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Exhibit 10.17

ATMEL CORPORATION

SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE

     This Separation Agreement and Mutual Release (“Agreement”) is made by and between Atmel
Switzerland Sarl (the “Company”) and Graham David Turner (“Employee”) (collectively, the
“Parties” or individually, a “Party”).

BACKGROUND

     Effective January 1, 2000, the Parties entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment
Agreement”). Employee voluntarily resigned from the
Company effective October 31, 2007. The Parties
wish to amend and clarify certain provisions of the Employment Agreement.

AGREEMENT

     1. Resignation. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Employee voluntarily
terminated his
employment with the Company effective as of October 31, 2007 (the “Separation Date”).

     2.  Non-Competition. In lieu of the Non-Competition provisions set forth in
Article 12 of the
Employment Agreement, the Parties agree that for the period commencing on the Separation Date
and ending on
the one (1) year anniversary of the Separation Date (the “Non-Competition Period”), Employee
will not:

          (a) provide services, directly or indirectly, be it as an individual, an employee, a
consultant,
an advisor, a director, or a manager, to a Non-Competition Company (as defined below); or

          (b) start his own business, which would directly or indirectly compete with the
microcontroller business of Company, Atmel Corporation (“Atmel”) or any affiliate business of
Atmel.

     For purposes of this Agreement, a “Non-Competition Company” means any of the following
companies, including their successors and their subsidiaries worldwide: (i) Microchip Technology
Inc., (ii) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., (iii) NXP Semiconductors, (iv) Renesas Technology Corp.,
(v) STMicroelectronics, or (vi) Texas Instruments, Inc.

     3. Consideration. As consideration for Employee entering into this Agreement and
maintaining his
compliance with his obligations hereunder, the Parties agree as follows:

          (a) Salary Continuation. Subject to Section 3(b) below, during the Non-Competition
Period,
the Company shall continue to pay Employee his annual base salary, as in effect on the
Separation Date, in
accordance with the Company’s regular payroll policies, subject to applicable withholding
requirements (the
“Salary Continuation Payments”). For the avoidance of doubt, annual base salary shall not
include bonus
payments, gratuities, or other fringe benefits includable in income.

          (b) Early Termination of Salary Continuation Payments. Salary Continuation Payments
shall cease immediately if Employee either:

          (i) violates the Non-Competition provision set forth in Section 2; or
otherwise

          (ii) during the Non-Competition Period, provides services, directly or indirectly, be
it as an individual, an employee, a consultant, an advisor, a director, or a manager, to
any company or other entity.

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          (c) Bonus. Employee will be entitled to the bonus he would have earned during
calendar year 2007, prorated for the period of time from the start of such calendar year until the
Separation Date; provided that payment of such bonus will be made at the same time as bonuses for
such calendar year are paid out to other executives of the Company.

     4. Benefits. Employee understands that, except as provided for herein or as required
by applicable
law, Employee’s participation in all Company benefits and incidents of employment with the
Company, shall
cease on the Separation Date.

     5. Payment of Salary and Receipt of All Benefits. Employee acknowledges and represents
that,
other than the consideration set forth in this Agreement, the Company has paid or provided all
salary, wages,
bonuses, accrued vacation/paid time off, housing allowances, relocation costs, interest,
severance, outplacement
costs, fees, reimbursable expenses, commissions, stock, stock options, vesting, and any and
all other benefits and
compensation due to Employee.

     6. Relocation Expenses. Company will reimburse Employee’s documented, reasonable and
actually incurred expenses (i.e., airfare and the costs of shipping Employee’s personal
furnishings) to relocate
Employee and the members of Employee’s direct family living with Employee at the time of such
relocation,
from Switzerland to the United Kingdom; provided, that (a) Company shall not be obligated to
pay a total of
more than U.S.$50,000.00 under this Section 6, (b) such relocation expenses are incurred
within fifteen (15)
months after the Separation Date, and (c) such expenses have not been, and will not be, paid
by a third party (e.g.
in connection with Employee being hired by such third party).

