Document:

exv4w1

 

Exhibit 4.1

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT NO. 4 (this “Amendment”) dated as of April 30, 2008 to the Rights Agreement dated as
of October 15, 1998, between Stone Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as rights agent (“Rights
Agent”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of October 28, 2000, Amendment No. 2
thereto dated as of April 23, 2006 and Amendment No. 3 thereto dated as of June 22, 2006 (as
amended, the “Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Rights Agreement.

     WHEREAS, Section 29 of the Rights Agreement permits the Company to amend the Rights Agreement
in the manner provided therein at any time prior to the Distribution Date, and there has not been a
Distribution Date.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

     Section 1. Amendments to Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Rights Agreement to the contrary, none of the
execution or the delivery of one or more of the Bois d’Arc Merger Documents or the consummation of
one or more of the Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions shall cause or permit the Rights to become
exercisable, the Rights to become separated from the stock certificates to which they are attached
or any operative provision of the Rights Agreement to apply to any Bois d’Arc Covered Stockholder
or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates solely by reason of or in connection with the
Bois d’Arc Merger Documents or the Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions, including, without limitation,
the designation of the Bois d’Arc Covered Stockholders or any of their respective Affiliates or
Associates thereof as an Acquiring Person, the occurrence of a Distribution Date or the occurrence
of a Shares Acquisition Date.

          (b) The definition of “Acquiring Person” in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is amended to
add the following sentence at the end thereof:

“In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to
the contrary, none of the Bois d’Arc Covered Stockholders or any of their
respective Affiliates or Associates shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person
solely by virtue of (i) the announcement of the Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions,
(ii) the acquisition and/or ownership of Common Shares of the Company pursuant
to the Bois d’Arc Merger Agreement, (iii) the execution of the Bois d’Arc
Merger Documents or (iv) the consummation of the Bois d’Arc Merger
Transactions.”

          (c) The following definitions shall be added to Section 1 of the Rights Agreement:

          ““Bois d’Arc” shall mean Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation.”

 

 

          ““Bois d’Arc Covered Stockholders” shall mean the stockholders of Bois d’Arc
who are signatories to the Bois d’Arc Stockholder Agreements.”

          ““Bois d’Arc Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger by
and among the Company, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Bois d’Arc dated the date
hereof, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.”

          ““Bois d’Arc Merger Documents” shall mean the Bois d’Arc Merger Agreement and
the Bois d’Arc Stockholder Agreements.”

          ““Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions” shall mean the transactions contemplated
under the Bois d’Arc Merger Documents.”

          ““Bois d’Arc Stockholder Agreements” shall mean the Stockholder Agreements by
and among the Company and the Bois d’Arc Covered Stockholders dated the date
hereof.”

          (d) Section 3(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end
thereof:

“In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, a
Distribution Date or a Shares Acquisition Date shall not be deemed to have occurred
solely as the result of (i) the announcement of the Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions,
(ii) the acquisition and/or ownership of Common Shares of the Company pursuant to
the Bois d’Arc Merger Agreement, (iii) the execution of the Bois d’Arc Merger
Documents or (iv) the consummation of the Bois d’Arc Merger Transactions.”

     Section 2. Certification. This Section 2 shall constitute a certificate from an appropriate
officer of the Company for purposes of Section 29 of the Rights Agreement, and the Company and the
officer of the Company signing this Amendment below, on behalf of the Company, (i) hereby certify
that this Amendment is in compliance with the terms of Section 29 of the Rights Agreement and (ii)
request and direct that the Rights Agent execute and deliver this Amendment, in accordance with
Section 29.

     Section 3. Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Rights Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect unamended and in accordance with the provisions thereof on
the date hereof.

     Section 4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely
within such State; provided, however, that any provision regarding the rights, duties and
obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed
entirely within such State.

