Acceleration.

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 6.03

  	
   

  	
  Other Remedies.

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 6.04

  	
   

  	
  Waiver of Past Defaults.

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 6.05

  	
   

  	
  Control by Majority.

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 6.06

  	
   

  	
  Limitation on Suits.

  	
   

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 6.07

  	
   

  	
  Rights of Holders of Notes to
  Receive Payment.

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 6.08

  	
   

  	
  Collection Suit by Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 6.09

  	
   

  	
  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

  	
   

  	
  21

  
	
  Section 6.10

  	
   

  	
  Priorities.

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 6.11

  	
   

  	
  Undertaking for Costs.

  	
   

  	
  22

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 7

  
	
  TRUSTEE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 7.01

  	
   

  	
  Duties of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 7.02

  	
   

  	
  Rights of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 7.03

  	
   

  	
  Individual Rights of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 7.04

  	
   

  	
  Trustee’s Disclaimer.

  	
   

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 7.05

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Defaults.

  	
   

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 7.06

  	
   

  	
  Reports by Trustee to Holders of
  the Notes.

  	
   

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 7.07

  	
   

  	
  Compensation and Indemnity.

  	
   

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 7.08

  	
   

  	
  Replacement of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  26

  
	
  Section 7.09

  	
   

  	
  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
  Section 7.10

  	
   

  	
  Eligibility; Disqualification.

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
  Section 7.11

  	
   

  	
  Preferential Collection of Claims
  Against Company.

  	
   

  	
  27

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 8

  
	
  LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
  DEFEASANCE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 8.01

  	
   

  	
  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance
  or Covenant Defeasance.

  	
   

  	
  28

  
	
  Section 8.02

  	
   

  	
  Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

  	
   

  	
  28

  
	
  Section 8.03

  	
   

  	
  Covenant Defeasance.

  	
   

  	
  28

  
	
  Section 8.04

  	
   

  	
  Conditions to Legal or Covenant
  Defeasance.

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
  Section 8.05

  	
   

  	
  Deposited Money and Government
  Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 8.06

  	
   

  	
  Repayment to Company.

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 8.07

  	
   

  	
  Reinstatement.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 9

  
	
  AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
  WAIVER

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 9.01

  	
   

  	
  Without Consent of Holders of
  Notes.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 9.02

  	
   

  	
  With Consent of Holders of Notes.

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
  Section 9.03

  	
   

  	
  Compliance with Trust Indenture
  Act.

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 9.04

  	
   

  	
  Revocation and Effect of Consents.

  	
   

  	
  33

  

 

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  Section 9.05

  	
   

  	
  Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 9.06

  	
   

  	
  Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 10

  
	
  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  
	
   

  
	
  Section 10.01

  	
   

  	
  Satisfaction and Discharge.

  	
   

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 10.02

  	
   

  	
  Application of Trust Money.

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 11

  
	
  MISCELLANEOUS

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Section 11.01

  	
   

  	
  Trust Indenture Act Controls.

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 11.02

  	
   

  	
  Notices.

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 11.03

  	
   

  	
  Communication by Holders of Notes
  with Other Holders of Notes.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 11.04

  	
   

  	
  Certificate and Opinion as to
  Conditions Precedent.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 11.05

  	
   

  	
  Statements Required in Certificate
  or Opinion.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 11.06

  	
   

  	
  Rules by Trustee and Agents.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 11.07

  	
   

  	
  Calculation of Foreign Currency
  Amounts.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.08

  	
   

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

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.09

  	
   

  	
  Governing Law.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.10

  	
   

  	
  No Adverse Interpretation of Other
  Agreements.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.11

  	
   

  	
  Successors.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.12

  	
   

  	
  Severability.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.13

  	
   

  	
  Counterpart Originals.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 11.14

  	
   

  	
  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

  	
   

  	
  37

  

 

 

iii

 

INDENTURE dated as of __________, 200_ by and among National
Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and [Insert Name of Trustee], as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of
the Notes issued under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

Section
1.01           Definitions.

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

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

“Bankruptcy Law”
means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.

“Board of Directors”
means:

(1)                           with respect to a
corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof
duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2)                           with respect to a
partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

(3)                           with respect to a
limited liability company, the managing
member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and

(4)                           with respect to any
other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

“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 paid in full force and effect
on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day” means any day
other than a Legal Holiday.

