Document:

EX-4.1 FORM OF INDENTURE

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

TIME WARNER INC.,

TW AOL HOLDINGS INC.,

as Guarantor

HISTORIC TW INC.,

as Guarantor

TIME WARNER COMPANIES, INC.,

as Guarantor

TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.,

as Guarantor

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of [date]

 

Providing for Issuance of Senior Securities in Series

 

 

 

Table Showing Reflection in Indenture of Certain Provisions

of Trust Indenture Act of 1939,

as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990

 

Reflected in Indenture

	 	 	 	 	 
	TIA	 	 	 	Section
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’310
	 	(a)(1)	 	6.09
	 
	 	(a)(2)	 	6.09
	 
	 	(a)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(a)(4)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(a)(5)	 	6.09
	 
	 	(b)	 	6.08
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’311
	 	(a)	 	6.13(a)
	 
	 	(b)	 	6.13(b)
	 
	 	(b)(2)	 	7.03(a)
	 
	 	 	 	7.03(b)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’312
	 	(a)	 	7.01
	 
	 	 	 	7.02(a)
	 
	 	(b)	 	7.03(b)
	 
	 	(c)	 	7.02(c)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’313
	 	(a)	 	7.03(a)
	 
	 	(b)	 	7.03(b)
	 
	 	(c)	 	7.03(a)
	 
	 	 	 	7.03(b)
	 
	 	(d)	 	7.03(c)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’314
	 	(a)(1)	 	7.04
	 
	 	(a)(2)	 	7.04
	 
	 	(a)(3)	 	7.04
	 
	 	(a)(4)	 	10.04
	 
	 	(b)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(c)(1)	 	1.02
	 
	 	(c)(2)	 	1.02
	 
	 	(c)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(d)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(e)	 	1.02
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’315
	 	(a)	 	6.01(a)
	 
	 	 	 	6.01(c)
	 
	 	(b)	 	6.02
	 
	 	 	 	7.03(a)
	 
	 	(c)	 	6.01(b)
	 
	 	(d)	 	6.01
	 
	 	(d)(1)	 	6.01(a)
	 
	 	(d)(2)	 	6.01(c)(2)
	 
	 	(d)(3)	 	6.01(c)(3)

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	TIA	 	 	 	Section
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	(e)	 	5.14
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’316
	 	(a)	 	1.01
	 
	 	(a)(1)(A)	 	5.02
	 
	 	 	 	5.12
	 
	 	(a)(1)(B)	 	5.13
	 
	 	(a)(2)	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	(b)	 	5.08
	 
	 	(c)	 	1.04(d)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’317
	 	(a)(1)	 	5.03
	 
	 	(a)(2)	 	5.04
	 
	 	(b)	 	10.03
	 
	 	 	 	 
	‘SS’318
	 	(a)	 	1.07

 

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

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article I	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 1.01
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	SECTION 1.02
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 1.03
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 1.04
	 	Acts of Securityholders	 	 	11	 
	SECTION 1.05
	 	Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 1.06
	 	Notices to Securityholders; Waiver	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 1.07
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.08
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.09
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.10
	 	Separability Clause	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.11
	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.12
	 	Governing Law	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.13
	 	Counterparts	 	 	13	 
	SECTION 1.14
	 	Judgment Currency	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article II	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Security Forms	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 2.01
	 	Forms Generally	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 2.02
	 	Forms of Securities	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 2.03
	 	Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 2.04
	 	Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article III	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	The Securities	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 3.01
	 	General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of Particular Series	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 3.02
	 	Denominations	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 3.03
	 	Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating	 	 	19	 
	SECTION 3.04
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.05
	 	Registration, Transfer and Exchange	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 3.06
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 3.07
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 3.08
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 3.09
	 	Cancelation	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 3.10
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 3.11
	 	Delayed Issuance of Securities	 	 	24	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article IV	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 4.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 4.02
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 4.03
	 	Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 4.04
	 	Reinstatement	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article V	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Remedies	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 5.01
	 	Events of Default	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 5.02
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 5.03
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 5.04
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.05
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.06
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 5.07
	 	Limitation on Suits	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.08
	 	Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 5.09
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 5.10
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 5.11
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 5.12
	 	Control by Securityholders	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 5.13
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 5.14
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 5.15
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article VI	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	The Trustee	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 6.01
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 6.02
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 6.03
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 6.04
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.05
	 	May Hold Securities	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.06
	 	Money Held in Trust	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.07
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 6.08
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.09
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 6.10
	 	Resignation and Removal	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 6.11
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 6.12
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 6.13
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 6.14
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	 	 	42	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article VII	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Securityholders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 7.01
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 7.02
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Securityholders	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 7.03
	 	Reports by Trustee	 	 	45	 
	SECTION 7.04
	 	Reports by Company	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article VIII	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 8.01
	 	Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer on Certain Terms	 	 	46	 
	SECTION 8.02
	 	Successor Person Substituted	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article IX	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Supplemental Indentures	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 9.01
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders	 	 	47	 
	SECTION 9.02
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders	 	 	48	 
	SECTION 9.03
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 9.04
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	49	 
	SECTION 9.05
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 9.06
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	 	 	50	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article X	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Covenants	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 10.01
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 10.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 10.03
	 	Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust	 	 	50	 
	SECTION 10.04
	 	Statement as to Compliance	 	 	51	 
	SECTION 10.05
	 	Legal Existence	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 10.06
	 	Limitation on Liens	 	 	52	 
	SECTION 10.07
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article XI	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Redemption of Securities	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.01
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	54	 
	SECTION 11.02
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 11.03
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	 	 	55	 
	SECTION 11.04
	 	Notice of Redemption	 	 	56	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 11.05
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	 	56	 
	SECTION 11.06
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.07
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.08
	 	Provisions with Respect to Any Sinking Funds	 	 	57	 
	SECTION 11.09
	 	Rescission of Redemption	 	 	58	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article XII	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Conversion	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 12.01
	 	Conversion Privilege	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 12.02
	 	Conversion Procedure; Rescission of Conversion; Conversion Price; Fractional Shares	 	 	59	 
	SECTION 12.03
	 	Adjustment of Conversion Price for Common Stock or Marketable Securities	 	 	61	 
	SECTION 12.04
	 	Consolidation or Merger of the Company	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 12.05
	 	Notice of Adjustment	 	 	64	 
	SECTION 12.06
	 	Notice in Certain Events	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 12.07
	 	Company to Reserve Stock or other Marketable Securities; Registration; Listing	 	 	65	 
	SECTION 12.08
	 	Taxes on Conversion	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 12.09
	 	Conversion After Record Date	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 12.10
	 	Corporate Action Regarding Par Value of Common Stock	 	 	66	 
	SECTION 12.11
	 	Company Determination Final	 	 	67	 
	SECTION 12.12
	 	Trustee's Disclaimer	 	 	67	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Article XIII	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Guarantees	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECTION 13.01
	 	Guarantees	 	 	67	 

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     THIS INDENTURE between TIME WARNER INC., a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”) having its
principal office at One Time Warner Center, New York, New York 10019, TW
AOL HOLDINGS INC., a Virginia corporation (“TW AOL”), HISTORIC TW
INC., a Delaware corporation (“Historic TW”), TIME WARNER
COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“TWCI”), TURNER
BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a Georgia corporation (“TBS,” and
together with TW AOL, Historic TW and TWCI, the “Guarantors”), and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee
(hereinafter called the “Trustee”), is made and entered into as of
[date].

Recitals of the Company

          The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in
one or more fully registered series.

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

Agreements of the Parties

      To set forth or to provide for the establishment of the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities are and are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed as follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of a
series thereof, as the case may be:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Other Provisions

of General Application

      SECTION
1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:

     (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;

     (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or by
Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein,
have the meanings assigned to them herein;

     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with GAAP and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
“generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles and any

 

 

accounting rules or interpretations promulgated by the Commission as are generally
accepted in the United States of America at the date of this Indenture; and

     (4) all references in this instrument to designated “Articles”, “Sections” and other
subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this
instrument as originally executed. The words “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.

          Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in that Article.

          “Act”, when used with respect to any Securityholder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.

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

          “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to authenticate
Securities under Section 6.14.

          “Board of Directors” means (i) the board of directors of the Company, (ii) any duly
authorized committee of such board, (iii) any committee of officers of the Company or (iv) any
officer of the Company acting, in the case of (iii) or (iv), pursuant to authority granted by the
board of directors of the Company or any 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, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, unless otherwise
specified in a Board Resolution and an Officer’s Certificate with respect to a particular series of
Securities, each day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in
the pertinent Place or Places of Payment or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located
are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.

          “Closing Price” of the Common Stock or other Marketable Security, as the case may be,
shall mean the last reported sale price of such stock or other Marketable Security (regular way) as
shown on the Composite Tape of the NYSE (or, if such stock or other Marketable Security is not
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities exchange on which
such stock or other Marketable Security is listed or admitted to trading), or, in case no such sale
takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the NYSE (or, if such
stock or other Marketable Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the
principal national securities exchange on which such stock or other Marketable Security is listed
or admitted to trading), or, if it is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by NASDAQ, or if such stock
or other Marketable Security is not so reported, the average of the

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closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.

          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

          “Common Stock” shall mean the class of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company authorized at the date of this Indenture as originally signed, or any other class of stock
resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock, and in any such case
including any shares thereof authorized after the date of this Indenture.

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

          “Company Request”, “Company Order” and “Company Consent” mean a
written request, order or consent, respectively, signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President or a Vice President, and
by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Controller, an Assistant Controller, Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

          “Consolidated Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, at the date of any
determination, the consolidated stockholders’ or owners’ equity of the holders of capital stock or
partnership interests of such Person and its subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

          “Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to receive Securities to
be converted into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company
initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Securities on its behalf. The
Company may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Conversion
Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued
under this Indenture.

          “Conversion Price” means, with respect to any series of Securities which are
convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities, the price per share of Common Stock
or the price per designated unit of other Marketable Security at which the Securities of such
series are so convertible as set forth in the Board Resolution with respect to such series (or in
any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 9.01(9) with respect to such series),
as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 12.03 (or such
supplemental indenture).

          “Converting Holder” shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.02(c) of this
Indenture.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date
hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, NY 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration.

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          “Current Market Price” on any date shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices
per share of Common Stock or of such other Marketable Securities for any thirty (30) consecutive
Trading Days selected by the Company prior to the day in question, which thirty (30) consecutive
Trading Day period shall not commence more than forty-five (45) Trading Days prior to the day in
question; provided that with respect to Section 12.03(3), the “Current Market Price” of the Common
Stock or of such other Marketable Securities shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per
share of Common Stock or of such other Marketable Securities for the five (5) consecutive Trading
Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in Section 12.03(3) (or if such date shall
not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date).

          “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

          “Depository” means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.04 or 3.01, with respect to Securities of any series issuable or issued as a Global
Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as
a clearing agency under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation.

          “Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03.

          “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Article V.

          “Federal Bankruptcy Act” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(5).

          “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as such principles are in effect
in the United States as of the date of this Indenture.

          “Global Security”, when used with respect to any series of Securities issued
hereunder, means a Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction, all in accordance with this
Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a
Company Request, which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and which
shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
all of the Outstanding Securities of such series or any portion thereof, in either case having the
same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which
principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.

          “Guarantee” means the guarantees specified in Section 13.01(a) and (b).

          “Guarantors” means TW AOL, Historic TW, TBS and TWCI, in each case unless and until
such entity is released from its Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.01(h).

          “Historic TW” means Historic TW Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Historic TW” shall mean such successor.

          “Holder”, when used with respect to any Security, means a Securityholder, which means
a Person in whose name a security is registered in the Security Register.

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          “Indebtedness For Borrowed Money” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments and (c) all guarantee obligations of such Person
with respect to Indebtedness For Borrowed Money of others. The Indebtedness For Borrowed Money of
any Person shall include the Indebtedness For Borrowed Money of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other contractual relationship with such
entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness For Borrowed Money provide that such
Person is not liable therefor.

          “Indenture” or “this 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 pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.

          “Interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its
terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

          “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any series of Securities, means the
Stated Maturity of any installment of interest on those Securities.

          “Marketable Security” means any common stock, debt security or other security of a
Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on the NYSE, the American Stock
Exchange, NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or approved for quotation in any system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices in the United States or for which there is a
recognized market maker or trading market.

          “Material Subsidiary” means any Person that is a Subsidiary if at the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter of the Company, the aggregate amount, determined in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, of securities of, loans and advances to, and other investments in, such
Person held by the Company and its other Subsidiaries exceeded 10% of the Company’s Consolidated
Net Worth.

          “Material U.S. Subsidiary” means any Material Subsidiary that is organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof (including any State
thereof or the District of Columbia).

          “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Securities, means the date on which the
principal of any such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether on a
Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.

          “NASDAQ” shall mean the NASDAQ Stock Market.

          “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

          “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Wherever this Indenture

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requires that an Officers’ Certificate be signed also by a financial expert or an accountant
or other expert, such financial expert, accountant or other expert (except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Indenture) may be in the employ of the Company, and shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.

          “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may (except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, which is
delivered to the Trustee.

          “Original Issue Discount Security” means (i) any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof, and (ii) any other security which is issued with “original issue discount”
within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder.

          “Outstanding”, when used with respect to the Securities or Securities of any series,
means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:

     (i) such Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancelation;

     (ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of
such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

     (iii) such Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, or which shall have been paid
pursuant to the terms of Section 3.06 (except with respect to any such Security as to which
proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a Person in
whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company).

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Securities Outstanding
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i)
the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of the
taking of such action upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and (ii)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. In
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee knows to be owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to
act as owner with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.

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          “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially
authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying Agent for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at
any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Paying Agent in addition to
or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this Indenture.

