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EX-4.3

 Exhibit 4.3 
  

 
  

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES 

INCORPORATED, ISSUER 
 AND 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, TRUSTEE 

JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES 

INDENTURE 
 Dated as of May 14,
2007 
  
  

 

 Table of Contents 

 

					
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	 ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions
 Of
General Application
	   
   

  

		
	 Section 1.1 Definitions
	  	 	1	  
		
	 Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	  	 	12	  
		
	 Section 1.4 Acts of Holders: Record Dates.
	  	 	12	  
		
	 Section 1.5 Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company
	  	 	14	  
		
	 Section 1.6 Notice to Holders: Waiver
	  	 	15	  
		
	 Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	15	  
		
	 Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	  	 	16	  
		
	 Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns
	  	 	16	  
		
	 Section 1.10 Separability Clause
	  	 	16	  
		
	 Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
	  	 	16	  
		
	 Section 1.12 Governing Law
	  	 	16	  
		
	 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
	  	 	16	  
	
	 ARTICLE II

Security Forms
	   
   

		
	 Section 2.1 Forms Generally
	  	 	17	  
		
	 Section 2.2 Form of Legend for global Securities
	  	 	17	  
		
	 Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	  	 	18	  

					
	 ARTICLE III

The Securities
	   
   

		
	 Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	  	 	18	  
		
	 Section 3.2 Denominations
	  	 	21	  
		
	 Section 3.3 Execution. Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	  	 	22	  
		
	 Section 3.4 Temporary Securities
	  	 	24	  
		
	 Section 3.5 Registration. Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	25	  
		
	 Section 3.6 Mutilate& Destroyed, Lost, and Stolen Securities
	  	 	27	  
		
	 Section 3.7 Payment of Interest: Interest Rights Preserved
	  	 	28	  
		
	 Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners
	  	 	30	  
		
	 Section 3.9 Cancellation
	  	 	31	  
		
	 Section 3.10 Computation of Interest
	  	 	31	  
		
	 Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	31	  
	
	 ARTICLE IV

Satisfaction and Discharge
	   
   

		
	 Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	31	  
		
	 Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money
	  	 	33	  
	
	 ARTICLE V

Remedies
	   
   

		
	 Section 5.1 Events of Default
	  	 	33	  
		
	 Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment
	  	 	34	  
		
	 Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	  	 	35	  
		
	 Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
	  	 	37	  
		
	 Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
	  	 	37	  
		
	 Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected.
	  	 	37	  
		
	 Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits.
	  	 	38	  
		
	 Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal. Premium, and Interest
	  	 	39	  

  
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	 Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	39	  
		
	 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	39	  
		
	 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	 	40	  
		
	 Section 5.12 Control by Holders
	  	 	40	  
		
	 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	40	  
		
	 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	41	  
	
	 ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE
	   
   

		
	 Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	  	 	41	  
		
	 Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults
	  	 	42	  
		
	 Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	 	42	  
		
	 Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	  	 	44	  
		
	 Section 6.5 May Hold Securities
	  	 	44	  
		
	 Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust
	  	 	44	  
		
	 Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement
	  	 	45	  
		
	 Section 6.8 Disqualification: Conflicting Interests
	  	 	46	  
		
	 Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required: Eligibility
	  	 	46	  
		
	 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal: Appointment of Successor
	  	 	46	  
		
	 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
	  	 	48	  
		
	 Section 6.12 Merger. Conversion. Consolidation. or Succession to Business
	  	 	50	  
		
	 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	  	 	50	  
		
	 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	  	 	50	  
	
	 ARTICLE VII

Holder’s Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
	   
   

		
	 Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	 	52	  

  
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	 Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	  	 	53	  
		
	 Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee.
	  	 	53	  
		
	 Section 7.4 Reports by Company
	  	 	54	  
	
	 ARTICLE VIII

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
	   
   

		
	 Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate. Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	54	  
		
	 Section 8.2 Successor Substituted
	  	 	55	  
	
	 ARTICLE IX

Supplemental Indentures
	   
   

		
	 Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	55	  
		
	 Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
	  	 	57	  
		
	 Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	58	  
		
	 Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	59	  
		
	 Section 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	59	  
		
	 Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	59	  
	
	 ARTICLE X

Covenants
	   
   

		
	 Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest
	  	 	59	  
		
	 Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	59	  
		
	 Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
	  	 	60	  
		
	 Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default
	  	 	61	  
		
	 Section 10.5 Existence
	  	 	62	  
		
	 Section 10.6 Maintenance of Properties
	  	 	62	  
		
	 Section 10.7 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	  	 	62	  
		
	 Section 10.8 Waiver of Certain Covenants
	  	 	63	  

  
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	 Section 10.9 Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	  	 	63	  
	
	 ARTICLE XI

Redemption of Securities
	   
   

		
	 Section 11.1 Applicability of Article
	  	 	63	  
		
	 Section 11.2 Election to Redeem: Notice to Trustee
	  	 	63	  
		
	 Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	  	 	64	  
		
	 Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption
	  	 	65	  
		
	 Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	 	66	  
		
	 Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	  	 	66	  
		
	 Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part
	  	 	66	  
	
	 ARTICLE XII

Sinking Funds
	   
   

		
	 Section 12.1 Applicability of Article
	  	 	67	  
		
	 Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	  	 	67	  
		
	 Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	  	 	68	  
	
	 ARTICLE XIII

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
	   
   

		
	 Section 13.1 Applicability of Article: Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
	  	 	68	  
		
	 Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge
	  	 	68	  
		
	 Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	69	  
		
	 Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	69	  
		
	 Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust: Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
	  	 	72	  
		
	 Section 13.6 Reinstatement
	  	 	73	  

  
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	 ARTICLE XIV

Subordination Of Securities
	   
   

		
	 Section 14.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt
	  	 	74	  
		
	 Section 14.2 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default.
	  	 	77	  
		
	 Section 14.3 Trustee and Holders of Securities May Rely on Certificate of Liquidating Agent:
Trustee May Require Further Evidence as to Ownership of Senior Debt: Trustee Not Fiduciary to Holders of Senior Debt
	  	 	77	  
		
	 Section 14.4 Payment Permitted If No Default
	  	 	78	  
		
	 Section 14.5 Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Prohibition
	  	 	79	  
		
	 Section 14.6 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
	  	 	79	  
		
	 Section 14.7 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt
	  	 	79	  
		
	 Section 14.8 Article Applicable to Paying Agents
	  	 	79	  
		
	 Section 14.9 Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of
Senior Debt
	  	 	80	  
		
	 Section 14.10 Modification of Subordination Provisions
	  	 	80	  

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of May 14, 2007, between HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED, a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”), having its principal office at Huntington Center, 41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43287 and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its
subordinated, unsecured debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture. 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series of the Securities, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

Definitions and Other Provisions 

Of General Application 
 Section
1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as
the singular, 
 (2) all other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference to the Trust Indenture Act, have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Indenture Act; 

 (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Indenture have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the term “accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States” with respect to any computation required or permitted under this Indenture shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such computation; and 

(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture. 
 “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has
the meaning specified in Section 1.4(a). 
 “Additional Interest” means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on
any interest of any Securities of any series the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or determined as specified in such Security. 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have the meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. 
 “Authorized Office?’ means any officer of the Company
designated by or pursuant to a Board Resolution to take certain actions as specified in this Indenture. 

  
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 “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company
or any other duly authorized committee of that board. 
 “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or by action of an Authorized Officer designated as such pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Business Day”, when used with respect
to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person. 

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by
its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office as of the date of this Indenture is located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street 8W, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Finance Group. 

  
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 “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7. “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1. 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended now or in the future and any successor statute.

 “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, together with the Federal Reserve
Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, or any successor federal bank regulatory agency having primary jurisdiction over the Company. 

“Global Security” means a Security bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a series of
Securities, authenticated and delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee. 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by
one or more supplemental indentures entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to
be a part of and govern this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1. 

  
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 “Interest Payment Date”, with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. 
 “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security,
means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption, or otherwise. 
 “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, a Vice
Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the principal executive, financial, or accounting officer of the Company. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company. 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount of
such Security to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of such Security pursuant to Section 5.2. 

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities
previously authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (1) Securities previously cancelled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been previously deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such redemption satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; 

  
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 (3) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; 

(4) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.2; and 

(5) Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 11.3; 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver under this Indenture, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal that would be due
and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of its maturity pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.1, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor (in either case other than in such Affiliate’s or obligor’s fiduciary capacity) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. 

  
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 “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. 
 “Periodic Offering” means an
offering of Securities of any series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, its rate or rates of interest, if any, its Stated Maturity, and redemption provisions, if any, with respect to such
Securities are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities. 
 ‘Person”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision of any government. 

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security. 
 “Ranking junior to the
Securities”, when used with respect to any obligation of the Company, shall mean any obligation of the Company which (a) ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to the Securities (or any other obligations of the Company ranking on a
parity with the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of any event of the kind specified in the first sentence of the second paragraph in Section 14.1 or (b) is specifically designated as ranking junior to the Securities by express
provision in the instrument creating or evidencing such obligation. 
 “Ranking on a parity with the Securities”,
when used with respect to any obligation of the Company, shall mean any obligation of the Company which (a) ranks equally 

  
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with and not prior to the Securities in right of payment upon the happening of any event of the kind specified in the first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 14.1 or (b) is specifically
designated as ranking on a parity with the Securities by express provision in the instrument creating or evidencing such obligation. 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by
or pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Regular Record Date” for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1. 

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

 “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 
 “Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5. 
 “Senior Debt” means the principal,
premium, if any, unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees,
charges, expenses, reimbursement and indemnification obligations, and all other amounts payable under or in respect of the types of debt generally described below: 

(1) debt for money the Company has borrowed; 

  
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 (2) debt evidenced by a bond, note, debt security, or similar instrument
(including purchase money obligations) whether or not given in connection with the acquisition of any business, property or assets, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, but not any account payable or other obligation created or
assumed in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services; 
 (3) debt which
is a direct or indirect obligation which arises as a result of banker’s acceptances or bank letters of credit issued to secure the Company’s obligations; 

(4) any debt of others described in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) hereof which the Company has guaranteed or for
which the Company is otherwise liable; 
 (5) the junior subordinated debt of the Company underlying the capital
securities of Huntington Capital I, Huntington Capital II and BFOH Capital Trust and the guarantees by the Company of the capital securities issued by Huntington Capital I, Huntington Capital II and BFOH Capital Trust, respectively; 

(6) debt secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on the
Company’s property; 
 (7) the Company’s obligation as lessee under any lease of property which is reflected
on the Company’s balance sheet as a capitalized lease; 
 (8) any deferral, amendment, renewal, extension,
supplement or refunding of any liability of the kind described in any of the preceding clauses (i) through (vi) hereof; and 

(9) the Company’s obligations to make payments under the terms of financial instruments such as securities contracts
and foreign currency exchange contracts, derivative instruments and other similar financial instruments. 

