Document:

Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 30th day of September, 2016 by and between A. SCHULMAN, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Employer” or “Company”), and JOHN RICHARDSON (the “Employee”), to be effective the 1st day of October, 2016.
WHEREAS, the Company intends to employ the employee, and the Employee intends to become employed by the Company, as an executive officer;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
		
	1.
	DEFINED TERMS

The definitions of capitalized terms used in this Agreement (unless stated where first used) are provided in Section 20 hereof.
		
	2.
	EMPLOYMENT

Employer hereby agrees to employ Employee as Executive Vice President, Finance, effective October 1, 2016, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2016, and the Employee hereby accepts such employment on the terms and conditions herein contained.
		
	3.
	DUTIES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

3.1    DUTIES.  The Employee shall devote his entire business time, attention and energies to the Employer and shall not engage in any conduct which shall reflect adversely upon the Employer. The Employee shall perform such duties for the Employer as may be assigned to one in his executive status and capacity by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”). The Employee shall serve diligently and to the best of his ability.

During his employment by the Employer, the Employee shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, be engaged in any other business activity, whether or not such business activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage, except that notwithstanding the foregoing, he may invest his personal funds for his own account; provided that such investment shall be passive and not controlling in any such investment and subject to the provisions of Section 13.2 hereof and provided further that he will not be required to provide any substantial services on behalf of such enterprise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee may serve on the boards of directors of other corporations during the Term as long as the Employee notifies the Employer’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Executive Officer determines that such service does not interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder and is in compliance with other applicable policies of the Company and the Board.
3.2    CONDITIONS.  The Employee shall be provided with suitable office space, furnishings, secretarial and administrative assistance. Without the Employee’s consent, the Employee shall not be required to report principally to an office located more than fifty (50) miles from Akron, Ohio. In addition to the foregoing, Employee shall be entitled to receive the benefits and other compensation described in Exhibit A attached hereto, the terms of which are incorporated herein.

		
	4.
	TERM OF AGREEMENT; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; ESCROW DURING DISPUTE

4.1    TERM OF AGREEMENT.  The “Term” for this Agreement shall commence on October 1, 2016 and shall end on October 31, 2018, provided, however, that Employee may, upon providing written notice to Employer at least ninety (90) days prior to October 31, 2018, extend the Term for one additional year until October 31, 2019. If a Change in Control shall have occurred during the Term of this Agreement, Sections 7 and 8 and 10 through 21 of this Agreement shall continue in effect until at least the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period (whether or not the Term of this Agreement shall have expired for other purposes). Nothing in this Agreement shall amend, modify or alter compensation paid or awards settled to the Employee prior to the commencement of the Term. At the end of the Term, Employee will be an employee-at-will of the Company and the Company may terminate the Employee’s employment at any time, for any reason or for no reason, with or without cause.

4.3    TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.  The Company may terminate the employment of the Employee for Cause pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to any Change in Control, the Employee may terminate his employment pursuant to this Agreement if the Employer fails to make full and timely payments of any of the sums provided for in Exhibit A, Sections 5 and 6 hereof (subject to Section 7.2 hereof), or otherwise shall breach its covenants hereunder in any material respect, including but not limited to, (i) a diminution in Employee's title, authority, duties, responsibilities or reporting relationship; or (ii) a material adverse change in the reporting structure applicable to the Employee ("Resignation for Cause"). A termination of employment by the Employee due to Resignation for Cause will entitle the Employee to the same benefits as if the Employee’s employment was terminated without Cause. Employee may terminate his employment pursuant to this Agreement by providing written notice of voluntary termination of employment due to retirement. Any termination of employment other than a termination by the Company for Cause shall be a Retirement under any Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to which Awards are granted.

4.3    ESCROW DURING A TERMINATION DISPUTE.  Prior to any Change in Control, if the Employee is terminated for Cause, and, within thirty (30) days of such termination, Employee notifies the Employer of his intention to adjudicate such termination as improper, the Employer agrees that it will deposit with KeyBank, National Association (or any successor thereto), as Escrow Agent the installments of the Employee’s Base Salary and any bonuses due to be paid (as provided in Section 5 below) as the same would have become payable but for such termination (“Escrow Amount”). In the event of a final adjudication by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction that such termination was not for Cause, then the Escrow Amount, plus any interest earned thereon, shall be delivered promptly to the Employee. If such adjudication shall be in favor of the Employer, the Escrow Agent shall return the Escrow Amount, plus such interest, to the Employer.
The Escrow Amount shall not be deemed to be liquidated damages but the Employer shall be entitled to a credit against any such award to the extent of the sums so delivered to the Employee.
		
	5.
	COMPENSATION

The Employer agrees to pay to the Employee as compensation for his services hereunder a Base Salary equal to the fixed annual salary as shown on Exhibit A hereto and as will be shown on the Employer's employment records, payable in substantially equal weekly, biweekly, bimonthly or monthly installments, as the case may be, in a manner consistent with the Employer’s payroll practices, as the same may be changed from time to time. The Base Salary may be discretionarily increased by the Compensation Committee of the Board from time to time as it deems appropriate in its reasonable business judgment and based upon the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer from evaluations of Employee’s 

performance. The Base Salary in effect from time to time shall not be decreased during the Term (except as provided in Section 7.2).
It is understood and agreed that the Employee’s compensation may not be limited to his Base Salary and that the Employee may receive an Annual Bonus, incentive compensation and/or equity awards in the amounts, if any, determined annually by the Employer and/or as further described on Exhibit A.
The Employee shall also be entitled to participate (at Employee's election) in employee compensation and benefit plans available generally to executives of the Employer (including, without limitation, any tax-qualified profit sharing plan, nonqualified profit sharing plan, life insurance plan and health insurance plan) on a level appropriate with his position and on the same terms and conditions as offered to other executive officers of the Company, and shall receive the employee fringe benefits available generally to executives of the Employer in accordance with Employer policies.
The Employee will also be entitled to the other compensation elements described in Exhibit A in the manner set forth therein.
		
	6.
	EXPENSES

6.1    GENERALLY.  Employee is authorized to incur during the Term reasonable expenses for promoting the business of the Employer, including expenses for entertainment, travel and similar items. The Employer shall reimburse the Employee in accordance with the Employer’s policy for all such expenses upon the presentation by the Employee, from time to time, of an itemized account of such expenditures.
6.2    ATTORNEY FEES.  Employee is authorized to incur, and Employer will reimburse, reasonable attorney fees and accounting fees not to exceed $10,000 for reviewing this Agreement and advising Employee in connection with such review.

		
	7.
	PRE-TERMINATION COMPENSATION; DISABILITY

7.1    NORMAL PRE-TERMINATION COMPENSATION.  If the Employee’s employment shall be terminated for any reason during the Term (or, if later, prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period), the Employer shall pay the Employee’s Base Salary to the Employee through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of Termination is given (subject to Section 7.2 hereof) within thirty (30) days following the Date of Termination, together with all compensation and benefits payable to the Employee through the Date of Termination under the terms of any compensation or benefit plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Employer during such period. Subject to Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 hereof, after completing the expense reimbursements required by Section 6 hereof and making the payments and providing the benefits required by this Section 7, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Agreement.

