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EX-4.4

 

Exhibit 4.4

CUSTODY AGREEMENT

     This Custody Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of September ___, 2007 is made by
and among Brookshire Raw Materials U.S. Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”)
acting for and on behalf of each Fund (as defined below), Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC
(the “Managing Owner”) and
                             in its capacity as custodian hereunder (the
“Custodian”).

     WHEREAS, the Trust is a Delaware statutory trust organized under 12 Del. Chapter 3801 et seq.
(as amended from time to time, the “Delaware Trust Act”) composed of the following separate
and distinct series (subject to such series receiving sufficient funding to commence trading and
for so long as such series continues trading thereafter), referred to as the Brookshire Raw
Materials (U.S.) Core USD Fund, Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Core CDN Fund, Brookshire Raw
Materials (U.S.) Agriculture USD Fund, Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Agriculture CDN Fund,
Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Metals USD Fund, Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Metals CDN Fund,
Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Energy USD Fund, Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Energy CDN Fund,
Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.) Accelerated Core USD Fund, and the Brookshire Raw Materials (U.S.)
Accelerated Core CDN Fund (each such series that receives sufficient funding to commence trading
and for so long as such series continues trading, a “Fund” and collectively, the
“Funds”), with Funds whose names includes “USD Fund” being denominated in U.S. Dollars and
Funds whose names includes “CDN Fund” being denominated in Canadian Dollars;

     WHEREAS, the Managing Owner serves as the sole managing owner of the Trust and has complete
management authority over the Trust; and

     WHEREAS, the Trust and the Managing Owner wish to set forth the terms and conditions pursuant
to which Custodian will serve as custodian of the securities (other than commodity futures
contracts custodialized by each Fund’s futures commission merchants) (“Investments”), cash
and other assets of each Fund (Investments, cash and other assets, collectively, “Assets”).

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Appointment.

          (a) The Trust and the Managing Owner hereby appoint the Custodian as custodian in respect of
each Fund for the purposes set forth herein, and the Custodian hereby accepts such appointment and
agrees to establish and maintain one or more segregated securities accounts and cash accounts for
each Fund (with each such account being separate and distinct with respect to each Fund) in which
Custodian will hold the Assets of each Fund as provided herein, in each case upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein. Each account shall be in the name of the applicable
Fund.

          (b) Each Fund will deliver to the Custodian all Assets owned by it, and all
payments of income, payments of principal or capital distributions received by it with

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respect to all Investments owned by such Fund from time to time. The Custodian shall not be under
any duty or obligation to require any Fund to deliver to it any Assets owned by any Fund and shall
have no responsibility or liability for or on account of Assets not so delivered.

          (c) All Assets of each Fund delivered to the Custodian or its agents or Subcustodians shall be
dealt with as provided in this Agreement. The duties of the Custodian with respect to each Fund’s
Investments shall be only as set forth expressly in this Agreement.

     2. Instructions.

          (a) Unless otherwise explicitly indicated herein, the Custodian shall perform its duties
pursuant to written instructions provided to the Custodian by a Fund and/or the Managing Owner
(“Instructions”). Instructions shall be valid only if given by an authorized person
listed on Schedule 4 with respect to the subject matter listed on Schedule 4 (an
“Authorized Person”). Instructions may be transmitted by a Fund or the Managing Owner to
the Custodian in such manner as the Managing Owner and the Custodian may agree from time to time.
The Custodian shall follow reasonable Instructions; provided, that (a) the Custodian shall have no
liability for shipping and insurance costs associated therewith, and (b) full payment shall have
been made to the Custodian of its compensation, costs, expenses and other amounts to which it is
entitled to under this Agreement.

          (b) The Custodian may treat any Authorized Person as having full authority of the applicable
Fund and/or the Managing Owner to issue Instructions hereunder unless Schedule 4 or the
notice of authorization contains explicit limitations as to said authority. The Custodian shall be
entitled to rely upon the authority of Authorized Persons until it receives appropriate written
notice from the applicable Fund to the contrary.

          (c) The Authorized Person shall be responsible for assuring the adequacy and accuracy of
Instructions. Particularly, upon any acquisition or disposition or other dealing in the applicable
Fund’s Investments and upon any delivery and transfer of any Investment or moneys, the Authorized
Person initiating such Instruction shall give the Custodian an Instruction with appropriate detail,
including, without limitation:

          (i) The transaction date and the date and location of settlement;

          (ii) The specification of the type of transaction;

          (iii) A description of the Assets in question, including, as appropriate, quantity,
price per unit, amount of money to be received or delivered and currency information. Where
an Instruction is communicated by electronic means, or otherwise where an Instruction
contains an identifying number such as a CUSIP, SEDOL or ISIN number, the Custodian shall
be entitled to rely on such

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number as controlling notwithstanding any inconsistency contained in such Instruction,
particularly with respect to the description of the security in question; and

          (iv) The name of the broker or similar entity concerned with execution of the
transaction.

          (d) If the Custodian believes an Instruction to be either unclear or incomplete, the Custodian
may give prompt notice of such determination to the applicable Fund and/or the Managing Owner, and
the applicable Fund and/or the Managing Owner shall thereupon amend or otherwise reform such
Instruction. In such event, the Custodian shall have no obligation to take any action in response
to the Instruction initially delivered until the redelivery of an amended or reformed Instruction.

     3. Safekeeping of Fund Assets.

          (a) General. The Custodian shall keep safely the Assets of each Fund that have been delivered
to the Custodian and from time to time shall accept delivery of Assets of each Fund for
safekeeping.

          (b) Use of Securities Depositories. The Custodian may deposit and maintain Investments in (i)
The Depository Trust Company, (ii) the Participants Trust Company, (iii) any book-entry system as
provided in Subpart O of Treasury Circular No. 300, 31 CFR 306, Subpart B of 31CFR Part 350, or
the book-entry regulations of federal agencies substantially in the form of Subpart O, or (iv) any
other domestic clearing agency registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which acts as
a securities depository and whose use the Trust has previously approved (each of the foregoing
being referred to in this Agreement as a “Securities Depositary”), either directly or
through one or more Subcustodians appointed by the Custodian. Investments held in a Securities
Depository shall be held (i) subject to the agreement, rules, statement of terms and conditions or
other document or conditions effective between the Securities Depository and the Custodian or the
Subcustodian, as the case may be, and (ii) in an account for each Fund or in bulk segregation in an
account maintained for the non-proprietary assets of the entity holding such Investments in the
Depository. If market practice or the rules and regulations of the Securities Depository prevent
the Custodian, the Subcustodian or (any agent of either) from holding its client assets in such a
separate account, the Custodian, the Subcustodian or other agent shall as appropriate segregate
such Investments for benefit of the applicable Fund or for the benefit of clients of the Custodian
generally on its own books.

          (c) Certificated Assets. Investments which are certificated may be held in registered or
bearer form: (i) in the Custodian’s vault; (ii) in the vault of a Subcustodian or agent of the
Custodian or a Subcustodian; or (iii) in an account maintained by the Custodian, Subcustodian or
agent at a Securities Depository; all in accordance with customary market practice in the
jurisdiction in which any Investments are held, in the name of and for the applicable Fund.

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          (d) Registered Assets. Investments which are registered may be registered in the name of the
Custodian, a Subcustodian, or in the name of the applicable Fund or a nominee for any of the
foregoing, and may be held in any manner set forth in Section 3(b) above with or without
any identification of fiduciary capacity in such registration.

          (e) Book Entry Assets. Investments which are represented by book-entry may be so held in an
account maintained by a book-entry agent on behalf of the Custodian, a Subcustodian or another
agent of the Custodian, or a Securities Depository.

          (f) Replacement of Lost Investments. In the event of a loss of Investments for which the
Custodian is responsible under the terms of this Agreement, the Custodian shall replace such
Investment, or in the event that such replacement cannot be effected, the Custodian shall pay to
the applicable Fund the fair market value of such Investment based on the last available price as
of the close of business in the relevant market on the date that a claim was first made to the
Custodian with respect to such loss, or, if less, such other amount as shall be agreed by the
parties as the date for settlement.