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

          “Place of Payment” means with respect to any series of Securities issued hereunder the
city or political subdivision so designated with respect to the series of Securities in question in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.

          “Predecessor Securities” of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost,
destroyed or stolen Security.

          “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the
date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

          “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the
price specified in the Security at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

          “Redemption Rescission Event” shall mean the occurrence of (a) any general suspension
of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the principal national securities
exchange on which shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities are registered and listed for
trading (or, if shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities are not registered and listed for
trading on any such exchange, in the over-the-counter market) for more than six-and-one-half
(6-1/2) consecutive trading hours, (b) any decline in either the Dow Jones Industrial Average or
the S&P 500 Index (or any successor index published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or S&P) by either
(i) an amount in excess of 10%, measured from the close of business on any Trading Day to the close
of business on the next succeeding Trading Day during the period commencing on the Trading Day
preceding the day notice of any redemption of Securities is given (or, if such notice is given
after the close of business on a Trading Day, commencing on such Trading Day) and ending at the
time and date fixed for redemption in such notice or (ii) an amount in excess of 15% (or if the
time and date fixed for redemption is more than 15 days following the date on which such notice of
redemption is given, 20%), measured from the close of business on the Trading Day preceding the day
notice of such redemption is given (or, if such notice is given after the close of business on a
Trading Day, from such Trading Day) to the close of business on any Trading Day at or prior to the
time and date fixed for redemption, (c) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of
payments in respect of banks by Federal or state authorities in the United States or (d) the
occurrence of an act of terrorism or commencement of a war or armed hostilities or other national
or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States which in the
reasonable judgment of the Company could have a material adverse effect on the market for the
Common Stock or Marketable Securities.

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          “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment
Date means the date specified in such Security as the Regular Record Date.

          “Repayment Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid, means the date
fixed for such repayment pursuant to such Security.

          “Repayment Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid, means the
price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to such Security.

          “Required Currency”, when used with respect to any Security, has the meaning set forth
in Section 1.14.

          “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the
Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. “Responsible Officer”,
when used with respect to the Company, means any of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Treasurer, Controller or Vice
President, Corporate Finance, of the Company (or any equivalent of the foregoing officers).

          “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor to the rating agency
business thereof.

          “Security” or “Securities” means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture
or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may be, of any series
authenticated and delivered from time to time under this Indenture.

          “Security Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.05.

          “Security Registrar” means the Person who keeps the Security Register specified in
Section 3.05. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Security Registrar for the
Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to time authorize any Person to
act as Security Registrar in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued
under this Indenture.

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

          “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

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

          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation more than 50% of the
voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by such Person, and any partnership,
association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person owns more than 50% of the equity
interests or has the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body.

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          “TBS” means Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Georgia corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Historic TW, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “TBS” shall mean such successor.

          “Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Stock or a Marketable Security,
so long as the common stock or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed or admitted
to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the NYSE is open for the transaction of business, or, if the
Common Stock or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading
on the NYSE, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock or
such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed is open for the transaction of business,
or, if the Common Stock or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not so listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which NASDAQ is open for the
transaction of business.

          “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that, in the event
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means,
to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

          “TW AOL” means TW AOL Holdings Inc., a Virginia corporation and wholly owned indirect
subsidiary of the Company, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “TW AOL” shall mean such successor.

          “TWCI” means Time Warner Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “TWCI” shall mean such successor.

          “Vice President” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”, including without limitation, an assistant vice president.

          “Voting Stock”, as applied to the stock of any corporation, means stock of any class
or classes (however designated) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the members of the board of directors (or other governing body) of such corporation
other than stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.

          “Works” means motion pictures, video, television, interactive or multi-media
programming, audio-visual works, sound recordings, books and other literary or written material,
any software, copyright or other intellectual property related thereto, acquired directly or
indirectly after the date of this Indenture by purchase, business combination, production, creation
or otherwise, any component of the foregoing or rights with respect thereto, and all improvements
thereon, products and proceeds thereof and revenues derived therefrom.

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          “Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity on a series of Securities, calculated
by the Company at the time of issuance of such series of Securities, or, if applicable, at the most
recent redetermination of interest on such series, in accordance with accepted financial practice.

          SECTION 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request
by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any
(including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition 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, if any (including any
covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

          Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than annual statements of compliance provided pursuant to Section
10.04) shall include:

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

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

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

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

      SECTION 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.  In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is
not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons may
certify or give an opinion as to the other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

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

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should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous.

          Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

      SECTION 1.04 Acts of Securityholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Securityholders or Securityholders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in or evidenced by an electronic transmission which
identifies the documents containing the proposal on which such consent is requested and certifies
such Securityholders’ consent thereto and agreement to be bound thereby; and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. If any Securities are denominated in coin or currency other than that of the United
States, then for the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Securities have taken any action as herein described, the principal amount of such Securities
shall be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such
principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange into United States dollars for the
currency in which such Securities are denominated (as evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers’
Certificate) as of the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal
amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. If any
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, then for the purposes of determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have taken any action as herein described,
the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed to be the amount of
the principal thereof that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof as of the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite
principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the first sentence of this Section
1.04(a). Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Securityholders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

          (c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

          (d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option,

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fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall
have no obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the later of 10 days prior to the first
solicitation of such action or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.01. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date,
but only the Holders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities
outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Securities outstanding
shall be computed as of the record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent
by the Holders 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, and
that no such authorization, agreement or consent may be amended, withdrawn or revoked once given by
a Holder, unless the Company shall provide for such amendment, withdrawal or revocation in
conjunction with such solicitation of authorizations, agreements or consents or unless and to the
extent required by applicable law.

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

      SECTION 1.05 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Securityholders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

     (1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at
its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Securities Servicing; or

     (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section 5.01(4) or, in the case of a request for
repayment, as specified in the Security carrying the right to repayment) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Treasurer,
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

      SECTION 1.06 Notices to Securityholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any
Security provides for notice to Securityholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Securityholders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Securityholders. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or
after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by

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

          In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike, work
stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to any Securityholder
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
method of notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be deemed to
be a sufficient giving of such notice.

      SECTION 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If and to the extent that any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another
provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, any of
Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated
provision shall control.

      SECTION 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.

      SECTION 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Company and the Guarantors shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.

      SECTION 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

      SECTION 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in any Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, any Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and the Holders of
Securities (or such of them as may be affected thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

      SECTION 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of New York.

      SECTION 1.13 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

      SECTION 1.14 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it
may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in
any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or
interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency
in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used
shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase
in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking
Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under
this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied
by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with
subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that

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such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the
Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full
amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by
judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing,
“New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the
City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close.

ARTICLE II

Security Forms

      SECTION 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities shall have such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon, as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the
reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.

          The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities, subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to the rules of any securities
exchange on which such Securities are listed.

      SECTION 2.02 Forms of Securities. Each Security shall be in one of the forms
approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for
authentication in any form approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been
approved, which Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of
Security which has been approved thereby or, if a Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or
officers to approve a form of Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the
form of Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by the
Trustee’s authentication of Securities in that form or a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Company.

      SECTION 2.03 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication for any Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be
substantially as follows:

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

          This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     by	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	     Dated	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

      SECTION 2.04 Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security. (a) If the
Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 3.01 that the Securities of a particular
series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the
Company shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the
Company Order delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder, authenticate and deliver, such
Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall
specify in a Company Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global
Security or Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the
Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially
to the following effect: “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
the Depository to Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository or in such other name
as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made to the
nominee of the Depository or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative
of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, the nominee of the Depository, has an
interest herein.”

          (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.04 or of Section 3.05, and subject
to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit
such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.05,
only to a nominee of the Depository for such Global Security, or to the Depository, or a successor
Depository for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such
successor Depository.

          (c) (i) If at any time the Depository for a Global Security notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time the
Depository for the Securities for such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such Global Security. If a successor
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after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company
will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Company Request for the
authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series in exchange for such Global
Security, will authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series of like tenor and
terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in
exchange for such Global Security.

      (ii) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of
any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall
no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of
individual Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or
Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.

      (iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 3.02 with respect to
Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depository for such Global
Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual
Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are
acceptable to the Company and such Depository. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (1) to each Person specified
by such Depository a new Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest as specified by such Depository in the Global
Security; and (2) to such Depository a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in an
authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the
surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders
thereof.

      (iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company will
execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate and deliver individual Securities in
definitive registered form in authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal
amount of a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by
the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Securities issued in
exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depository for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions
from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the Security
Registrar. The Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver at its Corporate Trust Office such
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

ARTICLE III

The Securities

      SECTION 3.01 General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of Particular
Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered
and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited.

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          The Securities may be issued in one or more series as from time to time may be authorized by
the Board of Directors. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in a
supplemental indenture, subject to Section 3.11, prior to the issuance of Securities of any such
series:

     (1) the title of the Securities of such series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of such series from Securities of any other series);

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

     (3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series is
payable;

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

     (5) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
Securities of such series shall be payable;

     (6) the period or periods within which, the Redemption Price or Prices or the
Repayment Price or Prices, as the case may be, at which and the terms and conditions upon
which Securities of such series may be redeemed or repaid (including the applicability of
Section 11.09), as the case may be, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or
the Holder;

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

     (8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of such series shall be issuable;

     (9) provisions, if any, with regard to the conversion or exchange of the Securities of
such series, at the option of the Holders thereof or the Company, as the case may be, for
or into new Securities of a different series, Common Stock or other securities and, if the
Securities of such series are convertible into common stock or other Marketable Securities,
the Conversion Price therefor;

     (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or units based on or
related to currencies in which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in
which payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, such Securities shall or
may be payable;

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     (11) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities
of such series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
coin or currency (including a composite currency) other than that in which the Securities
are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions
upon which, such election may be made;

     (12) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the Securities of such series may be determined with reference to an index based on
a coin or currency (including a composite currency) other than that in which the Securities
are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

     (13) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06, 11.07
and 12.02 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never
to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

     (14) provisions, if any, with regard to the exchange of Securities of such series, at
the option of the Holders thereof, for other Securities of the same series of the same
aggregate principal amount or of a different authorized series or different authorized
denomination or denominations, or both;

     (15) provisions, if any, with regard to the appointment by the Company of an
Authenticating Agent in one or more places other than the location of the office of the
Trustee with power to act on behalf of the Trustee and subject to its direction in the
authentication and delivery of the Securities of any one or more series in connection with
such transactions as shall be specified in the provisions of this Indenture or in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture;

     (16) the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series, if other than
the principal amount thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section
5.04;

     (17) any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series, if not set
forth herein, and any additions, deletions or other changes to the Events of Default set
forth herein that shall be applicable to the Securities of such series;

     (18) any covenant solely for the benefit of the Securities of such series and any
additions, deletions or other changes to the provisions of Article X or Section 1.01 or any
definitions relating to such Article that would otherwise be applicable to the Securities
of such series;

     (19) if Section 4.03 of this Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities of
such series and if Section 4.03 shall be applicable to any covenant or Event of Default
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in a supplemental indenture as
described above that has not already been established herein;

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     (20) if the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form
of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual
Securities; and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities; and

     (21) any other terms of such series;

all upon such terms as may be determined in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture with respect to such series.

          The form of the Securities of each series shall be established pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or in the supplemental indenture creating
such series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from the Securities of each other
series in such manner, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, as the Board of Directors may
determine.

          Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of a particular series, the Securities of
any series may only be issuable in registered form, without coupons.

          Any terms or provisions in respect of the Securities of any series issued under this Indenture
may be determined pursuant to this Section by providing for the method by which such terms or
provisions shall be determined.

      SECTION 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such
denominations and currency as shall be provided in the provisions of this Indenture or in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture creating such series. In the absence
of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of that series
shall be issuable only in fully registered form in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof.

      SECTION 3.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall
be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its
Chief Operating Officer, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer and attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may
be manual or facsimile.

          Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

          At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the
Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise.

          Prior to any such authentication and delivery, the Trustee shall be provided with, in addition
to any Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 1.02, and the Board Resolution and any certificate relating to the issuance of
the series of Securities required to be furnished pursuant to Section 2.02, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that:

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     (1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the requirements of the
Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and
deliver such Securities;

     (2) the form and terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;

     (3) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by the
Company of such Securities have been complied with, the Company has the corporate power to
issue such Securities and such Securities have been duly authorized and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authentication and delivery by the Trustee, constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms
(subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or other laws and legal principles affecting creditors’ rights
generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable principles, whether applied
in an action at law or in equity) and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally
and ratably with all other Securities, if any, of such series Outstanding;

     (4) the Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and

     (5) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request;

and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities created by an
indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all laws and requirements with respect to the form
and execution by the Company of the supplemental indenture with respect to that series of
Securities have been complied with, the Company has corporate power to execute and deliver any such
supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary corporate action for those purposes and any such
supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other
laws and legal principles affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general equitable principles, whether applied in an action at law or in equity).

          The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue thereof will
adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture.

          Unless otherwise provided in the form of Security for any series, all Securities shall be
dated the date of their authentication.

          No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual or facsimile signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancelation as provided in
Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.

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      SECTION 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon receipt of the documents required by Section
3.03, together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.

          If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities
of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder; and upon surrender for cancelation
of any one or more temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of
such series of authorized denominations and of like tenor and terms. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of such series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

          SECTION 3.05 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall keep or cause to
be kept a register or registers (herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”)
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities, or of Securities of a particular series, and of transfers of
Securities or of Securities of such series. Any such register shall be in written form or in any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable
times the information contained in such register or registers shall be available for inspection by
the Trustee at the office or agency to be maintained by the Company as provided in Section 10.02.
There shall be only one Security Register per series of Securities.