7.2    DISABILITY ADJUSTMENT TO BASE SALARY PAYMENTS.  During the Term (or, if later, prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period), during any period that the Employee is Disabled but in no event for more than twenty-four (24) months (the “Disability Period”), the Employer shall pay only sixty percent (60%) of the Employee’s Base Salary to the Employee at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such Disability Period (less amounts, if any, payable to the Employee at or prior to the time of any such Base Salary payment under disability benefit plans of the Employer or under the Social Security disability insurance program). After six (6) months of Disability, the Employer shall have the right to terminate the Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement and all Base Salary payments shall cease; provided, however, that the sixty percent (60%) payments described in the foregoing sentence, as well as medical benefits for the Employee and his dependents if Employee elects to be a participant in connection 

with such benefits, shall continue for the Disability Period.  All payments made pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be made in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Employer. Except to the extent provided in this Section 7.2, all Base Salary payments to the Employee shall be abated during the Disability Period.  Subject to Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 hereof, after completing the expense reimbursements required by Section 6 hereof and making the payments and providing the benefits required by this Section 7, the Employer shall have no further obligations to the Employee under this Agreement.

		
	8.
	NORMAL POST-TERMINATION PAYMENTS; CONTINUATION PAY; TERMINATION PAY; PROMPT PAYMENT

Wherever used in this Agreement, the words “terminate,” “terminated” or “termination” in connection with the Employee’s employment shall mean the Employee’s “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h), from the Employer and any person with whom the Employer would be considered a single employer under Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code.
8.1    NORMAL POST-TERMINATION PAYMENTS.  If the Employee’s employment shall be terminated for any reason during the Term of this Agreement (or, if later, prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period), the Employer shall pay the Employee’s normal post-termination compensation and benefits to the Employee as such payments become due.  Such post-termination compensation and benefits shall be determined under, and paid in accordance with, the Employer’s retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and arrangements (other than this Agreement).

8.2    CONTINUATION PAY; TERMINATION PAY.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 7.2, 9.1 or 10.1 hereof, if the laws governing this Agreement shall require that the Employer continue to pay or otherwise compensate the Employee for any period of time following termination of the Employee’s employment (“Continuation Pay”) or if such laws require certain amounts of severance pay, termination compensation or the like (collectively, “Termination Pay”), then to the fullest extent permitted by law any payments to the Employee pursuant to Section 7.2, 9.1 or 10.1 hereof shall be included in the calculation of Continuation Pay and Termination Pay and such payments shall be deducted from the amount of Continuation Pay or Termination Pay due the Employee.

8.3    TIME OF PAYMENTS.  Any payments due under Sections 5, 6, 7 or 9 hereof or this Section 8 shall be made as specified in such sections and shall be made to the Employee or in accordance with Section 14.2 hereof, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Employee is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and as determined under the Company’s policy for determining specified employees, on the Date of Termination, all payments under this Agreement that are subject to Section 409A of the Code and become payable in connection with the Employee’s termination shall not be paid (or commence to be paid) until the first business day of the seventh month following the Date of Termination (or, if earlier, the Employee’s death).  The first payment that can be made shall include the cumulative amount of any amounts that could not be paid during such postponement period.

		
	9.
	POST-TERMINATION PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION (PRIOR TO A CHANGE IN CONTROL) BY DEATH OR BY THE EMPLOYER WITHOUT CAUSE

9.1    DEATH BENEFIT.  If the Employee’s employment shall be terminated by death during the Term or, if later, prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period, then, in addition to the 

compensation and benefits provided by Sections 7.1 and 8 hereof, within ninety (90) days following the Employee’s death, the Employer shall pay a lump sum amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the Base Salary for twenty-four (24) months in accordance with Section 14.2.

9.2    TERMINATION BY THE EMPLOYER WITHOUT CAUSE.  If the Employer shall terminate the Employee’s employment during the Term and prior to a Change in Control, without Cause (but not for Disability or in connection with the Employee’s death), the Employer shall pay the Employee commencing within sixty (60) days following termination (or with respect to Section 9.2(d) below within sixty (60) days following the end of the respective performance period), in consideration of Employee’s obligations under Section 13.2, and only if those obligations continue to be met during this payment period:  (a) the greater of either his Base Salary until the end of the Term or his Base Salary for a period of twelve (12) months, in accordance with Employer’s regular payroll practices; (b) Bonus(es) with respect to each August 31 remaining in the Term in amount(s) equal to Employee annual Base Salary and payable in each case on the next October 31; (c) vesting of any unvested units from the award of restricted stock units issued the effective date of this Agreement in accordance with paragraph 2 of Exhibit A (the “RSU Award”), (d) vesting of any other equity award which has time-based vesting (an “Other Time-Based Award”) in accordance with the terms of the agreements for such Other Time-Based Awards; and (e) vesting of any equity award which has performance-based vesting (a “Performance-Based Award”) in accordance with the terms of the agreements for such Performance-Based Awards (the RSU Awards, Other Time-Based Awards, and Performance-Based Awards, collectively the “Awards”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Performance-Based Award shall vest if, and only if, at the end of the applicable performance period the performance criteria for each Performance-Based Award is achieved and then only to the extent of such achievement. The pro-rata portion of the Awards to which the Employee shall be entitled or eligible to have vested pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares then subject to such Awards by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months elapsed from the date of grant of the Award until the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is the number of whole months for the regularly scheduled vesting of such Awards.

		
	10.
	SEVERANCE PAYMENTS; BEST NET EFFECTS

10.1    SEVERANCE PAYMENTS.  The Employer shall pay the Employee the payments described in this Section 10.1 (the “Severance Payments”) upon the termination of the Employee’s employment following a Change in Control and prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period, in addition to any payments and benefits to which the Employee is entitled under Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8.1 hereof, unless such termination is (i) by the Employer for Cause, (ii) by reason of death or Disability, or (iii) by the Employee without Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the Employee’s employment shall be deemed to have been terminated by the Employer without Cause following a Change in Control or by the Employee with Good Reason following a Change in Control, as the case may be, if (I) the Employee’s employment is terminated without Cause prior to a Change in Control and such termination was at the request or direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Employer the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control, (II) the Employee terminates his employment with Good Reason prior to a Change in Control and the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or direction of such Person, or (III) the Employee’s employment is terminated by the Employer without Cause prior to a Change in Control (but following a Potential Change in Control) and such termination is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in Control which actually occurs. For purposes of any determination regarding the applicability of the immediately preceding sentence, any position taken by the Employee shall be presumed to be correct unless the Employer establishes to the Committee by clear and convincing evidence that such position is not correct.