“Capital Lease Obligation” means,
at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Stock” means:

 

1

 

(1)                           in the case of a
corporation, corporate stock;

(2)                           in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3)                           in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether
general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4)                           any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the
profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Company”  means National Semiconductor Corporation, and
any and all successors thereto.

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

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

“Custodian”
means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or
any successor entity thereto.

“Default” means any event that
is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an
Event of Default.

“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Notes of any Series issuable or issued in whole or
in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, 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 Notes of any Series
shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Notes of such Series.

“Discount Note”
means any Note 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 6.02.

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

“Equity Interests” means Capital
Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).

“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.

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

 

2

 

“Global Note” or “Global Notes” means a Note or Notes, as the case may be, in
the form established pursuant to Section 2.02 evidencing all or part of a Series
of Notes, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and
registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

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

“Guarantee” means a guarantee
other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including,
without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit
or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with
respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1)                           interest rate swap
agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;

(2)                           other agreements or
arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and

(3)                           other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency
exchange rates or commodity prices.

“Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Note is registered.

“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person,
whether or not contingent:

(1)  
                        in respect
of borrowed money;

(2)  
                        evidenced
by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit, or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof;

(3)  
                        in respect
of banker’s acceptances;

(4)  
                        representing
Capital Lease Obligations;

(5)  
                        representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except
any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

(6)  
                        representing
any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items, other
than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations, would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person, and, to the extent not
otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness
of any other Person or any liability of any person, whether or not contingent
and whether or not it appears on the balance sheet of such Person.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any
date shall be:

 

3

 

(1)  
                        the
accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness that does
not require the current payment of interest; and

(2)  
                        the
principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the
Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other
Indebtedness.

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

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday,
a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a
place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain
closed.  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 on
such payment for the intervening period.

“Lien” means, with respect to any
asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise
perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other
agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement
to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided
that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“Notes”
means notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series issued under
this Indenture.

“Officer” means, with respect to
any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, the
Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a
certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company that
meets the requirements of Section 11.05 hereof.

“Opinion of Counsel” means an
opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that
meets the requirements of Section 11.05 hereof. 
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.

“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or
other entity.

“Responsible Officer,” when used
with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust
Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.

“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the
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“Series” or “Series of Notes” means each series of debentures, notes or
other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.02 hereof.

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

“Subsidiary” means, with respect
to any specified Person:

(1)                           any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other
business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof); and

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

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

“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 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 Notes of any Series shall mean the Trustee with
respect to Notes of that Series.

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

Section
1.02           Other Definitions.

	
  Term

  	
   

  	
  Defined in Section

  	
   

  
	
  “Authentication Order”

  	
   

  	
  2.03

  	
   

  
	
  “Covenant Defeasance”

  	
   

  	
  8.03

  	
   

  
	
  “Event of Default”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  	
   

  
	
  “Legal Defeasance”

  	
   

  	
  8.02

  	
   

  
	
  “Paying Agent”

  	
   

  	
  2.04

  	
   

  
	
  “Payment Default”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  	
   

  
	
  “Registrar”

  	
   

  	
  2.04

  	
   

  

 

Section
1.03           Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.

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

“indenture securities” means the
Notes;

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

“indenture to be qualified” means
this Indenture;

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

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

All other terms used in this Indenture that are
defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by
SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

Section
1.04           Rules of Construction.

Unless the context
otherwise requires:

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

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

(3)                           “or”
is not exclusive;

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

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

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

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

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01           Issuable
in Series.

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

 

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Section 2.02           Establishment of Terms of Series of
Notes.

At or prior to the issuance of any Notes within a
Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the
case of Subsection 2.02(a) and either as to such Notes within the Series or as
to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.02(b) through 2.02(r)) by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner
provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or an Officer’s
Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

(a)           the title of the Series (which
shall distinguish the Notes of that particular Series from the Notes of any
other Series);

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

(c)           any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes of the Series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Notes of the Series pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.11, 3.06 or 9.05);

(d)           the date or dates on which the
principal of the Notes of the Series is payable;

(e)           the rate or rates (which may
be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine
such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity
index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Notes 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;

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

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

(h)           the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem or purchase the Notes 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 Notes of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(i)            the dates, if any, on which
and the price or prices at which the Notes 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;

(j)            if other than denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the
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(k)           the forms of the Notes of the
Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form,
whether the Notes will be issuable as Global Notes);