          Subject to Section 2.04, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in a Place of Payment,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of such series of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and
terms.

          Subject to Section 2.04, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms, upon surrender of the Securities
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the
Securityholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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

          Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a

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written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

          Unless otherwise provided in the Security to be registered for transfer or exchanged, no
service charge shall be made on any Securityholder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise provided in such Security) require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.

          The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day
of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under
Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part.

          None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

          SECTION 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If (i) any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and (ii) there is delivered to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor, series, Stated Maturity and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

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

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

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

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          SECTION 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Unless otherwise
provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 3.01, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to
the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

          Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his
having been such Holder; and, except as hereinafter provided, such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or Clause (2) below:

     (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names any 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 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 be not 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 the Holder of each such
Security at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the 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 and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest 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.

          If any installment of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption
Date for any Security called for redemption pursuant to Article XI is not paid or duly provided for
on or prior to the Redemption Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section,
such interest shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Securities.

          Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
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shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Security.

          SECTION 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner
of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

          SECTION 3.09 Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for payment, conversion,
redemption, registration of transfer, exchange or credit against a sinking fund shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already
canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancelation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled
by the Trustee. No Security shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
shall dispose of all canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a
certificate of such disposition to the Company upon its written request therefor.

          SECTION 3.10 Computation of Interest. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in
Section 3.01, interest on the Securities shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.

          SECTION 3.11 Delayed Issuance of Securities. Notwithstanding any contrary provision
herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary for the Company to deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture, opinion of counsel or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Sections
1.02, 2.02, 3.01 and 3.03 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series
if such documents are delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued; provided that any subsequent
request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series upon original
issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such
request, the statements made in the Officers’ Certificate or other certificates delivered pursuant
to Sections 1.02 and 2.02 shall be true and correct as if made on such date.

          A Company Order, Officers’ Certificate or Board Resolution or supplemental indenture delivered
by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph may provide
that Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or
its agent on original issue from time to time in the aggregate principal amount, if any,
established for such series pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be
specified from time to time by Company Order upon the telephonic, electronic or written order of
Persons designated in such Company Order, Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution (any such telephonic or electronic instructions to be promptly

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confirmed in writing by such Persons) and that such Persons are authorized to determine,
consistent with such Company Order, Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution, such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Company Order,
Officers’ Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution.

ARTICLE IV

Satisfaction and Discharge

          SECTION 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to
be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of
conversion or registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided
for herein or in the form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company
Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when:

     (1) either

          (A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money in the Required Currency has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the
Trustee canceled or for cancelation; or

          (B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
canceled or for cancelation:

     (i) have become due and payable, or

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

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

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Required
Currency sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation, for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable),
or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

     (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and

     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating

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to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of
such series have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of
Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that series under Section
6.07 shall survive and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 3.05, 3.06,
4.02, 10.02 and 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

          SECTION 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or
Section 4.03 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

          Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the
Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or securities deposited with and held by
it as provided in Section 4.03 and this Section 4.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent satisfaction and discharge, Discharge (as defined below) or
covenant defeasance, provided that the Trustee shall not be required to liquidate any securities in
order to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.

          SECTION 4.03 Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations. Unless
pursuant to Section 3.01 provision is made that this Section shall not be applicable to the
Securities of any series, at the Company’s option, either (a) the Company and the Guarantors shall
be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from their obligations with respect to any
series of Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the
Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set
forth in Sections 10.05 and 10.06 and Article VIII (and any other Sections or covenants applicable
to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this provision),
the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantees and Clause (4) of Section 5.01 of this
Indenture (and any other Events of Default applicable to such Securities that are determined
pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of
Default with respect to any series of Securities at any time after the applicable conditions set
forth below have been satisfied:

     (1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the
Trustee as trust funds, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) the
equivalent in securities of the government which issued the currency in which the
Securities are denominated or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of
such government which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide freely available funds on or prior to the due date
of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in
the opinion (with respect to (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee,
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sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase or
redemption obligations with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on the
dates such installments of interest or principal or repurchase or redemption obligations
are due (before such a deposit, if the Securities of such series are then redeemable or may
be redeemed in the future pursuant to the terms thereof, in either case at the option of
the Company, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.02, a
notice of its election to redeem all of the Securities of such series at a future date in
accordance with Article XI);

     (2) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which with notice or lapse
of time would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

     (3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (A) an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option
under this Section 4.03 and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not
been exercised, and, in the case of Securities being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to
that effect from the Internal Revenue Service, unless, as set forth in such Opinion of
Counsel, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of
this Indenture such that a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service is no longer required
and (B) an Opinion of Counsel, subject to such qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and
limitations as are reasonably deemed necessary by such counsel and are reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for the Trustee, to the effect that the trust resulting from the
deposit referred to in paragraph (1) above does not violate the Investment Company Act of
1940;

     (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit referred to in paragraph (1) above was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders over other creditors of the Company or with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

     (5) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with.

          If the Company, at its option, with respect to a series of Securities, satisfies the
applicable conditions pursuant to either clause (a) or (b) of the first sentence of this Section,
then (x), in the event the Company satisfies the conditions to clause (a) and elects clause (a) to
be applicable, each of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, its respective guarantee of the Securities of
such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the
Securities of such series and (y) in either case, each of the Guarantors shall cease to be under
any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article VIII (and any
other covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be
subject to this provision), and clause (4) of Section 5.01 (and any other Events of Default
applicable to such series of Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.01 to be subject
to this provision)

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shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities at any
time thereafter.

          “Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to
have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series
(and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities to
receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal and any
premium of and any interest on such Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company’s
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 4.02, 6.07, 10.02 and 10.03;
(C) the Company’s right of redemption, if any, with respect to any Securities of such series
pursuant to Article XI, in which case the Company may redeem the Securities of such series in
accordance with Article XI by complying with such Article and depositing with the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 11.05, an amount of money sufficient, together with all amounts held in
trust pursuant to Section 4.02 with respect to Securities of such series, to pay the Redemption
Price of all the Securities of such series to be redeemed; and (D) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. A “Discharge” shall mean the meeting by the
Company of the foregoing requirements.

      SECTION 4.04 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money or securities in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Indenture, by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and, if applicable, the
Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.03 of this Indenture, as the case may
be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or
securities in accordance with Section 4.02 of this Indenture; provided that, if the Company has
made any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE V

Remedies

      SECTION 5.01 Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein,
means with respect to any series of Securities any one of the following events (whatever the reason
for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is either inapplicable to
a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental
indenture or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of Security for
such series:

     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

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     (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
of that series at its Maturity; or

     (3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation
when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of such series; or

     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company,
or any Guarantor in this Indenture in respect of the Securities of such series (other than
a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such series a default in the
performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt
with), all of such covenants and warranties in the Indenture which are not expressly stated
to be for the benefit of a particular series of Securities being deemed in respect of the
Securities of all series for this purpose, and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

     (5) the entry of an order for relief against the Company or any Material U.S.
Subsidiary thereof under Title 11, United States Code (the “Federal Bankruptcy
Act”) by a court having jurisdiction in the premises or a decree or order by a court
having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company or any Material U.S. Subsidiary
thereof a bankrupt or insolvent under any other applicable Federal or State law, or the
entry of a decree or order approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Material U.S.
Subsidiary thereof under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or any other applicable Federal or
State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Company or any Material U.S. Subsidiary thereof or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or

     (6) the consent by the Company or any Material U.S. Subsidiary thereof to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal Bankruptcy
Act or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of any
such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Material U.S. Subsidiary
thereof or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any
Material U.S. Subsidiary thereof in furtherance of any such action; or

     (7) any Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or be asserted in writing by any
Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and any such Guarantee;
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     (8) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for
such series.

          SECTION 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) (if the Event of Default under
paragraph (4) or (8) is with respect to less than all series of Securities then Outstanding) of
Section 5.01 occurs and is continuing with respect to any series, then and in each and every such
case, unless the principal of all the Securities of such 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 such series then Outstanding hereunder (each such series acting as a separate
class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare
the principal amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all the
Securities of such series and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and
upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything
in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If
an Event of Default described in paragraph (4) or (8) (if the Event of Default under paragraph (4)
or (8) is with respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), of Section 5.01 occurs and is
continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall
have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class),
by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the
principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding
and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration
the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in
the Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default of the type set
forth in paragraph (5) or (6) of Section 5.01 occurs and is continuing, the principal of and any
interest on the Securities then outstanding shall become immediately due and payable.

          At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made with respect to the
Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, and before a judgment or decree for payment of
the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series, 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:

          (A) all overdue installments of interest on the Securities of such series; and

          (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of such series which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest thereon at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series, to the
extent that payment of such interest is lawful; and

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          (C) interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful; and

          (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel
and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07; and

     (2) all Events of Default with respect to such series of Securities, other than the
nonpayment of the principal of the Securities of such series which have become due solely
by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

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

      SECTION 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Company covenants that if:

     (1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of
any series when such interest becomes due and payable; or

     (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof; or

     (3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous
obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series;

and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of
such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder
of any such Security (or the Holders of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole
amount then due and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, with interest, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and
premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be
prescribed therefor by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.07.

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

      If an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the

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Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

      SECTION 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made
any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:

     (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or portion
thereof determined pursuant to Section 3.01(16) to be provable in bankruptcy) (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary and advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07) and of the
Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

     (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payment to the
Trustee and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 6.07.

      Nothing herein contained 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 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.

      SECTION 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights
of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities of any series may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the
series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

      SECTION 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee with
respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order,
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money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities of such series and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:

      FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.

      SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities of that 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.

      THIRD: To the Company.

      SECTION 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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

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

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

     (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

     (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of such series shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of such
series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all the Holders of all Securities of such series.

          SECTION 5.08 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security
shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective
Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to institute suit

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for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.

          SECTION 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Securityholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture
and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, then and in every such case
the Company, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.

          SECTION 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right
or remedy.

          SECTION 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to
the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee or by the Securityholders, as the case may be.

          SECTION 5.12 Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
that:

     (1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully
be taken or would conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a
Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in
personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such
direction, and

     (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

          SECTION 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default not theretofore cured:

     (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous
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     (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series.

          Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

          SECTION 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken 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 and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith
of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group
of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series to which the suit relates, 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 an
Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case
of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be).

          SECTION 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VI

The Trustee

          SECTION 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance
of an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities:

     (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and

     (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to
Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any
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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 (but need not
confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein).

          (b) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with respect to the Securities of such 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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.

          (c) 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) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of
this Section;

     (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, 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 a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series; and

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

          (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.

          SECTION 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default
hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register,
notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking or
purchase fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to Securities of such series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such 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
of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified
in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Securities of such series no such notice to

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Securityholders of such series shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default”, with respect to Securities of any
series, means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

          SECTION 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section
6.01:

          (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;

          (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

          (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

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

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

          (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

          (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers 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;

          (h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in
Section 6.02) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it
is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the

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Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of
the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written
notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Company or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities;

          (i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted 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; and

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

               SECTION 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities, except the certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.

               SECTION 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, the Security Registrar, any Conversion Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or any Guarantor with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
Conversion Agent or such other agent.

               SECTION 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof,
all moneys in any currency or currency 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 money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing
with the Company.

               SECTION 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:

          (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

          (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its own
negligence or bad faith; and

          (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
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expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

               As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on particular Securities.

               When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(5) or (6), the expenses and the compensation for the services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

               The Company’s obligations under this Section 6.07 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive
the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company’s obligations pursuant to
Article IV of this Indenture and/or the termination of this Indenture.

               SECTION 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee for the Securities
of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act during the period of time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee
has a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any particular series of Securities other than that series. Nothing herein shall prevent the
Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

               SECTION 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Securities, which shall be either:

          (i) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority, or

          (ii) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws
of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a rule,
regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by authority of
such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent
to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees;

in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. 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. Neither the Company nor any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall
serve as trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder. If at any time the Trustee with
respect to any series of Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of

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this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
6.10.

               SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee
and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.

               (b) The Trustee may resign with respect to any series of Securities at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.

               (c) The Trustee may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at any time by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
removal, the removed Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.

               (d) If at any time:

          (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
pursuant to Section 6.08 with respect to any series of Securities after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of that series for at least six months, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is
stayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, or

          (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to any
series of Securities 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 with respect to any series of
Securities, or

          (4) the Trustee shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove
the Trustee, with respect to the series, or in the case of Clause (4), with respect to all
series, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the series, or, in
the case of Clause (4), with respect to all series.

               (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee with respect to any
series of Securities for any cause, the Company, by Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee for that series of Securities.

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If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to
such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such
series. If no successor Trustee with respect to such series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Securityholders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, subject to Section 5.14, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
of that series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to such series.

               (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to any series by
mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of
Securities of that series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its principal Corporate Trust
Office.

               SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Trustee
appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the predecessor
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor Trustee shall become effective with respect to any series as to which it is resigning
or being removed as Trustee, and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
Trustee with respect to any such series; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee,
such predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges, if any, execute and deliver
an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
predecessor Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such predecessor trustee hereunder with respect to all or any such
series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 6.07. 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.

               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 predecessor Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not being succeeded shall
continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and 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 and 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.

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               No successor Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible with
respect to that series under this Article.

               SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall
have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.

               SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A
Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated.

               SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the
Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 3.06, 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.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by
the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a
certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and, if other than the Company itself,
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

               Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
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otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

               An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and, if other than the Company, to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of
an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if other
than the Company, to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.

               The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.

               If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

               This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	by	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	As Authenticating Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	by	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	As Authorized Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Dated	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

ARTICLE VII

Securityholders’ Lists and Reports by

Trustee and Company

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               The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

          (1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after December 15 and June 15 in each year in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, a list of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of each series as of such December 15 and June 15, as applicable, and

          (2) 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 if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for Securities of a
series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.