     4. Additional Duties of the Custodian. The Custodian shall perform the following duties with
respect to Investments of each Fund.

          (a) Purchase of Investments. Pursuant to Instructions, Investments for a Fund purchased for
the account of such Fund shall be paid for (i) against delivery thereof to the Custodian or a
Subcustodian, as the case may be, either directly or through a clearing corporation or a Securities
Depository (in accordance with the rules of such Securities Depository or such clearing
corporation), or (ii) otherwise in accordance with an Instruction, applicable law, generally
accepted trade practices, or the terms of the instrument representing such Investment.

          (b) Sale of Investments. Pursuant to Instructions, Investments sold for the account of a Fund
shall be delivered (i) against payment therefor in cash, by check or by bank wire transfer, (ii) by
credit to the account of the Custodian or the applicable Subcustodian, as the case may be, with a
clearing corporation or a Securities Depository (in accordance with the rules of such Securities
Depository or such clearing corporation), or (iii) otherwise in accordance with an Instruction,
applicable law, generally accepted trade practices, or the terms of the instrument representing
such Investment.

          (c) Delivery and Receipt in Connection with Collateral Margin Requirements. Pursuant to
Instructions and subject to the last sentence in Section 5.4 below, the Custodian may
deliver or receive Assets of Funds in connection with collateral and margin requirements.

          (d) Futures and Over-the-Counter (OTC) Contracts. If, pursuant to an Instruction, the
Custodian shall become a party to an agreement with a Fund and a futures commission merchant
regarding margin or a counterparty to an OTC contract (a “Tri-Party Agreement”), the
Custodian shall (i) receive and retain, to the extent the same

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is provided to the Custodian, confirmations or other documents evidencing the purchase or sale by
such Fund of exchange-traded futures contracts or the entering into of an option, forward or other
derivatives transaction by such Fund, (ii) when required by such Tri-Party Agreement, deposit and
maintain in an account opened pursuant to such Agreement (“Margin Account”) segregated
either physically or by book-entry in a Securities Depository for the benefit of any futures
commission merchant, such Investments as such Fund shall have designated as initial, maintenance or
variation “margin” deposits or other collateral intended to secure such Fund’s performance of its
obligations under the terms of any exchange-traded futures contracts and commodity options; and
(iii) thereafter pay, release or transfer Investments into or out of the Margin Account in
accordance with the provisions of such agreement. Alternatively, the Custodian may deliver
Investments, in accordance with an Instruction, to a futures commission merchant for margin
purposes or to the counterparty or its custodian. The Custodian shall in no event be responsible
for the acts and omissions of any futures commission merchant or the counterparty or its custodian,
to whom Investments are delivered pursuant to this Section; for the sufficiency of Investments held
in any Margin Account; for funding margin deposits or otherwise providing advances for the purpose
of margin or other collateral in any Margin Account; or, for the performance of any terms of any
exchange-traded futures contracts, commodity options, forward contracts and other derivative
transactions.

          (e) Contractual Obligations and Similar Investments. From time to time, a Fund’s Investments
may include Investments that are not ownership interests as may be represented by certificate
(whether registered or bearer), by entry in a Securities Depository or by book entry agent,
registrar or similar agent for recording ownership interests in the relevant Investment. If a Fund
shall at any time acquire such Investments, including without limitation deposit obligations,
repurchase agreements and derivative arrangements, the Custodian shall (i) receive and retain, to
the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, confirmations or other documents evidencing the
arrangement; and (ii) perform on such Fund’s account in accordance with the terms of the applicable
arrangement, but only to the extent directed to do so by Instruction. The Custodian shall have no
responsibility for agreements running to such Fund as to which it is not a party other than to
retain, to the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, documents or copies of documents
evidencing the arrangement and, in accordance with Instruction, to include such arrangements in
reports made to such Fund.

          (f) Surrender of Securities. Unless otherwise directed by Instruction, the Custodian may
surrender securities: (i) in temporary form for definitive securities; (ii) for transfer into the
name of an entity allowable under Section 3(d); and (iii) for a different number of
certificates or instruments representing the same principal amount of indebtedness.

          (g) Income Collection. Unless otherwise directed by Instruction, the Custodian shall collect
any amount due and payable to each Fund with respect to Investments and promptly credit the amount
collected to a Principal Account or Agency Account (as defined below) ; provided, however, that the
Custodian shall not be responsible for: (i) the collection of amounts due and payable with respect
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Investments that are in default, or (ii) the collection of cash or security entitlements with
respect to Investments that are not registered in the name of the Custodian or its Subcustodians.
The Custodian is hereby authorized to endorse and deliver any instrument required to be so endorsed
and delivered to effect collection of any amount due and payable to a Fund with respect to
Investments.

          (h) Ownership Certificates and Disclosure of each Fund’s Interest. The Custodian is hereby
authorized to execute on behalf of each Fund ownership certificates, affidavits or other disclosure
required under applicable law or established market practice in connection with the receipt of
income, capital gains or other payments by each Fund with respect to Investments, or in connection
with the sale, purchase or ownership of Investments.

          (i) Taxes. Each Fund shall be liable for all taxes, assessments, duties and other
governmental charges, including any interest or penalty with respect thereto (“Taxes”),
with respect to any Assets held on behalf of a Fund or any transaction related thereto. In
accordance with Section 11, the Custodian and each Subcustodian shall be indemnified for
the amount of any Tax that the Custodian, any such Subcustodian or any other withholding agent is
required under applicable laws (whether by assessment or otherwise) to pay on behalf of, or in
respect of income earned by or payments or distributions made to or for the account of the Trust or
a Fund (including any payment of Tax required by reason of an earlier failure to withhold). The
Custodian shall, or shall instruct the applicable Subcustodian or other withholding agent to,
withhold the amount of any Tax which is required to be withheld under applicable law upon
collection of any dividend, interest or other distribution made with respect to any Security and
any proceeds or income from the sale, loan or other transfer of any Security. In the event that
the Custodian or any Subcustodian is required under applicable law to pay any Tax on behalf of a
Fund, the Custodian is hereby authorized to withdraw cash from any cash account for that particular
Fund only, in the amount required to pay such Tax and to use such cash, or to remit such cash to
the appropriate Subcustodian, for the timely payment of such Tax in the manner required by
applicable law. If the aggregate amount of cash in all cash accounts is not sufficient to pay such
Tax, the Custodian shall promptly notify that the Managing Owner of the additional amount of cash
(in the appropriate currency) required, and the Managing Owner, on behalf of that Customer, shall
directly deposit such additional amount in the appropriate cash account promptly after receipt of
such notice, for use by the Custodian as specified herein. In the event that the Custodian
reasonably believes that a Fund is eligible, pursuant to applicable law or to the provisions of any
tax treaty, for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, any Tax which is otherwise required to be
withheld or paid on behalf of a Fund under any applicable law, the Custodian shall, or shall
instruct the applicable Subcustodian or withholding agent to, either withhold or pay such Tax at
such reduced rate or refrain from withholding or paying such Tax, as appropriate; provided that the
Custodian shall have received from the Managing Owner, on behalf of each Fund, all documentary
evidence of residence or other qualification for such reduced rate or exemption required to be
received under such applicable law or treaty. In the event that the Custodian reasonably believes
that a reduced rate of, or exemption from, any Tax is obtainable only by means of an application
for refund, the Custodian and the applicable Subcustodian shall have no

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responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any forms or documentation provided by the Managing
Owner on behalf of a Fund, to the Custodian hereunder. The Custodian and each Subcustodian shall
be indemnified in accordance with Section 11 in respect of any liability arising from any
underwithholding or underpayment of any Tax which results from the inaccuracy or invalidity of any
such forms or other documentation, and such obligation to indemnify.

          (j) Transaction Records. The Custodian shall furnish the Managing Owner and the Trust (on
behalf of each Fund), with a list of daily transactions and a monthly summary of all transfers to
or from each account maintained by the Custodian or a Subcustodian on behalf of a Fund.