(l)            if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Notes of the Series
that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02;

(m)          the designation of the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of, premium
and interest, if any, on the Notes of the Series will be made if other than
U.S. dollars;

(n)           the provisions, if any,
relating to any security or guarantee provided for the Notes of the Series, and
any subordination in right of payment, if any, of the Notes of the Series;

(o)           any addition to or change in
the Events of Default which applies to any Notes of the Series and any change
in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Notes to declare
the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

(p)           any addition to or change in
the covenants set forth in Articles 4 or 5 which applies to Notes of the
Series;

(q)           any other terms of the Notes
of the Series (which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture
insofar as it applies to such Series); and

(r)            any depositories, interest
rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with
respect to Notes of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

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

Section 2.03           Execution and Authentication.

One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature.  If an
Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time
such Note is authenticated, such Note shall nevertheless be valid.

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

The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company
signed by one Officer (an “Authentication
Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue in accordance with
this Indenture.  The Notes shall be dated
their date of authentication.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes.  An authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. 
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. 
An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with
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At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Notes of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order will authenticate
and deliver such Notes.  In authenticating
such Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section
7.01) will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:

(a)           that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b)           that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

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

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

Section 2.04           Registrar
and Paying Agent.

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

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

Section 2.05           Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than
the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for
the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes, or the Trustee, all money held
by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal or interest on the Series of
Notes, and shall 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 Holders of any Series of Notes all money held by
it as Paying Agent.  Upon any bankruptcy
or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve
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Section 2.06           Holder
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 Holders of each Series of Notes 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 seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of each
Series of Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).

Section 2.07          Transfer
and Exchange.

Where Notes 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 Notes 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 Notes
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, 3.06 or
9.05).

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be
required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Notes of any
Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days
immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes 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 Notes of any
Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the
portion being redeemed of any such Notes selected, called or being called for
redemption in part.

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 Note (including any transfers between or
among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global
Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and
when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the
same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.

Section 2.08          Replacement
Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee,
or if the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order together with such indemnity
or security sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from
any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, shall authenticate
a replacement Note of the same Series if the Trustee’s requirements are met.
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Every replacement Note of any Series is an additional
obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes of that Series duly
issued hereunder.

Section 2.09           Outstanding
Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered
to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those
described in this Section as not outstanding. 
Except as set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof,
it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to
it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

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

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

Section 2.10           Treasury
Notes.

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

Section 2.11           Temporary
Notes.

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

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

Section 2.12           Cancellation.

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the
Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar
and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. 
The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and
shall return such canceled Notes to the Company.  The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
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Section 2.13           Defaulted
Interest.

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

Section 2.14           Global
Notes.

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

(b)           Transfer and Exchange.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in Section 2.07 of the Indenture and in addition thereto,
any Global Note shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Indenture
for Notes registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such
Note or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note 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 registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90
days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Note shall be so
exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes represented
by such Global Note shall have happened and be continuing.  Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in such
names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note with like tenor and terms.

Except as provided in this Section 2.14(b), a Global
Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to
such Global Note 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.

(c)           Legend.  Any Global Note issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:

“This Note is a Global Note 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 Note is exchangeable for Notes registered in the name of a person
other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances
described in the Indenture, and 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
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(d)           Acts of Holders.  The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint
agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which
a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

(e)           Payments.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment
of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to
the Holder thereof.  Prior to due
presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee,
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 2.13)
any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustees nor
any agent of the Company or the Trustee will be affected by notice to the
contrary.

(f)            Consents, Declaration and
Directions.  Except as provided in
Section 2.14(e), the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as
the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Notes of such Series
represented by a Global Note as shall be specified in a written statement of the
Depositary with respect to such Global Note, for purposes of obtaining any
consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 2.15           CUSIP Number.

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

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01           Notice to Trustee.

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Notes,
reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or may covenant to
redeem and pay the Series of Notes or any part thereof prior to the Stated
Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such
Notes.  If a Series of Notes is redeemable
and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity
thereof all or part of the Series of Notes pursuant to the terms of such Notes,
it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of
Series of Notes to be redeemed.  The
Company shall give the notice at least 45 days but not more than 60 days before
the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the
Trustee).