2

 

     Section 5. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is
held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain
in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

     Section 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

3

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Rights Agent have caused this Amendment to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	STONE ENERGY CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	by:	 	/s/ Andrew L. Gates, III	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Andrew L. Gates, III	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President, General 
Counsel
and Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, as Rights Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	by:	 	/s/ Patricia Hodson	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Patricia Hodson	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Relationship Manager	 	 

4exv4w2

 

Exhibit 4.2

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

To

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank))

Trustee

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 8

Dated as of May 6, 2008

 

$300,000,000

6.50% Senior Notes due 2018

 

 

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 8

6.50% Senior Notes due 2018

     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 8, dated as of May 6, 2008, between CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a
Texas corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank)), as Trustee
(the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

     The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of May
19, 2003 (the “Original Indenture” and, as hereby supplemented and amended, the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the
Company’s Securities.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment
of a new series of Securities to be designated as the “6.50% Senior Notes due 2018” (the
“Notes”), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions
thereof to be set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture
No. 8.

     Section 301 of the Original Indenture provides that various matters with respect to any series
of Securities issued under the Indenture may be established in an indenture supplemental to the
Indenture.

     Subparagraph (7) of Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of
Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Original Indenture.

     For and in consideration of the premises and the issuance of the series of Securities provided
for herein, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of such series, as follows:

ARTICLE I

Relation to Indenture; Additional Definitions

     Section 101 Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture No. 8 constitutes an integral part
of the Original Indenture.

     Section 102 Additional Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 8:

1

 

     Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning specified herein or in the
Original Indenture, as the case may be;

     “Affiliate” of, or a Person “affiliated” with, a specific Person means a Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by
contract, or otherwise.

     “Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday,
a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law, regulation or executive order to close. If any Interest Payment Date,
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the relevant date that the payment was due and no interest will accrue
on such payment for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding
Business Day. The definition of “Business Day” in this Supplemental Indenture No. 8 and the
provisions described in the preceding sentence shall supersede the definition of Business
Day in the Original Indenture and Section 113 of the Original Indenture.

     “Capital Lease” means a lease that, in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, would be recorded as a capital lease on
the balance sheet of the lessee;

     “CenterPoint Houston” means CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a Texas
limited liability company, and any successor thereto; provided, that at any given
time, there shall not be more than one such successor;

     “CERC” means CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., a Delaware corporation, and
any successor thereto; provided, that at any given time, there shall not be more
than one such successor;

     “Comparable Treasury Yield” has the meaning set forth in Section 402(a) hereof;

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, as follows: (a) for
payment, registration and transfer of the Securities: 2001 Bryan Street, 9th Floor, Dallas,
Texas 75201, Attention: Bondholder Communications; telephone (214) 672-5125 or (800)
275-2048; telecopy: (214) 672-5873; and (b) for all other communications relating to the
Securities: 601 Travis Street, 18th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Global Corporate
Trust; telephone: (713) 483-6817; telecopy: (713) 483-7038;

2

 

     “Equity Interests” means any capital stock, partnership, joint venture, member
or limited liability or unlimited liability company interest, beneficial interest in a trust
or similar entity or other equity interest or investment of whatever nature;

     “H.15 Statistical Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 402(b) hereof;

     The term “Indebtedness” as applied to any Person, means bonds, debentures,
notes and other instruments or arrangements representing obligations created or assumed by
any such Person, in respect of: (i) obligations for money borrowed (other than unamortized
debt discount or premium); (ii) obligations evidenced by a note or similar instrument given
in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets of any kind;
(iii) obligations as lessee under a Capital Lease; and (iv) any amendments, renewals,
extensions, modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness or obligations listed in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above. All indebtedness of such type, secured by a lien upon
property owned by such Person although such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such indebtedness, shall also for all purposes hereof be deemed to be
indebtedness of such Person. All indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by any other
Persons which is directly guaranteed as to payment of principal by such Person shall for all
purposes hereof be deemed to be indebtedness of any such Person, but no other contingent
obligation of such Person in respect of indebtedness incurred by any other Persons shall for
any purpose be deemed to be indebtedness of such Person.