     5. Cash Accounts, Deposits and Money Movements. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Section 5, the Trust and the Managing Owner each hereby authorize the Custodian to
open and maintain on behalf of each Fund, with itself or with Subcustodians, cash accounts in
United States Dollars and Canadian Dollars or in such other currencies as a Fund shall from time to
time request by Instruction.

          (a) Types of Cash Accounts. Cash accounts opened on the books of the Custodian (“Principal
Accounts”) shall be opened in the name of the applicable Fund. Such accounts collectively shall
be a deposit obligation of the Custodian and shall be subject to the terms of this Section
5 and the general liability provisions contained in Section 7. Cash accounts opened on
the books of a Subcustodian may be opened in the name of the applicable Fund or the Custodian or in
the name of the Custodian for its customers generally (“Agency Accounts”). Such deposits
shall be obligations of the Subcustodian and shall be treated as an Investment of the applicable
Fund.

          (b) Payments and Credits with Respect to Cash Accounts. The Custodian shall make payments from
or deposits to any of said accounts in the course of carrying out its administrative duties,
including but not limited to income collection with respect to a Fund’s Investments, and otherwise
in accordance with Instructions. The Custodian and its Subcustodians shall be required to credit
amounts to the cash accounts only when moneys are actually received in cleared funds in accordance
with banking practice in the country and currency of deposit. Any credit made to any Principal
Account or Agency Account before actual receipt of cleared funds shall be provisional and may be
reversed by the Custodian in the event such payment is not actually collected.

          (c) Foreign Exchange Transactions. The Custodian shall, subject to the terms of this
Section 5, settle foreign exchange transactions (including contracts, futures, options and
options on futures) on behalf and for the account of a Fund with such currency brokers or banking
institutions, including Subcustodians, as such Fund may direct pursuant to Instructions. The
Custodian may act as principal in any foreign exchange transaction with a Fund. The obligations of
the Custodian in respect of all foreign exchange transactions (whether or not the Custodian shall
act as principal in such transaction) shall be contingent on the free, unencumbered transferability
of the currency transacted on the actual settlement date of the transaction.

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          (d) Advances. If, for any reason in connection with this Agreement the Custodian or any
Subcustodian makes an advance (“Advance”) to facilitate settlement or otherwise for the
benefit of the applicable Fund (whether or not any Principal Account or Agency Account shall be
overdrawn either during, or at the end of, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day
on which the Custody Agent located at the notice address set forth on Schedule 1 is
authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed (a “Business Day”), the
applicable Fund and the Managing Owner each hereby does:

          (i) acknowledge that the applicable Fund shall have no right, title or interest in or
to any Investments purchased with such Advance or proceeds of such Investments, and that
any credit to an account of Fund shall be provisional, until: (A) the debit of the
Principal Account or Agency Account by Custodian for an amount equal to the cost of such
advance; and/or (B) if such debit produces an overdraft in such account, reimbursement to
the Custodian or Subcustodian for the amount of such overdraft; and

          (ii) acknowledge that the Custodian has an automatically perfected statutory security
interest in Investments purchased with any such Advance pursuant to Section 9-206 of the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

          (e) Custodian’s Rights Neither the Custodian nor any Subcustodian shall be obligated to make
any Advance or to allow an Advance to occur to a Fund, and in the event that the Custodian or any
Subcustodian does make or allow an Advance, any such Advance and any transaction giving rise to
such Advance shall be for the account and risk of the applicable Fund and shall not be deemed to be
a transaction undertaken by the Custodian for its own account and risk. If such Advance shall have
been made or allowed by a Subcustodian or any other person, the Custodian may assign all or part of
its security interest referenced above and any other rights granted to the Custodian hereunder to
such Subcustodian or other person. If the applicable Fund shall fail to repay the costs of such
Advance when due, the Custodian or its assignee, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a portion
of the available cash balance in any Agency or Principal Account equal to such costs, and the Fund
authorizes the Custodian, on behalf of such Fund, to pay an amount equal to such Advance costs
irrevocably to such Subcustodian or other person, and to dispose of any property in such Account to
the extent necessary to make such payment. Any Investments and funds credited to accounts subject
to this Agreement created pursuant hereto shall be treated as financial assets credited to
securities accounts under Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State
of New York from time to time. Accordingly, the Custodian and any Subcustodian shall have the
rights and benefits of a secured creditor that is a securities intermediary under such Articles 7
and 8.

          (f) Non-Discretionary Details. Without the necessity of express authorization from the
applicable Fund or the Managing Owner, the Custodian shall attend to all nondiscretionary details
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purchase, transfer or other dealings with Assets of each Fund held by the Custodian except as
otherwise directed from time to time by the applicable Fund.

     6. Subcustodians and Securities Depositories.

          (a) General. The Custodian may, from time to time, in accordance with the relevant provisions
of this Section 6, appoint one or more Domestic Subcustodians, Foreign Subcustodians and
Interim Subcustodians (as such terms are defined below) to act on behalf of each Fund. For
purposes of this Agreement all duly appointed Domestic Subcustodians, Foreign Subcustodians and
Interim Subcustodians are referred to collectively as “Subcustodians”.

          (b) Domestic Subcustodians. The Custodian may, at any time and from time to time, at its own
expense, appoint subcustodian(s) satisfying the applicable requirements of the Federal Reserve Bank
and the SEC to act on behalf of one or more Funds for purposes of holding cash, securities and
other assets of such Fund(s) and performing other functions of the Custodian within the United
States (a “Domestic Subcustodian”), provided that the Custodian shall notify the Managing
Owner in writing of the identity and qualifications of any proposed Domestic Subcustodian at least
30 days prior to appointment of such Domestic Subcustodian, and the Managing Owner may, in its sole
discretion, by written notice to the Custodian executed by an Authorized Person disapprove of the
appointment of such Domestic Subcustodian. If following notice by the Custodian to the Managing
Owner regarding appointment of a Domestic Subcustodian and the expiration of 30 days after the date
of such notice, the Managing Owner shall have failed to notify the Custodian of its/their
disapproval thereof, the Custodian may, in its discretion, appoint such proposed Domestic
Subcustodian as its subcustodian.

          (c) Foreign Subcustodians. The Custodian may, at any time and from time to time, at its own
expense, appoint subcustodian(s) satisfying the applicable requirements of the Federal Reserve Bank
and the SEC to act on behalf of one or more Funds for purposes of holding cash, securities and
other assets of such Fund(s) and performing other functions of the Custodian in countries other
than the United States of America (a “Foreign Subcustodian”); provided that prior to the
appointment of any Foreign Subcustodian, the Custodian shall have obtained written confirmation of
the approval of the Managing Owner with respect to (i) the identity and qualifications of any
proposed Foreign Subcustodian, (ii) the country or countries in which, and the securities
depositories or clearing agencies (satisfying the applicable requirements of the Federal Reserve
Bank and the SEC) through which, any proposed Foreign Subcustodian is authorized to hold Assets of
the applicable Funds (each, a “Foreign Depository”) and (iii) the form and terms of the
subcustodian agreement to be entered into between such proposed Foreign Subcustodian and the
Custodian. The Managing Owner shall be responsible for informing the Custodian sufficiently in
advance of a proposed investment which is to be held in a country in which no Foreign Subcustodian
is authorized to act, in order that there shall be sufficient time for the Custodian to effect the
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arrangements with a proposed Foreign Subcustodian. The Custodian shall not agree to any material
amendment to any subcustodian agreement entered into with a Foreign Subcustodian, or agree to
permit any material changes thereunder, or waive any material rights under such agreement, except
upon prior approval of the Managing Owner. The Custodian shall promptly provide the Managing
Owner with notice of any such amendment, change, or waiver, whether or not material, including a
copy of any such amendment. For purposes of this subsection, a material amendment, change or
waiver means an amendment, change or waiver that may reasonably be expected to have an adverse
effect on any Fund in any material way, including but not limited to the Trust’s or a Fund’s
obligations under applicable requirements of the Federal Reserve Bank and the SEC.