               SECTION
7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to
Securityholders. 

               (a)
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as
provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the
Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

               (b) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (hereinafter referred to as
“applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof
that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months
preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to
communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series or with the Holders of all Securities
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Securities and is accompanied by a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then
the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either:

          (1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or

          (2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of
such series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as
to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.

               If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder of a Security of
such series or to all Securityholders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the
form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness
after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the
payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within five days after such tender, the
Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such
mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or all
Securityholders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written
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hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order
refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or
more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that
all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee
shall mail copies of such material to all Securityholders of such series or all Securityholders, as
the case may be, with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.

               (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and
the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a
request made under Section 7.02(b).

               SECTION 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year
commencing with the first May 15 after the issuance of Securities, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail, at the Company’s expense, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, as provided in Trust Indenture Act 313(c), a brief report dated as of May 15 in
accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a).

               (b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail, at the Company’s expense, to all Holders as their
names and addresses appear in the Security Register, as provided in Trust Indenture Act 313(c), a
brief report in accordance with and with respect to the matters required by Trust Indenture Act
Section 313(b).

               (c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be
furnished to the Company and, in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d), be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, and also with the
Commission.

               SECTION 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as
may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be
filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section
314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

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ARTICLE VIII

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer

               SECTION 8.01 Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer on Certain Terms. None of
the Company or any Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or
transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

          (1) (a) in the case of the Company, the Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the
Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture (as supplemented from
time to time) on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; (b) in the case of
any Guarantor, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of
such Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be either (i) the Company or another
Guarantor or (ii) a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and in the case of clause (ii),
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture (as supplemented from time to time) on the part of such Guarantor to be performed
or observed;

          (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and

          (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall not apply to any
Guarantor if at such time such Guarantor has been released from its obligations under its Guarantee
in accordance with Section 13.01(h).

               SECTION 8.02 Successor Person Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any
conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company or any Guarantor substantially
as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company or such Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
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Guarantor herein. In the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, as the predecessor shall be discharged from all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at
any time thereafter.

ARTICLE IX

Supplemental Indentures

               SECTION 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. Without the
consent of the Holders of any Securities, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

          (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation or Person to the Company or any
Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the respective covenants of the
Company or any Guarantor herein and in the Securities contained; or

          (2) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor, or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor, for the benefit of the Holders
of the Securities of any or all series (and if such covenants or the surrender of such
right or power are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such covenants are expressly being included or such surrenders are expressly being
made solely for the benefit of one or more specified series); or

          (3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; or

          (4) to add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly permitted by the TIA,
excluding, however, the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA as in effect
at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any
similar federal statute hereafter enacted; or

          (5) to establish any form of Security, as provided in Article II, to provide for the
issuance of any series of Securities as provided in Article III and to set forth the terms
thereof, and/or to add to the rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series; or

          (6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by another corporation
as a successor Trustee hereunder with respect to one or more series of Securities and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to Section 6.11; or

          (7) to add any additional Events of Default in respect of the Securities of any or all
series (and if such additional Events of Default are to be in respect of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included
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          (8) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of
certificated Securities and to provide for bearer Securities; provided that uncertificated
Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities
are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of such Internal Revenue Code; or

          (9) to provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities of the Securities of any series which are convertible into Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities, if different from those set forth in Article XII; or

          (10) to secure the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 10.06 or otherwise; or

          (11) to add additional guarantors in respect of the Securities; or

          (12) to make any change necessary to comply with any requirement of the Commission in
connection with the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act.

               No supplemental indenture for the purposes identified in Clauses (2), (3), (5) or (7) above
may be entered into if to do so would adversely affect the rights of the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of any series in any material respect.

               SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures (acting as one
class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee (in accordance with Section
1.04 hereof), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby:

          (1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of any premium on,
or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
the interest or any premium thereon, or change the method of computing the amount of
principal thereof or interest thereon on any date or change any Place of Payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable,
or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
the Maturity or the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case
may be), or alter the provisions of this Indenture so as to affect adversely the terms, if
any, of conversion of any Securities into Common Stock or other securities; or

          (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
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certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences, provided for in this Indenture; or

          (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02, Section 5.13 or Section 10.07,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; or

          (4) impair or adversely affect the right of any Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, the Securities of any series on or after
the Stated Maturity of such Securities (or in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date); or

          (5) amend or modify Section 13.01 of this Indenture in any manner adverse to the
rights of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of any series.

               For purposes of this Section 9.02, if the Securities of any series are issuable upon the
exercise of warrants, each holder of an unexercised and unexpired warrant with respect to such
series shall be deemed to be a Holder of Outstanding Securities of such series in the amount
issuable upon the exercise of such warrant. For such purposes, the ownership of any such warrant
shall be determined by the Company in a manner consistent with customary commercial practices. The
Trustee for such series shall be entitled to rely on an Officers’ Certificate as to the principal
amount of Securities of such series in respect of which consents shall have been executed by
holders of such warrants.

               A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of Holders of Securities of any other series.

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

               SECTION 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.

               SECTION 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
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               SECTION 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of TIA as then in effect.

               SECTION 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee
as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors,
to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.

ARTICLE X

Covenants

               SECTION 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. With respect to each
series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will
duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the
Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.

               SECTION 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served and
where any Securities with conversion privileges may be presented and surrendered for conversion.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.

               Unless otherwise set forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or Indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby initially designates as the Place
of Payment for each series of Securities, the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York,
and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as the Company’s office or agency
for each such purpose in such city.

               SECTION 10.03 Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall
at any time act as its own Paying Agent for any series of Securities, it will, on or before each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of such
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

               Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
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on, any Securities of such series, deposit with a 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 the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.

               The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee for any series of Securities
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

          (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;

          (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities of such series) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium,
if any) or interest on the Securities of such series; and

          (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent.

               The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities or for any other purpose, pay, or by
Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company
or such Paying Agent in respect of each and every series of Securities as to which it seeks to
discharge this Indenture or, if for any other purpose, all sums so held in trust by the Company in
respect of all Securities, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon
which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying
Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect
to such money.

               Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. The Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company mail to the Holders of the Securities
as to which the money to be repaid was held in trust, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, a notice that such moneys remain unclaimed and that, after a date specified in
the notice, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date on which the notice was first mailed
to the Holders of the Securities as to which the money to be repaid was held in trust, any
unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be paid to the Company free of the trust
formerly impressed upon it.

               SECTION 10.04 Statement as to Compliance. The Company and each Guarantor will
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statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, stating that:

          (1) a review of the activities of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, during
such year and of performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities has
been made under his supervision; and

          (2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the Company or such Guarantor,
as applicable, has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture and has complied with
all conditions and covenants on its part contained in this Indenture through such year, or,
if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, covenant or
condition, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status thereof.

               For the purpose of this Section 10.04, default and compliance shall be determined without
regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.

               SECTION 10.05 Legal Existence. Subject to Article VIII the Company will do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence.

               SECTION 10.06 Limitation on Liens. Neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary
of the Company shall incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any
Indebtedness For Borrowed Money that is secured by a lien on any asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it unless the Company makes or causes to be made effective provisions whereby the
Securities issued under this Indenture will be secured by such lien equally and ratably with (or
prior to) all other indebtedness thereby secured so long as any such indebtedness shall be secured.
The foregoing restriction does not apply to the following:

     (i) liens existing as of the date of this Indenture;

     (ii) liens created by Subsidiaries of the Company to secure indebtedness of
such Subsidiaries to the Company or to one or more other Subsidiaries of the
Company;

     (iii) liens affecting property of a Person existing at the time it becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges into or consolidates with the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or at the time of a sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties of such Person to the
Company or its Subsidiaries;

     (iv) liens on property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof or
incurred to secure payment of all or a part of the purchase price thereof or to
secure indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 18 months after
the acquisition thereof for the purpose of financing all or part of the purchase
price thereof, in a principal amount not exceeding 110% of the purchase price;

     (v) liens on any property to secure all or part of the cost of improvements or
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purpose in a principal amount not exceeding 110% of the cost of such
improvements or construction;

     (vi) liens consisting of or relating to the sale, transfer, distribution, or
financing of motion pictures, video and television programs, sound recordings,
books or rights with respect thereto to or with groups who may receive tax benefits
or other third-party investors in connection with the financing and/or distribution
of such motion pictures, video and television programming, sound recordings or
books in the ordinary course of business and the granting to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of rights to distribute such motion pictures, video and television
programming, sound recordings or books; provided, however, that no such lien shall
attach to any asset or right of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than (1) the
motion pictures, video and television programming, sound recordings, books or
rights which were sold, transferred to or financed by groups who may receive tax
benefits or third-party investors in question or the proceeds arising therefrom and
(2) the stock or other equity interests of a Subsidiary substantially all of the
assets of which consist of such motion pictures, video and television programming,
sound recordings, books or rights and related proceeds);

     (vii) liens on shares of stock, indebtedness or other securities of a Person
that is not a Subsidiary of the Company;

     (viii) liens on Works which either (1) existed in such Works before the time
of their acquisition and were not created in anticipation thereof, or (2) were
created solely for the purpose of securing obligations to financiers, producers,
distributors, exhibitors, completion guarantors, inventors, copyright holders,
financial institutions or other participants incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the acquisition, financing, production, completion,
distribution or exhibition of Works;

     (ix) any lien on the office building and hotel complex located in Atlanta,
Georgia known as the CNN Center Complex, including the parking decks for such
complex (to the extent such parking decks are owned or leased by the Company or its
Subsidiaries), or any portion thereof and all property rights therein and the
products, revenues and proceeds therefrom created as part of any mortgage financing
or sale-leaseback of the CNN Center Complex;

     (x) liens on satellite transponders and all property rights therein and the
products, revenues and proceeds therefrom which secure obligations incurred in
connection with the acquisition, utilization or operation of such satellite
transponders or the refinancing of any such obligations;

     (xi) restrictions on the Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc. and its
assets imposed by Major League Baseball or the Commissioner of Baseball including,
without limitation, restrictions on the transferability of the Company’s or any of
its Subsidiary’s interests therein;

     (xii) liens on capital leases entered into after the date of this Indenture
provided that such liens extend only to the property or assets that are the subject
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     (xiii) liens resulting from progress payments or partial payments under United
States government contracts or subcontracts;

     (xiv) any extensions, renewal or replacement of any lien referred to in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (xiii) inclusive, or of any indebtedness secured
thereby; provided, however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured
thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the
time of such extension, renewal or replacement, or at the time the lien was issued,
created or assumed or otherwise permitted, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement lien shall be limited to all or part of substantially the same property
which secured the lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such
property); and

     (xv) other liens arising in connection with indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount for the Company and its
Subsidiaries not exceeding at the time such lien is issued, created or assumed the
greater of (A) 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company and (B) $500
million.

               SECTION 10.07 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in respect of any
series of Securities, in any particular instance, to comply with any covenant or condition set
forth in Sections 10.05 or 10.06 or set forth in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series, unless otherwise specified in such Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
waiver (voting as one class) shall, by Act of such Securityholders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee (in accordance with Section 1.04 hereof), either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or
affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of
any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Section 10.07
shall permit the waiver of compliance with any covenant or condition set forth in such Board
Resolution or supplemental indenture which, if in the form of an indenture supplemental hereto,
would not be permitted by Section 9.02 without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby.

ARTICLE XI

Redemption of Securities

               SECTION 11.01 Applicability of Article. The Company may reserve the right to redeem
and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of the Securities of any series, either by optional
redemption, sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation or otherwise, by provision therefor in
the form of Security for such series established and approved pursuant to Section 2.02 and on such
terms as are specified in such form or in the indenture supplemental hereto with respect to
Securities of such series as provided in Section 3.01. Redemption of Securities of any series shall
be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and, to the extent that this Article does
not conflict with such terms, the succeeding Sections of this Article. Notwithstanding anything to
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pursuant to a sinking fund, the Trustee shall not make any payment in connection with the
redemption of Securities until the close of business on the Redemption Date.

               SECTION 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to
redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of the Company shall be evidenced by, or pursuant
to authority granted by, a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the
Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior
to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of
such series and the Tranche (as defined in Section 11.03) to be redeemed.

               In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (ii)
pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of
such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction or condition.

               SECTION 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all
the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series (a “Tranche”) are to be redeemed, the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such Tranche not previously
called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may
include provision for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of
such Tranche of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
that series. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a particular series of Securities, the
portions of the principal of Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the
minimum authorized denomination of the Securities of such series, or an integral multiple thereof,
and the principal amount which remains outstanding shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series. If less than all the Securities of unlike tenor and
terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Tranche of Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected by the Company.

               If any convertible Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before the
termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the
converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected
for redemption.

               Upon any redemption of fewer than all the Securities of a series or Tranche, the Company and
the Trustee may treat as Outstanding any Securities surrendered for conversion during the period of
fifteen days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as
Outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the
unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.

               The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.

               Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are
identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an authorized
officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date
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Company or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement as being an
Affiliate of the Company.

          For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Security which has been or is to
be redeemed.

          SECTION 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 (unless otherwise provided in the Board
Resolution establishing the relevant series) nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

          All notices of redemption shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date;

     (2) the Redemption Price;

     (3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts)
of the Securities to be redeemed;

     (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security, and that interest, if any, thereon shall cease to accrue from and after
said date;

     (5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price, which shall be the office or agency of the Company in the Place of
Payment;

     (6) that the redemption is on account of a sinking or purchase fund, or other
analogous obligation, if that be the case;

     (7) if such Securities are convertible into Common Stock or other securities, the
Conversion Price or other conversion price and the date on which the right to convert such
Securities into Common Stock or other securities will terminate; and

     (8) if applicable, that the redemption may be rescinded by the Company, at its sole
option, pursuant to Section 11.09 of this Indenture upon the occurrence of a Redemption
Rescission Event.

          Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company; provided that if the Trustee is asked to give such notice it shall be given at least
five (5) Business Days prior notice.

          SECTION 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date and
subject to Section 11.09, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
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Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. If any Security to be redeemed is converted
into Common Stock or other securities, any money so deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent
shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then so segregated and held in trust by
the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.

          SECTION 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having
been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, subject to Section 11.09, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and from and
after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest and any rights to convert such Securities shall terminate.
Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in accordance with the notice and subject to
Section 11.09, such Securities shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, installments of
interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.

          If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
borne by the Security, or as otherwise provided in such Security.

          SECTION 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only
in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment with
respect to that series (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and
terms, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount
equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.

          SECTION 11.08 Provisions with Respect to Any Sinking Funds. Unless the form or terms
of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise, in lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to such series of Securities in cash, the Company may
at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee for cancelation any Securities of such series theretofore
acquired by the Company or converted by the Holder thereof into Common Stock or other securities,
or (2) receive credit for any Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by
the Company (including by way of optional redemption (pursuant to the sinking fund or otherwise but
not by way of mandatory sinking fund redemption) or converted by the Holder thereof into Common
Stock or other securities and theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancelation, and if it does
so then (i) Securities so delivered or credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking fund
Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such series, and (ii) on or before the 60th day next
preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to such series of Securities, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee (A) an Officers’ Certificate specifying the portions of such sinking
fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and by delivery or credit of Securities of such
series acquired by the Company or converted by the Holder thereof, and (B) such Securities, to the
extent not previously surrendered. Such Officers’ Certificate shall also state the basis for such
credit and that the Securities for which the Company elects to receive credit have not been
previously so credited and were not acquired by the Company through operation of the mandatory
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Securities and shall also state that no Event of Default with respect to Securities of such
series has occurred and is continuing. All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled
by the Trustee and no Securities shall be authenticated in lieu thereof.

          If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with respect to any series of
Securities made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments with respect
to Securities of such series made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company
shall so request), unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of Securities, that cash
shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to Securities of
such series next following the date of such payment to the redemption of Securities of such series
at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such series, together
with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, with the effect provided in
Section 11.06. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 11.03, for redemption on
such sinking fund Redemption Date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to
utilize that cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series
for the sinking fund to be given in the manner provided in Section 11.04 (and with the effect
provided in Section 11.06) for the redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company.
Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities
of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of
such series received by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 11.08. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to
Securities of any series held by the Trustee at the Maturity of Securities of such series, and not
held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the
Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to
the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.

          On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with respect to Securities of any
series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum equal to all accrued interest, if any,
to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date
pursuant to this Section 11.08.

          SECTION 11.09 Rescission of Redemption. In the event that this Section 11.09 is
specified to be applicable to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 and a Redemption
Rescission Event shall occur following any day on which a notice of redemption shall have been
given pursuant to Section 11.04 hereof but at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption as
set forth in such notice of redemption, the Company may, at its sole option, at any time prior to
the earlier of (i) the close of business on that day which is two Trading Days following such
Redemption Rescission Event and (ii) the time and date fixed for redemption as set forth in such
notice, rescind the redemption to which such notice of redemption shall have related by making a
public announcement of such rescission (the date on which such public announcement shall have been
made being hereinafter referred to as the “Rescission Date”). The Company shall be deemed
to have made such announcement if it shall issue a release to the Dow Jones New Service, Reuters
Information Services or any successor news wire service. From and after the making of such
announcement, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem Securities called for redemption
pursuant to such notice of redemption or to pay the Redemption Price therefor and all rights of
Holders of Securities shall be restored as if such notice of redemption had not been given. As
promptly as practicable following the making of such announcement, the Company shall telephonically
notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such rescission. The Company shall give notice of any
such rescission by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed as promptly as practicable but in no
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following the Rescission Date to each Holder of Securities at the close of business on the
Rescission Date, to any other Person that was a Holder of Securities and that shall have
surrendered Securities for conversion following the giving of notice of the subsequently rescinded
redemption and to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. Each notice of rescission shall (w) state that
the redemption described in the notice of redemption has been rescinded, (x) state that any
Converting Holder shall be entitled to rescind the conversion of Securities surrendered for
conversion following the day on which notice of redemption was given but on or prior to the date of
the mailing of the Company’s notice of rescission, (y) be accompanied by a form prescribed by the
Company to be used by any Converting Holder rescinding the conversion of Securities so surrendered
for conversion (and instructions for the completion and delivery of such form, including
instructions with respect to any payment that may be required to accompany such delivery) and (z)
state that such form must be properly completed and received by the Company no later than the close
of business on a date that shall be 15 Trading Days following the date of the mailing of such
notice of rescission.

ARTICLE XII

Conversion

          SECTION 12.01 Conversion Privilege. In the event that this Article XII is specified
to be applicable to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, the Holder of a Security of
such series shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert, in accordance with the terms
of such series of Securities and this Article XII, all or any part (in a denomination of, unless
otherwise specified in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of
such series, $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof) of such Security into
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities specified in such Board Resolution at any
time or, as to any Securities called for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed
for such redemption (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in
which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date).

          SECTION 12.02 Conversion Procedure; Rescission of Conversion; Conversion Price;
Fractional Shares. (a) Each Security to which this Article is applicable shall be convertible
at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at such other place or places, if any, specified in a
Board Resolution with respect to the Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable
shares (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities. The Securities will be converted into shares of Common Stock or such other Marketable
Securities at the Conversion Price therefor. No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of
dividends on the Common Stock or such other Marketable Securities, or accrued interest on a
converted Security except as described in Section 12.09. The Company may, but shall not be
required, in connection with any conversion of Securities, to issue a fraction of a share of Common
Stock or of such other Marketable Security, and, if the Company shall determine not to issue any
such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section 12.03(4), make a cash payment (calculated to
the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock or
such other Marketable Security on the last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.

          (b) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Stock or
other Marketable Securities, such Holder shall surrender such Security duly endorsed to the Company
or in blank, at the office of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any,
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shall give written notice to the Company at said office or place that he elects to convert the
same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Securities to be converted and the
name or names (with addresses) in which he wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Stock
or for such other Marketable Securities to be issued; provided, however, that no Security or
portion thereof shall be accepted for conversion unless the principal amount of such Security or
such portion, when added to the principal amount of all other Securities or portions thereof then
being surrendered by the Holder thereof for conversion, exceeds the then effective Conversion Price
with respect thereto. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by
the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock or such other Marketable Securities
which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby)
so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding sentence, the Company will, as soon as practicable
thereafter, issue and deliver at said office or place to such Holder of a Security, or to his
nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Security to which he shall be entitled as aforesaid, together, subject to the last sentence of
paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share to which he would otherwise be
entitled. The Company shall not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock or
other Marketable Securities while the stock transfer books for such stock or the transfer books for
such Marketable Securities, as the case may be, or the Security Register are duly closed for any
purpose, but certificates for shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities shall be issued
and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register. A
Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on the date of the
surrender of such Security for conversion as provided above, and the person or persons entitled to
receive the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities issuable upon such conversion shall be
treated for all purposes as the record Holder or Holders of such Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities as of the close of business on such date. In case any Security shall be surrendered for
partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or
upon the written order of the Holder of the Securities so surrendered, without charge to such
Holder (subject to the provisions of Section 12.08), a new Security or Securities in authorized
denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered
Security.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event the Company shall
have rescinded a redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 11.09 hereof, any Holder of
Securities that shall have surrendered Securities for conversion following the day on which notice
of the subsequently rescinded redemption shall have been given but prior to the later of (a) the
close of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the date on which public announcement of the
rescission of such redemption shall have been made and (b) the date of the mailing of the notice of
rescission required by Section 11.09 hereof (a “Converting Holder”) may rescind the
conversion of such Securities surrendered for conversion by (i) properly completing a form
prescribed by the Company and mailed to Holders of Securities (including Converting Holders) with
the Company’s notice of rescission, which form shall provide for the certification by any
Converting Holder rescinding a conversion on behalf of any beneficial owner (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of Securities that the beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of such Rule) of such Securities shall not have changed from the date on which
such Securities were surrendered for conversion to the date of such certification and (ii)
delivering such form to the Company no later than the close of business on that date which is
fifteen Trading Days following the date of the mailing of the Company’s notice of rescission. The
delivery of such form by a Converting Holder shall be accompanied by (x) any certificates
representing shares of Common Stock or other securities issued to such Converting Holder upon a
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(the “Surrendered Securities”), (y) any securities, evidences of indebtedness or
assets (other than cash) distributed by the Company to such Converting Holder by reason of such
Converting Holder being a record holder of Surrendered Securities and (z) payment in New York
Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the sum of (I)
any cash such Converting Holder may have received in lieu of the issuance of fractional Surrendered
Securities and (II) any cash paid or payable by the Company to such Converting Holder by reason of
such Converting Holder being a record holder of Surrendered Securities. Upon receipt by the Company
of any such form properly completed by a Converting Holder and any certificates, securities,
evidences of indebtedness, assets or cash payments required to be returned by such Converting
Holder to the Company as set forth above, the Company shall instruct the transfer agent or agents
for shares of Common Stock or other securities to cancel any certificates representing Surrendered
Securities (which Surrendered Securities shall be deposited in the treasury of the Company) and
shall instruct the Registrar to reissue certificates representing Securities to such Converting
Holder (which Securities shall be deemed to have been outstanding at all times during the period
following their surrender for conversion). The Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in no
event more than five Trading Days following the receipt of any such properly completed form and any
such certificates, securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets or cash payments required to be so
returned, pay to the Holder of Securities surrendered to the Company pursuant to a rescinded
conversion or as otherwise directed by such Holder any interest paid or other payment made to
Holders of Securities during the period from the time such Securities shall have been surrendered
for conversion to the rescission of such conversion. All questions as to the validity, form,
eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any form submitted to the Company to
rescind the conversion of Securities, including questions as to the proper completion or execution
of any such form or any certification contained therein, shall be resolved by the Company, whose
determination shall be final and binding.

          SECTION 12.03 Adjustment of Conversion Price for Common Stock or Marketable
Securities. The Conversion Price with respect to any Security which is convertible into Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

     (1) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such
Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of its Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities, (ii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities into a smaller number of shares or securities, (iii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities or (iv) issue by
reclassification of its shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities any shares of
stock or other Marketable Securities of the Company, then the Conversion Price in effect
immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that the Holders of such Securities,
upon conversion thereof into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities immediately
following such event, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of capital
stock of the Company or other Marketable Securities which they would have owned or been
entitled to receive upon or by reason of such event if such Securities had been converted
immediately before the record date (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such
event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 12.03(1) shall become effective
retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution
and shall become effective retroactively immediately after the effective date in the case
of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. For the purposes of this Section
12.03(1), each Holder of Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any right to
elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment of any such dividend,
subdivision, combination or reclassification (provided that if the kind or amount of
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reclassification is not the same for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount
of securities or other property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so
receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares).

     (2) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such
Securities are outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all holders of shares of its Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days
after the record date for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities (or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities) at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of
the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities at such record date (treating the price per
share of the securities convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities as
equal to (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities plus (ii) any additional consideration initially
payable upon the conversion of such security into Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities initially underlying such convertible security), the Conversion Price with
respect to such Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by
dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities
so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities outstanding on the date of issuance
of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares or securities which the aggregate
offering price of the total number of shares or securities so offered for subscription or
purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so offered plus the
aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon conversion of such
Securities into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities) would purchase at such Current
Market Price of the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities. Such adjustment shall
become effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.

     (3) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while any of such
Securities are outstanding, distribute to all holders of shares of its Common Stock or
other Marketable Securities (including any such distribution made in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and the Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities are not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its
indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash dividends in
amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, (ii) in dividends
payable in shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities for which adjustment is
made under Section 12.03(1) or (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
securities of the Company (excluding those referred to in Section 12.03(2)), then in each
such case the Conversion Price with respect to such Securities shall be adjusted so that it
shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
Current Market Price of the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities on the record date
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shall be such Current Market Price of the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company,
whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or evidences
of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants
applicable to one share of Common Stock or one other Marketable Security (provided that
such denominator shall never be less than 1.0); provided, however, that no adjustment shall
be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if
a Holder of Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon conversion
at any time of such Securities into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities unless such
rights are subsequently redeemed by the Company, in which case such redemption shall be
treated for purposes of this Section as a dividend on the Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders or holders of Marketable Securities
entitled to receive such distribution; and in the event that such distribution is not so
made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then
be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

     (4) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments in the
Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections 12.03(1), 12.03(2) and
12.03(3), as shall be necessary in order that any dividend or distribution of Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares
of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities or any issuance of rights or warrants
referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes.

     (5) In any case in which this Section 12.03 shall require that any adjustment be made
effective as of or retroactively immediately following a record date, the Company may elect
to defer (but only for five (5) Trading Days following the filing of the statement referred
to in Section 12.05) issuing to the Holder of any Securities converted after such record
date the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company or other Marketable
Securities issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock and
other capital stock of the Company or other Marketable Securities issuable upon such
conversion on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided, however,
that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument
evidencing such Holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the
event requiring such adjustment.

     (6) All calculations under this Section 12.03 shall be made to the nearest cent or
one-hundredth of a share or security, with one-half cent and .005 of a share, respectively,
being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12.03, the
Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Conversion Price unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser
adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the
next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried
forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any
adjustments under this Section 12.03 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring
such an adjustment occurs.