(A)    In lieu of any further salary payments to the Employee for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination and in lieu of any severance benefit otherwise payable to the Employee, the Employer shall pay to the Employee a lump sum severance payment, in cash, equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) the greater of the Employee’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of the event or circumstance upon which the Notice of Termination is based or the Employee’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, and (ii) the greater of (x) the annual Bonus earned by the Employee in respect of the Employer’s fiscal year immediately preceding that in which the Date of Termination occurs, (y) the average annual Bonus so earned in respect of the two fiscal years immediately preceding that in which the Change in Control occurs, or (z) $350,000. Of the foregoing payments, one-half of all such payments shall be in consideration of and allocated to Employee’s obligations under Section 13.2.
(B)     For 18 months after the Employee’s Date of Termination, the Company will maintain in full force and effect, for the Employee’s continued benefit (and that of all family members and other dependents who were enrolled in the programs on the Employee’s Date of Termination) all life, medical and dental insurance programs in which the Employee (and members of the Employee’s family or other dependents) were participating or by which such individuals were covered immediately before the Employee’s Date of Termination. If the terms of any of such programs do not allow the continued participation described in the preceding sentence, the Company will: (i) provide benefits that are substantially similar (including eligibility conditions, conditions on benefits, the value of benefits and the scope of coverage) to those provided by the life, medical and dental insurance programs in which the Employee, members of the Employee’s family and dependents were participating immediately before the Employee’s Date of Termination; and (ii) ensure that any eligibility or other conditions on benefits under these programs, including deductibles and co-payments, will be administered by applying the Employee’s experience under any predecessor program in which the Employee (and members of the Employee’s family and dependents) were participating before Termination. With respect to this Section 10.1(B), any benefits or payments relating to medical and dental insurance that are provided after completion of the applicable continuation period permitted under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended, and any benefits or payments relating to life insurance shall be subject to the following: (A) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits or payments provided under this Section 10.1(B) during any taxable year of the Employee may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits or payments to be provided to the Employee in any other taxable year; (B) the reimbursement of an eligible expense must be made on or before the last day of the Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred; and (C) the right to reimbursement or to such benefits or payments is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. To the extent that any benefit extended under this Section 10.1(B) would result in taxable compensation for the Employee, the Employee shall be solely responsible for any such taxes.
10.2    EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENT.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any payments or benefits paid or payable to the Employee pursuant to this Agreement or any other plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company or an Affiliate would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, then the Employee shall receive the greater of: (a) one dollar ($1.00) less than the amount which would cause the payments and benefits to constitute a “parachute payment” or (b) the amount of such payments and benefits, after taking into account all federal, state and local taxes, including the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code payable by the Employee on such payments and benefits, if such amount would be greater than the amount specified in Section 10.2(a), after taking into account all federal, state and local taxes payable by the Employee on such payments and benefits.  Any reduction to any payment made pursuant to this Section 10.2 shall be made consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

10.3    Except as provided in Section 8.3 hereof, the payments provided in Sections 10.1(A) hereof shall be made within thirty (30) days following the later of (i) the Date of Termination or (ii) the 

Change in Control. At the time that payments are made under this Section, the Employer shall provide the Employee with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or other advice the Employer has received from auditors or consultants (and any advice which is in writing shall be attached to the statement).

10.4    The Employer also shall pay to the Employee all professional fees and expenses incurred by the Employee (including specifically legal, accounting and tax advisory fees) (i) in disputing in good faith any issue relating to the termination of the Employee’s employment following a Change in Control and prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period, (ii) in seeking in good faith to obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided by this Agreement, or (iii) in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder. Such payments shall be made within five (5) business days after delivery of the Employee’s written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Employer reasonably may require.

10.5    In consideration of, and as a pre-condition to, receipt of any of the payments or benefits set forth in this Section 10 or under Section 9 hereof, Employee shall execute and deliver to Employer a written release no later than thirty (30) days after the event of termination, in a manner compliant with the respective requirements for release of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, pursuant to which Employee shall fully and forever surrender, release, acquit and discharge the Employer, and its principals, stockholders, directors, officers, agents, administrators, insurers, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, successors, assigns, related entities, and legal representatives, personally and in their representative capacities, and each of them (collectively, “Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims for costs of attorneys’ fees, expenses, compensation, and all losses, demands and damage of whatsoever nature or kind in law or in equity, whether known or unknown, including without limitation those claims arising out of, under, or by reason of Employee’s employment with the Employer or any of the Companies, Employee’s relationship with the Employer or any of the Companies and/or any termination of Employee’s employment relationship and any and all claims which were or could have been asserted in any charge, complaint, or related lawsuit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such release shall constitute a waiver of, or in any manner restrict or limit: (i) the Employee’s rights of indemnification relating to his status as an officer of the Employer, whether arising under Delaware law, contractually, or under Employer’s insurance coverage, or (ii) Employee’s rights as a shareholder, except that Employee waives any right to engage in any litigation as a shareholder, whether as a class action participant or on a derivative basis, based on alleged acts or omissions during his employment. If the thirty (30) day period during which Employee must execute and deliver the written release contemplated by this Section 10.5 begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, the payments or benefits set forth in this Section 10 or Section 9 hereof shall not commence until the first day of the second calendar year.

TERMINATION PROCEDURES

11.1    NOTICE OF TERMINATION.  During the Term (and, if longer, until the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period), any purported termination of the Employee’s employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 15 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Employee’s employment under the provision so indicated. Further, with respect to any purported termination of the Employee’s employment after a Change in Control and prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period, a Notice of Termination for Cause is required to include a copy of a 

resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held for the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the Employee and an opportunity for the Employee, together with the Employee’s counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Employee was guilty of conduct set forth in the definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

11.2    DATE OF TERMINATION.  “Date of Termination,” with respect to any purported termination of the Employee’s employment during the Term (and, if longer, prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period), shall mean the date of the Employee’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).  Any Notice of Termination relating to a termination for Disability shall be provided thirty (30) days prior to the Date of Termination (provided that the Employee shall not have returned to the full-time performance of the Employee’s duties during such thirty (30) day period).  Any Notice of Termination relating to the termination of the Employee’s employment by the Employer for any other reason shall be provided not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Date of Termination (except in the case of a termination for Cause).  Any Notice of Termination relating to the termination of the Employee’s employment by the Employee for any other reason shall be provided not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Date of Termination.  

		
	11.
	NO MITIGATION

The Employer agrees that, if the Employee’s employment with the Employer terminates, the Employee is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Employee by the Employer pursuant to this Agreement. Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement (other than Section 10.1(B) hereof) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Employee as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Employee to the Employer, or otherwise.
		
	12.
	CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION

13.1    CONFIDENTIALITY.  The Companies’ methods, plans for doing business, processes, pricing, compounds, customers and suppliers are vital to the Companies and, to the extent not made public by the Companies, constitute confidential information subject to the Companies’ proprietary rights therein. The Employee covenants and agrees that during the Term and at all times thereafter, the Employee will not, directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, furnish, make available or use, otherwise than in the regular course of the Employee’s employment by the Employer, any invention, product, process, apparatus or design of any of the Companies, or any knowledge or information in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, business methods and techniques), or any other confidential or so-called “insider” information of any of the Companies. This covenant shall apply without regard to the time or circumstances of any termination of the Employee’s employment.  The covenants in this Section 13.1 do not apply to information that Employee can affirmatively demonstrate (i) is in the public domain through no act or omission of the Employee; (ii) was lawfully in the Employee’s possession prior to the date of this Agreement; or (iii) was lawfully disclosed by a third party to the Employee after the Date of Termination.