          (d) Interim Subcustodians. In the event that a Fund shall invest in a security or other asset
to be held in a country in which no Foreign Subcustodian is authorized to act (whether because the
Custodian has not appointed a Foreign Subcustodian in such country and entered into a subcustodian
agreement with it or because the Managing Owner has not approved the Foreign Subcustodian appointed
by the Custodian in such country and the related subcustodian agreement), the Custodian shall
promptly notify the Managing Owner in writing that no Foreign Subcustodian is approved in such
country and the Custodian shall, upon receipt of Instructions, appoint any person or entity
mutually agreed by the Managing Owner and the Custodian to hold such security or other asset. Any
such person or entity appointed as a Subcustodian pursuant to this Section 6(d) is
hereinafter referred to herein as an “Interim Subcustodian”.

          (e) Termination of a Subcustodian. The Custodian shall (a) cause each Domestic Subcustodian
and Foreign Subcustodian to, and (b) use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Interim
Subcustodian to, perform all of its obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
subcustodian agreement between the Custodian and such Subcustodian. In the event that the
Custodian is unable to cause such Subcustodian to fully perform its obligations thereunder, the
Custodian shall forthwith, upon the receipt of Instructions, exercise its reasonable best efforts
to recover any Losses (as hereinafter defined) incurred by the applicable Fund because of such
failure to perform from such Subcustodian under the applicable subcustodian agreement and, if
necessary or desirable, terminate such subcustodian and appoint a replacement Subcustodian in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, the Custodian (i)
may, at any time in its discretion, upon written notification to the Managing Owner, terminate any
Domestic Subcustodian, Foreign Subcustodian or Interim Subcustodian, and (ii) shall, upon receipt
of Instructions, terminate any Subcustodian with respect to the applicable Fund, in each case in
accordance with the termination provisions of the applicable subcustodian agreement.

          (f) Agents. The Custodian may at any time or times in its discretion appoint (and may at any
time remove) any other bank, trust company, securities depository or clearing agency that is itself
qualified to act as a custodian under applicable Federal Reserve Bank and SEC rules and regulations
as its agent (an “Agent”) to carry out such of the provisions of this Agreement as the
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direct, provided that the appointment of one or more Agents shall not relieve the Custodian of its
responsibilities under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Custodian shall be
responsible for any notices, documents or other information, or any Assets of a Fund, received by
any Agent on behalf of the Custodian or a Fund as if the Custodian had received such items itself.

     7. Responsibilities of the Custodian.

          (a) General. In performing its duties and obligations hereunder, the Custodian shall use
reasonable care under the facts and circumstances prevailing in the market. Subject to the
specific provisions of this Section 7, the Custodian shall be liable for any direct damage
incurred by any Fund in consequence of the Custodian’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In
no event shall the Custodian be liable hereunder for any special, indirect, punitive or
consequential damages arising out of, pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement even if the
Custodian has been advised of the possibility of such damages. It is agreed that the Custodian
shall have no duty to assess the risks inherent in any Fund’s Investments or to provide investment
advice with respect to such Investments and that any Fund as principal shall bear any risks
attendant to particular Investments such as failure of counterparty or issuer.

          (b) Limitations of Performance. The Custodian shall not be responsible under this Agreement
for any failure to perform its duties, and shall not be liable hereunder for any loss or damage in
association with such failure to perform, for or in consequence of the following causes:

          (i) Force Majeure. “Force Majeure” shall mean any circumstance or event which
is beyond the reasonable control of the Custodian, a Subcustodian or any agent of the
Custodian or a Subcustodian and which adversely affects the performance by the Custodian of
its obligations hereunder, by the Subcustodian of its obligations under its Subcustody
Agreement or by any other agent of the Custodian or the Subcustodian, including any event
caused by, arising out of or involving (a) an act of God, (b) accident, fire, water damage
or explosion, (c) any computer, system or other equipment failure or malfunction caused by
any computer virus or the malfunction or failure of any communications medium, (d) any
interruption of the power supply or other utility service, (e) any strike or other work
stoppage, whether partial or total, (f) any delay or disruption resulting from or
reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, (g) any disruption of, or suspension of
trading in, the securities, commodities or foreign exchange markets, whether or not
resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of any Sovereign Risk, (h) any encumbrance on
the transferability of a currency or a currency position on the actual settlement date of a
foreign exchange transaction, whether or not resulting from or reflecting the occurrence of
any Sovereign Risk, or (i) any other cause similarly beyond the reasonable control of the
Custodian.

          (ii) Sovereign Risk. “Sovereign Risk” shall mean, in respect of any
jurisdiction, including the United States of America, where Investments are

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acquired or held hereunder or under a Subcustody Agreement, (a) any act of war, terrorism,
riot, insurrection or civil commotion, (b) the imposition of any investment, repatriation
or exchange control restrictions by any governmental authority, (c) the confiscation,
expropriation or nationalization of any Investments by any governmental authority, whether
de facto or de jure, (iv) any devaluation or revaluation of any currency, (d) the
imposition of taxes, levies or other charges affecting Investments, (vi) any change in the
applicable law, or (v) any other economic or political risk incurred or experienced.

          (c) Limitations on Liability. The Custodian shall not be liable for any loss, claim, damage or
other liability arising from the following causes:

          (i) Failure of Third Parties. The failure of any third party including: (A) the
Managing Owner; (B) any futures commission merchant(s); (C) any issuer of Investments or
book-entry or other agent of and issuer; (D) any counterparty with respect to any
Investment, including any issuer of exchange-traded or other futures, option, derivative or
commodities contract; (E) failure of an investment advisor or other agent of any Fund; or
(F) failure of other third parties similarly beyond the control or choice of the Custodian.

          (ii) Information Sources. The Custodian may rely upon information received from
issuers of Investments or agents of such issuers, information received from Subcustodians
and from other commercially reasonable sources such as commercial data bases and the like,
but shall not be responsible for specific inaccuracies in such information, provided that
the Custodian has relied upon such information in good faith, or for the failure of any
commercially reasonable information provider.

          (iii) Reliance on Instruction. Action by the Custodian or the Subcustodian in
accordance with an Instruction, even when such action conflicts with, or is contrary to any
provision of, the Trust Agreement of the Trust, applicable law, or actions by the owners of
a Fund.

          (iv) Restricted Securities. The limitations inherent in the rights, transferability or
similar investment characteristics of a given Investment of a Fund.

     8. Succession. The Custodian may resign and be discharged from its duties or obligations
hereunder by giving 60 days’ advance notice in writing of such resignation to the other parties
hereto specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect. The Custodian shall have the
right to receive from the Managing Owner an amount equal to any amount due and owing to the
Custodian, plus any costs and expenses the Custodian shall have reasonably incurred in connection
with the termination of this Agreement. Any corporation or association into which the Custodian
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association
to which all or substantially all the escrow business of the Custodian’s corporate trust line of
business may be transferred, shall be the Custodian under this Agreement without further act.

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     9. Termination.

          (a) This Agreement shall continue and remain in force and effect for a period of one (1) year
from the day hereof and thereafter for further successive periods of one (1) year each, in
perpetuity, unless and until terminated in accordance with the remainder of this Section 9.

          (b) The Managing Owner and/or the Trust giving written notice to the Custodian (either with
respect to any or all of the Funds) may terminate this Agreement on sixty (60) days’ prior written
notice (or at such earlier date as may be agreed between the Managing Owner and the Custodian).
Any such notice shall specify the Funds to which the termination of this Agreement is being
effected and for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the termination of this
Agreement with respect to one or more Funds shall not affect the effectiveness of this Agreement
with respect to Funds not specified in the termination notice.

          (c) In the event that the Trust or a Fund terminates in accordance with the Trust Agreement,
this Agreement shall automatically terminate, effective as of such time, with respect to the Trust
and all Funds (in the event that the Trust is terminated) or the applicable Fund(s) (in the event
that one or more Funds are terminated). The Managing Owner shall give the Custodian prompt written
notice of the termination of the Trust and/or one or more Funds. Any such notice shall specify the
Funds to which the termination of this Agreement is being effected and for the avoidance of doubt,
it is understood and agreed that the termination of this Agreement with respect to one or more
Funds shall not affect the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to Funds not specified in
the termination notice.