     (7) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this
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shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of or other Marketable Securities
of the Company other than shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities into which the
Securities originally were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares or
Marketable Securities so receivable upon conversion of any such Security shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock and Marketable Securities
contained in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 12.03, and the provision of
Sections 12.01, 12.02 and 12.04 through 12.09 with respect to the Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares or
Marketable Securities and the determination of the Board of Directors as to any such
adjustment shall be conclusive.

     (8) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section (i) if the effect thereof
would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value (if any) of the Common Stock or
other Marketable Security, if any, or (ii) subject to Section 12.03(5) hereof, with respect
to any Security that is converted prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be
made.

          SECTION 12.04 Consolidation or Merger of the Company. In case of either (a) any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other than a merger or consolidation in
which the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation and which does not result in a
reclassification of, or change (other than a change in par value or from par value to no par value
or from no par value to par value, as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person, then each Security
then Outstanding shall be convertible from and after such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance
of property and assets into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property
(including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities into which such Securities would
have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided
for in this Article XII (and assuming such holder of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or
other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
(provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash)
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same for each nonelecting
share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash) receivable
upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance for each nonelecting share, shall be deemed to
be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or
securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred to in clause (a) or
(b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision shall be made so as to give effect to the
provisions set forth in this Section 12.04. The provisions of this Section 12.04 shall apply
similarly to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

          SECTION 12.05 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Price
with respect to a series of Securities is required:

     (1) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any Conversion
Agent for such Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the Company, stating the
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reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the
manner of computing such adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the
adjustment is correct; and

     (2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the
adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be mailed, first class postage prepaid, by the
Company to the Holders of record of such Outstanding Securities.

          SECTION 12.06 Notice in Certain Events. In case:

     (1) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which
approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or conveyance to
another person or entity or group of persons or entities acting in concert as a
partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Company; or

     (2) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company; or

     (3) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this
Article XII;

then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Agent for the
applicable Securities, and shall cause to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of
record of applicable Securities, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the
purpose of any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the
Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XII, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of
which the holders of record of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities entitled to such
distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which any
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up
triggering an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article XII is expected to become
effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

          Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of
the proceedings described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section.

          SECTION 12.07 Company to Reserve Stock or other Marketable Securities; Registration;
Listing. (a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive
rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities,
for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities, such number of its duly authorized
shares of Common Stock or number or principal amount of other Marketable Securities as shall from
time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable outstanding Securities into
such Common Stock or other Marketable Securities at any time (assuming that, at the time of the
computation of such number of shares or securities, all such Securities would be held by a single
Holder); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from
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the Securities by delivery of purchased shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to time, in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts to cause the authorized amount of the
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized
amount of the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities remaining unissued and the issued shares
of such Common Stock or other Marketable Securities in its treasury (other than any such shares
reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of
all Securities.

          (b) If any shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities which would be issuable upon
conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in
good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to be duly
registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company will endeavor to list the shares of Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities required to be delivered upon conversion of the Securities
prior to such delivery upon the principal national securities exchange upon which the outstanding
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities is listed at the time of such delivery.

          SECTION 12.08 Taxes on Conversion. The Company shall pay any and all documentary,
stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities on conversion of Securities pursuant hereto.
The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities or the portion, if any, of the Securities which are not so converted in a name other
than that in which the Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall
be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

          SECTION 12.09 Conversion After Record Date. If any Securities are surrendered for
conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest Payment Date but on or prior to such
Interest Payment Date (except Securities called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such
record date and Interest Payment Date), the Holder of such Securities at the close of business on
such record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such securities on such
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Securities surrendered for conversion
during the period from the close of business on any record date next preceding any Interest Payment
Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of
Securities which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be
accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company of
an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Securities being
surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in this Section 12.09, no adjustments in respect of
payments of interest on Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions or
interest on the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities issued upon conversion shall be made
upon the conversion of any Securities.

          SECTION
12.10 Corporate Action Regarding Par Value of Common Stock. Before taking
any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the applicable Conversion Price below the then
par value (if any) of the shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities deliverable upon
conversion of the Securities, the Company will take any corporate

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action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities at such adjusted Conversion Price.

          SECTION 12.11 Company Determination Final. Any determination that the Company or the
Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article is conclusive.

          SECTION 12.12 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty to determine when an
adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon
conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply
with this Article. Each Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection
under this Section as the Trustee.

ARTICLE XIII

Guarantees

          SECTION
13.01 Guarantees. (a) Each of TW AOL and Historic TW, as primary obligor and
not merely as surety, will fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee, to each Holder of
Securities (including each Holder of Securities issued under the Indenture after the date of this
Indenture) and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment of
principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture
(including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual
performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities.

          (b) Each of TBS and TWCI, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, will fully, irrevocably
and unconditionally guarantee, to each Holder of Securities (including each Holder of Securities
issued under the Indenture after the date of this Indenture) and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment of all monies due under the Guarantee of Historic TW,
and all other monetary obligations of Historic TW under this Indenture (including obligations to
the Trustee) and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all
other obligations of Historic TW under this Indenture and its Guarantee.

          (c) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional irrespective of the absence or existence of any action to enforce the same, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor (except to the extent such
judgment is paid) or any waiver or amendment of the provisions of this Indenture or the Securities
to the extent that any such action or any similar action would otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor (except that each such waiver or amendment shall be
effective in accordance with its terms).

          (d) Each of the Guarantors further agrees that each Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of
payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection.

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          (e) Each of the Guarantors further agrees to waive presentment to, demand of payment from and
protest to the Company or any other Person, and also waives diligence, notice of acceptance of its
Guarantee, presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest for nonpayment, the filing of claims
with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company or any other Person and any right
to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person. The obligations of the
Guarantors shall not be affected by any failure or policy on the part of the Trustee to exercise
any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Securities of any series.

          (f) The obligation of each Guarantor to make any payment hereunder may be satisfied by causing
the Company or any other Person to make such payment. If any Holder of any Security or the Trustee
is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian,
trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or any
Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee of such
Guarantor, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

          (g) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder of Securities in enforcing any of
their respective rights under its Guarantees.

          (h) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, each Guarantor
will be automatically released from its obligations under its Guarantee upon receipt by the Trustee
of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying that such Guarantor has no
outstanding Indebtedness For Borrowed Money as of the date of such certificate, other than any
other guarantee of Indebtedness For Borrowed Money that will be released concurrently with the
release of such Guarantee.

          (i) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum
aggregate amount of each of the Guarantees shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be
guaranteed by the relevant Guarantor without rendering the relevant Guarantee under this Indenture
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TIME WARNER INC.,

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	TW AOL HOLDINGS INC.,

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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	 	HISTORIC TW INC.,

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	TIME WARNER COMPANIES, INC.,

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC.,

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee.

 	 
	 	by:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

69EX-10.1 Option Agreement

 

Exhibit 10.1

OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 20th day of October, 2006, between AVATAR
PROPERTIES INC., a Florida corporation, whose address is 201 Alhambra Circle, 12th
Floor, Coral Gables, Florida 33134-5102 (hereinafter referred to as “Seller”), and THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY, a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation, whose address is 222 South Westmonte
Drive, Suite 300, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714 (hereinafter referred to as “Buyer” or “TNC”).

	 	 	 
	SELLER	 	BUYER:
	Avatar Properties Inc.

	 	The Nature Conservancy
	201 Alhambra Circle, 12th Floor

	 	222 S. Westmont Drive, Suite 300
	Coral Gables, Florida 33134-5102

	 	Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714
	Attention: Dennis J. Getman

	 	Attention: Keith Fountain
	Telephone: 305/442-7000

	 	Telephone: 407/682-3664
	Fax: 305/448-9927

	 	Fax: 407/682-3077
	Email: Dennis_Getman@AvatarHoldings.com

	 	Email: kfountain@tnc.org
	 
	 

	 	With a copy to:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Geoff Rich, Senior Attorney
	 

	 	The Nature Conservancy
	 

	 	222 S. Westmont Drive, Suite 300
	 

	 	Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714
	 

	 	Telephone: 407/682-3664
	 

	 	Fax: 407/682-3985
	 

	 	Email: grich@tnc.org

     WHEREAS, Buyer is a charitable nonprofit corporation whose mission is to preserve the plants,
animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the
lands and waters they need to survive.

     WHEREAS, The Seller received the attached letter from the Department of Environmental
Protection, dated September 7, 2006, and as a result of that letter, Seller has decided to sell the
property to Buyer.

     WHEREAS, Seller understands that Buyer may make a subsequent sale or other disposition of the
Property and that Buyer reserves the right to do so in favor of any party, whether or not a public
agency, on terms which Buyer, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, it being Buyer’s practice
to apply the net proceeds so derived, if any, to its charitable work.

     WHEREAS, The parties hereby acknowledge that if said purchase price is below fair market
value, such price does not reflect a reduction in value due to the presence of, or the suspected
presence of, pollutants, hazardous substances, or toxic substances on or under the Property.

 

 

AGREEMENT

     NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE Option Money (as defined below), mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein and other valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

     1. Grant of Option. For and in consideration of the sum of ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100
DOLLARS ($1,000.00) (hereinafter referred to as the “Option Money”), the receipt of which Seller
hereby acknowledges, Seller does hereby grant, and warrants to Buyer that it has the right and
authority to grant, to Buyer the exclusive and irrevocable right and option (the “Option”) to
purchase, for the price and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the lands more
particularly described in EXHIBIT “A” attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein,
lying in Marion County, Florida, together with all improvements located thereon and all easements
and all rights, tenements, hereditaments, members, privileges, licenses and appurtenances thereto,
all utility reservations, easements, strips and gores of land, rights-of-way, improvements and
fixtures located thereon, all governmental licenses, permits and certificates applicable thereto,
and all of Seller’s right, title, and interest in an to all public and private ways adjoining or
serving the same, and all riparian rights and interests in waterbodies, and the beds of
waterbodies, on or adjacent to the described lands (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Property”). The Option is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable during the initial
term of the Option and any extensions of the initial term.

     2. Term of Option. The Option shall remain open and in effect for an initial period
commencing with the effective date of this Agreement and ending at 12:00 midnight on December 6,
2006 (the “Term”).

     3. Exercise of Option. The Option may be exercised at any time prior to the
expiration of the Term by written notice from Buyer to Seller, either mailed or delivered to Seller
as provided in Section 21 below. If the Option is not so exercised prior to the expiration of the
Term, this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and, except as expressly provided to the
contrary herein, Seller and Buyer shall have no further rights, obligations or duties hereunder.

     4. Disposition of Option Money. The Option Money shall be credited against the
amounts due from Buyer at Closing. If the sale of the Property is not consummated under
this Agreement because of Seller’s failure, refusal or inability to perform any of Seller’s
obligations under this Agreement, the failure of any of Seller’s representations or warranties
under this Agreement or because Buyer elects not to close by reason of damage to or condemnation of
the Property as provided below, the Option Money shall be promptly returned to Buyer upon request;
otherwise, the Option Money shall not be refundable but shall be retained by Seller.

     5. Purchase Terms.

          a. Price. In the event that Buyer timely exercises the Option, Seller shall sell to
Buyer and Buyer shall buy from Seller the Property for a purchase price of SEVENTY SIX MILLION TWO
HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($76,245,000.00 (the “Purchase Price”).

     b. Method of Payment. The Purchase Price shall be payable by crediting the Option
Money paid against the Purchase Price, and the balance by wire transfer and/or state warrant at
closing; subject to those credits, pro-rations and adjustments provided elsewhere in the Agreement.
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agrees that a state warrant in the amount of $43,245,000.00, a check or wire from Marion County in
the amount of $2,000,000, and a wire from Buyer in the amount of $31,000,000.00 for the Property
may be issued directly to an escrow agent who is authorized by law to receive such payment, and who
is acceptable to Buyer, and to require the escrow agent to pay Seller’s expenses of sale and real
estate taxes.

          c. State of Florida Participation. Seller acknowledges that, at closing, Buyer will
be conveying a portion of the Property as determined in the sole discretion of Buyer and the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, to the Board of Trustees
of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida (hereafter “Trustees”) and Buyer’s
obligation to close this transaction is contingent on the Trustees’ payment of $43,245,000.00 at
Closing as described in Section 5b. above. Buyer’s obligation is also contingent upon Marion
County’s payment of $2,000,000.00 at Closing as described in Section 5b. above, and Marion County’s
payment of $500,000 to Buyer for closing costs at Closing. In the event the funds from either the
Trustees or Marion County are not received at Closing, this Agreement may be terminated by Buyer by
notice as provided in Section 21 and Seller and Buyer shall have no further rights, obligations or
duties hereunder.

     The Purchase Price stated herein is contingent upon confirmation by the State of Florida of
the final State approved purchase price after completion of the boundary survey. It is
understood and agreed by the parties that the Purchase Price stated herein is based on the Property
containing an estimated 4,471 acres, and any reduction in the final surveyed area may result in a
reduction in the Purchase Price as mutually agreed upon by the parties.

     6. Deliberately omitted.

     7. Survey. Buyer may, at any time after the date of this Agreement and before the
Closing, cause a survey acceptable in form to Buyer and any acquiring governmental entity to be
made of the Property by a land surveyor registered in the state where the Property is located. The
expense of the survey shall be borne by Buyer. The plat of survey shall show the boundaries of,
and state the acreage of the Property, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth (l/100th) of
an acre. The legal description in EXHIBIT “A” shall be changed, if necessary, without the
necessity of amending this Agreement, to conform to the survey and to the requirements of the title
commitment, or to allow the Seller to convey any portion of the Property directly to the Trustees
at Closing as provided in Section 9. It is the intention of the Seller to convey all property
owned by Seller in the plat of Silver Springs Park Addition in the NE 1/4 of Section 26, Township 14
South, Range 22 East, Marion County, Florida.