Section 3.02           Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the Notes of a Series are to be
redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall
select the Notes of a Series to be redeemed or purchased among the Holders of
the Notes (a) in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, (b) if the Notes
are not so listed, on a pro rata basis,
by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate.  In the event of partial
redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
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not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding
Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.  The Trustee may select for redemption or
repurchase portions of the principal of Notes of the Series that have
denominations larger than $1,000.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.  Notes of a Series and portions
of them selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000, or
with respect to Notes of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to
Section 2.02(j), the minimum principal denomination for each Series and
integral multiples thereof.  Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Notes of a Series called for redemption or repurchase also apply to portions of
Notes of a Series called for redemption or repurchase.

Section 3.03           Notice of Redemption.

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by
Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate,
at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the
Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of
redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

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

(1)                           the
redemption date;

(2)                           the
redemption price;

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

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

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

(6)                           the
CUSIP number, if any; and

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

At the Company’s request, and upon receipt of an
Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee shall
give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

Section 3.04           Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with
Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and
payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.  A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

Section 3.05           Deposit of Redemption Price.

One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes to
be redeemed on that date.  The Trustee or
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money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent
by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price
of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.

If the Company complies with the provisions of the
preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to
accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption.  If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any
accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note
was registered at the close of business on such record date.  If any Note called for redemption shall not
be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company
to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid
principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the
extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case
at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

Section 3.06           Notes
Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the
Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

No Notes of $1,000 or less can be redeemed in part.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01           Payment of
Principal and Interest.

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

Section 4.02           Maintenance
of Office or Agency.

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

The Company may also from time to time designate one
or more other offices or agencies where a Series of Notes may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the
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such Series of Notes of
any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency.

With respect to each Series of Notes, the Company
hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office
or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

Section 4.03           Reports.

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

Section 4.04           Compliance
Certificate.

(a)           The Company and each guarantor
of any Series of Notes (to the extent that such guarantor is so required under
the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee with respect to such Series, within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a
review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing
Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further
stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of
his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred,
describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have
knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has
occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event
has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking
or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(b)           The Company shall, so long as
any of Series of Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee with respect to
such Series, as soon as possible, but in no event later than five days after
any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05           Taxes.

The Company will pay, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and
governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.06           Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws.

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

Section 4.07           Corporate
Existence.

Subject to Articles 5 hereof, the Company shall do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect:

(a)           its corporate existence, and
the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in
accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be
amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and

(b)           the rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or
other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if an Officer 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 of the Notes.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01           Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (a)
consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is
the surviving corporation); or (b) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to
another Person, unless:

(1)                           either:

(A)          the
Company is the surviving corporation; or

(B)           the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made is a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, trust or other entity organized or existing under the laws of the
United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

(2)                           the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company
under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee;

(3)                           
immediately after such transaction and treating the Company's obligations in
connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been incurred as
of the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
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(4)                           the
Company or the surviving entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such
transaction have been satisfied.

In addition, the Company will not, directly or
indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one
or more related transactions, to any other Person.  This Section 5.01 will not apply to:

(1)                           a merger of the
Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company
in another jurisdiction; or

(2)                           any consolidation or
merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other
disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Section 5.02           Successor
Corporation Substituted.

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

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01           Events of
Default.

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

(a)           default in the payment of any
interest on any Note of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(b)           default in payment when due of
the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Note of that Series; or

(c)           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 Notes other than that Series), which default continues
uncured for a period of 30 days after written notice given by the Trustees for
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Trustee receive written notice from Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Notes outstanding;
or

(d)           the Company:

(A)          commences
a voluntary case in bankruptcy,

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

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

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

(E)           generally
is not paying its debts as they become due;

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

(A)          is
for relief against the Company;

(B)           appoints
a custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of the property of
the Company; or

(C)           orders
the liquidation of the Company;

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for 90 consecutive days; or

(f)            any other Event of Default
provided with respect to Notes of that Series, which is specified in a Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in
accordance with Section 2.02.

Section 6.02           Acceleration.

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of any
Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of
Default referred to in Section 6.01(d) or (e)) then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any
Notes of that Series are Discount Notes, such portion of the principal amount
as may be specified in the terms of such Notes) of and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on all of the Notes 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 6.01(d) or (e) shall occur, the principal amount (or
specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all
outstanding Notes 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, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes of that Series, by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
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would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if
all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or
premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured
or waived and all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation expenses and disbursements of the Trustee and its agent
and counsel have been paid.

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

Section 6.03           Other
Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of any
Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue
any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on such Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of such
Notes or this Indenture.