     “Independent Investment Banker” has the meaning set forth in Section 401(c)
hereof;

     “Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 204(a) hereof;

     “Issue Date” has the meaning provided in Section 204(a) hereof;

     “Long-Term Indebtedness” means, collectively, the Company’s outstanding:
(a) 5.875% Senior Notes due 2008, (b) 6.850% Senior Notes due 2015, (c) 7.25% Senior Notes
due 2010, (d) 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 and (e) any long-term indebtedness
(but excluding for this purpose any long-term indebtedness incurred pursuant to any
revolving credit facility, letter of credit facility or other similar bank credit facility)
of the Company issued subsequent to the issuance of the Notes and prior to the Termination
Date containing a covenant substantially similar to the covenant set forth in Section 301
hereof, or an event of default substantially similar to the event of default set forth in
Section 501(c) hereof, but not containing a provision substantially similar to the provision
set forth in Section 302 hereof;

     “Make-Whole Premium” has the meaning set forth in Section 401(b) hereof;

     “Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 203 hereof;

     “Notes” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of the Recitals
hereof;

3

 

     “Original Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of the
Recitals hereof;

     “Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 401(a) hereof;

     “Regular Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 204(a) hereof;

     “Remaining Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 402(a) hereof;

     “Significant Subsidiary” means, CERC, CenterPoint Houston and any other
Subsidiary which, at the time of the creation of a pledge, mortgage, security interest or
other lien upon any Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, has consolidated gross assets
(having regard to the Company’s beneficial interest in the shares, or the like, of that
Subsidiary) that represents at least 25% of the Company’s consolidated gross assets
appearing in the Company’s most recent audited consolidated financial statements;

     “Subsidiary” of any entity means any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (i) the
issued and outstanding capital stock or Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors or comparable governing body of such corporation
or other entity (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation or other entity shall or might have voting power upon the
occurrence of any contingency), (ii) the interest in the capital or profits of such limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture or other entity, or (iii) the beneficial
interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by such entity, by such entity and one or more of its other Subsidiaries, or by one or more
of such entity’s other Subsidiaries;

     “Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 302.

     All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to
the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture No. 8; and

     The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture No. 8.

ARTICLE II

The Series of Securities

     Section 201 Title of the Securities. The Notes shall be designated as the “6.50% Senior Notes due
2018”.

4

 

     Section 202 Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
the Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000
upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of Sections 301
and 303 of the Original Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be
authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and the name or
names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may initially
be outstanding shall not exceed $300,000,000; provided, however, that the
authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased above such amount by a Board
Resolution to such effect.

     Section 203 Stated Maturity. The stated maturity of the Notes shall be May 1, 2018 (the
“Maturity Date”).

     Section 204 Interest and Interest Rates.

     (a) The Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 6.50% per year, from and including May 6, 2008
(the “Issue Date”) to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. Such interest shall be payable
semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment
Date”), beginning November 1, 2008 to the persons in whose names the Notes (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on April 15 and October 15 (each a
“Regular Record Date”) (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date.

     (b) Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall either (i) be paid to the Person in
whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or (ii) be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be
listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

     (c) The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any partial
month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on a Note is not a Business Day,
then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which
is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the
same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.

     (d) Any principal and premium, if any, and any installment of interest, which is overdue shall
bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per annum (to the extent permitted by law), from the dates such
amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be
payable on demand.

5

 

     Section 205 Paying Agent; Place of Payment. The Trustee shall initially serve as the Paying Agent
for the Notes. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or approve a change in the
office through which any Paying Agent acts without notice, other than notice to the Trustee. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent. The Place
of Payment where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment shall be the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee. At the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made (i) by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account
as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security
Register.

     Section 206 Place of Registration or Exchange; Notices and Demands With Respect to the Notes. The
place where the Holders of the Notes may present the Notes for registration of transfer or exchange
and may make notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes shall be the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

     Section 207 Percentage of Principal Amount. The Notes shall be initially issued at 99.487% of
their principal amount plus accrued interest, if any, from May 6, 2008.

     Section 208 Global Securities.

     (a) The Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities. Such Global Securities shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust
Company, New York, New York, which shall act as Depositary with respect to the Notes. Such Global
Securities shall bear the legends set forth in the form of Security attached as Exhibit A
hereto

     Section 209 Form of Securities. The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto.

     Section 210 Securities Registrar. The Trustee shall initially serve as the Security Registrar for
the Notes.

     Section 211 Sinking Fund Obligations. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase
any Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement or upon the happening of a
specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof.

     Section 212 Defeasance and Discharge; Covenant Defeasance.

     (a) Article Fourteen of the Original Indenture, including without limitation Sections 1402 and
1403 thereof (as modified by Section 212(b) hereof), shall apply to the Notes.