13.2    NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION.  The Employee covenants and agrees that during the period of one (1) year following any termination of the Employee’s employment, the Employee will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual for the Employee’s own account or as an investor, or other participant in, or as an employee, agent, or representative of, any other business enterprise:

(i)solicit, employ, entice, take away or interfere with, or attempt to solicit, employ, entice, take away or interfere with, any employee of the Employer or the Companies if such employee was employed by the Employer or the Companies at any time within six months of the Date of Termination; or
(ii)engage or participate in or finance, aid or be connected with any enterprise which competes with the business of the Companies, or any of them.
The geographical limitations of the foregoing shall include any country in which the Companies or any of them shall be doing business as of such date of such termination. 
13.3    The Employee acknowledges that the covenants contained in this Section 13 are of the essence of this Agreement and said covenants shall be construed as independent of any other provisions of this Agreement. Recognizing the irreparable nature of the injury that could result from the Employee’s violation of any of the covenants and agreement to be performed and/or observed by the Employee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13, and that damages would be inadequate compensation, it is agreed that any violations by the Employee of the provisions of this Section 13, shall be the proper subject for immediate injunctive and other equitable relief to the Employer.

		
	13.
	SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT

14.1    In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Employer, the Employer will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Employer to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Employee to terminate the Employee’s employment for Good Reason after a Change in Control.  Except as provided in this Section 14.1, this Agreement shall not be assignable by either party without the written consent of the other party hereto.

14.2    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Employee shall die while any amount would still be payable to the Employee hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of the Employee) if the Employee had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal representatives or administrators of the Employee’s estate.

		
	14.
	NOTICES

For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed, if to the Employee, to the address shown for the Employee in the personnel records of the Employer and, if to the Employer, to the address set forth below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon actual receipt:
To the Employer:
Chief Legal Officer
A. Schulman, Inc.
3637 Ridgewood Road

Fairlawn, Ohio 44333

With a copy to:
J. Bret Treier
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
106 South Main Street, Suite 1100
Akron, Ohio 44308

		
	15.
	MISCELLANEOUS

No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Employee and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  This Agreement supersedes all other agreements or representations, written, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof which have been made by either party, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio. All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law and any additional withholding to which the Employee has agreed. The obligations of the Employer and the Employee under this Agreement which by their nature may require (partial or total) performance after the expiration of the Term or the Change-in-Control Protective Period (including, without limitation, those under Sections 5 through 11 and Section 13 hereof) shall survive such expiration.
		
	16.
	VALIDITY

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
		
	17.
	COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
		
	18.
	SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL; ARBITRATION

After a Change in Control and prior to the end of the Change-in-Control Protective Period, all claims by the Employee for benefits under this Agreement shall be directed to and determined by the Committee and shall be in writing. Any denial by the Committee of a claim for benefits under this Agreement shall be delivered to the Employee in writing and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the specific provisions of this Agreement relied upon. The Committee shall afford a reasonable opportunity to the Employee for a review of the decision denying a claim and shall further allow the Employee to appeal to the Committee a decision of the Committee within sixty (60) days after notification by the Committee that the Employee’s claim has been denied. Any further dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Akron, Ohio, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association with respect to employment disputes then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Employee shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the Employee’s 

right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.
		
	19.
	DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
(A)“Annual Bonus” has the meaning set forth on Exhibit A.

(B)“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(C)“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Employer.

(D)“Cause” for termination by the Employer of the Employee's employment shall mean the following:
(I)Any act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion by the Executive of the assets or business opportunities of the Employer;

(II)Conviction of the Employee of (or plea by the Executive of guilty to) a felony (or a misdemeanor that originally was charged as a felony but was reduced to a misdemeanor as part of a plea bargain);

(III)Intentional and repeated material violations by the Employee of the Employer’s written policies or procedures or intentional and material breach of any contract with or violation of any legal obligation owed to the Employer provided that a breach or violation shall be considered intentional and material only if the Employee fails to cure to the best of the Employee’s ability such breach within thirty (30) days after delivery to the Employee of a notice from the Board specifying such breach; or

(IV)Willful engagement in gross misconduct or intentional misrepresentation that is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Employer, provided that such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after delivery to the Employee of a written notice requesting cure.

For purposes of the above definition, no act or failure to act, on Employee’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Employee's act or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Employer.  In the event of a dispute concerning the application of the definition of Cause, no claim by the Employer that Cause exists shall be given effect unless the Employer establishes to the Committee by clear and convincing evidence that Cause exists.  
(E)A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred: 

(I)the acquisition by any person (as defined under Section 409A of the Code), or more than one person acting as a group (as defined under Section 409A of the Code), of stock of the Company that, together with the stock of the Company held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company;

(II)the acquisition by any person, or more than one person acting as a group, within any twelve (12) month period, of stock of the Company possessing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;

(III)a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; or

(IV)the acquisition by any person, or more than one person acting as a group, within any twelve (12) month period, of assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions.

This definition of Change in Control shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the definition of “change in control event” under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred if there is consummated any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of the Employer immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Employer immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. 
Further, notwithstanding the foregoing, any event or transaction which would otherwise constitute a Change in Control (a “Transaction”) shall not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement if, in connection with the Transaction, the Employee participates as an equity investor in the acquiring entity or any of its affiliates (the “Acquiror”). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Employee shall not be deemed to have participated as an equity investor in the Acquiror by virtue of (i) obtaining beneficial ownership of any equity interest in the Acquiror as a result of the grant to the Employee of an incentive compensation award under one or more incentive plans of the Acquiror (including, but not limited to, the conversion in connection with the Transaction of incentive compensation awards of the Employer into incentive compensation awards of the Acquiror), on terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those applicable to other executives of the Employer immediately prior to the Transaction, after taking into account normal differences attributable to job responsibilities, title and similar matters, (ii) obtaining beneficial ownership of any equity interest in the Acquiror on terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those obtained in the Transaction by all other stockholders of the Employer, or (iii) passive ownership of less than three percent (3%) of the stock of the Acquiror.
(F)“Change-in-Control Protective Period” shall mean the period from the occurrence of a Change in Control until the second anniversary of such Change in Control.

(G)“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(H)“Committee” shall mean (i) the individuals (not fewer than three (3) in number) who, immediately prior to a Potential Change in Control, constitute the Compensation Committee of the Board, plus (ii) in the event that fewer than three (3) individuals are available from the group specified in clause (i) above for any reason, such individuals as may be appointed by the individual or individuals so available (including for this purpose any individual or individuals previously so appointed under this clause (ii)); 

provided, however, that the maximum number of individuals constituting the Committee shall not exceed five (5).

(I)“Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Employer and each entity which was, is now and hereafter shall become a subsidiary of, or a parent of, the Employer, together with their respective successors and assigns.

(J)“Continuation Pay” shall mean those payments so described in Section 8.2 hereof.

(K)“Date of Termination” shall have the meaning stated in Section 11.2 hereof.

(L)“Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean:  (i) the Employee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; (ii) the Employee is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer; (iii) the Employee is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board;or (iv) Employee's physician renders a written opinion that Employee, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, is no longer capable of substantially performing the duties contemplated by this Agreement.