          (d) In addition, without prejudice to any of the rights or obligations accrued up to the time
of termination, this Agreement may be terminated by either (i) the Managing Owner and/or the Trust
giving written notice to the Custodian (either with respect to any or all of the Funds) or (ii) the
Custodian giving written notice to the Managing Owner and the Trust (either with respect to any or
all of the Funds):

          (i) if the other party(ies) has/have committed any material breach of its obligations
under this Agreement and failed to cure such breach within thirty (30) days of receipt of
notice from the other requiring it so to do; or

          (ii) if the other party(ies) (A) applies/apply for or consents to the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, or liquidator because of its inability to pay its debts as
they mature; (B) makes/make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (C)
becomes/become adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent or becomes the subject of an order for
relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any foreign counterpart thereto; (D)
files/file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or a petition or an answer seeking
reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or
statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in
any proceeding under such law; or (E) suffers/suffer the filing against it of an
involuntary petition

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seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any foreign counterpart
thereto, and any such action remains unremedied for 90 consecutive days; or

          (iii) if an order, judgment or decree is entered, without the application, approval or
consent of the other party(ies), by any court of competent jurisdiction, approving a
petition seeking reorganization or appointing a receiver of such other party or
substantially all of the assets of such other party, and such order, judgment or decrees
continues unstayed and in effect for any period of 60 consecutive days.

     Upon termination of this Agreement, if any Assets remain in any account of any Fund, the
Custodian shall deliver to the applicable Fund such Assets. Except as otherwise provided herein,
all obligations of the parties to each other under this Agreement shall cease upon termination of
this Agreement.

     10. Fees. The Managing Owner agrees to (i) pay the Custodian upon execution of this Agreement
and from time to time thereafter reasonable compensation for the services to be rendered hereunder,
which unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Managing Owner and the Custodian shall be as
described in Schedule 3 attached hereto, and (ii) pay or reimburse the Custodian upon
request for all reasonable and appropriately evidenced expenses, disbursements and advances (other
than those expenses, disbursements and advances for which the Managing Owner and the Trust would
not be required to indemnify the Indemnitees pursuant to Section 11), including reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses, incurred or made by it in connection with the preparation, execution,
performance, delivery, modification and termination of this Agreement.

     11. Indemnity. The (x) Managing Owner and the Trust (in the case of a claim against the Trust
itself or all Funds) or (y) the Managing Owner and the applicable Fund(s) (in the case of a claim
against one or more specific Funds), shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and save
harmless the Custodian and its directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively, the
“Indemnitees”) from all loss, liability or expense incurred by any of them (including
reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) arising out of or in connection with (i) the Custodian’s
execution and performance of this Agreement, except in the case of any Indemnitee, to the extent
that such loss, liability or expense is due to the gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (ii) such Indemnitee’s following any instructions or other
directions reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be from the Managing Owner or the Trust,
except to the extent that the Custodian’s following any such instruction or direction is expressly
forbidden by the terms hereof. The parties hereto acknowledge that the foregoing indemnities shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Custodian or the termination of this Agreement.

     12. TINs. The Managing Owner and each Fund represent (severally and not jointly) that its
correct TIN assigned by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and any other applicable
taxing authority is set forth in Schedule 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, the Managing
Owner and each Fund shall provide the Custodian with a fully executed IRS Form W-9, which shall
include the TIN of the Managing Owner or such

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Fund, as applicable. All interest or other income earned under this Agreement shall be allocated
and/or paid as directed in a written direction of the Managing Owner and reported by the Custodian
as the income of the person to whom such income is allocated and/or paid to the IRS or any other
taxing authority. Notwithstanding such written directions, the Custodian shall file information
returns and withhold any taxes as it is informed by a written opinion of counsel are required by
any law or regulation in effect at the time of the distribution. In the absence of timely
direction, all proceeds of all Assets of each Fund shall be retained in custody by the Custodian.
In the event that any earnings remain undistributed at the end of any calendar year, the Custodian
shall report to the IRS or such other authority such earnings as directed in writing by the
Managing Owner. Notwithstanding such written directions, the Custodian shall file information
returns and withhold any taxes as it is informed by a written opinion of counsel are required by
any law or regulation then in effect.

     13. Notices.

          (a) All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given and
received: (i) upon delivery if delivered personally or upon confirmed transmittal if by facsimile;
(ii) on the next Business Day (as hereinafter defined) if sent by overnight courier; or (iii) four
(4) Business Days after mailing if mailed by prepaid registered mail, return receipt requested, to
the appropriate notice address set forth on Schedule 1 or at such other address as any
party hereto may have furnished to the other parties in writing by registered mail, return receipt
requested.

          (b) In the event that the Custodian, in its sole discretion, shall determine that an emergency
exists, the Custodian may use such other means of communication as the Custodian deems appropriate.

     14. Fund Disclaimer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that the Trust is organized in series pursuant to Sections 3804(a) and
3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Trust Act. As such, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses
incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to each series of the Trust shall be
enforceable against the assets of such series of the Trust only, and not against the assets of the
Trust generally or the assets of any other series of the Trust or against the Trustee. There may
be several series of the Trust created pursuant to the Trust Agreement of the Trust.

     15. Limitation of Limited Owner and Managing Owner Liability. This Agreement has been made
and executed by and on behalf of the Custodian, the Funds, the Trust and the Managing Owner. The
obligations of the Custodian, the Funds, the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are
not binding upon any of the Limited Owners individually but are binding only upon the assets and
property identified herein. No resort shall be had to the assets of other Funds or the Limited
Owners’ assets or personal property, for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim with respect
to a different Fund hereunder. The obligations of the Funds and/or the Trust set forth herein are
not binding upon the Managing Owner. No resort shall be had to the assets of the

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Managing Owner’s assets or personal property, for the satisfaction of any of the Trust’s, and
Funds’ or the Limited Owners’ obligations or claims hereunder.

     16. Subordination of Certain Claims and Rights. Except for amounts hereunder for which the
Managing Owner is responsible (for which the Managing Owner shall be responsible for paying), the
Custodian agrees and consents (the “Consent”) to look solely to the applicable Fund (the
“Contracting Fund”) and its assets (the “Contracting Fund Assets”) for payment.
The Contracting Fund Assets include only those funds and other assets that are paid, held or
distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of the Contracting Fund, including,
without limitation, funds delivered to the Trust for the purchase of units in a Fund. In
furtherance of the Consent, the Custodian agrees that any debts, liabilities, obligations,
indebtedness, expenses and claims of any nature and of all kinds and descriptions (collectively,
“Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing arising from, related to or in
connection with the Trust and its assets and the Contracting Fund and the Contracting Fund Assets,
shall be subject to the following limitations:

          (a) Except as set forth below, the Claims, if any, of the Custodian (the “Subordinated
Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing, arising from, related to or in
connection with the Contracting Fund and the Contracting Fund Assets and the assets of the Trust
shall be expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all other Claims against
the Trust and the Contracting Fund and any of their respective assets which may arise as a matter
of Law or pursuant to any Contract; provided, however, that bona fide Claims of the Custodian, if
any, against the Contracting Fund shall be pari passu and equal in right of repayment and
distribution with all other bona fide Claims against the Contracting Fund;

          (b) The Custodian will not take, demand or receive from any Fund or the Trust or any of their
respective assets (other than the Contracting Fund or its assets) any payment for the Subordinated
Claims, except in accordance with this Section 16;

          (c) Subject to this Section 16, the Claims of the Custodian with respect to the
Contracting Fund shall only be asserted and enforceable against the Contracting Fund’s assets and
the Managing Owner and its assets, and shall not be asserted or enforceable for any reason
whatsoever against the assets of any other Fund or the Trust generally;

          (d) If the Claims of the Custodian against the Contracting Fund or the Trust are secured in
whole or in part, the Custodian hereby waives (under section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (11
U.S.C. § 1111(b)) any right to have any deficiency Claims (which deficiency Claims may arise in the
event such security is inadequate to satisfy such Claims) treated as unsecured Claims against the
Trust or any other Fund, as the case may be;

          (e) In furtherance of the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Custodian receives monies
in connection with the Subordinated Claims from a Fund or the Trust (or their respective assets)
other than the Contracting Fund or the Managing

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Owner and their respective assets and except as permitted by this Section 16, the
Custodian shall be deemed to hold such monies in trust and shall promptly remit such monies to the
Fund or the Trust that paid such amounts for distribution by such Fund or the Trust in accordance
with the terms hereof; and

          (f) The provisions of this Section 16 shall apply at all times notwithstanding that
the Claims are satisfied, and notwithstanding that the agreements in respect of such Claims are
terminated, rescinded or canceled.