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

Section 6.04           Waiver of
Past Defaults.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes of any Series then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may
on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of premium or interest on, or the
principal of, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however,
that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes of any Series may rescind an acceleration of such Notes and
its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such
acceleration.  Upon any such waiver, such
Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.05           Control by
Majority.

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

Section 6.06           Limitation
on Suits.

A Holder of any Series of Notes may pursue a remedy
with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

(a)           the Holder of a Note gives to
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(b)           the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such Series make a written
request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c)           such Holder of a Note or
Holders of Notes offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d)           the Trustee does not comply
with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and,
if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

(e)           during such 60-day period the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not
give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Holder of any Series of Notes may not use this
Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of such Series of Notes or
to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of Notes of such Series.

Section 6.07           Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

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

Section 6.08           Collection
Suit by Trustee.

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

Section 6.09           Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee for each Series of Notes is authorized to
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to
collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07 hereof.  To the extent that
the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and
shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities
and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such
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otherwise. 
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or
the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.10           Priorities.

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

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

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

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

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for
any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11           Undertaking
for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by the party litigant.  This Section
does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant
to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes of any Series.

Section 6.12.          Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, and
Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Note will have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 2.13) interest on such Note on the respective stated
maturities expressed in such Note (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights may not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.13.          Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01           Duties of
Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e)           The Trustee will not be liable
for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in
writing with the Company.  Money held in
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Section 7.02           Rights of
Trustee.

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively
rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper Person.  The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or
refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel or both.  The Trustee will not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.  The Trustee may consult with counsel and the
written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and
complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon.

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

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

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

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

(g)           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.

(h)           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.

(i)            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.

Section 7.03           Individual
Rights of Trustee.

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

Section 7.04           Trustee’s
Disclaimer and Acceptance of Facsimile Instructions.

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

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions
it receives by facsimile pursuant to this Indenture, provided that promptly
following delivery of such facsimile instructions, the originally executed
instructions shall be delivered to the Trustee, and such originally executed
instructions shall be signed by an authorized person.

Section 7.05           Notice of
Defaults.

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

Section 7.06           Reports by
Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

(a)           Within 60 days after January 1
beginning with the January 1 following the date of this Indenture, and for so
long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the
Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a)
(but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve
months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted).  The Trustee also will comply with TIA
§ 313(b)(2).  The Trustee will also
transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

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

Section 7.07           Compensation
and Indemnity.

(a)           The Company will pay to the
Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this
Indenture and services hereunder as the Trustee and the Company may agree.  The Trustee’s compensation will not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company will reimburse the Trustee
promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses
incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses will include the reasonable
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(b)           The Company will indemnify the
Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its
duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this
Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending
itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any
other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss,
liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.  The Trustee will notify the Company promptly
of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. 
Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the
Company of its obligations hereunder. 
The Company will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the
defense.  The Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel.  The Company need not pay for
any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld.

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

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

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

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

Section 7.08           Replacement
of Trustee.

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

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

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

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

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

(4)                           the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

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

(d)           If a successor Trustee does
not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is
removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.

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

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

Section 7.09           Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.

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

Section 7.10           Eligibility;
Disqualification.

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

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

Section 7.11           Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding
any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed
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ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01           Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Company may at any time, at the option of its
Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all
outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article 8.

Section 8.02           Legal
Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company will, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes
of such Series (including the related guarantees, if any) on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”).  For this
purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company will be deemed to have paid
and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes of
such Series (including the related guarantees, if any), which will thereafter
be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and
the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below,
and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, such
guarantees, if any, and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a)           the rights of Holders of
outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the
trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(b)           the Company’s obligations with
respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

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

(d)           this Article 8.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company
may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03           Covenant
Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the
guarantors, if any, will subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the
covenants contained in Section 4.03 with respect to the outstanding Notes of
the applicable Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not
“outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes
hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding
for accounting purposes).  For this
purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes
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liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of
any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any
other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an
Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.  In addition, upon the Company’s exercise
under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
Section 6.01(c) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default.

Section 8.04           Conditions
to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

(a)           the Company must irrevocably
deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in
U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in
such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to
pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes
on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as
the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being
defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

(b)           in the case of an election
under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel confirming that:

(1)                           the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling; or

(2)                           since
the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding
Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c)           in the case of an election
under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Covenant 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 Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d)           no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a
Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied
to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company is bound;

(e)           such Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

(f)            the Company must deliver to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by
the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other
creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

(g)           the Company must deliver to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05           Deposited
Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and
non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of
this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes of any
Series will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.