     (b) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, the first sentence of Section 1403 of the
Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:

“Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1403 applied to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company

6

 

shall be released from its obligations under Article Eight and under any covenants
provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities, including, without limitation, the covenants provided for in
Article Three of Supplemental Indenture No. 8 to the Indenture, and (2) the occurrence
of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to Article Eight and to any such
covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7)) and 501(7) shall be
deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such
Securities as provided in this Section 1403 on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”).”

ARTICLE III

Additional Covenant

     Section 301 Limitations on Liens. The Company shall not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or grant a
security interest in, or permit any such mortgage, pledge, security interest or other lien upon any
Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by the Company in any Significant Subsidiary to secure any
Indebtedness, without making effective provisions whereby the outstanding Notes shall be equally
and ratably secured with or prior to any and all such Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness
similarly entitled to be equally and ratably secured; provided, however, that this provision shall
not apply to or prevent the creation or existence of:

(a) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon the Equity Interests
of CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Company, LLC, CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond
Company II, LLC, CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Company III, LLC or any other special
purpose Subsidiary created on or after the date of this Supplemental Indenture by the
Company in connection with the issuance of securitization bonds for the economic value of
generation-related regulatory assets and stranded costs;

(b) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any Equity
Interests in a Person which was not affiliated with the Company prior to one year before the
grant of such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance (or the Equity
Interests of a holding company formed to acquire or hold such Equity Interests) created at
the time of the Company’s acquisition of the Equity Interests or within one year after such
time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such Equity Interests; provided
that the principal amount of any Indebtedness secured by such mortgage, pledge, security
interest, lien or encumbrance does not exceed 100% of such purchase price and the fees,
expenses and costs incurred in connection with such acquisition and acquisition financing;

(c) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance existing upon Equity
Interests in a Person which was not affiliated with the Company prior to one year before the
grant of such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance at the time of the
Company’s acquisition of such Equity Interests (whether or not the obligations

7

 

secured thereby are assumed by the Company or such Subsidiary becomes a Significant
Subsidiary); provided that (i) such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance
existed at the time such Person became a Significant Subsidiary and was not created in
anticipation of the acquisition, and (ii) any such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien
or encumbrance does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness
existing or committed immediately prior to the time such Person becomes a Significant
Subsidiary;

(d) liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies to the extent not past
due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and for which the Company has provided adequate reserves for the payment thereof
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations under
workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation;

(f) materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workers’ and repairmen’s liens imposed by law and
other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;

(g) attachment, judgment or other similar liens, which have not been effectively stayed,
arising in connection with court proceedings; provided that such liens, in the aggregate,
shall not secure judgments which exceed $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding; provided further that the execution or enforcement of each such lien is
effectively stayed within 30 days after entry of the corresponding judgment (or the
corresponding judgment has been discharged within such 30 day period) and the claims secured
thereby are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely commenced and
diligently prosecuted;

(h) other liens not otherwise referred to in paragraphs (a) through (g) above, provided that
the Indebtedness secured by such liens in the aggregate, shall not exceed 1% of the
Company’s consolidated gross assets appearing in the Company’s most recent audited
consolidated financial statements at any one time outstanding;

(i) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance on the Equity Interests of
any Subsidiary that was otherwise permitted under this Section 301 if such Subsidiary
subsequently becomes a Significant Subsidiary; or

(j) any extension, renewal or refunding of Indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, lien or encumbrance described in paragraphs (a) through (i) above;
provided that the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is not increased by an amount
greater than the fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with such extension,
renewal or refunding.

8

 

     Section 302 Expiration of Restrictions on Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
on the date (the “Termination Date”) (and continuing thereafter) on which there remains
outstanding, in the aggregate, no more than $200,000,000 in principal amount of Long-Term
Indebtedness, the covenant of the Company set forth in Section 301 hereof shall terminate and the
Company shall no longer be subject to the covenant set forth in such Section.

ARTICLE IV

Optional Redemption of the Notes

     Section 401 Redemption Price.

     (a) The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option
at any time from time to time at a price equal to (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
(ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to (but excluding) the Redemption Date plus (iii)
the Make-Whole Premium, if any (collectively, the “Redemption Price”).