     7. Release of Claims. Employee agrees that the foregoing consideration represents
settlement in
full of all outstanding obligations owed to Employee by the Company, Atmel, or any affiliate
business of Atmel,
and the current and former officers, directors, employees, agents, investors, attorneys,
shareholders,
administrators, affiliates, benefit plans, plan administrators, divisions, and subsidiaries,
and predecessor and
successor corporations and assigns of the Company, Atmel, or any affiliate business of Atmel
(collectively, the
“Releasees”). Employee, on his own behalf and on behalf of his respective heirs, family
members, executors,
agents, and assigns, hereby and forever releases the Releasees from, and agrees not to sue
concerning, or in any
manner to institute, prosecute, or pursue, any claim, complaint, charge, duty, obligation, or
cause of action
relating to any matters of any kind, whether presently known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected, that
Employee may possess against any of the Releasees arising from any omissions, acts, facts, or
damages that have
occurred up until and including the Effective Date of this Agreement, including, without
limitation:

          (a) any and all claims relating to or arising from Employee’s employment relationship with
the Company and the termination of that relationship;

          (b) any and all claims relating to, or arising from, Employee’s right to purchase, or actual
purchase of shares of stock of the Company, including, without limitation, any claims for
fraud,
misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty under applicable state corporate
law, and securities
fraud under any state or federal law;

          (c) any and all claims for wrongful discharge of employment; termination in violation of
public policy; discrimination; harassment; retaliation; breach of contract, both express and
implied; breach of
covenant of good faith and fair dealing, both express and implied; promissory estoppel;
negligent or intentional
infliction of emotional distress; fraud; negligent or intentional misrepresentation; negligent
or intentional
interference with contract or prospective economic advantage; unfair business practices;
defamation; libel;
slander; negligence; personal injury; assault; battery; invasion of privacy; false
imprisonment; conversion; and
disability benefits;

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          (d) any and all claims arising out of any applicable laws and regulations relating to
employment or employment discrimination;

          (e) any claim for any loss, cost, damage, or expense arising out of any dispute over the non-
withholding or other tax treatment of any of the proceeds received by Employee as a result of
this Agreement;
and

          (f) any and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs.

     Employee agrees that the release set forth in this section shall be and remain in effect in
all respects as a complete general release as to the matters released. This release does not
extend to any obligations incurred under this Agreement.

     8. Non-Solicitation and Non-Hire. Employee agrees that for a period of twelve (12)
months
immediately following the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee shall not directly or
indirectly solicit to
leave their employment at the Company, or hire, any of the Company’s employees.

     9. No Pending or Future Lawsuits. Employee represents that he does not currently have,
and does
not in the future intend to bring, any lawsuits, claims, or actions pending in his name, or on
behalf of any other
person or entity, against the Company or any of the other Releasees.

     10. Confidentiality. Employee reaffirms and agrees to observe and abide by the terms
of the
confidentiality provision set forth in Article 11 of his Employment Agreement. Employee’s
signature below
constitutes his certification that he has returned all documents and other items provided to
Employee by the
Company, Atmel, or any affiliate business of Atmel, developed or obtained by Employee in
connection with his
employment with the Company, or otherwise belonging to the Company, Atmel, or any affiliate
business of
Atmel. In addition, Employee confirms having destroyed on his own data processing equipment
all
electronically stored confidential data belonging to the Company, Atmel, or any affiliate
business of Atmel.
Employee agrees to keep the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement and this
Agreement
confidential except to the extent that such terms and conditions are publicly disclosed by
Company or Atmel.

     11. No Cooperation and Non-Disparagement. Employee agrees not to act in any manner
that might
damage the business or reputation of any of the Releasees. Employee agrees to refrain from any
disparagement,
defamation, libel, or slander of any of the Releasees, and agrees to refrain from any tortious
interference with the
contracts and relationships of any of the Releasees. Employee shall direct any inquiries by
potential future
employers to the Company’s human resources department.

     12. Breach. Employee acknowledges and agrees that any material breach of this
Agreement, or of
any provision of the Employment Agreement preserved under this Agreement shall entitle the
Company and/or
Atmel immediately to recover and/or cease providing the consideration provided to Employee
under this
Agreement, except as provided by law.