(M)"Disability Period" shall have the meaning stated in Section 7.2 hereof.

(N)“Employee” shall mean the individual named in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(O)“Employer” shall mean A. Schulman, Inc. and, except in determining under Section 20(E) hereof whether or not any Change in Control of the Employer has occurred, any successor to its business and/or assets which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(P)“Escrow Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
(Q)“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
(R)“Good Reason” for termination by the Employee of the Employee’s employment shall mean the occurrence (without the Employee’s express prior written consent) after any Change in Control, or after any Potential Change in Control and prior to the end of the Change in Control Protective Period, of any one of the following acts by the Employer, or failures by the Employer to act, unless such act or failure to act is corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof:

(I)a diminution in the Employee’s base compensation or incentive compensation opportunity;

(II)the failure by the Company, to pay to the Employee any portion of the Employee’s current compensation, or to pay to the Employee any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Employer, within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due;

(III)the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in which the Employee participates immediately prior to the Change in Control which is material to the Employee’s total compensation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue the Employee’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of the Employee’s participation relative to other participants, as existed at the time of the Change in Control;

(IV)the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Employee with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Employee under any of the Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans in which the Employee was participating at the time of the Change in Control, the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Employee of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Employee at the time of the Change in Control, or the failure by the Company to provide the Employee with the number of paid vacation days to which the Employee is entitled on the basis of years of service with the Company in accordance with the Employer's normal vacation policy in effect at the time of the Change in Control;

(V)a diminution in the Employee's title, authority, duties, responsibilities or reporting relationships which are as generally described on Exhibit B;

(VI)a diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Employee is required to report;

(VII)a material diminution in the budget over which the Employee retains authority;

(VIII)a reassignment of the Employee to an office location twenty-five (25) miles or more from the office location of the Employee prior to a Change in Control, except for required travel to an extent substantially consistent with the Employee’s business travel obligations prior to a Change in Control; 

(IX)the failure by the Company, in the event the Employee consents to a relocation at the request of the Company or its successor, to pay (or reimburse the Employee) for all reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Employee relating to a change of the Employee's principal residence in connection with such relocation and to indemnify the Employee against any loss realized on the sale of the Employee’s principal residence in connection with any such change of residence; or

(X)any purported termination of the Employee’s employment which is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 11.1 hereof; for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

The Employee’s right to terminate the Employee’s employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Employee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness. The Employee’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason hereunder.
For purposes of any determination regarding the existence of Good Reason, any claim by the Employee that Good Reason exists shall be presumed to be correct unless the Employer establishes to the Committee by clear and convincing evidence that Good Reason does not exist.
(S)“Notice of Termination” shall have the meaning stated in Section 11.1 hereof.

(T)“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a) (9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Employer or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Employer or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Employer in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Employer.

(U)“Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(I)the Employer enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control within six (6) months following the Date of Termination;

(II)the Employer or any Person publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control;

(III)any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Employer representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Employer or the combined voting power of the Employer's then outstanding securities; or

(IV)the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

(V)“Severance Payments” shall mean those payments described in Section 10.1 hereof.

(W)“Term” shall mean the period of time described in Section 4.1 hereof (including any extension or continuation described therein).

(X)“Termination Pay” shall mean those payments so described in Section 8.2 hereof.

		
	20.
	SECTION 409A OF THE CODE

It is intended that this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (and any subsequent notices or guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service), and this Agreement will be interpreted, administered and operated accordingly.  Nothing herein shall be construed as an entitlement to or guarantee of any particular tax treatment to the Employee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed (the corporate signatory by the respective officer duly authorized) as of the day and year first above written.
	
		
	EMPLOYEE:
JOHN RICHARDSON

/s/ John Richardson
	EMPLOYER:
A. SCHULMAN, INC.

By:/s/ Andreas Guenther
Name:Andreas Guenther
Its: EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

EXHIBIT A

		
	1.
	Employee's initial annual Base Salary will be $500,000.

		
	2.
	Upon the effective date of the Agreement, Employee will receive the following initial grants under the Company’s long-term equity incentive plans: an award of 50,000 restricted stock units subject to three-year vesting on a pro-rata basis (one-third on each anniversary of the date of grant).

		
	3.
	Employee will be entitled to participate in the Company's management bonus program ("Bonus Program") each fiscal year or partial fiscal year of the Company occurring during the Term of this Agreement commencing with the 2017 fiscal year. Unless otherwise mutually agreed, the Employee will participate in the Bonus Program at a target level of 70% of Employee’s Base Salary, with leverage ranging from 0% to 200% based upon performance metrics determined by the Compensation Committee ("Annual Bonus"). Upon expiration of the Term of this Agreement, Employee will be entitled to a pro rata amount of the Annual Bonus for the portion of fiscal year in which the Term expires calculated by dividing the target level of the Annual Bonus by 12, and multiplying the result by the number of calendar months completed in such fiscal year (e.g., if the Term expires on October 31, 2018, and the target level of the Annual Bonus for fiscal year 2019 is $245,000, the pro rata payment would be $40,833).

		
	4.
	Employee will be eligible for restricted stock and performance stock grants, stock options/grants and other discretionary awards and/or cash equivalents as approved by the Board consistent with the Company's long-term equity incentive plans, compensation philosophy and annual benchmarking commencing with the annual grant cycle for the 2017 fiscal year. The target level of Employee's initial long-term incentive award shall be 160% of the Employee’s Base Salary, with leverage ranging from 0% to 200% based upon performance metrics determined by the Compensation Committee. Consistent with the terms of the Company’s standard form of award agreement, Employee will immediately vest in the number of performance-based long-term incentive awards at the “target” level of performance in the event of a Change in Control during a performance period.

		
	5.
	Employee will be eligible for five weeks of paid vacation during each calendar year as an executive officer of the Company, which shall be taken in accordance with, and otherwise subject to, Employer’s vacation rules and policies.

EXHIBIT  B

Effective November 1, 2016, as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Employee shall report directly to the Employer’s Chief Executive Officer.  Employee will have responsibility for Finance, Accounting, Treasury and Financial Planning and Analysis, with accountability to ensure timely and accurate budget analysis and financial review for the management team.  Employee will also be responsible for all capital expenditure evaluations, cash flow analysis, banking relationship, and financial reporting.  Employee will have such other duties and perform such other tasks as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.Exhibit 4.10

 

 

 

FORM OF INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO
BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND

A TRUSTEE TO BE NAMED

 

SKYLINE MEDICAL INC.

 

INDENTURE

 

DEBT SECURITIES

 

DATED AS OF                     
, 20___

 

[Name of Trustee]

 

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

     

     

    

SKYLINE MEDICAL INC.