     (b) The amount of the Make-Whole Premium with respect to any Note (or portion thereof) to be
redeemed will be equal to the excess, if any, of: (i) the sum of the present values, calculated as
of the Redemption Date, of: (A) each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have
been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) being redeemed on each Interest Payment Date
occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior
to the Redemption Date); and (B) the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have
been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) being redeemed at the Maturity Date; over (ii) the
principal amount of the Note (or portion thereof) being redeemed. The present values of interest
and principal payments referred to in clause (i) above will be determined in accordance with
generally accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be calculated by
discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal from the date that each such
payment would have been payable, but for the redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate
equal to the Comparable Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 45 basis points.

     (c) The Make-Whole Premium shall be calculated by an independent investment banking
institution of national standing appointed by the Company; provided, that if the Company fails to
make such appointment at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution so
appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation shall be made by
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. or Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, or, if such
firms are unwilling or unable to make such calculation, by a different independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company (in any such case, an
“Independent Investment Banker”).

     Section 402 Make-Whole Premium Calculation.

     (a) For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Premium, “Comparable Treasury Yield”
means a rate of interest per annum equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of United States
Treasury securities that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to
maturity of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the

9

 

“Remaining Term”). The Comparable Treasury Yield shall be determined as of the third
Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date.

     (b) The weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities shall be determined by
reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and designated “H.15 (519) Selected Interest Rates” or any successor release (the “H.15
Statistical Release”). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for
United States Treasury securities having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining
Term, then the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other
cases, the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line
basis, between the weekly average yields on the United States Treasury securities that have a
constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the United States Treasury
securities that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case
as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by
interpolation shall be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200th of 1% or
above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for United States Treasury securities are not
available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be
calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.

     Section 403 Partial Redemption. If the Company redeems the Notes in part pursuant to this Article
Four, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by lot or by such
other method that the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate. The Company shall
redeem Notes pursuant to this Article IV in multiples of $1,000 in original principal amount. A
new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note shall be issued
upon cancellation of the original Note.

     Section 404 Notice of Optional Redemption. If the Company elects to exercise its right to redeem
all or some of the Notes pursuant to this Article IV, the Company or the Trustee shall mail a
notice of such redemption to each Holder of a Note that is to be redeemed not less than 30 days and
not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount to be redeemed.

ARTICLE V

Remedies

     Section 501 Additional Events of Default; Acceleration of Maturity.

     (a) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, Section 501(5) of the Original Indenture
is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof as an Event of
Default in addition to the other events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

     “(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, CERC
or CenterPoint Houston in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,

10

 

insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or
order adjudging the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston a bankrupt
or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston under any
applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston or of
any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its respective affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; provided that any specified event in (A) or (B)
involving CERC or CenterPoint Houston shall not constitute an Event
of Default if, at the time such event occurs, CERC or CenterPoint
Houston, as the case may be, shall no longer be an Affiliate of the
Company; or”

     (b) Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, Section 501(6) of the Original Indenture
is hereby deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof as an Event of
Default in addition to the other events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

     “(6) the commencement by the Company, CERC or CenterPoint
Houston of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by any of them to the entry of
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, CERC or
CenterPoint Houston in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against any of them, or the filing by
any of them of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law,
or the consent by any of them to the filing of such petition or to
the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston or of any
substantial part of its respective property, or the making by any of
them of an assignment of a substantial part of its respective
property for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by any of
them in writing of the inability of any of the Company, CERC or
CenterPoint Houston to pay its respective debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company, CERC
or CenterPoint Houston in furtherance of any such action; provided
that any such specified event involving CERC or CenterPoint Houston
shall not

11

 

constitute an Event of Default if, at the time such event occurs,
CERC or CenterPoint Houston, as the case may be, shall no longer be
an Affiliate of the Company; or”

     (c)   Solely with respect to the Notes issued hereby, and pursuant to Section 501(7) of the
Original Indenture, Section 501(7) of the Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, and
the following is substituted in lieu thereof, as an “Event of Default” in addition to the other
events set forth in Section 501 of the Original Indenture:

     “(7) The default by the Company, CERC or CenterPoint Houston in
a scheduled payment at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, in
the aggregate principal amount of $50 million or more, after the
expiration of any applicable grace period, of any Indebtedness or
the acceleration of any Indebtedness of the Company, CERC or
CenterPoint Houston in such aggregate principal amount so that it
becomes due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable and such payment default is
not cured or such acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days after
notice to the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Indebtedness; provided that such payment default or acceleration of
CERC or CenterPoint Houston shall not to be an Event of Default if,
at the time such event occurs, CERC or CenterPoint Houston, as the
case may be, shall not be an Affiliate of the Company.”