     13. Costs and Attorney Fees. The Parties shall each bear their own costs, attorneys’
fees, and other
fees incurred in connection with the preparation of this Agreement; provided that the
prevailing Party in an action
to enforce the Agreement shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees,
incurred in connection with such an action.

     14. Indemnification. Employee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
Atmel
from and against any and all loss, costs, damages, or expenses, including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees or
expenses incurred by the Company or Atmel arising from (a) any action or proceeding that may
be commenced,
prosecuted or threatened by Employee or for Employee’s benefit, contrary to the provisions of
this Agreement, or
(b) the breach of this Agreement by Employee, or (c) any false representation made herein by
Employee.

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     15. Authority. Each Party represents and warrants they each have the authority to
execute and make
this Agreement binding on the Parties.

     16. No
Representations. Employee represents that he was advised, and had the
opportunity, to
consult with an attorney, and has carefully read and understands the scope and effect of the
provisions of this
Agreement. Employee has not relied upon any representations or statements made by the Company,
Atmel or
any other Releasee that are not specifically set forth in this Agreement. Employee acknowledges
that he is
familiar with the principle that a general release does not extend to claims that the releaser
does not know or
suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him,
must have materially
affected his settlement with the releasee. Employee acknowledges that this Agreement
supersedes and replaces
any and all prior agreements and understandings concerning the subject matter of this
Agreement and
Employee’s relationship with the Company and that this Agreement represents the entire
understanding of the
Parties with concerning this Agreement and the termination of the Employee’s employment with
the Company
with the exception of any provision of the Employment Agreement preserved under this Agreement.

     17. Severability. In the event that any provision or any portion of any provision hereof or
any
surviving agreement made a part hereof becomes or is declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction or arbitrator
to be illegal, unenforceable, or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
without said provision
or portion of provision. Should this Agreement or Section 1 hereof for any reason whatsoever
be void or
rescinded, the Company’s consent hereto shall be interpreted as a notice of termination with
effect as of October
31, 2007 without any payments being due to Employee other than under mandatory statutory law
and/or the
Employment Agreement.

     18. No Oral Modification. This Agreement may only be amended in a writing signed by
the Parties
hereto.

     19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of Switzerland, in
particular art. 319 et seq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

     20. Effective Date. Each Party has seven (7) days after that Party signs this
Agreement to revoke it.
This Agreement will become effective on the eighth (8th) day after Employee signed this
Agreement, so long as
it has been signed by the Parties and has not been revoked by either Party before that date
(the “EffectiveDate”).

     21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile, and
each
counterpart and facsimile shall have the same force and effect as an original and shall
constitute an effective,
binding agreement on the part of each of the undersigned.

     22. Voluntary Execution of Agreement. Employee understands and agrees that he executed
this
Agreement voluntarily, without any duress or undue influence on the part or behalf of the
Company or any third
party, with the full intent of releasing all of his claims against the Company and any of the
other Releasees.
Employee acknowledges that:

          (a) he has read this Agreement;

          (b) he has been represented in the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Agreement
by legal counsel of his own choice or has elected not to retain legal counsel;

          (c) he understands the terms and consequences of this Agreement and of the releases it
contains; and

          (d) he is fully aware of the legal and binding effect of this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on the respective dates set
forth below.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	ATMEL SWITZERLAND SARL	 	 
	Dated:

	 	11/16/07
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Steve Lanb	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 

Steve Lanb
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 

Director
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	GRAHAM DAVID TURNER, an individual	 	 
	Dated:

	 	9th
November 2007	 	 	 	/s/ Graham David Turner	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Graham David Turner	 	 

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INDENTURE OF TRUST

by and between

CITY OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS,

as the City

and

BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.,

as Trustee

Relating to the Issuance of:

$10,610,000

City of Springdale, Arkansas

Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds

(Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project)

Series 2008

Dated as of February 1, 2008

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
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	ARTICLE I

	 
	DEFINITIONS; BOND INDENTURE TO CONSTITUTE CONTRACT

	 
	Section 1.01.

	 	Definitions
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.02.