     8. Title. At any time prior to Closing, Buyer may obtain a commitment, and after
Closing an owner’s title insurance policy, both at Buyer’s expense, with a title insurer and agent
selected by Buyer, in the amount of the Purchase Price, reflecting good and marketable fee simple
title to the Property in Seller, subject only to the following: a) the lien of current ad valorem
taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; b) applicable zoning ordinances; and c) matters of
record not objected to by Buyer. Further, Buyer may object to any matter of title which in Buyer’s
reasonable judgment, will preclude, impede or inhibit Buyer’s intended use or disposition of the
Property. If a survey is completed, the survey and evidence of title may be examined together.
Buyer shall have 30 days following receipt of the owner’s title insurance commitment within which
to examine it and to furnish to Seller a written statement of any objections to title. Matters
reflected by the survey, including utility easements, which are inconsistent with the preservation
and management of the Property in its natural state, may be treated as title defects, and may be
raised within 20 days of receipt of the final, sealed, survey. Seller shall immediately and
diligently attempt to satisfy the stated title objections and shall have twenty (20) days to do so.
In no event shall a title defect constitute a default by Seller hereunder nor shall Buyer have any
right of action against Seller for damages or for specific performance in the event of such title
defect or the failure of Seller to cure same within the aforesaid twenty (20) day period, the
rights of Buyer being limited solely to the return of the Option Money or the purchase of the
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abatement or adjustment of the purchase price unless mutually agreed upon by the parties. Failure
of the Buyer to reject title as required herein shall mean the Buyer has accepted same.

     If Seller fails to timely satisfy all of the stated title objections, Buyer may, at its
option:

          a. waive the title objections and proceed to close;

          b. extend the Term for fifteen (15) days by written notice to Seller, to enable Seller to
satisfy the stated title objections;

          c. as long as the portion of the Property does not exceed two hundred (200) acres, proceed to
closing with respect to the portions(s) of the Property not affected by the stated title
objections, in which event the Purchase Price shall be reduced to reflect the portion of the
Property removed from the transaction.

          d. cure such title defects as may be cured by the payment of money, as long as such payment
does not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars, with a credit to Buyer against
the portion of the Purchase Price due at Closing for such expenses of curing title; or

          e. terminate this Agreement, in which case all of the Option Money and all sums paid by Buyer
for surveys, hazardous materials inspection, appraisals, and title insurance commitment shall be
promptly reimbursed to Buyer and, except as expressly provided to the contrary herein, Seller and
Buyer shall have no further rights, obligations or duties hereunder.

     If Buyer elects to extend the Term under subparagraph b) above and the Seller subsequently
fails or is unable to satisfy the stated title objections by the extended Term, Buyer may elect
between the alternatives set forth in subsections “a”, “c”, “d” or “e” above.

     9. Closing. If Buyer timely exercises the Option, the transaction contemplated by
this Agreement shall be closed on or before December 22, 2006, (the “Closing”) at the office of
the closing agent designated by Buyer at 12:00 noon, or such other time as the parties agree to in
writing, provided however, that if a defect exists in the title to the Property, title commitment,
Survey, environmental site assessment            or any documents required to be provided or completed
and executed by Seller, the closing shall occur either on the original closing date or within 15
days after receipt of documentation removing the defects, whichever is later . The parties
agree that Buyer may arrange a simultaneous closing with a public agency and Seller will cooperate
in coordinating such a simultaneous closing. The parties may arrange to close by mail. At Buyer’s
request, all closing documents and the title insurance commitment referred to above shall be
prepared naming a governmental entity as grantee, buyer, or insured for all or any portion of the
Property. Seller shall have the option in its sole discretion, to reschedule the closing for
January 4, 2007.

     Seller shall deliver to Buyer at Closing the following documents, prepared by Buyer’s counsel
with such documents to be reasonably acceptable in form to Seller’s attorney:

          a. a special warranty deed to the Property meeting the requirements as to title set forth
above, together with a bill of sale for the personal property appurtenant to the Property, if any;

          b. an owner’s affidavit attesting to the absence of mechanic’s or materialmen’s liens,
boundary line disputes, proceedings involving Seller which might affect title to the Property, or
parties in possession other than Seller and such lessees or licensees as my be in possession
pursuant to ground leases or licenses meeting the requirements as to title set forth above;

 

 

          c. an environmental affidavit for the benefit of Buyer and Trustees;

          d. a Beneficial Interest Affidavit and Disclosure Statement for the benefit of Buyer and
Trustees as more fully described in Paragraph 33; and

          e. closing statement.

     All affidavits referenced in subsections “b,” “c,” and “d” above must run to the Buyer and
Trustees.

     10. Closing Expenses and Prorations.

          a. The following expenses shall be paid by the Seller:

               i.) Documentary stamps exceeding $500,000 in the approximate amount of $33,715.00;

               ii.) recording fees, and the cost of preparing all documents necessary to satisfy the
requirements of the title insurance commitment or remove encumbrances on Seller’s title.

          b. The following expenses shall be paid by the Buyer:

               i.) Documentary stamps in the amount of $500,000.00;

               ii.) Boundary survey;

               iii.) Environmental Site Assessment;

               iv.) the cost of title examination, preparation of the title insurance commitment, the
owner’s title insurance premium, and all other costs associated with the preparation and delivery
of the owner’s title insurance policy, and the costs, if any, to perfect the Seller’s title,
including the costs or fees of the title insurance agency or attorney.

          c. Real property taxes and assessments (“Tax” or “Taxes”) for the current year shall be
prorated as of Closing, treating the Buyer as the owner of the Property on the date of Closing.
Seller shall provide to Buyer the most recent real property tax bill(s) for the Property.

               i.) Taxes shall be prorated based on the current year’s Tax, if known;

               ii.) If closing occurs at a date when the current year’s Taxes are not yet fixed, and the
current year’s assessment is available, Taxes will be prorated based upon such Assessment and the
prior year’s millage;

               iii.) If the current year’s assessment is not available, Taxes will be prorated based on the
prior year’s Tax. However, any Tax proration based on an estimate shall be promptly adjusted, at
the request of either party, upon receipt of the current year’s tax bill, and a statement to that
effect shall be included in the closing statement. Any rents or other income derived from the
leasing or licensing of the Property or any part thereof, sanitary sewer taxes and utility charges
shall also be prorated as of Closing.

          d. All other expenses including, but not limited to attorney’s fees, shall be paid by the
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     11. Risk of Loss and Maintenance. Between the effective date of this Agreement and
the Closing, Seller assumes all risk of loss to the Property. Seller acknowledges that Buyer’s
interest in purchasing the Property is the preservation of environmentally-sensitive property.
Seller shall maintain the Property in its present condition pending Closing and shall not remove,
or permit the removal of, any timber from the Property or otherwise make or permit any changes in
or upon the Property except with Buyer’s advance written consent or which are necessary to help
preserve the Property. In the event of loss or damage to the Property such that the Property is,
in the reasonable discretion of Buyer, no longer suitable for Buyer’s preservation purposes, Buyer
shall have the right, by notice given to Seller as provided herein, to terminate this Agreement,
whereupon Seller shall promptly refund to Buyer all of the Option Money and except as expressly
provided to the contrary herein, Seller and Buyer shall have no further rights, obligations or
duties hereunder.

     12. Seller’s Representations and Warranties. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer
that:

          a. Seller has good and marketable fee simple title to the Property;

          b. Seller has the right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with its terms;

          c. There are no leases, licenses contracts or agreements of any kind whatever affecting the
Property or any part thereof, except for two Ground Leases with Swift Agrisales, Inc., which may be
terminated upon six (6) months notice;

          d. Deliberately omitted;

          e. Seller will not enter into any other contracts or agreements of any kind affecting the
Property or any part thereof after the date of this Agreement, without the advance written consent
of Buyer.;

          f. Seller knows of no pending or threatened proceedings, including, without limitation,
boundary line disputes, which might affect the Property or any part thereof or Seller’s title
thereto;

          g. There exists no uncured notice served upon or delivered to Seller by any private or
governmental party which might result in any lien upon or claim against the Property or any part
thereof which specify any violation of law, rule, regulation, ordinance, covenant, condition or
restriction with respect to the Property or any part thereof;

          h. To the best of Seller’s knowledge and belief, such knowledge to be that of Dennis J.
Getman, the General Counsel of the Seller, after inquiry, there is no condition at, on, under or
related to the Property presently or potentially posing a significant hazard to human health or the
environment, whether or not in compliance with law, and there has been no production, use,
treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, as hereinafter defined,
on the Property, nor any release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials, pollutant or
contaminant into, upon or over the Property or into or upon ground or surface water at the
Property;

          i. To the best of Seller’s knowledge and belief, such knowledge to be that of Dennis J.
Getman, the General Counsel of the Seller, after inquiry, no Hazardous Materials are now or ever
have been stored on the Property in underground tanks, pits or surface impoundments and there are
no asbestos-containing materials incorporated into the buildings or interior improvements or
equipment that are part of the Property or other assets to be transferred pursuant to this
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          j. Hazardous Material Defined:

               i.) the presence of which requires investigation, remediation, or is, or become regulated
under any federal, state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, order, action policy, or common
law; or

               ii.) which is or becomes defined as a “hazardous substance”, pollutant, or contaminant under
any federal, state, local statute, regulation, rule, or contaminant under any federal, state, or
local statute, regulation, rule, or ordinance or amendments thereto including, without limitation,
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.)
and/or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §
6901 et seq.); or

               iii.) which is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic,
mutagenic, or otherwise hazardous, or poses, or threatens to pose a hazard to the health or safety
of persons on or about the Property, and is or becomes regulated by any governmental authority,
agency, department, commission, board, or instrumentality of the United States, the State in which
the Property is located or any political subdivision thereof.

          k. Seller has provided to Buyer copies of all notices or communication of any type Seller has
received in the past ten (10) years concerning the actual or potential presence of Hazardous
Materials on the Property, and agrees to immediately provide to Buyer copies of all such notices
received prior to Closing.

          l. The Property has direct access to publicly-dedicated rights-of-way, without the necessity
of any private easements over or across the property of third parties.

     Seller will take all such actions as will cause all of the foregoing representations and
warranties to be true and correct as of Closing and will so certify to Buyer at Closing. All of
the representations and warranties made by Seller in this Agreement, including but not limited to
those set forth above, shall be deemed material conditions of the consummation of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement and shall expressly survive the Closing of such transactions and the
delivery of the instruments of conveyance.

     13. Hazardous Materials Audit(s) and Remediation. Anytime before the expiration of
the Term, Buyer shall obtain a report of an investigation of the Property carried out and prepared
by a licensed engineer or geologist selected by Buyer employing procedures that a prudent Buyer
would employ under the circumstances (“Phase I Audit”). A copy of the final report for the Phase I
Audit will be delivered by Buyer to Seller. In the event that the Phase I Audit final report
states that it is likely that there are Recognized Environmental Conditions, which would include
Hazardous Materials, present on or beneath the surface of the Property, or that further
investigations are necessary to determine whether Recognized Environmental Conditions are present
(“Unsatisfactory Report”), Buyer may elect the to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as
required herein, in which event Seller agrees to return to Buyer the Option Money paid, and to
reimburse Buyer for the actual cost for all appraisals, surveys and inspections of any kind Buyer
has incurred in connection with preparing to exercise its Option or to close its purchase of the
Property, and thereafter the parties shall have no further obligations under the Agreement.

Should Buyer elect not to terminate this Agreement, Seller shall, at Seller’s sole cost and
expense, and prior to the exercise of the option and closing, promptly commence and diligently
pursue any assessment, clean up and monitoring of the Property necessary, as to Hazardous
Materials, to bring the Property into full compliance with Environmental Law. “Environmental Law”
shall mean all federal, state and local laws, including statutes, regulations, ordinances, codes,
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concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating
to the protection of the environment or human health, welfare or safety, or to the emission,
discharge, seepage, release or threatened release of any contaminant, solid waste, hazardous waste,
pollutant, irritant, petroleum product, waste product, radioactive material, flammable or corrosive
substance, carcinogen, explosive, polychlorinated biphenyl, asbestos, hazardous or toxic substance,
material or waste of any kind into the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, ground water, or land including, but not limited to, the Federal Solid Waste
Disposal Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Resource and
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the
Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Chapters 161, 253, 373, 376 and 403, Florida
Statutes, Rules of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rules of the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, and the rules of the Florida water management districts now or at any
time hereafter in effect. However, should the estimated cost to Seller of clean up of Hazardous
Materials exceed a sum which is equal to 2% of the Purchase Price as stated in Section 5a., Seller
may elect to terminate this Agreement and neither party shall have any further obligations under
this Agreement. If Hazardous Materials are discovered after closing, Seller shall remain obligated
hereunder, with such obligation to survive the closing, delivery, and recording of the deed
described in paragraph 9. of this Agreement and Buyer’s possession of the Property, to diligently
pursue and accomplish the clean up of Hazardous Materials placed on the Property during Seller’s
ownership of the Property in a manner consistent with all applicable Environmental Laws and at
Seller’s sole cost and expense.

Notwithstanding the foregoing obligation to investigate and remediate, Buyer may elect to change
the description of the Property to be conveyed, so as to not acquire any part of the Property that
contains any Hazardous Materials plus a reasonable buffer zone. If Buyer elects to not acquire any
part of the property, as described in this subsection, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to
reflect the portion of the Property removed from the transaction. However, such part of the
Property shall not exceed two hundred (200) acres.