     Section 502 Expiration of Additional Event of Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, on the Termination Date (and continuing thereafter), the event of default of the Company
set forth in Section 501(c) hereof shall terminate and the Company shall no longer be subject to
such event of default.

ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous Provisions

     Section 601 The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture No. 8,
is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

     Section 602 This Supplemental Indenture No. 8 may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

     Section 603 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 8 AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT
MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

12

 

     Section 604 If any provision in this Supplemental Indenture No. 8 limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included herein by any provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

     Section 605 In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture No. 8 or the Notes 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.

13

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No. 8 to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

Gary L. Whitlock

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer
	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Richard B. Dauphin

Assistant Corporate Secretary	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST

COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

As Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:

Title:
	 	 

Kathryn Shotwell

Assistant Treasurer and Trust Officer
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

14

 

Exhibit A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[IF THIS SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY -] THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY.

[For as long as this Global Security is deposited with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company
it shall bear the following legend.] Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to CenterPoint
Energy, Inc. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as
is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

6.50% Senior Notes due 2018

			
	No.                     
	 	$                     
	 
	 	CUSIP No.                     

     CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Texas (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to
                    , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars on May 1, 2018, and to pay
interest thereon from May 6, 2008 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 in each year, commencing
November 1, 2008, at the rate of 6.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of
interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per annum (to the extent
permitted by applicable law), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made
available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The amount of interest
payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve

A-1

 

30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of interest payable for any partial period shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any
partial month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a
Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally
payable. A “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be April 15 or October 15 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and shall either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of this series may be
listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will
be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and
to such account as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

A-2

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:                                         	 	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	(SEAL)

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

Attest:

                                        

Name:

Title:

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

	 	 	 
	 

	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
	 

	 	COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 

	 	As Trustee

Date of Authentication:                                        

By:                                        

Authorized Signatory

A-3

 

[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]

CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

6.50% NOTES DUE 2018

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
May 19, 2003 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to
it in such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National
Association (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (formerly JPMorgan Chase
Bank)), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$300,000,000; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of
the Securities may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect.

     The Company shall have the right to redeem the Securities of this series, in whole or in part,
at its option at any time from time to time at a price equal to (i) 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to (but excluding) the Redemption
Date plus (iii) the Make-Whole Premium, if any.

     The amount of the Make-Whole Premium with respect to any Security of this Series (or portion
thereof) to be redeemed will be equal to the excess, if any, of: (i) the sum of the present
values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of: (A) each interest payment that, but for such
redemption, would have been payable on the Security of this series (or portion thereof) being
redeemed on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued
and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date); and (B) the principal amount
that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Security of this series (or portion
thereof) being redeemed at May 1, 2018; over (ii) the principal amount of the Security of this
series (or portion thereof) being redeemed. The present values of interest and principal payments
referred to in clause (i) above will be determined in accordance with generally accepted principles
of financial analysis. Such present values will be calculated by discounting the amount of each
payment of interest or principal from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but
for the redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the Comparable Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 45 basis points.

     For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Premium, “Comparable Treasury Yield” means
a rate of interest per annum equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of United States
Treasury securities that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to
maturity of the Securities of this series, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the
“Remaining Term”). The Comparable Treasury Yield shall be determined as of the third
Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

A-4

 

     The weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities shall be determined by
reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and designated “H.15 (519) Selected Interest Rates” or any successor release (the “H.15
Statistical Release”). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for
United States Treasury securities having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining
Term, then the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other
cases, the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line
basis, between the weekly average yields on the United States Treasury securities that have a
constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the United States Treasury
securities that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case
as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by
interpolation shall be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200th of 1% or
above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for United States Treasury securities are not
available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the Comparable Treasury Yield shall be
calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     The Securities of this series are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

     The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of
this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security,
in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange

A-5

 

herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

A-6

 

     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

     THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

A-7

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00141-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00141-of-00352.parquet"}]]