	 	Indenture to Constitute Contract
	 	 	28	 
	 
	ARTICLE II

	 
	AUTHORIZATION, TERMS,

	 
	Section 2.01.

	 	Authorized Amount of Bonds
	 	 	28	 
	Section 2.02.

	 	All Bonds Equally and Ratably Secured by Trust Estate Except as
Expressly Provided Herein; Limited Obligation of Bonds and Pledges Securing the Same
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.03.

	 	Authorization of Bonds
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.04.

	 	Execution of Bonds
	 	 	32	 
	Section 2.05.

	 	Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds, Persons Treated as Owner	 	 	32	 
	Section 2.06.

	 	Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Bonds
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.07.

	 	Delivery of Bonds
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.08.

	 	Trustee’s Authentication Certificate
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.09.

	 	Cancellation and Destruction of Bonds by the Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.10.

	 	Temporary Bonds
	 	 	34	 
	Section 2.11.

	 	Transfer Restrictions
	 	 	34	 
	 
	ARTICLE III

	 
	REVENUES AND FUNDS

	 
	Section 3.01.

	 	Pledge of Trust Estate
	 	 	35	 
	Section 3.02.

	 	Establishment of Funds and Accounts
	 	 	35	 
	Section 3.03.

	 	Payments Into the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund
	 	 	35	 
	Section 3.04.

	 	Use of Monies in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund
	 	 	36	 
	Section 3.05.

	 	Custody of the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund
	 	 	36	 
	Section 3.06.

	 	Payments Into the Reserve Fund
	 	 	36	 
	Section 3.07.

	 	Use of Moneys in the Reserve Fund
	 	 	36	 
	Section 3.08.

	 	Custody of the Reserve Fund
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.09.

	 	[Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.10.

	 	[Intentionally Omitted]
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.11.

	 	Nonpresentment of Bonds
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.12.

	 	Monies to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	37	 
	Section 3.13.

	 	Repayment From the Funds
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	Section 3.14.

	 	Creation of Additional Accounts and Subaccounts; Transfers of Monies Among
Funds
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.15.

	 	Rebate Fund
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.16.

	 	Rebate Deposits
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.17.

	 	Rebate Disbursements
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.18.

	 	Tax Certificates
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.19.

	 	Reserved
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.20.

	 	Cost of Issuance Fund
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.21.

	 	Custody of the Cost of Issuance Fund
	 	 	39	 
	 
	ARTICLE IV

	 
	COVENANTS OF THE CITY

	 
	Section 4.01.

	 	Performance of Covenants
	 	 	39	 
	Section 4.02.

	 	Instruments of Further Assurance
	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.03.

	 	Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest
	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.04.

	 	Conditions Precedent
	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.05.

	 	Supplemental Indentures; Recordation or Filing of Security Instruments
	 	 	40	 
	Section 4.06.

	 	Rights Under the Loan Agreement
	 	 	41	 
	 
	ARTICLE V

	 
	REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2008 BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY

	 
	Section 5.01.

	 	Redemption of Bonds Upon Occurrence of Certain Events
	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.02.

	 	Redemption of Bonds Upon a Determination of Taxability
	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.03.

	 	Sinking Fund
	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.04.

	 	Method of Selecting Bonds
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.05.

	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.06.

	 	Bonds Due and Payable on Redemption Date; Interest Ceases to Accrue
	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.07.

	 	Cancellation
	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.08.

	 	Partial Redemption of Bonds
	 	 	44	 
	 
	ARTICLE VI

	 
	INVESTMENTS

	 
	Section 6.01.

	 	Investment of Funds
	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.02.

	 	Arbitrage
	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.03.

	 	Allocation and Transfers of Investment Income
	 	 	46	 
	 
	ARTICLE VII

	 
	DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

	 
	Section 7.01.

	 	Discharge of This Indenture
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.02.

	 	Liability of City Not Discharged
	 	 	47	 

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	ARTICLE VIII
	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 
	Section 8.01.

	 	Events of Default
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.02.

	 	Remedies on Events of Default
	 	 	48	 
	Section 8.03.