  
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 Senior Debt will exclude the following: 

(1) any indebtedness or guarantee that is by its terms subordinated to, or ranks equally with, the Securities and the
issuance of which, in the case of this clause (ii) only, (x) has received the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland or the staff of the Federal Reserve or (y) does not at the time of issuance prevent the
Securities from qualifying for Tier 1 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of the Company’s Tier 1 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the
Federal Reserve; and 
 (2) trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business (other than any liabilities described in clauses (i) through (viii) above). 
 “Special Record Date” for
the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7. 
 “Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal or interest on such Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal
or interest is due and payable. 
 “Subsidiary” means a corporation or other Person more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock or a majority of the controlling interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this
definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency. 

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

  
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 “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in
force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended. 
 “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section
13.4. 
 “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president (but
shall not include any assistant vice president), whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”. 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary all of whose outstanding voting stock (other than directors’
qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by the Company or one or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 
 Section
1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application to or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions
as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. 
 Every certificate
or opinion (other than the Officers’ Certificate delivered under Section 10.4 of this Indenture) with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
related definitions; 

  
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 (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 each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by,
or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which this certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. 

Where any Person is required to make, give, or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Section 1.4 Acts of
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 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver,
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is expressly required by this Indenture, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied in and evidenced by such instrument or instruments) are sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument
or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may
make, give, or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action provided or permitted in this Indenture to be made, given, or taken by Holders, and a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security. 

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a
witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him its execution. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. 

  
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 (c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act,
fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action, or to vote on any action,
authorized, or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the
case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 7.1) prior to such first solicitation
or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to
give, take, or vote on the relevant action. 
 (d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall
bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of such Security in respect of anything done, omitted, or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance on such action, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to give or take any action under this Indenture with regard to any
particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount. 
 Section 1.5 Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver, or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, 

  
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 (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose under this Indenture if made, given, furnished, or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Worldwide Securities Services, or 

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture (unless otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Corporate Secretary. 
 Section 1.6 Notice to Holders:
Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
 In case by reason of the
suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every
purpose under this Indenture. 
 Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies, or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. 

  
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 Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings in this Indenture and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Indenture. 

Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or
in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired by such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision. 

Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties to this Indenture and their successors under this Indenture, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 

Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York. 
 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with
the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue with respect to the payment due on such date for the period from and after such Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be. 

  
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 ARTICLE II 

Security Forms 
 Section 2.1
Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental to
this Indenture, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed on them as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently with this Indenture, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. 

The definitive Securities, if any, shall be printed, lithographed, or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 
 Section 2.2 Form of
Legend for global Securities. Any Global Security authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to in this Security and is registered in the name of a
Depositary or its nominee. This Security may not be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary or its nominee or a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such
successor and no such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this Security shall be a
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 Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s
certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	The Bank of New York, as Trustee
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 		 	Authorized Officer

 ARTICLE III 

The Securities 
 Section
3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section
3.3, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, 

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any
other series); 
 (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, or 11.7
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture); 

(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on Regular Record Date for such interest; 

  
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 (4) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any) of the
Securities of the series is payable; 
 (5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; 

(6) the place or places in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of and any
premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable; 
 (7) the period or periods within which, the price
or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
redeem the Securities shall be evidenced; 
 (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase, or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund, or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder of the Security, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased, or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 

(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples in excess of such denominations, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable; 
 (10) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 

(11) if other than the principal amount of the Securities of the series, the portion of the principal amount of Securities
which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of its Maturity pursuant to Section 5.2; 

  
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 (12) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose under the Securities or
this Indenture, including the principal amount which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner
in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); 
 (13) the application, if any, of either
or both of Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 to the Securities of the series (including, in the case of Section 13.3, the covenants and any Events of Default not specified therein that are subject thereto) and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the
manner in which any election pursuant to such Sections by the Company shall be evidenced; 
 (14) whether the Securities
of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities (if other than The Depository Trust Company), and any
circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for, Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or
its nominee and in which any such transfer may be registered; 
 (15) any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, or any
other agents with respect to the Securities of the series; 
 (16) any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of
Securities of the series in addition to (and not inconsistent with) those included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of Securities of the series in lieu of any
covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series (including any covenant contained in Article X), or any provision that any covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of
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for the benefit of Securities of such series, or any change to or combination of the provisions of any such covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all
series (including any covenants contained in Article X) which applies to the Securities of such series; 
 (17) any
addition to, deletion from, or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount of such Securities
due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2; and 
 (18) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1(5)). 
 All Securities of any one series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any indenture supplemental to the Indenture. 
 Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities
of any series, at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to such interest as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

 If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. 

Section 3.2 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
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 Section 3.3 Execution. Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced on the Securities attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature
of any of these officers of the Securities may be manual or facsimile. 
 Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with the documents referred to below in this Section 3.3, for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order. If so provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the Securities of any series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest rate, and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of such series may be determined by or pursuant to such
Company Order and procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be
promptly confirmed in writing. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, unless and until such documents have been superseded or revoked: 
 (a) a Company Order
requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to the Company, provided that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, (1) such Company Order may be
delivered by the Company to the Trustee at any time prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Securities of such series for authentication and delivery, (ii) the Trustee 

  
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shall authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount established for
such series, pursuant to a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order, and (iii) if so provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture
establishing the Securities of such series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest rate, and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of such series may be determined by a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures; 

(b) any Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate and/or executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1
and 3.1 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities of such series were established; 
 (c) an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form or forms and the terms of the Securities of such series, stating that such form or forms and terms have been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and comply with this Indenture, and covering
such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and 
 (d) an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect
that: 
 (1) the form of the Securities of such series has been duly authorized and established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; 
 (2) the terms of the Securities of such series (or the manner of determining such
terms) have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution, duly authorized and an Officers’ Certificate or a supplemental indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; and 

(3) that such Securities, 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 legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to banla-uptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles. 

  
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 If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. 
 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be
originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the above specified documents at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. 
 Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for in this Indenture executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and shall never be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture. 
 Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of
any series, the Company May execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed, or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by
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 If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of
that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the
temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities
of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor. 

Section 3.5 Registration. Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agencycof the Company in a Place of Payment may sometimes be collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as provided in this Indenture. 
 Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series,
of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. 
 At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series
may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 

  
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 All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6, or 11.7 not involving any transfer.

 The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 3.1, if at any time the Depositary for the
Securities of a series represented by a Global Security or Global Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for Securities of a
series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for
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appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company Request, will
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Global Securities representing Securities of such series in exchange for such Global
Security or Global Securities. 
 In the event that CO the Company at any time and in its sole discretion determines that the Securities of
any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Global Securities or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company Request, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Global Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities. 

Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series of any one or more of the conditions specified in the preceding two
paragraphs or such other conditions as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security may be registered to,
such Persons (including Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such series and its nominees) as such Depositary shall direct. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security shall also be a Global Security and shall bear the legend specified in Section 2.2 except for any Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or upon
registration of transfer of, a Global Security pursuant to the preceding sentence. 
 Section 3.6 Mutilate& Destroyed, Lost, and
Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
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 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss, or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost, or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
 Upon the
issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to such issuance and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected with such issuance. 
 Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued under this Indenture. 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities. 
 Section 3.7 Payment of Interest: Interest Rights
Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. 

  
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 Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: 
 (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Clause. At such time the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the related Special Record Date to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the related Special Record Date having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
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 (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities
of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed paphent pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Subject to
the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which
were carried by such other Security. 
 Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security 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 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor an agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary. 
 No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary or nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy, or other
authorization furnished by a Depositary or its nominee pursuant to this Indenture. Further, none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in any such Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. 

  
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 Section 3.9 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, conversion,
redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be promptly disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its ordinary procedures. 

Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any
series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 Section
3.11 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in “CUSIP” numbers. 

ARTICLE IV 
 Satisfaction and
Discharge 
 Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
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for in this Indenture), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 

(1) either: 

(A) all Securities previously authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has previously been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 

(B) all such Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 

(i) have become due and payable, or 

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

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, 
 and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than
Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6), for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; 
 (2) the Company has paid or caused to be
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 (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the
obligations (if any) of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and
the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive. 
 In the event there are Securities of two or more series under this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of all series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions of such
Securities are met. In the event there are two or more Trustees under this Indenture, then. the effectiveness of any such instrument shall be conditioned upon receipt of such instruments from all such Trustees. 

Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with thed provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled to such money, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. 

ARTICLE V 
 Remedies 

Section 5.1 Events of Default. “Events of Default”, wherever used in this Indenture with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default, whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree, or order of any court or any order,
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 (1) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization law, now or hereafter in effect of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof, and such decree or
order shall have continued unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
 (2) the commencement by the
Company of a voluntary case under any 
 applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization law, now or hereafter in effect of the United States of
America or any political subdivision thereof, or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; or 

(3) any other Event of Default as provided in Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of that series. 

Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(1) or 5.1(2)
with respect to Securities of any series then Outstanding shall have occurred and be continuing, then, in each and every such case, the principal amount and interest, if any, on all of the Securities of all series then Outstanding shall become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. 
 At any time after such a
declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided below in this Article, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may waive all defaults with respect to that series, and may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities
of that series, (13) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest on such Securities at the rate or rates prescribed in such
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interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents, and counsel; and 
 (2) all Events of Default with respect to
Securities of such series, other than the non¬payment of the principal of Securities of that series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13. 