The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or
non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or
the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax,
fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the
outstanding Notes of the applicable Series.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the
contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon
the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held
by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under
Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.

Section 8.06           Repayment to
Company.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Series of Notes and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has
become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then
held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment
thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be
less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any
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Section 8.07           Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any
U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section
8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and any applicable guarantors’
obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Notes and the guarantees
will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03
hereof, as the case may be; provided, however,
that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01           Without
Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the
Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes of
one or more Series without the consent of any Holder of Note:

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

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

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

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

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

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

(7)                           to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Notes 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.

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a
resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such
amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the
Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or
permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will
not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that
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Section 9.02           With Consent
of Holders of Notes.

The Company and the Trustee may enter into a
supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each Series
affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes 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 Holders of Notes of
each such Series.  Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of each Series by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for the Notes of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes with respect to such Series.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof. 
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board
of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt
by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee
will join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental
indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise,
in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to,
enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this
section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Notes
affected thereby a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or
waiver.  Any failure by the Company to
mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair
or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.  However, without the consent of each Holder
affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not, with respect
to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

(a)           reduce the principal of or
change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions
with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes;

(b)           reduce the rate (or alter the
method of computation) of or extend the time for payment of interest, including
default interest, on any Note;

(c)           waive a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration;

(d)           make the principal of or
premium, if any or interest on any Note payable in currency other than that
stated in the Notes;

(e)           make any change in the
provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights
of Holders of the Notes to receive payments of principal of or premium,
interest, if any, on the Notes and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payments;

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(g)           reduce the percentage in principal amount of any Notes,
the consent of the Holders of which is required for any of the foregoing
modifications or otherwise necessary to modify or amend the Indenture or to
waive any past Defaults.

Section 9.03           Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.

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

Section 9.04           Revocation
and Effect of Consents.

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

Section 9.05           Notation on
or Exchange of Notes.

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

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

Section 9.06           Trustee to
Sign Amendments, etc.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts
created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, 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 10

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 10.01          Satisfaction
and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be
of further effect as to a Series of 
Notes issued hereunder, when:

(a)           either:

(1)                           all
such Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes
that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have
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(2)                           all
such Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become
due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise
or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, cash in U.S. dollars,
non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts
as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest,
to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest
to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b)           no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a
Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied
to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any
guarantor, as applicable, is a party or by which the Company or any guarantor,
as applicable, is bound;

(c)           the Company or any guarantor
of such Notes has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this
Indenture; and

(d)           the Company has delivered irrevocable
instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the
case may be.

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

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

Section 10.02          Application
of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held
in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes with
respect to which such deposit was made and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

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

 

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ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01          Trust
Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will
control.

Section 11.02          Notices.

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

If to the Company:

 

National Semiconductor
Corporation

3689 Kifer Road

P.O. Box 58090

Mail Stop G3-135

Santa Clara, California  95052-8090

Facsimile No.:  (408) 733-0293

Attention:  General Counsel

 

With a copy to:

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, CA  94025

Facsimile No.:  (650) 463-2600

Attention: Barry A. Bryer, Esq. and Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Facsimile No.:  (   ) 

Attention:

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

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

Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed
by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on
the register kept by the Registrar.  Any
notice or communication will also be so mailed

 

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to any Person described
in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.  Failure to mail a notice or communication to
a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Holders.

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

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

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

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

Section 11.04          Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

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

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

(2)                           an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Section 11.05          Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.

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

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

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

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

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

Section 11.06         Rules by
Trustee and Agents.

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

 

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Section 11.07         Calculation
of Foreign Currency Amounts.

The calculation of the U.S. dollar equivalent amount
for any amount denominated in a foreign currency shall be the noon buying rate
in the City of New York as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
the date on which such determination is required to be made or, if such day is
not a day on which such rate is published, the rate most recently published
prior to such day.

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

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

Section 11.09         Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN
AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 11.10         No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements.

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

Section 11.11         Successors.

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

Section 11.12         Severability.

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

Section 11.13         Counterpart
Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture.  Each signed copy will be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 11.14         Table of
Contents, Headings, etc.

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

 

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Section 11.15         Waiver of Jury
Trial

                                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, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

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