	 	Majority of Bondholders and Holders of Parity Indebtedness May Control Proceedings
	 	 	49	 
	Section 8.04.

	 	Rights and Remedies of Bondholders
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.05.

	 	Application of Monies
	 	 	50	 
	Section 8.06.

	 	Trustee May Enforce Rights Without Bonds
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.07.

	 	Trustee to File Proofs of Claim in Receivership, Etc
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.08.

	 	Delay or Omission No Waiver
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.09.

	 	No Waiver of One Default to Affect Another
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.10.

	 	Discontinuance of Proceedings on Default; Position of Parties Restored
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.11.

	 	Waivers of Events of Default
	 	 	52	 
	Section 8.12.

	 	Trustee to Notify Parties of Default and Disclose Information Relating to Default
	 	 	53	 
	 
	ARTICLE IX

	 
	CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

	 
	Section 9.01.

	 	Duties of the Trustee
	 	 	53	 
	Section 9.02.

	 	Fee and Expenses of Trustee
	 	 	56	 
	Section 9.03.

	 	Resignation or Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	56	 
	Section 9.04.

	 	Conversion, Consolidation or Merger of Trustee
	 	 	57	 
	Section 9.05.

	 	Trustee to Retain Information
	 	 	58	 
	 
	ARTICLE X

	 
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT

	 
	Section 10.01.

	 	Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	58	 
	Section 10.02.

	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.03.

	 	Amendments, Etc., of the Loan Agreement
	 	 	59	 
	 
	ARTICLE XI

	 
	MISCELLANEOUS

	 
	Section 11.01.

	 	Evidence of Signature of Bondholders and Ownership of Bonds
	 	 	59	 
	Section 11.02.

	 	Parties Interested Herein
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.03.

	 	Titles, Headings, Etc
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.04.

	 	Severability
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.05.

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.06.

	 	Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	60	 

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	Section 11.07.

	 	Notices
	 	 	60	 
	Section 11.08.

	 	Payments Due on Nonbusiness Days
	 	 	61	 
	Section 11.09.

	 	Provision of General Application
	 	 	61	 

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INDENTURE OF TRUST

     THIS INDENTURE OF TRUST, dated as of February 1, 2008 (as supplemented and amended, this
“Indenture”), is executed by and between CITY OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS (the “City”), a body politic
and corporate, and BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A., a national banking association having a corporate trust
office located in the State of Oklahoma, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), being authorized to accept and
execute trusts of the character herein set out under and by virtue of the laws of the State of
Arkansas.

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), requested that the City finance
and refinance the cost of certain solid waste disposal facilities located within the City, in
accordance with that certain Mortgage and Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1999 (as amended,
the “Original Loan Agreement”), between the City and the Company; and

     WHEREAS, Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated, and Title 14, Chapter
164, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated (the “Act”), authorizes the City to
finance such costs; and

     WHEREAS, in order to finance such costs, the City issued its City of Springdale, Arkansas
Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project)
Series 1999 (the “Series 1999 Bonds”) pursuant to and secured by an Indenture of Trust, dated as of
October 1, 1999 (as amended, the “Original Indenture”), between the City and First National Bank of
Springdale, as trustee (the “Original Trustee”); and

     WHEREAS, the rights of the City in the Original Loan Agreement were assigned by the City to
the Original Trustee pursuant to an Assignment of Mortgage, dated as of October 1, 1999; and

     WHEREAS, in order to provide funds to refund, redeem and discharge the Series 1999 Bonds, the
City issued its City of Springdale, Arkansas Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project) Series 2003 (the “Series 2003
Bonds”); and

     WHEREAS, in order to provide funds to refund, redeem and discharge the Series 2003 Bonds, the
City shall issue its City of Springdale, Arkansas Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project) Series 2008 (the “Bonds”) pursuant to
and secured by this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, the City and the Company shall execute a Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof
(the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which the City will loan the proceeds of the Bonds to the
Company, and the Company will obligate itself to repay such loan to the City; and

     WHEREAS, the Bonds shall be secured as provided herein and in the Loan Agreement; and

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Bonds and the Trustee’s authentication certificate are to be substantially in the
following form, with such necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as
permitted or required by this Indenture:

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[FORM OF SERIES 2008 BOND]

UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CITY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE HEREIN DESCRIBED, UPON ANY TRANSFER OF A
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) IN THE SERIES 2008 BOND,
THE PURCHASER THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CERTIFIED TO THE TRUSTEE AND
ACKNOWLEDGED, REPRESENTED AND AGREED WITH THE COMPANY AND THE UNDERWRITER (AS SUCH
TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE DESCRIBED HEREIN) THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS
ACQUIRING THE SERIES 2008 BOND FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND THAT IT IS (A) A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PROMULGATED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR (B) AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) OF THE 1933
ACT.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF ARKANSAS

	 	 	 	 	 
	No. R-                    
	 	$	10,610,000	 

CITY OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REFUNDING REVENUE BONDS

(ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PROJECT)

SERIES 2008

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Interest Rate	 	Maturity Date	 	Original Issue Date	 	CUSIP
	8.00%
	 	December 15, 2023	 	February 21, 2008	 	850260 DR8

	 	 	 
	REGISTERED OWNER:

	 	**CEDE & CO.**

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	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

	 	**TEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS**

     The City of Springdale, Arkansas, a public body politic and corporate, organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Arkansas (the “City”), for value received, hereby promises to pay,
from the sources hereinafter described, the Principal Amount stated above, in lawful money of the
United States of America, to the Registered Owner stated above or the registered assigns, on the
Maturity Date stated above (unless this Bond shall have been called for prior redemption, in which
case on such redemption date), upon the presentation and surrender hereof at the designated
corporate trust office of Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, or at the principal office of its successor in trust under an Indenture of Trust, dated
as of February 1, 2008 (the “Indenture”), between the City and the Trustee, and to pay, from like
sources, to the Registered Owner stated above as of the close of business on the first day of the
calendar month prior to an Interest Payment Date (the “Regular Record Date”), by check or draft
mailed by the Trustee on the Interest Payment Date to such Registered Owner at his address as it
last appears on the registration books kept for that purpose at the office of the Trustee, interest
on said sum in like coin or currency from the Original Issue Date stated above or from the most
recent date from which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the Interest Rate stated
above, payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2008, on
the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, until payment of the principal hereof
has been made or provided for. The Trustee may make payments of principal at maturity or upon
redemption and payment of interest by wire transfer within the United States to any owner of at
least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds requesting the same in writing
addressed to the Trustee as provided in this Indenture. Any interest not timely paid or duly
provided for shall cease to be payable to the Registered Owner hereof at the close of business on
the applicable Regular Record Date and shall be payable to the Registered Owner hereof at the close
of business on a Special Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for the payment of any defaulted
interest. Such Special Record Date shall be fixed by the Trustee whenever monies become available
for payment of the defaulted interest, and notice of such Special Record Date shall be given to the
Registered Owner hereof not less than ten calendar days prior thereto. If the date for making any
payment or the last day for performance of any act or the exercise of any right, as provided in
this Bond, shall not be a “Business Day” as defined in this Indenture, such payment may be made or
act performed or right exercised on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect
as if done on the nominal date provided in this Bond. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, when this Bond is registered in the name of a Depository (as defined in this Indenture)
or its nominee, the principal and redemption price of and interest on this Bond shall be payable in
same day or federal funds delivered or transmitted to the Depository or its nominee.

     This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of bonds of the City designated as “City of
Springdale, Arkansas Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds (Advanced Environmental
Recycling Technologies, Inc Project) Series 2008” (the “Bonds”). The Bonds have been issued under
Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated, and Title 14, Chapter 164,
Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated (the “Act”), to refinance costs of acquiring,
constructing and equipping certain solid waste recovery and manufacturing facilities (the
“Facilities”) and to fund a reserve fund with respect to the Series 2008 Bonds.