     16. Miscellaneous. The provisions of this Agreement may be waived, altered, amended or
supplemented, in whole or in part, only by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto. Neither
this Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part by any
party, without the prior consent of the other parties. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed under the laws of the State of New York, except for Sections 14, 15 and
16, which shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each
party hereto irrevocably waives any objection on the grounds of venue, forum non-conveniens or any
similar grounds and irrevocably consents to service of process by mail or in any other manner
permitted by applicable law and consents to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of
New York. The parties further hereby waive any right to a trial by jury with respect to any
lawsuit or judicial proceeding arising or relating to this Agreement. This Agreement may be
executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the parties have executed this
Agreement as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	as Custodian
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BROOKSHIRE RAW MATERIALS
	 	 	MANAGEMENT, LLC,
	 	 	as Managing Owner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 
	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	BROOKSHIRE RAW MATERIALS (U.S.)
	 	 	TRUST, for and on behalf of each Fund
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC,
	 	 	its sole managing owner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:

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Schedule 1

	 	 	 
	Trust Notice Address:

	 	c/o Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC
	 

	 	100 Hart Road, Suite 210
	 

	 	Barrington, IL 60010
	 

	 	Attention: Clyde Harrison
	 
	 	 
	Managing Owner Notice Address

	 	100 Hart Road, Suite 210
	 

	 	Barrington, IL 60010
	 

	 	Attention: Clyde Harrison
	 
	 	 
	Custodian Notice Address:

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Trust TIN:

	 	•
	 
	 	 
	Managing Owner TIN:

	 	•

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Schedule 2

Wire Instructions for Custody Funds for the Funds

20

 

Schedule 3

Fees

21

 

Schedule 4

 Authorized Persons

General — If to the Managing Owner:

	 	 	 
	Name	 	Telephone Number
	1. Stephen Adams

	 	888-877-2719 ext. 102
	2. Gary Sugar

	 	888-877-2719 ext. 103

Solely with respect to issuing instructions to buy, sell or exchange fixed income securities:

	 	 	 
	Name	 	Telephone Number
	1. Dick Chambers
	 	 

22EX-4.1

 

EXHIBIT 4.1

FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE

 

SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

ISSUER

AND

[                    ],

TRUSTEE

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF [                    ], 200[___]

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1)

	 	 	 
	Section of	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act	 	Section of
	of 1939, as amended	 	Indenture
	310(a)

	 	7.09
	310(b)

	 	7.08
	 

	 	7.10
	310(c)

	 	Inapplicable
	311(a)

	 	7.13
	311(b)

	 	7.13
	311(c)

	 	Inapplicable
	312(a)

	 	5.01
	 

	 	5.02(a)
	312(b)

	 	5.02(c)
	312(c)

	 	5.02(c)
	313(a)

	 	5.04(a)
	313(b)

	 	5.04(b)
	313(c)

	 	5.04(a)
	 

	 	5.04(b)
	 

	 	5.04(b)
	313(d)

	 	5.04(c)
	 

	 	5.03
	314(a)

	 	13.05(c)
	314(b)

	 	Inapplicable
	314(c)

	 	13.05
	314(d)

	 	Inapplicable
	314(e)

	 	13.05
	314(f)

	 	Inapplicable
	315(a)

	 	7.01(b)
	 

	 	7.02
	315(b)

	 	5.04(d)
	315(c)

	 	7.01
	315(d)

	 	7.01
	 

	 	7.02
	315(e)

	 	6.07
	316(a)

	 	6.06
	 

	 	8.04
	316(b)

	 	6.04
	316(c)

	 	8.01
	317(a)

	 	6.02
	317(b)

	 	4.03
	318(a)

	 	13.06

 

			
	(1)	 	This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and
shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS(2)

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DEFINITIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.01

	 	Definitions of Terms
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01

	 	Designation and Terms of Securities
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 2.02

	 	Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 2.03

	 	Denominations; Provisions for Payment
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 2.04

	 	Execution and Authentications
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 2.05

	 	Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 2.06

	 	Temporary Securities
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 2.07

	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.08

	 	Cancellation
	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 2.09

	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.10

	 	Authenticating Agent
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 2.11

	 	Global Securities
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01

	 	Redemption
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 3.02

	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 3.03

	 	Payment Upon Redemption
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 3.04

	 	Sinking Fund
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 3.05

	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 3.06

	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COVENANTS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01

	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 4.02

	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 4.03

	 	Paying Agents
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 4.04

	 	Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
	 	 	18	 

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	ARTICLE V
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01

	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 5.02

	 	Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 5.03

	 	Reports by the Company
	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 5.04

	 	Reports by the Trustee
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01

	 	Events of Default
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 6.02

	 	Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 6.03

	 	Application of Moneys Collected
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 6.04

	 	Limitation on Suits
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 6.05

	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 6.06

	 	Control by Securityholders
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 6.07

	 	Undertaking to Pay Costs
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.01

	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 7.02

	 	Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 7.03

	 	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 7.04

	 	May Hold Securities
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 7.05

	 	Moneys Held in Trust
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 7.06

	 	Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 7.07

	 	Reliance on Officers’ Certificate
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 7.08

	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 7.09

	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 7.10

	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 7.11

	 	Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 7.12

	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 7.13

	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01

	 	Evidence of Action by Securityholders
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 8.02

	 	Proof of Execution by Securityholders
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 8.03

	 	Who May be Deemed Owners
	 	 	33	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page
	 
	SECTION 8.04

	 	Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 8.05

	 	Actions Binding on Future Securityholders
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01

	 	Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 9.02

	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 9.03

	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 9.04

	 	Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 9.05

	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SUCCESSOR ENTITY
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01

	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc.
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 10.02

	 	Successor Entity Substituted
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 10.03

	 	Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.01

	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 11.02

	 	Discharge of Obligations
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 11.03

	 	Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 11.04

	 	Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 11.05

	 	Repayment to Company
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.01

	 	No Recourse
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.01

	 	Effect on Successors and Assigns
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 13.02

	 	Actions by Successor
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 13.03

	 	Notices
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 13.04

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 13.05

	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 13.06

	 	Payments on Business Days
	 	 	41	 

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	SECTION 13.07

	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 13.08

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 13.09

	 	Separability
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 13.10

	 	Assignment
	 	 	42	 

 

			
	(2)	 	This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall
not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.

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     INDENTURE, dated as of [                    ], 200[___], between Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [                    ], as trustee (the
“Trustee”):

     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of
unsecured debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without
coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;

     WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture; and

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

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

     The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of
this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as
well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such
Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.

     “Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or
any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of
the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

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

     “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of such 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 and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.

     “Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day
other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or regulation to close.

     “Certificate” means a certificate signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section
13.05.

     “Company” means Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the
provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and assigns.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at [                    ], except that whenever a
provision herein refers to an office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, such office is located, at the date hereof, at
[                    ]

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

     “Default” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series, for which the
Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global
Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing
agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or other applicable
statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company
pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.

     “Event of Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular series
any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any,
therein designated.

     “Global Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a
Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary
or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the
Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee.

     “Governmental Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations
of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit

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obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depositary 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
Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
depositary receipt.

     “Herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import,
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

     “Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such
Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with
respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest
with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the President or a
Senior Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the
Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms
hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may
be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee
in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.05, if and to the extent required by the
provisions thereof.