Further, if neither party elects to terminate this Agreement as provided above, Seller hereby
indemnifies and saves harmless and defends Buyer, its officers, servants, agents and employees, for
a period not to exceed eighteen months from the date of closing, from and against any and all
claims, suits, actions, damages, liabilities, expenditures or causes of action of whatsoever kind
arising from Hazardous Materials placed on the Property during Seller’s ownership of the Property
whether the Hazardous Materials are discovered prior to or after closing. Seller shall defend, for
a period not to exceed eighteen months from the date of closing, at Seller’s sole cost and expense,
any legal action, claim or proceeding instituted by any person against Buyer as a result of any
claim, suit, or cause of action for injuries to body, life, limb or property for which Hazardous
Materials placed on the Property during Seller’s ownership of the Property are alleged to be a
contributing legal cause. Seller shall save Buyer harmless, for a period not to exceed eighteen
months from the date of closing, from and against all judgments, orders, decrees, attorney’s fees,
costs, expenses and liabilities in and about any such claim, suit, investigation or defense
thereof, which may be entered, incurred or assessed as a result of the foregoing. Notwithstanding
the above, it is agreed that Seller’s economic exposure shall not exceed 2% of the Purchase Price.

The limitation herein on Seller’s contractual obligation to indemnify Buyer as specified in this
paragraph. shall not be construed to limit Seller’s legal liability under any Environmental Law for
Hazardous Materials located on the Property or to limit Buyer’s legal and equitable remedies
against Seller under any Environmental Law for Hazardous Materials located on the Property.

     14. Condition of Premises. Except as specifically set forth in this Option
Agreement, the Seller and the Buyer agree that no warranties, whether express or implied, are made
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merchantability, fitness, condition or use of the Property, but rather Buyer is purchasing such “as
is”, following the full opportunity to inspect the premises.

     15. Casualty or Condemnation. In the event of any damage to or destruction of the
improvements, if any, on the Property, or the taking of all or any part of the Property by eminent
domain proceedings, or the commencement of such proceedings prior to Closing, Buyer shall have the
right, at its option, to terminate this Agreement by notice given to Seller as provided below,
whereupon Seller shall promptly refund to Buyer all of the Option Money and, except as expressly
provided to the contrary herein, Seller and Buyer shall have no further rights, obligations or
duties hereunder. If Buyer does not so terminate this Agreement, then Buyer may, at its option,
either a) proceed to close, with the Purchase Price reduced by the total of any awards or other
proceeds received or to be received by Seller as a result of such [casualty or] proceedings, or b)
proceed to close, with an assignment by Seller of all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and
to any and all such awards and proceeds. Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of any casualty or
eminent domain proceedings affecting the Property within five (5) days after Seller learns of such
casualty or proceedings.

     16. Condition of Property at Closing. Prior to Closing, Seller covenants and agrees
to cure any nuisances and remove or cause to be removed from the Property, at Seller’s sole cost
and expense, such not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars, any and all
personal property and/or trash, rubbish or any other unsightly or offensive materials thereon,
including, but not limited to, any Hazardous Materials in tanks, barrels, equipment, pipelines or
other containers on the Property, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Buyer. All billboards
on the Property, if any, must be removed and any existing leases terminated. If any leases cannot
be terminated and the billboards removed, the property on which the billboards are located must be
cutout of the Property being conveyed. Satisfaction of the promises contained herein shall be
subject to Buyer’s inspection and approval of the physical condition of the Property. If, on or
before the Closing, Seller has not satisfied the promises contained herein, Buyer may elect to
either a) defer the Closing until Seller has satisfied said promises, or b) remove or cause to be
removed said personal property and/or trash, rubbish or other offensive materials as described
above in which case Buyer shall receive a credit against the Purchase Price at Closing in the
amount expended by Buyer, such not to exceed Seller’s limit set forth above, in this regard in
order to satisfy Seller’s promises contained herein.

     17. Access to Property. Between the effective date of this Agreement and the
Closing, Buyer, its contractors, agents and assigns shall have access to the Property at
all reasonable hours, through its representatives, agents and employees, for the purpose of
inspecting the Property and causing any necessary appraisals, Hazardous Materials audits and
surveys, and other inspections to be made, provided always that Buyer shall not interfere with the
rights of any lessees or licensees of the Property. With regard to any entry by Buyer upon the
Property prior to closing, Buyer shall be responsible during the term of this Agreement for damage
or injury to persons or property resulting from Buyer’s entry upon the Property for which it is
found legally liable.

     18. Brokers. Seller agrees to pay any and all real estate or brokerage commissions
for which it may be liable and agrees to indemnify and hold Buyer harmless from and against any and
all loss, cost, claim, demand, damage, action, cause of action, suit or liability arising out of or
in any manner related to the alleged employment or use by Seller of any real estate broker of
agency in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Buyer represents that it has not
retained any real estate broker or agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
The provisions of this Section shall expressly survive the Closing hereunder.

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     20. Remedies Upon Default. Subject to Paragraph 8, in the event that Seller defaults
in the performance of any of Seller’s obligations under this Agreement, Buyer shall have the sole
right of specific performance against Seller or the right of reimbursement of the Option Money as
full liquidated damages for such default. It is hereby agreed that Seller’s damages in the event
of a default by Buyer hereunder are uncertain and difficult to ascertain, and that the Option Money
constitutes a reasonable liquidation of such damages and is intended not as a penalty, but as full
liquidated damages. Seller covenants not to bring any action or suit, whether legal or equitable,
against Buyer for additional damages or other redress in the event of Buyer’s default hereunder.

     21. Notices. All notices, demands, requests or other communications permitted or
required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if by
the date called for under this Agreement: (i) delivered by hand, or (ii) by nationally-recognized,
overnight express delivery service, or (iii) by U.S. registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, or (iv) by electronic transfer (“telefacsimile/fax”) with prompt
telephone confirmation, to the parties as set forth on Page 1.

     Any notice or other communication mailed as hereinabove provided shall be deemed effectively
given or received on the date of delivery, except fax notices shall be deemed effectively received
when sent or, if sent after 5:00 p.m. eastern time, shall be deemed received at 9:00 a.m. eastern
time on the first business day following actual receipt by the addressee. If any notice properly
addressed or transmitted, but returned for any reason, such notice shall be deemed to be effective
notice and to be given on the date of sending.

     22. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except by an
instrument in writing, signed by or on behalf of both parties.

     23. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State where the Property is located.

     24. Effective Date. As used herein, the terms “date of this Agreement,” “date
hereof” and “effective date of this Agreement” shall mean the date on which the last of the parties
executes this Agreement.

     25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute
the same instrument. Legible fax copies and photocopies of documents signed by either party are
deemed to be equivalent to originals.

     26. Parties Bound. All of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns.

     27. Attorney’s Fees. In the event of any litigation, including appellate
proceedings, arising out of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from the non-prevailing party.

     28. Headings; Rules of Construction. The headings used in the Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to alter or affect the meaning of any of
the provisions. All references to the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. The
parties agree that this Agreement is the result of negotiation by the parties, each of whom was
represented by counsel, and thus, this Agreement shall not be construed against either party
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     29. Assignability. Buyer may freely assign this Option, but only to an organization
recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a charitable
organization, or to a public agency.

     30. Time of Essence. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

     31. Severability. Each provision of this Agreement is severable from any and all
other provisions of this Agreement. Should any provision of this Agreement be for any reason
unenforceable, the balance shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect, but without giving
effect to such provision.

     32. No Waiver. Neither the failure of either party to exercise any power given such
party hereunder or to insist upon strict compliance by the other party with its obligations
hereunder, nor any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall
constitute a waiver of either party’s right to demand exact compliance with the terms hereof.

     33. Required Disclosures. Seller agrees to provide to Buyer such information
concerning the beneficial interests of persons in the Property, and financial transactions
concerning the Property for five years prior to the date of this Agreement and five years prior to
Closing to enable Buyer to comply with Chapter 286.23(1), and Chapter 375.031, Florida Statutes, by
completing the Addendum attached as Exhibit “B”, and information regarding Seller’s corporate
status by completing the Addendum attached as Exhibit “C”.

     34. Covenant to Not Further Encumber. Seller agrees that during the term of this
Agreement it will take no action, or fail to take any action, which will further encumber the
Property or any subpart thereof, including but not limited to: a) failing to pay any taxes or
assessments before they become delinquent; b) placing any further liens of any type on the
Property including the lien of any future advances or other additional debt under any mortgage; c)
permitting any worker’s or contractor’s lien to be placed on the Property; and d) permit any
change in zoning land use classification, or transfer of development rights, which would reduce the
market value of the Property, unless previously agreed to in writing by Buyer. A breach of this
covenant by Seller shall be deemed a material breach of contract and a default hereunder, and in
such case Seller shall, upon notice and demand by Buyer, reimburse Buyer for the Option Money paid
and for all payments made by Buyer to any service provider in the course of Buyer’s due diligence
work to prepare for Closing.

     35. Delay. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, all dates for the
performance of obligations of the parties shall be automatically extended one business day for any
due date falling on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, or shall be automatically extended for a
reasonable time period, not to exceed three (3) business days, if any event, including but not
limited to, natural disasters, strikes, civil disorder, war, national or local days of mourning,
cause the county courthouse and/or major public services to be closed or suspended in Seller’s or
Buyer’s locale (“Disaster”). This Section is to be liberally construed so as to save the
transaction and to avail defaults.

     36. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS A
SOPHISTICATED LEGAL DOCUMENT. ACCORDINGLY, JUSTICE WILL BEST BE SERVED IF ISSUES REGARDING THIS
AGREEMENT ARE HEARD BY A JUDGE IN A COURT PROCEEDING, AND NOT A JURY. EACH BUYER AGREES THAT ANY
CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION, WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM,
COUNTERCLAIM, OR CROSSCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT AND/OR IN TORT (REGARDLESS IF THE TORT ACTION IS
PRESENTLY RECOGNIZED OR NOT), INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, PAIN,
SUFFERING AND WRONGFUL DEATH, BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO
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ANY DECLARATION), ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT,
VALIDATION, PROTECTION, ENFORCEMENT ACTION OR OMISSION OF ANY PARTY SHALL BE HEARD BY A JUDGE IN A
COURT PROCEEDING AND NOT A JURY. SELLER HEREBY SUGGESTS THAT EACH BUYER CONTACT AN ATTORNEY IF
SUCH BUYER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT.

     37. RADON GAS. RADON IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE GAS THAT, WHEN IT HAS
ACCUMULATED IN A BUILDING IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES, MAY PRESENT HEALTH RISKS TO PERSONS WHO ARE
EXPOSED TO IT OVER TIME. LEVELS OF RADON THAT EXCEED FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN FOUND
IN BUILDINGS IN FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING RADON AND RADON TESTING MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM YOUR COUNTY HEALTH UNIT.

     38. News Releases. Unless legally required, neither party hereto shall issue any
news releases pertaining to this Option Agreement without the written permission of the other
party, such permission not to be unreasonably withheld.

     39. Plat Vacation. Prior to the Closing, Seller shall cause the plats of record in
Marion County, Florida, which are located within the boundaries of the Property, to be vacated by
the appropriate governmental entity contingent on title to all of the Property vesting in the Board
of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida. All vacated road
rights of way, parks and other rights or interests accruing to the Seller as a result of the
location of the above-referenced plat shall be deemed to be part of the Property, shall be included
within the final legal description of the Property, insured by the title insurer and conveyed to
the Buyer at closing. In the event that the requirements of this paragraph have not been satisfied
by the Seller prior to Closing, the Closing shall be automatically extended for a period of time
sufficient to allow the Seller to complete the plat vacation proceedings and to satisfy all other
requirements of this paragraph. Provided, however, in the event that the requirements of this
Section 39 are not completed on or before the January 30, 2007, Buyer shall have the option to
either accept the title as it then is or to terminate this Agreement, thereupon releasing Buyer and
Seller from all further obligations under this Agreement. All costs pertaining to the plat
vacation proceedings and the other requirements of this paragraph shall be paid solely by the
Seller. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the plat of Silver Springs Park Addition
in the NE 1/4 of Section 26, Township 14 South, Range 22 East, Marion County, Florida.

     40. Bargain Sale. Buyer is an organization described in Sections 501(c)(3) and
170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, Seller may be entitled to consider the
amount by which the fair market value of the Property exceeds the sale price for the Property as a
charitable contribution of property to the extent permitted by law, but Buyer shall have no
responsibility or liability for the determination of the amount or availability of any income tax
deduction which Seller may claim. The Conservancy has provided Seller with a summary of its
internal policy regarding gifts of interests in real estate and will sign documentation required by
the IRS to substantiate a charitable contribution when the conditions stated in the policy are met.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed and
sealed by its fully authorized signatory(ies) on the date set forth below.

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	Signed, sealed and delivered	 	 	 	SELLER: AVATAR PROPERTIES INC.	 	 
	In the presence of:	 	 	 	a Florida corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Ohilda V. Nodarse
 

	 	 
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Dennis J. Getman
 

	 	 
	Witness Ohilda V. Nodarse
	 	 	 	Name: Dennis J. Getman, Executive Vice President

Date: October 18, 2006
	 	 
	/s/ Rosa Zamora	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

Witness Rosa Zamora

	 	 	 	(CORPORATE SEAL)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signed, sealed and delivered	 	 	 	BUYER: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY,	 	 
	In the presence of:	 	 	 	a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Betty Hernandez
 

	 	 
	 	BY:
	 	/s/ Victoria J. Tschinkel
 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Name: Victoria Tschinkel, State Director	 	 
	/s/ Petra Rayston
 

Witness

	 	 
	 	Date:
	 	10/20/06	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(CORPORATE SEAL)

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