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of               , 20

 

	Section 310(a) (1)	7.10 
	(a) (2)	7.10 
	(a) (3)	Not Applicable
	(a) (4)	Not Applicable
	(a) (5)	7.10 
	(b)	7.10 
	Section 311(a)	7.11 
	(b)	7.11 
	(c)	Not Applicable
	Section 312(a)	2.6 
	(b)	10.3 
	(c)	10.3 
	Section 313(a)	7.6 
	(b) (1)	7.6 
	(b) (2)	7.6 
	(c) (1)	7.6 
	(d)	7.6 
	Section 314(a)	4.2, 10.5 
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c) (1)	10.4 
	(c) (2)	10.4 
	(c) (3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	10.5 
	(f)	Not Applicable
	Section 315(a)	7.1 
	(b)	7.5 
	(c)	7.1 
	(d)	7.1 
	(e)	6.14 
	Section 316(a)	2.10 
	(a) (1)(a)	6.12 
	(a) (1)(b)	6.13 
	(b)	6.8 
	Section 317(a)(1)	6.3 
	(a)(2)	6.4 
	(b)	2.5 
	Section 318(a)	10.1 

 

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

 

     

     

    

          Indenture
dated as of                     
, 20__ between Skyline Medical Inc.., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and [Name of Trustee], a                     
(“Trustee”).

 

          Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
issued under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1 Definitions ”Affiliate”
of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies
of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.

 

          “Agent”
means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Service Agent or authenticating agent.

 

          “Bearer”
means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.

 

          “Bearer
Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification
of the Holder thereof.

 

          “Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

          “Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on
the date of the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

          “Business
Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for
a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

          “Company”
means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor.

 

          “Company
Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s chief
executive officer, chief financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

          “Company
Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President,
and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

          “Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.

 

          “Debt”
of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including
all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets
of such person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.

 

          “Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time would be, an Event of Default.

 

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          “Depository”
means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities,
the person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities
of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

[INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES:

 

          “Designated
Senior Indebtedness” means any of our senior indebtedness that expressly provides that it is “designated senior indebtedness”
for purposes of this Indenture (provided that the instrument, agreement or other document creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may place limitations and conditions on the right of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of Designated Senior Indebtedness).]

 

          “Discount
Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

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

 

          “ECU”
means the European Currency Unit as determined by the Commission of the European Union.

 

          “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

          “Foreign
Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.

 

          “Foreign
Government Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith
and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality
of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government,
which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

 

          “Global
Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established
pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series or its
nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.

 

          “Holder”
or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.

 

[INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES:

 

          “Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any person, and without duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) of such person for borrowed money (including obligations of the Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange
contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any loans or advances from banks, whether or
not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not
the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or to only a portion thereof) (other than any account payable
or other accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of
materials or services), (b) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person with
respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances, (c) all obligations and liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) in respect of leases of such person required, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to be
accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such person and all obligations and other liabilities (contingent
or otherwise) under any lease or related document (including a purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real property
which provides that such person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and
thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the lessor and the obligations of such person under such lease
or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such leased property, (d) all obligations of such person
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or
agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement, (e) all direct or indirect guaranties
or similar agreements by such person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person to
purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of indebtedness, obligations or liabilities
of another person of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d), (f) any indebtedness or other obligations described
in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned
or held by such person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such
person and (g) any and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications
or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (f).]

 

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          “Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established
as contemplated hereunder.

 

          “interest”
with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

          “Maturity,”
when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

 

          “Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

          “Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

          “Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of
or counsel to the Company.

 

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

 

          “principal”
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.

 

[INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES:

 

          “Representative”
means the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect
to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior
Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness,
any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind such holders
or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such
Senior Indebtedness.]

 

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          “Responsible
Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity
with a particular subject.

 

          “SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

          “Securities”
means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

[INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES:

 

          “Senior
Indebtedness” means the principal, premium, if any, interest, including any interest accruing after bankruptcy, and rent
or termination payment on or other amounts due on our current or future Indebtedness, whether created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed
or in effect guaranteed by us, including any deferrals, renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments, modifications or supplements
to the above. However, Senior Indebtedness does not include: (i) Indebtedness that expressly provides that it shall not be
senior in right of payment to the Securities or expressly provides that it is on the same basis or junior to the Securities; (ii) our
indebtedness to any of our majority-owned subsidiaries; and (iii) the Securities.]

 

          “Series”
or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant
to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

 

          “Significant
Subsidiary” means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary”
as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that,
taken together as a group, would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

 

          “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”
of any specified person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any
other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency)
is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or
more other Subsidiaries.

 

          “TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required
by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act 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 or include
each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used
with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

 

          “U.S.
Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of The United States of America for the payment
of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of The United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by The United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option
of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian
is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received
by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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Section 1.2 Other Definitions.

 

	 	 	DEFINED IN
	TERM	 	SECTION
	“Bankruptcy Law”	 	6.1
	“Custodian”	 	6.1
	“Event of Default”	 	6.1
	“Journal”	 	10.15
	“Judgment Currency”	 	10.16
	“Legal Holiday”	 	10.7
	“mandatory sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“Market Exchange Rate”	 	10.15
	“New York Banking Day”	 	10.16
	“optional sinking fund payment”	 	11.1
	“Paying Agent”	 	2.4
	[INCLUDE THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED SECURITIES:	 	 
	“Payment Blockage Notice”	 	12.2] 
	“Registrar”	 	2.4
	“Required Currency”	 	10.16
	“Service Agent”	 	2.4
	“successor person”	 	5.1

 

Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.

 

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

 

          “Commission”
means the SEC.

 

          “indenture
securities” means the Securities. “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder. “indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.

 

          “indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

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

 

          All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.

 

          Unless
the context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

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	 	   (b)	an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

	 	   (c)	references to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;

 

	 	   (d)	“or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

	 	   (f)	provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.

 

          The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities
may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority
granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date,
record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of
any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture [INCLUDE
THIS LANGUAGE FOR SUBORDINATED SECURITIES: but all Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinate and junior in right of
payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.]

 

Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

 

          At
or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in
the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case
of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.22) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant
to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

 

          2.2.1.
the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

 

          2.2.2.
the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

 

          2.2.3.
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

 

          2.2.4.
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

 

          2.2.5.
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities
of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates
on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest
payment date;

 

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          2.2.6.
the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method
of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

 

          2.2.7.
if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities
of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

          2.2.8.
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

          2.2.9.
the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at
the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

 

          2.2.10.
if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series
shall be issuable;

 

          2.2.11.
the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities
will be issuable as Global Securities);

 

          2.2.12.
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

          2.2.13.
the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not
limited to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization,
if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;

 

          2.2.14.
the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series will be made;

 

          2.2.15.
if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to
such payments will be determined;

 

          2.2.16.
the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined,
if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity
index, stock exchange index or financial index;

 

          2.2.17.
the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;

 

          2.2.18.
if the holders of Securities of the Series may convert or exchange the Securities into or for securities of the Issuer or of other
entities or other property, the period or periods within which, the rate or rates at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series may be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part;

 

          2.2.19.
any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of
the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

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          2.2.20.
any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;

 

          2.2.21.
any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except
as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such
Series); and

 

          2.2.22.
any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities
of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

 

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

 

Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.

 

          Two
Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

          If
an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security
shall nevertheless be valid.

 

          A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

          The
Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in
the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order.
Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its
duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’
Certificate.