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

For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and
declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled as provided above, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities
shall be deemed, for all purposes under this Indenture, to be such portion of the principal as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and the payment of such portion of the principal as shall be due and payable as a result of
such acceleration, together with interest, if any, on such portion and all other amounts owing under such Original Issue Discount Security, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities. 

Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if: 

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of 30 days, 
 (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at its Maturity, 
 (3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund or
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 (4) default is made in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of a series of Securities other than such series), and such default or breach continues for a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under
this Indenture, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed in such Securities, and, in addition, 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. 

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

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

  
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 Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property, or its creditors, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator, or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7. 

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, the Trustee
may vote on behalf of the Holders for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of a creditors, or other similar committee. 

Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of the Securities or the production of such Securities in any related proceeding, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents, and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered. 
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 Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation on such Securities of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender of such Securities if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.7; and 
 SECOND: To the payment of amounts then due and unpaid to the holders of Senior Debt, to the extent required by Article XIV; and

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

Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits. 

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

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series; 
 (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture; 

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses, and liabilities
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 (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request, and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 
 (5) no direction inconsistent with such written
request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner provided in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. 

Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal. Premium, and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision
in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder, subject, however,
to the provisions of Article XIV. 
 Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions under this Indenture and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the
Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. 
 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved to
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other right and remedy given under this Indenture or now or in the future existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 Section 5.11 Delay
or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or
acquiescence in any such Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the
case may be. 
 Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of
such series, provided that 
 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,
and 
 (3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 5.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default under this Indenture with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the
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series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
affected series. 
 Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising from such default shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any consequent right. 

Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities by his acceptance of
such Securities shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered, or omitted
by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, against any
party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted
by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Securities (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). 

ARTICLE VI 
 The Trustee 

Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture, or
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assured to it. Whether or not expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section. 
 Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default known to it as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that except in the case of default
in the payment of the principal of or the interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous payment on such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of such series. For the purpose of this Section, the term
“default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. 

Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1: 

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties; 
 (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned in this Indenture shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; 

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering, or omitting any action under this Indenture, the Trustee (unless other evidence be specifically prescribed in this Indenture) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’
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 (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it under this Indenture in good faith and in reliance on such advice or Opinion of Counsel; 

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses, and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction; 
 (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney; 
 (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers or perform any
duties under this Indenture either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it; 

(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and
reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 

(i) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities
unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities;

  
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 (j) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be
construed as duties; 
 (k) 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 to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and 

(l) The Trustee may request that the Company or the Guarantor deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person
specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded. 
 Section 6.4 Not Responsible for
Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained in this Indenture and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating
Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds from such Securities. 
 Section 6.5 May Hold Securities. The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, or such other agent. 

Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust under this Indenture need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it under this Indenture except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. 

  
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 Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: 

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the
Trustee for all services rendered by it under this Indenture (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement, or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; 
 (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability, or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts under this Indenture, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture; 

(4) to secure the Company’s obligations under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities
upon all money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee, except for such money and property which is held in trust to pay principal (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities, and the claims of the
Trustee under this Section shall not be subject to the provisions of Article XIV; 
 (5) when the Trustee incurs any
expenses or renders any services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1) or (2), such expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States
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 (6) the provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the termination, satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture. 
 Section 6.8 Disqualification:
Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and
subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series. 
 Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required: Eligibility. There shall at all
times be a Trustee under this Indenture which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section (and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act), the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article. 
 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal: Appointment of Successor.

 (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. 

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice of
such resignation to the Company. 
 (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any
series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. 

  
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 (d) If at any time: 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request for such compliance by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 
 (2) the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request by the Company or by any such Holder, or 

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, or liquidation, 

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 
 (e) lithe instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 

(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed, or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that
any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the
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removal, or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, immediately upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have
been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona tide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 

(g) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor. 
 (a) In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee under this Indenture with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment. Upon such delivery, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed, or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer, and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee under this Indenture. 

  
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 (b) In case of the appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee, and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver a supplemental indenture wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (I) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to the Securities of all series, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall 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 under this Indenture by more than one Trustee,
it being understood that nothing in this Indenture or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under this Indenture separate and
apart from any trust or trusts under this Indenture administered by any other such Trustee; and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided in such supplemental indenture and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed, or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; and such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer, and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee under this Indenture with
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 (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers, and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be. 

(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be qualified and eligible under this Article. 
 Section 6.12 Merger. Conversion. Consolidation. or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee under this Indenture, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion, or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. 

Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). 

Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an
affiliate of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act of behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, or
partial redemption or conversion, or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee. Wherever
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authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any of its states, or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. 
 Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. 
 An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Trustee and to
the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such
appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent

  
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upon acceptance of its appointment under this Indenture shall become vested with all the rights, powers, and duties of its predecessor, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. 
 The
Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. 
 If an
appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed on it, in addition to the Tmstee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in
the following form: 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

			
	Dated:                                    
     	 	The Bank of New York, as Trustee
		
		 	By:                                     
                            
		
		 	       Authorized Officer

 ARTICLE VII 

Holder’s Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company 

Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee: 
 (a) semi-annually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, a list for each
series, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, and 

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, such lists shall not be required
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 Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. 

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 (b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. 

(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee. 

(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may
be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. To the extent that any such report is required by the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any 12-month period, such report
shall cover the 12-month period ending May 15 and shall be transmitted (in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act) by the next succeeding July 15. 

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission, and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange. 

  
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 Section 7.4 Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents, and other reports, and such summaries, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Trust Indenture Act; provided
that any such information, documents, or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or I5(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission. 
 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
shall be entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). 
 ARTICLE VIII 

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease 

Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate. Etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
Person or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless: 
 (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
another Person or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any of its states or the District of Columbia, and
shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
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 (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would becothe an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and 
 (3) the Company
has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. 

Section 8.2 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer, or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such
conveyance, transfer, or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company in this
Indenture, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 

ARTICLE IX 
 Supplemental
Indentures 
 Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more supplemental indentures, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

  
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 (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company in this Indenture and in the Securities; or 
 (2) to add to
the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely
for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power conferred in this Indenture upon the Company; or 

(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or 

(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or 

(5) to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of
Securities, provided that any such addition, change, or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (13) modify
the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or 

(6) to secure the Securities or transfer any property to the Trustee; or 

(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or 

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to
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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 under this Indenture by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or 
 (9) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in
connection with qualifying this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or 
 (10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision in this Indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Indenture, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect. 

Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter
into a supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this. Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected by such supplemental indenture, 

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or
reduce its principal amount or rate of interest or any premium payable upon its redemption, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of its Maturity pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the manner of calculating any payments on any Security, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or
the coin or currency unit in which, any Security or any premium or interest is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on 

  
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or after its Stated Maturity (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a
manner adverse to the Holders, or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, or 
 (2) reduce the percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with the provisions of or defaults
under this Indenture and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or 
 (3) modify any of the provisions of this
Section, Section 5.13, or Section 10.8, 
 except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each affected Outstanding Security, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect tto changes in the references to “the
Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11(b) and 9.1(8). 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. 
 It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance of such supplemental indenture. 

Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive in addition to the documents required by Section 1.2, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully
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relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance with such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities previously or subsequently authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture shall be bound by such supplemental indenture. 
 Section 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture
Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. 
 ARTICLE X 

Covenants 
 Section
10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of
that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 
 Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or
Agency. The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be

  
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surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with its address, such presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices, and demands. 
 The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one
or more series 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 shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency. 
 Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time
act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium, or interest a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act. 
 Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act,
and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act. 

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agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and
(ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee, immediately
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series. 
 The Company may
at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent,
such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money. 
 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 or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee, shall cease at such time; 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 a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified in such notice, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 

Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
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date of this Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, or principal accounting officer of the
Company), stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signers, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and their nature and status of which they may have knowledge. The Company will deliver to the Trustee written notice of the
occurrence of any Event of Default within ten Business Days of the Company becoming aware of any such Event of Default. 
 Section
10.5 Existence. Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory), and franchises; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that its preservation is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that its loss is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders. 
 Section 10.6 Maintenance of Properties. The Company will cause
all material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair, and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments, and improvements, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on by it may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any
Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders. 
 Section 10.7 Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments, and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the
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claims for labor, materials, and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, or claim whose amount, applicability, or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate provision is made.

 Section 10.8 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision, or condition set forth in Section 10.5 to 10.7, inclusive, or in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 3.1(16) or 9.1(2) for the benefit of the Holders of such series, if before the time
for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision, or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision, or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision, or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Section 10.9 Calculation of Original
Issue Discount. If the Company has Outstanding any Original Issue Discount Securities, the Company shall file with the Trustee within a reasonable time after the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original
issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year. 
 ARTICLE XI 

Redemption of Securities 

Section 11.1 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be
redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. 

Section 11.2 Election to Redeem: Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
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of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee
of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. 

Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or such series is comprised of a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple of such denomination) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series. If less than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such series is comprised of a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount to be redeemed. The provisions of the preceding paragraph and this paragraph shall not apply with respect to the redemption of a series of Securities comprised of a single Security, whether such Security
is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
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 For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. 

Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. 

All notices of redemption shall state: 

(1) the Redemption Date, 

(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, 

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, and that on or after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in authorized
denominations for an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued, 
 (4) that on the
Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest on such Security will cease to accrue on and after such date, 

(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, 
 (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and 

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 Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given
by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. 

Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an
Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. 
 Section 11.6 Securities
Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given in accordance with this Indenture, the Securities to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price specified in the notice, and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice,
such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7. 
 If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption, the principal and
any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Security. 
 Section
11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder

  
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of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. 
 ARTICLE XII 

Sinking Funds 
 Section
12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such
series. 
 The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to in this
Indenture as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to in this Indenture as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. 
 Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which previonsly have been redeemed by the Company either at the election
of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, or have been otherwise acquired by the Company as permitted by such Securities,
in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
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 Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 90 days prior
to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that
series, the portion, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2 and the basis for such credit and will also
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section
11.3 and cause notice of redemption to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance 

Section 13.1 Applicability of Article: Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If,
pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for either or both of (a) Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article XIII, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution or in any other manner specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 13.2 (if applicable) or Section 13.3 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article XIII. 
 Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied
(“Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other

  
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obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged under this Indenture: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4 as
more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (any premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6,
6.7, 10.2, and 10.3, and such ancillary obligations, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities, and other provisions in respect of the Trustee under this Indenture, and (D) this Article MIL Subject to compliance with this Article XIII, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 13.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 13.3 with respect to the Securities of such series. Following a Defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default. 
 Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant applicable to such Securities that is
determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.1(1) or (2) or determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to thii provision shall not be deemed to be or result in
an Event of Default. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition, or limitation
set forth in any such Section or Article whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere in this Indenture to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision in this Indenture
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected by such Covenant Defeasance. 

Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions precedent to application
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 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees to comply with the provisions of the Indenture applicable to it as if it were the Trustee under this Indenture), as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled
payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination of such money and U.S. Government Obligations, in each case
sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any
such other qualifying trustee as previously provided) to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Maturity of such principal, any premium or interest, and any
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on their due dates. Before such a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities
at a future date or dates in accordance with Article XI, which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing provisions. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository

  
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receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by
such depository receipt. 
 (2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as subsection’s 5.1(1) and (2) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 120th
day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the Company under federal or state law in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in
this clause (B) shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period). 
 (3) Such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any Securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust
arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 

(4) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. 
 (5) Such
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted. 

(6) In the case of an election under Section 13.2, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (x) the Company has receivea from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the
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recognize income, gain, or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 Defeasance had not occurred. 
 (7) In the case of an election under Section
13.3, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series 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. 

(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (subject to customary
qualifications and assumptions) after the period described in Section 13.4(2), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 (9) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions, or
limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection with such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 3.1. 

(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the Defeasance under Section 13.2 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with. 

Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust: Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to
the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including any proceeds) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.6, the Trustee and
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applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting
as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due on such Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee, or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 or the principal and interest received in respect of such money or U.S. Government Obligations other than any such tax, fee, or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities. 
 Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

Section 13.6 Reinstatement. lithe Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with Section 13.5 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under the Securities of such series shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.5; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be entitled, at its election, (a) to receive from the Trustee or
Paying Agent, as applicable, that portion of such money or U.S. Government Obligations equal to the amount of such payment, or (b) to be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money and U.S.
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 ARTICLE XIV 

Subordination Of Securities 

Section 14.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. The Company covenants and agrees that anything in this Indenture or the
Securities of any series to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of each series is subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt to the extent provided in this Indenture, and each Holder of
Securities of each series, by such Holder’s acceptance of such Securities, likewise covenants and agrees to the subordination provided in this Indenture and shall be bound by the provisions of this Indenture. Senior Debt shall continue to be
Senior Debt and entitled to the benefits of these subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification, or waiver of any term of the Senior Debt or extension or renewal of the Senior Debt. 

In the event of 
 (a) any
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition, or other similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, 

(b) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution, or other winding up of the Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, 
 (c) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of
creditors, or 
 (d) any other marshalling of the assets of the Company, all Senior Debt (including any interest on such
Senior Debt accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities, or other property, shall be made to any Holder of any of the Securities on account of
such Securities. Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities, or other property (other than securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate,
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least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt at the time outstanding and to any
securities issued in respect of such Senior Debt under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for these subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities of any series shall be
paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Debt in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Debt (including any interest on such Senior Debt accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings)
shall have been paid in full. In the event of any such proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities, together with the holders of any obligations of the Company ranking on a parity
with the Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and such other obligations before
any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property, or otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital stock or any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities and such other obligations. 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash, securities,
or other property (other than securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with
respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect of such Senior Debt under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), shall be received
by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of the terms of this Indenture such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of the
Senior Debt at the time outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for applications to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior Debt in full. In the event of
the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such payment, distribution, or security, each holder of Senior Debt is irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same. 

  
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 No present or future holder of any Senior Debt shall be prejudiced in the right to enforce
subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company. Nothing contained in this Indenture shall impair, as between the Company and the Holders of Securities of each series, the
obligation of the Company to pay to such Holders the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities or prevent the Trustee or the Holder from exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law or
under this Indenture upon a default or Event of Default, all subject to the rights of the holders of the Senior Debt to receive cash, securities, or other property otherwise payable or deliverable to the Holders. 

Senior Debt shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders shall have received cash, securities, or other property equal to
the amount of such Senior Debt then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the Holders of Securities of each series shall be subrogated to all rights of any holders of Senior Debt to receive any farther payments or distributions
applicable to the Senior Debt until the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of such series shall have been paid in full, and such payments or distributions received by such Holders, by reason of such subrogation, of cash, securities, or other
property which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of Senior Debt shall, as between the Company and its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, on the one hand, and such Holders, on the other hand, be deemed to be a
payment by the Company on account of Senior Debt, and not on account of the Securities of such series. 
 The Trustee and Holders will take
such action (including, without limitation, the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for the holders of Senior Debt or consent to the filing of a financing statement with respect to this Indenture) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated by
the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt at the time outstanding, be necessary or appropriate to assure the effectiveness of the subordination effected by these provisions. 

The provisions of this Section 14.1 shall not impair any rights, interests, remedies, or powers of any secured creditor of the Company in
respect of any security interest the creation of which is not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 14.2 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. 

(a) In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Senior Debt
beyond any applicable grace period with respect to such Senior Debt, or in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Debt (or the trustee on behalf
of the holders of such Senior Debt) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist and such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or (b) in the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or event of default, then no payment (including any payment which may be
payable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities) shall be made by the Company on account of the principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities or on account of
the purchase or other acquisition of Securities, provided, however, that nothing in this Section 14.2 shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article XII by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2
Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such default in payment or event of default. 
 In the event
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.2, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have
been made known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered to the Company. 

The provisions of this Section 14.2 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 14.1 would be applicable. 

Section 14.3 Trustee and Holders of Securities May Rely on Certificate of Liquidating Agent: Trustee May Require Further Evidence as
to Ownership of Senior Debt: Trustee Not Fiduciary to Holders of Senior Debt. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XIV, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon an order or
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winding up or liquidation or reorganization or arrangement proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or other
Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company,
the amount of or payable on and the amount or amounts paid or distributed on such Senior Debt or other indebtedness, and all other facts pertinent to such Senior Debt or other indebtedness or to this Article XIV. In the absence of any such
bankruptcy trustee, receiver, assignee, or other Person, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a written notice by a Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder)
as evidence that such Person is a holder of such Senior Debt (or is such a trustee or representative). In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Debt to participate in any payments or distributions pursuant to this Article XIV, the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, as
to the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XIV, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may offer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive payment. The Trustee, however, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt. 

Section 14.4 Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in this Article XIV or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any
of the Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company at any time, except during the pendency of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, or reorganization proceedings referred to in Section 14.1 or under the conditions specified in Section 14.2, from
making payments of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities or (b) the application by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it under this Indenture to payments of the principal of or interest on the
Securities, if, at the time of such deposit, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, did not have the written notice provided for in Section 14.5 of any event prohibiting the making of such deposit, or if, at the time of such deposit
(whether or not in trust) by the Company with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) such payment would not have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article, and the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary received by it on or after such date. 

  
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 Section 14.5 Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Prohibition. Anything in this
Article XIV or elsewhere contained in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of money to or by the
Trustee and shall be entitled conclusively to assume that no such facts exist and that no event specified in Section 14.1 or Section 14.2 has happened, until the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate at least 3 business days
prior to the date on which any payment should be made, to that effect or notice in writing to that effect signed by or on behalf of the holder or holders, or their representatives, of Senior Debt who shall have been certified by the Company or
otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or holders or representatives or from any trustee under any indenture pursuant to which such Senior Debt shall be outstanding. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee and to the Paying Agent of any facts which would prohibit the payment of money to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent. 

Section 14.6 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of Securities by such Holder’s acceptance authorizes and
directs the Trustee in such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as between such Holder and holders of Senior Debt as provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee its
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. 
 Section 14.7 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt. The Trustee
shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at the time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt; provided that nothing in this Article shall deprive the Trustee
of any rights as such holder and provided further that nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7 

Section 14.8 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been
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context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if the Paying Agent were named in this
Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee, provided, however, that Sections 14.5 and 14.7 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if the Company or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent. 

Section 14.9 Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of Senior Debt. No right of any
present or future holders of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as provided in this Indenture shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions, and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Debt
may, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the manner, place, or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, any such Senior Debt, or amend or supplement any instrument pursuant
to which any such Senior Debt is issued or by which it may be secured, or release any security, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Debt including, without limitation, the waiver of default, all without
notice to or assent from the Holders of the Debt Securities or the Trustee and without affecting the obligations of the Company, the Trustee, or the Holders of the Debt Securities under this Article. 

Section 14.10 Modification of Subordination Provisions. Anything in Article I.X. or elsewhere contained in this Indenture to
the contrary notwithstanding, no modification or amendment and no supplemental indenture shall modify the subordination provisions of this Article X1V in a manner that would adversely affect the holders of Senior Debt. 

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

			
	 HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Beth A. Russell

	Name:	 	  Beth A. Russell
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James D. Heaney

	Name:	 	  James D. Heaney
	Title:	 	  Vice President

  
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Exhibit 10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2016, is by and between DDR Corp., an Ohio corporation (“DDR” or the “Company”), and David J. Oakes (“Executive”).

 

The Board of Directors of DDR (the “Board”), on behalf of the Company, and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to reflect the terms pursuant to which Executive will continue to serve DDR (certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 21 of this Agreement).

 

DDR and Executive agree, effective as of the date first set forth above (the “Effective Date”), as follows:

 

1.  Employment, Term.  DDR engages and employs Executive to render services in the administration and operation of its affairs as its President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”), performing such duties and having such responsibilities and authority as are customarily incident to the principal executive officers of companies similar in size to, and in a similar business as, DDR, together with such other duties as, from time to time, may be specified by the Board, in a manner consistent with Executive’s status as President and CEO, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for a term extending from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018.  The period of time from January 1, 2016 until December 31, 2018 is sometimes referred to herein as the “Contract Period.”