     “Outstanding,” when used with reference to Securities of any series, means,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all
Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee
or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for
cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental
Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been

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made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution
for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant
to the terms of Section 2.07.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.

     “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 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed
or stolen Security.

     “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the
President, any Senior Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust
officer, any corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

     “Securities” means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.

     “Securityholder,” “holder of Securities,” “registered holder” or other
similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular
Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at
least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general
partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose
outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such
Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more
of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or
any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.

     “Trustee” means [                    ], and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven,
shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more
than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each
such Person. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of
the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 10.01, as in effect at the
date of execution of this instrument.

     “Voting Stock,” as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated)
in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors
(or the equivalent) of such Person, other than

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shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,

REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.

     (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in
one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that
series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the
Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

          (1) the title of the Security of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

          (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series that 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 that series);

          (3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable and the place(s) of payment;

          (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;

          (5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of
determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment, and the
record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any
such Interest Payment Dates;

          (6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;

          (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;

          (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
(including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund
obligations) or at the option of a holder thereof and the

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period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased,
in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

          (9) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the
certificate of authentication for such series;

          (10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000)
or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of
the series shall be issuable;

          (11) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any
supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required by or
advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection
with the marketing of Securities of that series;

          (12) whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in
such case, the identity of the Depositary for such series;

          (13) whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of common
stock or other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible, including the conversion
price and the conversion period;

          (14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01;
and

          (15) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of the series.

     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 any

such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto.

     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.

     Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is
payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which
rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such interest
may be payable and with different redemption dates.

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SECTION 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate.

     The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the
tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or
as provided in a Board Resolution and as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to
conform to usage.

SECTION 2.03 Denominations; Provisions for Payment.

     The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the
denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple
thereof, subject to Section 2.01(10). The Securities of a particular series
shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect
to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of any
series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to
maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of
America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

     The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that
series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a
particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption
date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment
Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be
paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section
3.03.

     Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same
series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having
been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at
its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:

          (1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (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 such Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee

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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 in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
not be more than 15 nor 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 special
record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each
Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as
hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date.

          (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities 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 payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section
with respect to a series of Securities with respect to any Interest Payment Date
for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the first day of a month, or the last day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business
Day.

     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a
series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentications.

     The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its President,
or one of its Senior Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer, or one of its Assistant
Treasurers, or its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries, under its
corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.
Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company
may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a President or
Senior Vice President thereof, or of any Person who shall have been a Secretary
or Assistant

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Secretary thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities
shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have
ceased to be the President or a Senior Vice President, or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the form
of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities. The Securities may contain such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the
Trustee.

     A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. 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 a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, signed by its President or any Senior Vice President and its
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and the Trustee in accordance with such
written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

     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 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and
terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.

     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 that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

SECTION 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     (a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at
the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other Securities of such
series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount,
upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any
Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor
the Security or Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.

     (b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency
designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of
New York, or such other location designated by the Company a register or
registers (herein referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the
Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which
at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The
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registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be
appointed as authorized by a Board Resolution (the “Security Registrar”).

     Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the
Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the
Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.

     All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by
the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney
in writing.

     (c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption
of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any
transfer.

     (d) The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, exchange or register
the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less
than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close
of business on the day of such mailing, nor (2) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption.
The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security,
subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

SECTION 2.06 Temporary Securities.

     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized
denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of
any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay
the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series
and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered
in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of
the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency
shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company
advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be
executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so
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series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

     In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence)
shall execute, and upon the Company’s request, the Trustee (subject as
aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series,
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution
for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security
so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted
Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may
authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written
request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the
applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them harmless, and, in
case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company
and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.

     Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company
whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found
at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all
other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

SECTION 2.08 Cancellation.

     All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange
or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying
agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the
Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In
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such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with
its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.
If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
the holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or
provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being
for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities.

SECTION 2.10 Authenticating Agent.

     So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may
be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the
Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, 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 hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of
Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an
Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital
and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the
laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing
business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under
such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign
immediately.

     Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and
upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and
to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any
Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor
Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating
Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally
named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

SECTION 2.11 Global Securities.

     (a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the
Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then

the Company shall execute and the

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Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a
Global Security that (1) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of
such series, (2) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, (3) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to
the Depositary’s instruction and (4) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the
Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to
another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee
of such successor Depositary.”

     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of
a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided
in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or
to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or
to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

     (c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be
registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable
statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.11 shall
no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will
execute and, subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver
the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such
Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the
Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and
that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities
of such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to Section
2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such
determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global
Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the
Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive
registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this
Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.01 Redemption.

     The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and
after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

SECTION 3.02 Notice of Redemption.

     (a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all
or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance
with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee
to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series
to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such
redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed
for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the Security Register unless a shorter period is specified in
the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give
such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect
the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of
such series or any other series. 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 any
such restriction.

     Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption
and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed,
and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be
redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of
such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be
paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will
cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice
to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part
shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security
is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall
state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a
new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

     (b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice in advance of the date
fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the
series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such
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and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one
thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the
Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in
writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part.
The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions
signed on its behalf by its President or any Senior Vice President, instruct the
Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a
particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner
set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its
own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in
which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying
agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to
remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security
Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts
therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any
notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.

SECTION 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.

     (a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as
above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be
redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and
at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together
with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such
Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date
fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or
portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after
the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice,
said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price
for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date,
the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered
holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to
Section 2.03).

     (b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed
in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of the same series of
authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of
the Security so presented.

SECTION 3.04 Sinking Fund.

     The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to 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

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is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. 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 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

     The Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any Securities previously called for redemption) and (b) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that have been redeemed 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, 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, 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 of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

     Not less than 45 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 the series, the portion thereof, if any,
that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with
such Officers’ Certificate, 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 3.02 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Section 3.03.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

     The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the
time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to
such Securities.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company
agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, with respect to each such series and at such other location
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provided in this Section 4.02, where (a) Securities of that series may be
presented for payment, (b) Securities of that series may be presented as herein
above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (c) notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect
to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by
its President or a Senior Vice President and delivered to the Trustee, designate
some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, notices and demands.

SECTION 4.03 Paying Agents.

     (a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any
series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each
such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section:

          (1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any
other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto;

          (2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series
when the same shall be due and payable;

          (3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
paying agent; and

          (4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth
in this Indenture.

     (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any
series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the
Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such
Securities) to take such action. 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that
series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
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such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure
so to act.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (1) the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Section 11.05, and (2) 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 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 terms and conditions 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.

SECTION 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

     The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of
Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so
that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

ARTICLE V

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.

     The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) on
each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of
each series of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the
Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to be furnished such list at
any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list
furnished to the Trustee by the Company 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, however, that,
in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the
Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

SECTION 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders.

     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received
by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such
capacity).

     (b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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     (c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the
Security Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of the Trust
Indenture Act Section 312(c).

SECTION 5.03 Reports by the Company.

     (a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within 15
days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies
of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time
to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company may be required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and
the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic
information, documents and reports that may be required pursuant to Section 13
of the Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations.

     (b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from to time
by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided
for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations.

     (c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, or reputable overnight delivery service that provides for
evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may
be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.

SECTION 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.

     (a) On or before [___] in each year in which any of the Securities are
Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding [___], if and to the
extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     (b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b), 313(c) and 313(d) of the
Trust Indenture Act.

     (c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each stock
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which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the Commission. The
Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any
stock exchange.

     (d) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Trustee
receives actual notice of such Event of Default, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder notice of the uncured Event of Default within 90 days after the
occurrence thereof. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of
principal of, or interest on, any Securities, or in the payment of any sinking
or purchase fund installment, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long
as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

ARTICLE VI

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.

     (a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series,
“Event of Default” means any one or more of the following events that has
occurred and is continuing:

          (1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest
upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become due
and payable, and such default continues for a period of 90 days; provided,
however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in
accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto, shall not
constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

          (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same
shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by
declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous
fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid
extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of
principal or premium, if any;

          (3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants
or agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of
Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been
given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the
Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;

          (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy
Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for
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involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; or

          (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary
case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of
its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

     (b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities
of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or
the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal
of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon
any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and
payable.