 

          The
aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal
amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

          Prior
to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected
in relying on:

 

	 	   (a)	the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series,

 

	 	   (b)	an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and

 

	 	   (c)	an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

 

          The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board
of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such
action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

 

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          The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication
by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

          The
Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series
pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying
Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”)
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served
(“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer
and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or
address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and 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 as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

          The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and
may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant
to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent
or additional service agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes
any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

 

          The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar,
Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

 

Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

          The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for
the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment
of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee,
the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a
Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any
Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists.

 

          The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee
is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

 

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Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.

 

          Where
Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them
for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange
if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except
as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

 

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

 

Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

          If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.

 

          If
there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.

 

          The
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered
to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

 

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          If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory
to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

          If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a
Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series
cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

          A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.

 

          In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding
for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.

 

          In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.

 

          Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon
a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee
upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities.
Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

 

Section 2.12 Cancellation.

 

          The
Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company,
unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.

 

          If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent
permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent
special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the
Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment
date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

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Section 2.14 Global Securities.

 

          2.14.1.
Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish
whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository
for such Global Security or Securities.

 

          2.14.2.
Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and
in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered
in the names of Holders other than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository
within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the
effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented
by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

 

          Except
as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect
to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee
of such Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.

 

          2.14.3.
Legend. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:

 

          “This
Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other
than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee
of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.”

 

          2.14.4.
Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under
the Indenture.

 

          2.14.5.
Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2,
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

          2.14.6.
Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent
shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security
as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining
any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section 2.15 CUSIP Numbers.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.

 

          The
Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant
to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms
as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior
to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify
the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the
notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

 

          Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate,
if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed
in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding
not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series
that have denominations larger than $2,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $2,000
or whole multiples of $2,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10,
the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities
of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.

 

Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.

 

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

 

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

 

	 	   (a)	the redemption date;

 

	 	   (b)	the redemption price;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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          At
the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

 

Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

          Once
notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become
due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender
to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

 

Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

          On
or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

          Upon
surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series
and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

          The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 4.2 SEC Reports.

 

          The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company
also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

 

Section 4.3 Compliance Certificate.

 

          The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’
Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been
made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed
and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that
to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this
Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if
a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).

 

          The
Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default
or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.4 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

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

 

Section 4.5 Corporate Existence.

 

          Subject
to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective
organizational documents of each Significant Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the
Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right,
license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Section 4.6 Taxes.

 

          The
Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental
levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

 

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.1 When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

          The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to, any person (a “successor person”), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless:

 

	 	   (a)	the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and in a subsequent indenture expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture and

 

	 	   (b)	immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

          The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate to the
foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Indenture.

 

Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

          Upon
any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company
is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named
as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition
shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.1 Events of Default.

 

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

 

	 	   (a)	default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or

 

	 	   (b)	default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or

 

	 	   (c)	default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or

 

	 	   (d)	default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured 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 principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that 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

 

	 	   (e)	the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

	 	(i)	commences a voluntary case,

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	 	(v)	generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

 

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

 

	 	(i)	is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,

 

	 	(ii)	appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

	 	(iii)	orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

 

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	 	   (g)	any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.19.

 

          The
term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The
term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 6.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or
(f) ) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of
the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal
amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

          At
any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made 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 that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

	 	   (a)	the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

	 	(i)	all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,

 

	 	(ii)	the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

	 	(iii)	to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

 

	 	(iv)	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

 

	 	   (b)	all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

 

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

 

Section 6.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee.

 

          The
Company covenants that if

 

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	 	   (a)	default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

	 	   (b)	default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

	 	   (c)	default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security, then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 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.

 

          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, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment
or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged
or deemed 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 Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed
to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant
or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 6.4 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 proceeding
or otherwise,

 

	 	   (a)	to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

	 	   (b)	to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

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

 

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Section 6.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities.

 

          All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production 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 agents and counsel, be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 6.6 Application of Money Collected.

 

          Any
money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by
the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
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 7.7; and

 

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

 

          Third:
To the Company.

 

Section 6.7 Limitation on Suits.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	 	   (d)	the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

	 	   (e)	no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 90-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

 

Section 6.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal and Interest.

 

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          Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

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

 

Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

          Except
as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8,
no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders 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 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

          No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of 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 Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.12 Control by Holders.

 

          The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that

 

	 	   (a)	such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

	 	   (b)	the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

 

	 	   (c)	subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

          Subject
to Section 6.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may
on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and
its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however,
that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and
its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). 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.

 

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Section 6.14 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company,
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement
of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

 

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.

 

	 	   (a)	If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise 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.

 

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

 

	 	(i)	The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.

 

	 	(ii)	In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

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

 

	 	(i)	This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.

 

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

 

	 	(iii)	 The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such 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.

 

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	 	(d)	Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

 

	 	(e)	The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

	 	(f)	The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

	 	(g)	No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, 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 is not reasonably assured to it.

 

	 	(h)	The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.

 

Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee.

 

	 	    (a)	The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

	 	    (b)	Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

	 	    (c)	The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depository.

 

	 	    (d)	The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

          The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company
or an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee
is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

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Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

          The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable
for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities
other than its authentication.

 

Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults.

 

          If
a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event
of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default
or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security
of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

 

Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

          Within
60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses
appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent
required under, TIA Section 313.

 

          A
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange
on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series
are listed on any stock exchange.

 

Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.

 

          The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall
not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses
of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

          The
Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by
it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee
shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

 

          The
Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director,
employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.

 

          To
secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series
on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular
Securities of that Series.

 

          When
the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs,
the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

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Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.

 

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

 

          The
Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee
and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

 

	 	  (a)	the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

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

 

	 	  (c)	a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

	 	  (d)	the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

          If
the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

          If
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of
the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

          If
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor Trustee.

 

          A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately
after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting
as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such
Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7
hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to
such replacement.

 

Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

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

 

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

          This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a) (1), (2) and (5). The Trustee
shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).

 

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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company.

 

          The
Trustee is subject to 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.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

          This
Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when

 

	 	  (a)	either

 

	 	(i)	all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

	 	(ii)	all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

 

	 	(1)	   have become due and payable, or

 

 

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

 

	 	(3)	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, or

 

	 	(4)	are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable; and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

 

	 	  (b)	the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

	 	  (c)	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 to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

          Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4,
2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.

 

Section 8.2 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification
..

 

	 	  (a)	Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.

 

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	 	  (b)	The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

 

	 	  (c)	The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

 

Section 8.3 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

 

          Unless
this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.21, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series,
the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series
on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (c)(i) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture,
as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

 

	 	  (a)	the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;

 

	 	  (b)	the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

 

	 	  (c)	the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

	 	  (i)	the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (A) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (B) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

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	 	  (ii)	such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

	 	  (iii)	no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

	 	  (iv)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge 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 deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

 

	 	  (v)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

 

	 	  (vi)	such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

 

	 	  (vi)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.4 Covenant Defeasance.

 

          Unless
this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on
and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply
with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional
covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.21 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of Section 6.1
shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the
following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

	 	  (a)	With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c) ) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

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	 	  (b)	Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

	 	  (c)	No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

	 	  (d)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

	 	  (e)	the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

 

	 	  (f)	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 defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.5 Repayment to Company.

 

          The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest
that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 8.6 Reinstatement.