2.  Full-Time Services.  Throughout the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, Executive will devote all of Executive’s business time and efforts to the service of DDR, except for (a) usual vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness, (b) reasonable periods of time devoted to Executive’s personal financial affairs, and (c) services as a director or trustee of other corporations or organizations, either for profit or not for profit, that are not in competition with DDR; provided, however, that in no event shall Executive devote less than 90% of Executive’s business time and efforts to the service of DDR.

3.  Compensation.  For all services to be rendered by Executive to DDR under this Agreement during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, including services as President and CEO and any other services specified by the Board, DDR will pay and provide to Executive the compensation and benefits specified in this Section 3.

3.1  Base Salary.  From and after January 1, 2016 and through the end of the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR will pay Executive base salary (the “Base Salary”), in equal monthly or more frequent installments, at the rate of not less than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) per year, subject to such increases as the Committee or the Board may approve.

3.2  Annual Bonus.  If Executive achieves the factors and criteria for annual cash incentive compensation hereinafter described for any calendar year of the Company (beginning with 2016) during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, then the Company shall make an annual incentive payment to Executive, in cash, for such calendar year (an “Annual Bonus”) between January 1 and March 15 of the immediately subsequent calendar year, determined and calculated in accordance with the percentages set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.  The Company’s payment of an Annual Bonus to Executive shall be determined based on the factors and criteria that have been or may be established from time to time for the calculation of the Annual Bonus by the Committee after consultation with Executive.  For each of the Company’s calendar years in the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, the Board or the 

	
 
	
 
	
 

 

 

Committee will provide Executive with written notice of the performance metrics and their relative weighting to be used in, and any specific threshold, target and maximum performance targets applicable to, the determination of the Annual Bonus for Executive for such calendar year not later than March 15 of such year.  There is no guaranteed Annual Bonus under this Agreement, and for each applicable year, Executive’s Annual Bonus could be as low as zero or as high as the maximum percentage set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Annual Bonus shall be on the terms and subject to such conditions as are specified for the particular Company plans or programs pursuant to which the Annual Bonus is granted.

3.3  Specific Equity Awards.  The awards described in this Section 3.3 will at all times be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (or its successor(s)), as in effect from time to time (collectively, the “Equity Plan”), including, without limitation, all authority and powers provided or reserved to such plan’s administrator thereunder, as well as the award agreements for such awards.  As applicable, any awards vesting in installments shall be rounded up to the next nearest share amount divisible by the number of installments.  

(a)  Annual Equity Grants.  Beginning with the 2016 calendar year and for each calendar year during the Contract Period, subject to the approval of the Committee for each such award, Executive shall be eligible to receive pursuant to the Equity Plan:

(i)  a grant of service-based restricted share units with a grant date value equal to no less than $320,000 (the “Service-Based RSUs”), which Service-Based RSUs will, in general, vest subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Company in three installments with 1/3 of each grant vesting on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to terms and conditions approved by the Committee;

(ii)  a grant of service-based stock options with a grant date value equal to no less than $80,000 (the “Service-Based Options”), which Service-Based Options will, in general, vest subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Company in three installments with 1/3 of each grant vesting on December 31 of the calendar year in which the grant occurs and 1/3 of each grant vesting on each of the first two anniversaries of such date, subject to terms and conditions approved by the Committee; and

(iii)  a grant of performance shares, performance units or performance-based restricted stock units with a grant date “target” value equal to no less than $500,000 (the “Three-Year Performance Units”), the payout of which Three-Year Performance Units will vary in accordance with the percentages set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto based on relative total shareholder return performance achievement based upon a peer group established by the Committee, measured over a three-year performance period beginning on January 1 of the calendar year in which the grant occurs, and will be payable, if earned, after the expiration of such performance period.

(b)  One-Time Signing Grants.  In connection with Executive’s execution of the Agreement, as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, Executive shall be entitled to receive, subject to and contingent upon the approval of the Committee for each such award:

	
 
	
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(i)  a grant of performance shares with a grant date “target” value equal to no less than $250,000 (the “One-Year Performance Units”), the payout of which One-Year Performance Units will vary in accordance with the percentages set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto based on relative total shareholder return performance achievement based upon a peer group established by the Committee, measured over a performance period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2016, and will be payable, if earned, after the expiration of such performance period; and

(ii)  a grant of performance shares, performance units or performance-based restricted stock units with a grant date “target” value equal to no less than $375,000 (the “Two-Year Performance Units” and, together with the Three-Year Performance Units and the One-Year Performance Units, the “Performance Units”), the payout of which Two-Year Performance Units will vary in accordance with the percentages set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto based on relative total shareholder return performance achievement based upon a peer group established by the Committee, measured over a performance period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2017, and will be payable, if earned, after the expiration of such performance period.

3.4  Other Equity Awards.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, Executive shall be entitled to participate in any other equity or other employee benefit plan or program that is generally available to senior executive officers, as distinguished from general management, of DDR, including, without limitation, any long-term incentive compensation plan or similar program.  Executive’s participation in and benefits under any such plan or program shall be on the terms and subject to such conditions as are specified in the governing documents of the particular plan or program.

3.5  Taxes.  Executive shall be solely responsible for taxes imposed on Executive by reason of any compensation and benefits provided under this Agreement, and all such compensation and benefits shall be subject to applicable withholding taxes.

4.  Benefits.

4.1  Retirement and Other Benefit Plans Generally.  Throughout the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, Executive will be entitled to participate in all retirement and other benefit plans maintained by DDR that are generally available to its senior executives and with respect to which Executive is eligible pursuant to the terms of the underlying plan or plans, including, without limitation, the DDR 401(k) plan for its employees and any DDR deferred compensation program.

4.2  Insurance, Generally.  Throughout the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR will provide an enrollment opportunity to Executive and Executive’s eligible dependents for health, dental and vision insurance coverage, other insurance (e.g. life, disability, etc.) and any other benefits maintained by DDR from time to time, if any, during the Contract Period that are generally available to its senior executives and with respect to which Executive is eligible pursuant to the terms of the underlying plan or plans.

4.3  Paid Time Off.  Executive will be entitled to such periods of paid time off during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR as may be provided from time to time under any DDR paid time off policy for senior executive officers.

	
 
	
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4.4  Club Membership.  Throughout the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR will name Executive as a corporate designee under DDR’s country club membership, will bear the cost of regular membership fees, assessments, and dues incurred at that club by Executive, and will reimburse Executive for the amount of any charges actually and reasonably incurred at that club in the conduct of DDR’s business.

5.  Expense Reimbursement.  DDR will reimburse Executive during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR for travel, entertainment, and other expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred by Executive in connection with DDR’s business.  Executive will provide such documentation with respect to expenses to be reimbursed as DDR may reasonably request.

6.  Termination.

6.1  Death or Disability.  Executive’s employment under this Agreement will terminate immediately upon Executive’s death.  DDR may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement immediately upon giving notice of termination if Executive is Totally Disabled (as that term is defined in Section 9.1 below) for an aggregate of 120 days in any consecutive 12 calendar months or for 90 consecutive days.

6.2  For Cause by DDR.  

(a)  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for “Cause” at any time upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances: 

(i)  (A) Executive commits a fraud or a felony or an act that is not or a series of acts that are not taken in good faith and (B) the commission of such fraud, felony or act or series of acts results in material injury to the business reputation of DDR.

(ii)  Executive commits an act or series of repeated acts of dishonesty that are materially inimical to the best interests of DDR.

(iii)  Other than as a result of disability, Executive consistently fails to perform Executive’s duties and responsibilities as specified in Sections 1 and 2 above and the failure continues for 15 days after DDR has advised Executive in writing of that failure.

(iv)  Executive has materially breached any provision of this Agreement (other than Section 1 or 2 above, as to any breach of which Section 6.2(a)(iii) would apply) and the breach has not been cured in all substantial respects within 30 days after DDR has advised Executive in writing of the nature of the breach.

(b)  The termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be for “Cause” pursuant to this Section 6.2 unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-fourths of the entire membership of the Board (other than Executive) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to Executive and Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the 

	
 
	
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Board, Executive is guilty of the conduct described in Sections 6.2(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

6.3  For Good Reason by Executive.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, Executive may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement for “Good Reason” if any of the following circumstances occur:

(a)  DDR materially changes Executive’s duties and responsibilities from those set forth in Section 1 above and the change has not been rescinded to Executive’s satisfaction within 15 days after Executive has advised DDR in writing of dissatisfaction with the change.

(b)  DDR changes Executive’s place of employment or its principal executive offices to a location that is more than 50 miles from the geographical center of Cleveland, Ohio.

(c)  DDR materially reduces Executive’s remuneration from that set forth in Section 3 above and the reduction has not been rescinded to Executive’s satisfaction within 15 days after Executive has advised DDR in writing of dissatisfaction with the reduction.

(d)  DDR materially breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than its obligations under Section 1 above, as to any breach of which Section 6.3(a) would apply) and the breach is not cured in all material respects within 30 days after Executive has advised DDR in writing of the breach.

6.4  Without Cause by DDR.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time without Cause pursuant to written notice provided to Executive not less than 90 days in advance of such termination upon the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the members of the Board (other than Executive).  Any termination under this Section 6.4 will be effective at such time during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR as may be specified in that written notice.

6.5  Without Good Reason by Executive.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, Executive may terminate Executive’s employment under this Agreement at any time without Good Reason pursuant to written notice provided to DDR not less than 90 days in advance of such termination.  Any termination under this Section 6.5 will be effective at such time during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR as Executive may specify in that written notice.