     (c) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series shall
have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, 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 all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities
of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Securities of
that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such
payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of
interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series to
the date of such payment or deposit) and any amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06, and (2) any and all other Events of Default under the Indenture
with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on
Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall
have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.

     No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     (d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with
respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or
annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their
former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of
the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had
been taken.

SECTION 6.02 Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

     (a) If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) hereof
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an
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empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the
collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or
proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that
series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the
Securities of that series, wherever situated.

     (b) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings
affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have
power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be
permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be
entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the
holders of Securities of a series allowed for the entire amount due and payable
by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such
proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the
Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby
authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due it under Section 7.06.

     (c) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of a series, may
be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or
the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and
any such suit or 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 payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section
7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such
series.

     In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right
vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

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

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SECTION 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected.

     Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect
to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon
presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon the payment,
if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all
amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and

     SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities
of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, 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 premium, if any) and interest,
respectively.

SECTION 6.04 Limitation on Suits.

     No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or
by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless (a) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with
respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as
hereinbefore provided; (b) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or
proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (c) such holder or holders
shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or
proceeding; and (e) during such 60-day period, the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities of that series shall not have given the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

     Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the right of any
holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption,
on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. By accepting a Security
hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder
and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall
have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority
over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this
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the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such
series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section,
each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief
as can be given either at law or in equity.

SECTION 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

     (a) All powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and
not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

     (b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence
therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Securityholders.

SECTION 6.06 Control by Securityholders.

     The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section
8.01, 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 such series; provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of
Securities of any other series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance
with Section 8.01. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, 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. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with
Section 8.01, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such
series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants
contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such
series and its consequences, except an uncured default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of that
series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities
otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any
premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section
6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to
be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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SECTION 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

     All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by
such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this
Indenture.

ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such series such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and
no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred
(that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to
Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.

     (b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

          (1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of
Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

               (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect
to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the
Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
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               (ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;

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

          (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of that series; and

          (4) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that
the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under
the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not
reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.

     Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

     (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, consent, order, approval, bond, security 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, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in
the name of the Company, by the President or any Senior Vice President and by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein);

     (c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in
good faith and in reliance thereon;

     (d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of
any of the Securityholders,

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pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing
contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the Securities
(that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to Securities of
that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

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

     (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, consent, order, approval, bond, security or
other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
the particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04);
provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee
of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured
to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture,
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or
liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every
such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Company upon demand; and

     (g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder 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
hereunder.

SECTION 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities.

     (a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the same.

     (b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Indenture or of the Securities.

     (c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for
the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with
any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for
the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the
Trustee.

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SECTION 7.04 May Hold Securities.

     The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

SECTION 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the
Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for
the purposes for which they were received, but 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 moneys received by it hereunder except such as it
may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

SECTION 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

     (a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust), as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing,
for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created
and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of
the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company
will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify
the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence
or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises.

     (b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder.
Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Securities.

SECTION 7.07 Reliance on Officers’ Certificate.

     Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the
Trustee and such certificate, in

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the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

     If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the
Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued
hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to
act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor
may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in Section 7.10.

SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     (a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any time
resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written
notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their
names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any
Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

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     (b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:

          (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who
has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months;
or

          (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request

therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

          (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to,
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, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee,
or, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for
at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

     (c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company
and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the
Company.

     (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.

     (e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such
series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series.

SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee 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, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
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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 hereunder.

     (b) In case of the appointment hereunder 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 an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) 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)
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
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or
failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; 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 therein,
such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no
further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the
performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this
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; but, on request of
the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by
such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.

     (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) or (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.

     (e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder by mail,

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first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and
addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit
such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the
expense of the Company.

SECTION 7.12 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 the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be
the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions
of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. 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 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

     The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

SECTION 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

     Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a
particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such
majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be
evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor
executed by such holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or
proxy appointed in writing.

     If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers’
Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination
of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have
no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
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waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only
the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall
be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether
Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that
series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the
record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent
by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it
shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.

SECTION 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his
agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities
shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

     (a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument
may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.

     (b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of
such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

     (c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to
in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

SECTION 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.

     Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security,
the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem
and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the
books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes;
and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

     In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal
amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction,
consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are
owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by
any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any
such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected

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in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such
series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The
Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any
decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full
protection to the Trustee.

SECTION 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.

     At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the
majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a
particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be
included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action
may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as
provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security.
Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or
not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken
by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and
the holders of all the Securities of that series.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.

     In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the
consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

     (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency herein or in the
Securities of any series;

     (b) to comply with Article Ten;

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

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     (d) 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 herein conferred upon the Company;

     (e) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, purposes of issue, authentication
and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth;

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

     (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and
conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to
establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add to the rights
of the holders of any series of Securities.

     The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall
not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

     Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may
be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of
any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 9.02.

SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.

     With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each
series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time
Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by
Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under
this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and
affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series,
or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate of interest thereon,
or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent
to any such supplemental indenture.

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     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any
series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions
of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such
series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities
of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and
be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and
all purposes.

SECTION 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.

     Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture,
authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a
notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the
requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of
that series then Outstanding.

SECTION 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by Board Resolutions
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required
to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be
obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is
authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that
it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the
execution thereof; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not be
provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture that
establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

     Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in
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indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to
mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair
or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE X

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

SECTION 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.

     Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or
mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or
parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of
the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not
affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to
acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants
and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the
Company is not the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if
any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the
terms of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture
with respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant
to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly
assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee
executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the
entity which shall have acquired such property.

SECTION 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.

     (a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory
in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding
and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of
this Indenture or established with respect to each series of the Securities
pursuant to Section 2.01 to be performed by the Company with respect to each
series, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and
thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

     (b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in
substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be
appropriate.

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     (c) Nothing contained in this Article shall apply to limit or impose any
requirements upon the consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company
where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the
Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).

SECTION 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.

     The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply
with the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE XI

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated (other than
any Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) and Securities for whose payment
money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such
Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations
or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all
Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to
become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case
may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture
shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except
for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that
shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be,
and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and
the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

SECTION 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.

     If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and
payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by
depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds

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moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for
redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such
series, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case
may be, are deposited with the Trustee, the obligations of the Company under
this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.06,
7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and
be paid. Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.

SECTION 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.

     All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for
payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular series
of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.

SECTION 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.

     In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all
moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the
provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the
Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.

SECTION 11.05 Repayment to Company.

     Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or
the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of a particular series that
are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at
least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable,
shall be repaid to the Company or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall
be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to
receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Company for the payment thereof.

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ARTICLE XII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SECTION 12.01 No Recourse.

     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this
Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor
or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations
issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of
any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against,
every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as
a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Securities.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.

     All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 13.02 Actions by Successor.

     Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or
required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the
Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the
time be the lawful successor of the Company.

SECTION 13.03 Notices.

     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or demand that by
any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served
by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities to or on the Company may be given
or served by being deposited first class

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postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is
filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: [                    ]. Any
notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder to or
upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.

SECTION 13.04 Governing Law.

     This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

SECTION 13.05 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     (a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in
the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.

     (b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he 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 or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

     (c) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee, on [___] of each year, a
brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of such
obligor’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For
purposes of this subsection, such compliance shall be determined without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder.

SECTION 13.06 Payments on Business Days.

     Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution,
and as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of
maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of
any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the

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same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption,
and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.

SECTION 13.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

     If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

SECTION 13.08 Counterparts.

     This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.

SECTION 13.09 Separability.

     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in
the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities,
but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

SECTION 13.10 Assignment.

     The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or
obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company
will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the
Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto and
their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be
assigned by the parties thereto.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
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	 	 	as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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