 

          If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 8.1, 8.3
or 8.4, as the case may be, 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 obligations under this Indenture
and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4,
as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations
in accordance with Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities because of 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 U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

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Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.

 

          The
Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any
Securityholder:

 

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

 

	 	  (b)	to comply with Article V;

 

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

 

	 	  (d)	to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;

 

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

 

	 	  (f)	to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or

 

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

 

Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders.

 

          The
Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying
in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance
by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

 

          It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form
of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After
a supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.3 Limitations.

 

          Without
the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

 

	 	  (a)	change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

	 	  (b)	reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

 

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	 	  (c)	reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

	 	  (d)	reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

	 	  (e)	waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

	 	  (f)	make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;

 

	 	  (g)	make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence), 10.15 or 10.16; or

 

	 	  (h)	waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.

 

Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

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

 

Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

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

 

          Any
amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it
is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver
shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

 

Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

 

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

 

Section 9.7 Trustee Protected.

 

          In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental
indenture that adversely affects its rights.

 

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

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Section 10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

          If
any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included
in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section 10.2 Notices.

 

          Any
notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed
by first-class (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the other’s address:

 

if to the Company:

 

Skyline Medical Inc.

2915 Commers Drive, Suite 900

Eagan, Minnesota 55121

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

if to the Trustee:

 

[Name of Trustee]

[Address]

Attention:

 

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

 

          Any
notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

 

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

 

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

 

Section 10.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

          Securityholders
of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the
Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 10.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent.

 

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

 

	 	  (a)	an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

	 	  (b)	an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

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Section 10.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

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

 

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

 

	 	  (b)	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;

 

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

 

	 	  (d)	a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 10.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

          The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable
rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 10.7 Legal Holidays.

 

          Unless
otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a “Legal
Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be
made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 10.8 No Recourse Against Others.

 

          A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.
Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.

 

Section 10.9 Counterparts.

 

          This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 10.10 Governing Laws.

 

          THIS
INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.

 

Section 10.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

          This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

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Section 10.12 Successors.

 

          All
agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 10.13 Severability.

 

          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 10.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

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

 

Section 10.15 Securities in a Foreign Currency or in
ECU.

 

          Unless
otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant
to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture
any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all
Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series
which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars (including ECUs), then the principal amount of Securities of such
Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could
be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, “Market Exchange
Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; provided, however, in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined
by the Commission of the European Union (or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (such
publication or any successor publication, the “Journal”). If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason
with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of the most
recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New
York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or, in the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other quotations or,
in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions
of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in
currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

          All
decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in
the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent
permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.

 

Section 10.16 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 interest or other amount 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 day on which final unappealable
judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, 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 the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender, 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 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 on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

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ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS

 

Section 11.1 Applicability of Article.

 

          The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as
otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

          The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein
referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall
be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.

 

Section 11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.

 

          The
Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be
made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund
payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply
as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities,
provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together
with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins
the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified
in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2,
the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than
$100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such
action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking
fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order
pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company
to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment
required to be released to the Company.

 

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Section 11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

          Not
less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate
in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment
for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash
and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to
Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated
in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities)
before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment
date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

 

[INCLUDE ARTICLE XII FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES:

 

ARTICLE XII.

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 12.1 Agreement of Subordination.

 

          The
Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees,
that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XII; and each Person holding any Security, whether
upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

 

          The
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price
with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article 3 as provided in the Indenture) issued hereunder
shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

 

          No
provision of this Article XII shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of Default hereunder.

 

Section 12.2 Payments to Holders.

 

          No
payment shall be made with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited
to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities to be called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided
in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5,
if:

 

	 	(i)	a default in the payment of principal, premium, interest, rent or other obligations due on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing (or, in the case of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or

 

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	 	(ii)	a default, other than a payment default, on a Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from a Representative or the Company.

 

          Upon
any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary
or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness
shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or payment thereof
in accordance with its terms provided for in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before
any payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant
to Article VI from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to commencement of proceedings for such dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the
Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled, except for the provision of this Article XII, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the
Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
(pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required
by law or a court order) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant
to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to
the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before
any payment or distribution or provision therefor is made to the Holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.

 

          For
purposes of this Article XII, the words, “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares
of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan
of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XII
with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the
Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (other than leases which are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as
the case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation
of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following
the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms
and conditions provided for in Article V shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for
the purposes of this Section 12.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article V.

 

          In
the event of the acceleration of the Securities because of an Event of Default, no payment or distribution shall be made to the
Trustee or any Holder of Securities in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including,
but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article 3
as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph
of Section 12.5, until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness or such acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. If payment of the Securities
is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration
at the address set forth in the notice from the Agent (or successor agent) to the Trustee as being the address to which the Trustee
should send its notice pursuant to this Section 12.2, unless there are no payment obligations of the Company thereunder and
all obligations thereunder to extend credit have been terminated or expired.

 

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          In
the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (including, without limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing,
shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or other
payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is made for such payment thereof in accordance with
its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, such payment or distribution shall
be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative
or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of
all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

          Nothing
in this Section 12.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7. This Section 12.2
shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.3 Subrogation of Securities.

 

          Subject
to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent
of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII
(equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to other indebtedness
of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation)
to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the
Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid
in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any
cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions
of this Article XII, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, to or for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account
of the Senior Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the Holders
of the Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this Article XII, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood
that the provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders
of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

 

          Nothing
contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among
the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended
to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising
all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article XII of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon
the exercise of any such remedy.

 

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          Upon
any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XII, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending,
or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate
in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII.

 

Section 12.4 Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

          Each
Holder of a Security by the holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the holder’s behalf to
take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XII and appoints
the Trustee to act as the holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does not file a proper
proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.3 hereof at least 30 days
before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their representatives are hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 12.5 Notice to Trustee.

 

          The
Company shall give prompt written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the
Trustee or any paying agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article XII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) or a Representative
or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee thereof; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided
that if on a date not fewer than two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any
Security) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 12.5,
then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such
monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it on or after such prior date.

 

          Notwithstanding
anything in this Article XII to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited
with it pursuant to Section 8.1, and any such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 12.1 or 12.2.

 

          The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by
a Representative or a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder)
to establish that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any
such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to
the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII,
the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior
Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and
any other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article XII, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee
may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.

 

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Section 12.6 Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness.

 

          The
Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XII in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11
or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

          With
respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder
of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other person money or assets
to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.

 

Section 12.7 No Impairment of Subordination.

 

          No
right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time
in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

 

Section 12.8 Article Applicable to Paying Agents.

 

          If
at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the
term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and
including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of Section 12.5 shall not apply
to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.

 

Section 12.9 Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.

 

          The
holders of Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Designated Senior Indebtedness) shall have the right to rely upon
this Article XII, and no amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such holders
unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.

END ARTICLE XII, INCLUDED FOR SUBORDINATED
SECURITIES.]

 

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

	 	 	 
	 	SKYLINE MEDICAL INC.  
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Its:	 
	 	 	 
	 	[Name of Trustee]  
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Its:	 

 

 

 

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