7.  Payments upon Termination.

7.1  Upon Termination For Cause or Without Good Reason.  If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by DDR for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason during the Contract Period, DDR will pay and provide to Executive the Executive’s Base Salary through the Termination Date to the extent not already paid and continuing health, dental and vision insurance and other insurance (e.g. life, disability, etc.) at the levels specified in Section 4.2 through the Termination Date, and, except as may otherwise be required by law, DDR will not pay or provide to Executive any further compensation or other benefits under this Agreement.  DDR will pay any Base Salary referred to in this Section 7.1 to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

	
 
	
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7.2  Upon Termination Without Cause or For Good Reason.  If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by DDR without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason during the Contract Period and Section 7.5 does not apply, DDR will pay and provide to Executive the amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.2, except that DDR will not be obligated to pay the lump sum amount specified in Section 7.2(d) unless either (x) DDR is deemed to have waived the obligation to provide a Release as provided in Section 8.2 or (y) Executive has timely executed a Release as contemplated by Section 8.3.  The amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.2 are as follows:

(a)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Base Salary for the year through the Termination Date, to the extent not already paid. DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(b)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus earned for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, to the extent not already paid.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive on the same date and in the same amount that the Annual Bonus for such year would have been paid if Executive’s employment had not been terminated, but in any event not later than March 15 of the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

(c)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “target” level, pro-rated based on the number of days that elapse between January 1 of such year and the Termination Date.  Subject to Section 13.1, DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(d)  A lump sum amount equal to 1.6 times the sum of (i) Executive’s Base Salary as of the Termination Date, plus (ii) an amount equal to the value of the Annual Bonus for Executive applicable to the year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “Target” level.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 13.2, DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date (as defined in Section 13.1 below).

 

(e)  A lump sum in cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) 12 multiplied by (ii) the sum of (A) the monthly COBRA premium for health, dental and vision benefits but only if Executive timely elects continuation coverage under DDR’s health, dental and vision plans pursuant to COBRA, plus (B) the employer portion of the monthly premium for other DDR provided insurance (e.g., life, disability, etc.) in effect for Executive as of the Termination Date.  Such payments shall be taxable to Executive.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date. 

(f)  Outplacement services and support, the reasonable scope and provider of which will be selected by DDR, for a period of one year following the Termination Date; provided, that Executive must first utilize such outplacement services and support within 90 days following the Termination Date.  To assure compliance with Section 409A, the timing of the provision of these benefits will be subject to Sections 13.1 and 13.3 if and to the extent either of those sections is applicable according to its terms.

	
 
	
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7.3  Upon Termination by Reason of Death.  If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by reason of Executive’s death during the Contract Period, DDR will pay, or cause to be paid, and provide, or cause to be provided, to Executive’s personal representative and Executive’s eligible dependents, as appropriate, the amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.3, except that DDR will not be obligated to pay the lump sum amount specified in Section 7.3(d) unless either (x) DDR is deemed to have waived the obligation to provide a Release as provided in Section 8.2 or (y) Executive’s personal representative has timely executed a Release as contemplated by Section 8.3.   The amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.3 are as follows:

(a)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Base Salary for the year through the Termination Date, to the extent not already paid. DDR will pay this amount to Executive’s personal representative within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(b)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus earned for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, to the extent not already paid.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive’s personal representative on the same date and in the same amount that the Annual Bonus for such year would have been paid if Executive’s employment had not been terminated, but in any event not later than March 15 of the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

(c)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “target” level, pro-rated based on the number of days that elapse between January 1 of such year and the Termination Date.  Subject to Section 13.1, DDR will pay this amount to Executive’s personal representative within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(d)  A lump sum equal to the amount described in, and calculated pursuant to, Section 7.2(d).  DDR will pay this amount to Executive’s personal representative as soon as practicable following Executive’s death. 

(e)  A lump sum in cash to Executive’s personal representative as soon as practicable following Executive’s death in an amount equal to the product of (i) 12 multiplied by (ii) the sum of (A) the monthly premium for DDR provided health, dental and vision insurance benefits at the levels specified in Section 4.2 in effect for Executive as of Executive’s death, plus (B) the employer portion of the monthly premium for other DDR provided insurance (e.g. life, disability, etc.) in effect for Executive as of Executive’s death. 

7.4  Upon Termination by Reason of Disability.  If Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated by DDR pursuant to Section 6.1 during the Contract Period following Executive’s disability, DDR will pay and provide to Executive and Executive’s eligible dependents, as appropriate, the amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.4.  The amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.4 are as follows:

(a)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Base Salary for the year through the Termination Date, to the extent not already paid. DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

	
 
	
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(b)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus earned for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, to the extent not already paid.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive on the same date and in the same amount that the Annual Bonus for such year would have been paid if Executive’s employment had not been terminated, but in any event not later than March 15 of the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

(c)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “target” level, pro-rated based on the number of days that elapse between January 1 of such year and the Termination Date.  Subject to Section 13.1, DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(d)  A lump sum equal to the amount described in, and calculated pursuant to, Section 7.2(d).  Except as otherwise provided in Section 13.2, DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date (as defined in Section 13.1 below).

(e)  A lump sum in cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) 12 multiplied by (ii) the sum of (A) the monthly COBRA premium for health, dental and vision insurance benefits but only if Executive timely elects continuation coverage under DDR’s health, dental and vision plans pursuant to COBRA, plus (B) the employer portion of the monthly premium for other DDR provided insurance (e.g., life, disability, etc.) in effect for Executive as of the Termination Date.  Such payments shall be taxable to Executive.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date.

7.5  Upon Termination In Connection With a Change in Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR will pay and provide to Executive the amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.5, and DDR will be deemed to have waived its right to provide a Release as provided in Section 8.2, and the provision of a Release will not be a condition to Executive receiving any payment or benefit from DDR under this Section 7.5.  The amounts and benefits specified in this Section 7.5 are as follows:

(a)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Base Salary for the year through the Termination Date, to the extent not already paid. DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

(b)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus earned for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, to the extent not already paid.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive on the same date and in the same amount that the Annual Bonus for such year would have been paid if Executive’s employment had not been terminated, but in any event not later than March 15 of the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs.

(c)  A lump sum amount equal to Executive’s Annual Bonus for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “target” level, pro-rated based on the number of days that elapse between January 1 of such year and the Termination Date.  Subject to Section 13.1, DDR will pay this amount to Executive within 30 days of the Termination Date.

	
 
	
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(d)  A lump sum amount equal to 3 times the sum of (i) Executive’s Base Salary as of the Termination Date, plus (ii) an amount equal to the value of the Annual Bonus for Executive for the year in which the Termination Date occurs at the “Target” level.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 13.2, DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date (as defined in Section 13.1 below). 

(e)  A lump sum in cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) 18 multiplied by (ii) the sum of (A) the monthly COBRA premium for health, dental and vision benefits but only if Executive timely elects continuation coverage under DDR’s health, dental and vision plans pursuant to COBRA, plus (B) the employer portion of the monthly premium for other DDR provided insurance (e.g., life, disability, etc.) in effect for Executive as of the Termination Date.  Such payments shall be taxable to Executive.  DDR will pay this amount to Executive during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date.

(f)  Outplacement services and support, the reasonable scope and provider of which will be selected by DDR, for a period of one year following the Termination Date; provided, that Executive must first utilize such outplacement services and support within 90 days following the Termination Date.  To assure compliance with Section 409A, the timing of the provision of these benefits will be subject to Sections 13.1 and 13.3 if and to the extent either of those sections is applicable according to its terms.

8.  Release.  This Section 8 will apply only upon termination of Executive’s employment during the Contract Period (a) by reason of Executive’s death, (b) by DDR without Cause or (c) by Executive for Good Reason.

8.1  Presentation of Release by DDR.  If this Section 8 applies, DDR may present to Executive (or in the case of Executive’s death or legal incapacity, to Executive’s personal representative), not later than 21 days after the Termination Date, a form of release (a “Release”) of all current and future claims, known or unknown, arising on or before the date on which the Release is to be executed, that Executive or Executive’s assigns have or may have against DDR or any Subsidiary, and the directors, officers, and affiliates of any of them, in such form as may reasonably be presented by DDR together with a covering message in which DDR advises Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) that the Release is being presented in accordance with this Section 8.1 and that a failure by Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) to execute and return the Release as contemplated by Section 8.3 would relieve DDR of the obligation to make payments otherwise due to Executive (or to Executive’s personal representative) under one or more portions of either of Sections 7.2 or 7.3, as the case may be.

8.2  Effect of Failure by DDR to Present Release.  If DDR fails to present a Release and covering message to Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) as contemplated by Section 8.1, DDR will be deemed to have waived the requirement that Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) execute a Release as a condition to receiving payments under any portion of either of Sections 7.2 or 7.3, as the case may be.

8.3  Execution of Release by Executive or Executive’s Personal Representative.  If DDR does present a Release and covering message to Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) as contemplated by Section 8.1, Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) will have until 50 days after the Termination Date (i.e., at least 29 days after presentation of the Release to Executive (or Executive’s personal representative)) within which to deliver an executed copy of the Release to DDR and thereby satisfy the condition to receiving payments under any portion of 

	
 
	
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either of Sections 7.2 or 7.3, as the case may be, provided that Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) does not revoke the execution of the Release during any applicable revocation period.

8.4  Effect of Failure to Execute Release or of Revocation of Release.  If Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) fails to deliver an executed copy of the Release to DDR within 50 days after the Termination Date or revokes the execution of the Release during any applicable revocation period, Executive (or Executive’s personal representative) will be deemed to have waived the right to receive all payments under Sections 7.2 or 7.3, as the case may be, that were conditioned on the Release.

9.  Disability Definitions; Physical Examination.

9.1  Definitions.  For all purposes of this Agreement:

(a)  Executive’s “Own Occupation” means the regular occupation in which Executive is engaged under this Agreement at the time Executive becomes disabled.

(b)  “Total Disability” means that, because of sickness or injury, Executive is not able to perform the material and substantial duties of Executive’s Own Occupation.

(c)  “Totally Disabled” means that Executive suffers from Total Disability (and Executive will be deemed to continue to be Totally Disabled so long as Executive is not able to work in Executive’s Own Occupation even if he works in some other capacity).

9.2  Physical Examination.  If either DDR or Executive, at any time or from time to time after receipt of notice of Executive’s Total Disability from the other, desires to contend that Executive is not Totally Disabled, Executive will promptly submit to a physical examination by the chief of medicine of any major accredited hospital in the Cleveland, Ohio area and, unless that physician issues his or her written statement to the effect that, in his or her opinion, based on his or her diagnosis, Executive is capable of resuming Executive’s Own Occupation and devoting Executive’s full time and energy to discharging the duties of Executive’s Own Occupation, Executive will be deemed to be and to continue to be Totally Disabled for all purposes of this Agreement.

10.  No Set‐Off; No Obligation to Seek Other Employment or to Otherwise Mitigate Damages; No Effect Upon Other Plans.  DDR’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations under this Agreement will not be affected by any set‐off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other claim whatsoever that DDR or any Subsidiary may have against Executive, except that the prohibition on set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other claim contained in this sentence will not apply if Executive’s employment is terminated by DDR for Cause.  Executive will not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise.  The amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement will not be reduced by any compensation or benefits earned by Executive as the result of employment by another employer or otherwise after the Termination Date.  Neither the provisions of this Agreement nor the making of any payment provided for under this Agreement, nor the termination of DDR’s obligations under this Agreement, will reduce any amounts otherwise payable, or in any way diminish Executive’s rights, under any incentive compensation plan, stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, restricted stock plan or agreement, deferred compensation, retirement, or supplemental retirement plan, stock purchase and savings plan, disability or insurance plan, or other similar contract, plan, or arrangement of DDR or any Subsidiary, all of which will be governed by their respective terms.

	
 
	
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11.  Payments Are in Lieu of Severance Payments.  If Executive becomes entitled to receive payments under this Agreement as a result of termination of Executive’s employment, those payments will be in lieu of any and all other claims or rights that Executive may have against DDR for severance, separation, and/or salary continuation pay upon that termination of Executive’s employment.

12.  Covenants and Confidential Information.  Executive acknowledges DDR’s reliance on and expectation of Executive’s continued commitment to performance of Executive’s duties and responsibilities during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR and Executive assumes the obligations set out in this Section 12 in light of that reliance and expectation on the part of DDR.

12.1    Noncompetition.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, and for a period of one year thereafter, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, control, or participate in the ownership, management, or control of, or be employed or engaged by or otherwise affiliated or associated as a consultant, independent contractor, or otherwise with, any of the four largest real estate investment trusts (excluding DDR) that focus primarily on neighborhood and community shopping centers, based on market capitalization as of the Termination Date; provided, however, that the ownership by Executive of not more than one percent of any class of publicly traded securities of any entity will not be deemed a violation of this Section 12.1.

12.2  Confidentiality.  Throughout and after the Contract Period, Executive will not disclose, divulge, discuss, copy, or otherwise use or suffer to be used in any manner, in competition with, or contrary to the interests of, DDR, any confidential information relating to DDR’s operations, properties, or otherwise to its particular business or other trade secrets of DDR, it being acknowledged by Executive that all such information regarding the business of DDR compiled or obtained by, or furnished to, Executive during Executive’s employment by or association with DDR is confidential information and DDR’s exclusive property.  The restrictions in this Section 12.2 will not apply to any information to the extent that it (a) is clearly obtainable in the public domain, (b) becomes obtainable in the public domain, except by reason of the breach by Executive of Executive’s obligations under this Section 12.2, (c) was not acquired by Executive in connection with Executive’s employment or affiliation with DDR, (d) was not acquired by Executive from DDR or its representatives, or (e) is required to be disclosed by rule of law or by order of a court or governmental body or agency.

12.3  Nonsolicitation.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, and for a period of one year thereafter, Executive will not directly or indirectly solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce any employee of DDR and/or of any Subsidiary or affiliate to terminate his or her employment with DDR and/or any Subsidiary.

12.4  Remedies.  Executive acknowledges that the remedy at law for any breach by Executive of this Section 12 may be inadequate and that the damages following from any such breach may not be readily susceptible to being measured in monetary terms.  Accordingly, Executive agrees that, upon adequate proof of Executive’s violation of any legally enforceable provision of this Section 12, DDR will be entitled to immediate injunctive relief and may obtain a temporary order restraining any threatened or further breach.  Nothing in this Section 12 will be deemed to limit DDR’s remedies at law or in equity for any breach by Executive of any of the provisions of this Section 12 that may be pursued or availed of by DDR.

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designed to eliminate competition that otherwise would be unfair to DDR, do not stifle the inherent skill and experience of Executive, would not operate as a bar to Executive’s sole means of support, are fully required to protect the legitimate interests of DDR ,and do not confer a benefit upon DDR disproportionate to the detriment to Executive.

13.  Compliance with Section 409A.

13.1  Six Month Delay on Certain Payments, Benefits, and Reimbursements.  If Executive is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A, as determined under DDR’s policy for determining specified employees on the Termination Date, each payment, benefit, or reimbursement paid or provided under this Agreement that constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, that is to be paid or provided as a result of a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and that would otherwise be paid or provided at any time (a “Scheduled Time”) that is on or before the date (the “Six Month Date”) that is exactly six months after the Termination Date (other than payments, benefits, or reimbursements that are treated as separation pay under Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations) will not be paid or provided at the Scheduled Time but will be accumulated (together with interest at the applicable federal rate under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code in effect on the Termination Date) through the Six Month Date and paid or provided during the period of 30 consecutive days beginning on the first business day after the Six Month Date (that period of 30 consecutive days, the “Seventh Month after the Termination Date”), except that if Executive dies before the Six Month Date, the payments, benefits, or reimbursements will be accumulated only through the date of Executive’s death and thereafter paid or provided not later than 30 days after the date of death.

13.2  Earlier Payment if Not a Specified Employee.  If Executive is not a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A, as determined under DDR’s policy for determining specified employees on the Termination Date, any lump sum payment to be made by DDR to Executive pursuant to any one or more of Sections 7.2(d), 7.4(d) and 7.5(d) will be made by DDR to Executive during the 30-day period that begins exactly 60 days after the Termination Date rather than during the Seventh Month after the Termination Date.

13.3  Additional Limitations on Reimbursements and In-Kind Benefits.  The reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits provided under Section 7 or under any other section of this Agreement that are taxable benefits (and that are not disability pay or death benefit plans within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) are intended to comply, to the maximum extent possible, with the exception to Section 409A set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations.  To the extent that any reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits provided under Section 7 or under any other section of this Agreement either do not qualify for that exception, or are provided beyond the applicable time periods set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, then they will be subject to the following additional rules: (i) any reimbursement of eligible expenses will be paid within 30 days following Executive’s written request for reimbursement;  provided, however, that Executive provides written notice no later than 60 days before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred so that DDR can make the reimbursement within the time periods required by Section 409A; (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, during any other calendar year; and (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

	
 
	
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13.4  Compliance Generally.  Each payment or reimbursement and the provision of each benefit under this Agreement shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A.  DDR and Executive intend that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement will either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A.  This Agreement is to be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects that intent and DDR will not take any action that is inconsistent with that intent.  Without limiting the foregoing, the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement may not be deferred, accelerated, extended, paid out, or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A upon Executive.

13.5  Termination of Employment to Constitute a Separation from Service.  The parties intend that the phrase “termination of employment” and words and phrases of similar import mean a “separation from service” with DDR within the meaning of Section 409A.  Executive and DDR will take all steps necessary (including taking into account this Section 13.5 when considering any further agreement regarding provision of services by Executive to DDR after the Termination Date) to ensure that (a) any termination of employment under this Agreement constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and (b) the Termination Date is the date on which Executive experiences a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.

14.  Indemnification.  DDR will indemnify Executive, to the full extent permitted or authorized by the Ohio General Corporation Law as it may from time to time be amended, if Executive is made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that Executive is or was a director, officer, or employee of DDR and/or of any Subsidiary, or is or was serving at the request of DDR and/or of any Subsidiary as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise.  The indemnification provided by this Section 14 will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Executive may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or the regulations of DDR and/or of any Subsidiary, or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in Executive’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and will continue as to Executive after Executive has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, or employee and will inure to the benefit of Executive’s heirs, executors, and administrators.  In particular, Executive will continue to be entitled to the full benefit of the indemnification agreement dated April 12, 2011, between Executive and DDR (the “Indemnification Agreement”) for so long as that Indemnification Agreement remains in effect according to its terms.  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Section 14 and the provisions of the Indemnification Agreement, the provisions of the Indemnification Agreement shall control.

15.    Certain Expenses.  This Section 15 will apply only to expenses that (a) are otherwise described in one or more of its subsections and (b) are incurred at any time from January 1, 2016 through the fifth anniversary of Executive’s death.

15.1  Reimbursement of Certain Expenses.  DDR will pay, as incurred, all expenses, including the reasonable fees of counsel engaged by Executive, of Executive in (a) prosecuting any action to compel DDR to comply with the terms of this Agreement upon receipt from Executive of an undertaking to repay DDR for such expenses if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that Executive had no reasonable grounds for bringing such action or (b) defending any action brought by a party other than Executive or Executive’s personal representative to have this Agreement declared invalid or unenforceable.

	
 
	
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15.2  Advancement of Certain Expenses.  Expenses (including the reasonable fees of counsel engaged by Executive) incurred by Executive in defending any action, suit, or proceeding commenced or threatened against Executive for any action or failure to act as an employee, officer or director of DDR and/or of any Subsidiary will be paid by DDR, as they are incurred, in advance of final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of Executive in which Executive agrees to reasonably cooperate with DDR and/or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, concerning the action, suit, or proceeding, and (a) if the action, suit, or proceeding is commenced or threatened against Executive for any action or failure to act as a director, to repay the amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to DDR or a Subsidiary or with reckless disregard for the best interests of DDR or a Subsidiary, or (b) if the action, suit, or proceeding is commenced or threatened against Executive for any action or failure to act as an officer or employee, to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that Executive is not entitled to be indemnified.  The obligation of DDR to advance expenses provided for in this Section 15.2 will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Executive may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or the regulations of DDR or of any Subsidiary, or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

16.  Survival of Obligations. Except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the respective obligations of DDR and Executive under this Agreement will survive any termination of Executive’s employment under this Agreement.

17.  Notices.  Notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (or rejection) when delivered in person or by overnight delivery (to the chief legal officer of DDR in the case of notices to DDR and to Executive in the case of notices to Executive) or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, if to DDR, to its principal place of business, attention: Chief Legal Officer, and, if to Executive, to Executive’s home address last shown on the records of DDR, or to such other address or addresses as either party may furnish to the other in accordance with this Section 17.

18.  Entire Agreement; Certain Prior Arrangements.  Except as otherwise set forth below in this Section 18, this Agreement supersedes in their entirety all prior employment and change in control agreements between the parties, if any, and all understandings between them, if any, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation: (a) the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2008, by and between DDR and Executive; (b) the Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2008, by and between DDR and Executive; and (c) the Employment Agreement, dated April 12, 2011, between DDR and Executive, as subsequently amended.  As provided in Section 14, Executive will continue to be entitled to the full benefit of the Indemnification Agreement for so long as it remains in effect according to its terms.

19.  Mandatory Arbitration Before a Change in Control.  Section 19.1 will apply if and only if either party notifies the other, in writing, that it is demanding resolution of a then-current controversy or claim by arbitration and the notice is provided by the notifying party to the other party before any Change in Control has occurred.  Nothing in this Section 19 will limit the right of DDR to seek and obtain injunctive relief in a court of equity for any breach or threatened breach by Executive of any of Executive’s covenants contained in Section 12 above.

19.1  Scope of Arbitration.  If this Section 19.1 applies, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any breach of this Agreement will be settled by binding arbitration to be held before three arbitrators and conducted in accordance with the Employment Arbitration 

	
 
	
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Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association in the City of Cleveland, Ohio.  The decision of the arbitrators will be final and binding on both parties and judgment on any award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.  Costs and expenses of any such arbitration will be borne by the parties as may be directed by the arbitrators taking into account the extent to which the positions taken by each of the parties are reasonable.  The arbitrators will have the power to issue mandatory orders and restraining orders in connection with any such arbitration.

19.2  Other Disputes.  If Section 19.1 does not apply to any claim or controversy between the parties, the parties may nevertheless, but need not, mutually agree to submit any controversy or claim to arbitration as though Section 19.1 did apply.  Failing any such mutual agreement, either party may bring proceedings against the other with respect to any claim or controversy in any court of competent jurisdiction that satisfies the venue requirements set forth in Section 20.8.  Nothing in this Section 19.2 imposes upon either party any obligation to discuss possible arbitration of any claim or controversy to which Section 19.1 does not apply before bringing any court proceedings with respect to that claim or controversy.

20.  Miscellaneous.

20.1  No Conflict.  Executive represents and warrants that Executive is not a party to any agreement, contract, or understanding, whether employment or otherwise, that would restrict or prohibit Executive from undertaking or performing employment in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

20.2  Assistance.  During the term of this Agreement and thereafter, Executive will provide reasonable assistance to DDR in litigation and regulatory matters that relate to events that occurred during Executive’s period of employment with DDR and its predecessors, and will provide reasonable assistance to DDR with matters relating to its corporate history from the period of Executive’s employment with it or its predecessors.  Executive will be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket travel or related costs and expenses relating to any such cooperation or assistance that occurs following the Termination Date.

20.3  Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provision is determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions and any partially unenforceable provision to the extent enforceable in any jurisdiction nevertheless will be binding and enforceable.

20.4  Benefit of Agreement.  The rights and obligations of DDR under this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and will be binding on, DDR and its successors and assigns, and the rights and obligations (other than obligations to perform services) of Executive under this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and will be binding upon, Executive and Executive’s heirs, personal representatives, and assigns.

20.5  No Waiver.  The failure of either party to enforce any provision or provisions of this Agreement will not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision or provisions as to any future violations thereof, nor prevent that party from later enforcing each and every other provision of this Agreement.  The rights granted the parties in this Agreement are cumulative and the waiver of any single remedy will not constitute a waiver of that party’s right to assert all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances.

	
 
	
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20.6  Modification.  This Agreement may not be modified or terminated orally.  No modification or termination will be valid unless in writing and signed by the party against which the modification or termination is sought to be enforced.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, Executive acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement and any compensation described herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's clawback policy (if any) as may be in effect from time to time specifically to implement Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any applicable rules or regulations promulgated thereunder (including applicable rules and regulations of any national securities exchange on which the Shares may be traded) (the “Compensation Recovery Policy”), and that applicable sections of this Agreement and any related documents shall be deemed superseded by and subject to the terms and conditions of the Compensation Recovery Policy from and after the effective date thereof.

20.7  Merger or Transfer of Assets of DDR.  During the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, DDR will not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, unless such other corporation assumes this Agreement in a signed writing and delivers a copy thereof to Executive, which signed writing may consist of the merger or sale agreement, or similar document.  Upon any such assumption, the successor corporation will become obligated to perform the obligations of DDR under this Agreement, and the terms “DDR” and the “Company,” as used in this Agreement, will be deemed to refer to that successor corporation, and the term “the Board” as used in this Agreement will be deemed to refer to the board of directors of that successor corporation.

20.8  Governing Law and Venue.  The provisions of this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio applicable to contracts made in and to be performed exclusively within that State, notwithstanding any conflict of law provision to the contrary.  Subject to the mandatory arbitration provisions of Section 19, the parties consent to venue and personal jurisdiction over them in the courts of the State of Ohio and federal courts sitting in Cleveland, Ohio, for purposes of construing and enforcing this Agreement.

20.9  Termination of Status as Director or Officer.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise agreed to by DDR and Executive prior to the Termination Date, Executive shall be deemed to have automatically resigned from all directorships and offices with DDR and its Subsidiaries, and their affiliates (including joint ventures), as of the Termination Date.

21.  Definitions. 

21.1  Reserved.  

21.2  Reserved.

21.3  Cause.  The term “Cause” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.

21.4  Change in Control.  The term “Change in Control” means the occurrence, during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR, of any of the following:

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(b)  any person or other entity (other than DDR or a Subsidiary or any DDR employee benefit plan (including any trustee of any such plan acting in its capacity as trustee)) purchases any Shares (or securities convertible into Shares) pursuant to a tender or exchange offer without the prior consent of the Board, or becomes the beneficial owner of securities of DDR representing 30% or more of the voting power of DDR’s outstanding securities without the prior consent of the Board; or

(c)  during any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the entire Board cease to constitute a majority of the Board; provided, that any person becoming a director of DDR during such two-year period whose election, or nomination for election by DDR’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors who at the beginning of such period constituted the entire Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of DDR’s proxy statement in which such person is named as a nominee of DDR for director), but excluding for this purpose any person whose initial assumption of office as a director of DDR occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors of DDR or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an individual, corporation, partnership, group, associate or other entity or person other than the Board, shall be, for purposes of this Section 21.4(c), considered as though such person was a member of the Board at the beginning of such period.

21.5  Committee.  The term “Committee” means the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee or subcommittee authorized by the Board to discharge the Board’s responsibilities relating to the compensation of DDR’s executives and directors. 

21.6  Reserved.

21.7  Reserved.  

21.8  Good Reason.  The term “Good Reason” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

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

21.10  Reserved.

21.11  Section.  References in this Agreement to one or more “Sections” are to sections of this Agreement, except for references to Section 409A, which are references to that section of the Internal Revenue Code.

21.12  Section 409A.  The term “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.  References in this Agreement to Section 409A are intended to include any proposed, temporary, or final regulations, or any other guidance, promulgated with respect to Section 409A by the U.S. Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

21.13  Shares.  The term “Shares” means the Common Shares, par value $0.10 per share, of DDR.

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21.15  Termination Date.  The term “Termination Date” means the date on which Executive’s employment with DDR and its Subsidiaries terminates.

21.16  Triggering Event.  A “Triggering Event” for the purpose of this Agreement will be deemed to have occurred if, during the Contract Period while Executive is employed by DDR:

(a)  Within two years after the date on which a Change in Control occurs, DDR terminates the employment of Executive, other than in the case of a termination for Cause, a termination by DDR pursuant to Section 6.1 following Executive’s disability, or a termination based on death;

(b)  Within two years after the date on which a Change in Control occurs, DDR reduces Executive’s title, responsibilities, power, or authority in comparison with Executive’s title, responsibilities, power or authority at the time of the Change in Control and Executive thereafter terminates Executive’s employment with DDR within such two-year period; 

(c)  Within two years after the date on which a Change in Control occurs, DDR assigns Executive duties which are inconsistent with the duties assigned to Executive on the date on which the Change in Control occurred and which duties DDR persists in assigning to Executive despite the prior written objection of Executive and Executive thereafter terminates Executive’s employment with DDR within such two-year period;

(d)  Within two years after the date on which a Change in Control occurs, DDR (i) reduces Executive’s base compensation, Executive’s incentive opportunity bonus percentages of salary, Executive’s health and dental insurance coverage and benefits (including any such benefits provided to Executive’s eligible dependents), Executive’s pension, retirement, or profit-sharing benefits or any benefits provided by any of DDR’s equity-based award plans, or any substitute therefor, unless in any case such reduction applies generally to all employees of DDR, (ii) establishes criteria and factors to be achieved for the payment of bonus compensation that are substantially different than the criteria and factors established for other similar executive officers of DDR, (iii) fails to pay Executive any bonus compensation to which Executive is entitled through the achievement of the criteria and factors established for the payment of such bonus, or (iv) excludes Executive from any plan, program, or arrangement in which the other executive officers of DDR are included, and Executive thereafter terminates Executive’s employment with DDR within such two-year period; or

(e)  Within two years after the date on which a Change in Control occurs, DDR requires Executive to be based at or generally work from any location more than fifty miles from the geographical center of Cleveland, Ohio and Executive thereafter terminates Executive’s employment with DDR within such two-year period.

21.17  Reserved.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DDR and Executive have executed this Agreement, DDR by its duly authorized officer, as of the date first written above.

		
	
 
	
DDR CORP.

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By:  /s/ David E. Weiss

Name:  David E. Weiss

Title:     Executive Vice President, 
                    General Counsel and Secretary

	
 
	
 

 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
    /s/ David J. Oakes

DAVID J. OAKES

 

 

	
 
	
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EXHIBIT A

 

ANNUAL BONUS OPPORTUNITY

AS A PERCENTAGE OF YEAR-END BASE SALARY

			
	
Threshold
	
Target
	
Maximum

	
50%
	
100%
	
200%

 

PERFORMANCE UNITS AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

AS A PERCENTAGE OF “TARGET”

			
	
Threshold
	
Target
	
Maximum

	
50%
	
100%
	
200%

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