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     This Bond is a limited obligation of the City payable solely from and secured by (a) a pledge
of certain rights of the City under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated as of February 1, 2008
(the “Loan Agreement”), between the City and Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.
(the “Company”); (b) a pledge of the Funds and Pledged Revenues other than the Rebate Fund (all as
defined in the Indenture); (c) a mortgage interest on the Springdale Property, the Watts Property,
the Lowell Property and the Junction Property (each as defined in the Indenture) (including
personal property and equipment); (d) a Patent and Trademark Security Agreement from the Company
for the benefit of the Trustee; and (e) an assignment of the Weyerhaeuser Agreement (as defined in
the Indenture).

     This Bond shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt or a liability of or a charge
against the general credit or taxing power of the State of Arkansas or any county, city, town,
school district, or other subdivision of the State of Arkansas or of any other political
subdivision or body corporate and politic within the State of Arkansas other than the City (but
only to the extent of the revenues pledged in this Indenture), and neither the State of Arkansas,
nor any county, town, school district or other subdivision of the State of Arkansas, except the
City to the extent provided above, shall be liable hereon; nor shall this Bond constitute the
giving, pledging, or loaning of the faith and credit of the State of Arkansas, or any county, city,
town, school district or other subdivision of the State of Arkansas or of any other political
subdivision or body corporate and politic within the State of Arkansas, but shall be payable solely
from the funds pledged therefor. The issuance of this Bond shall not, directly or indirectly or
contingently, obligate the State of Arkansas or any subdivision of the State of Arkansas nor
empower the City to levy or collect any form of taxes or assessments therefor or to create any
indebtedness payable out of taxes or assessments or make any appropriation for the payment of this
Bond, and such appropriation or levy is prohibited. The Bonds and the interest thereon do not
constitute an indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory
limitation.

     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the Loan Agreement for a description of the
revenues pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights, duties and obligations of the
City, the Trustee and the Registered Owners of the Bonds and the terms and conditions upon which
the Bonds are, and are to be, secured, and a statement of the rights, duties, immunities and
obligations of the City and the Trustee.

     The Bonds are subject to optional redemption by the City upon the written direction of the
Company Representative as a whole or in part at any time, at a redemption price equal to the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed and accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date, in
certain events of damage, destruction or condemnation to the property of the Company located in
Springdale, Arkansas. The Bonds are also subject to optional redemption by the City upon the
written direction of the Company Representative, as a whole, but not in part, at redemption prices
equal to 110% of the outstanding principal amount thereof to be redeemed and accrued but unpaid
interest to the redemption date, as a condition precedent to the acquisition of substantially all
of the assets of the Company or in the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company, as
provided in the Loan Agreement.

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     The Bonds are also subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot in such manner as the
Trustee may determine pursuant to the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof and accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date.

     Upon the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability, as defined in this Indenture, the Bonds
are subject to mandatory redemption in whole at a redemption price equal to 105% of the Outstanding
principal amount thereof, plus unpaid interest accrued to the redemption date, at the earliest
practicable date selected by the Trustee, after consultation with the Company, but in no event
later than 45 calendar days following the Trustee’s notification of the Determination of
Taxability. The occurrence of a Determination of Taxability with respect to the Bonds will not
constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture and the sole remedy of the holders of the Bonds
is the mandatory redemption of the Bonds pursuant to this paragraph.

     In the event less than all Bonds are to be redeemed pursuant to the optional or special
redemption provisions of this Indenture, they shall be redeemed in such order of maturity as the
Company Representative shall determine (less than all of the Bonds of a single maturity to be
selected by lot in such manner as the Trustee may determine). Except as hereinafter provided,
notice of the call for redemption shall be given by the Trustee by mailing by first class mail a
copy of the redemption notice not more than 45 days nor less than 30 days prior to the redemption
date to the Registered Owners of Bonds to be redeemed in whole or in part at the address of such
Registered Owner last showing on the registration books. Failure to give such notice or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of any proceedings for the redemption of such Bonds for which
no such failure or defect occurs. All Bonds called for redemption will cease to bear interest
after the specified redemption date, provided collected funds for their payment are on deposit at
the place of payment at the time of redemption.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, no additional notice shall be required with respect to
mandatory sinking fund redemption unless requested by the holders of 100% of the principal amount
of the Bonds, and Bonds need not be presented for mandatory sinking fund redemption payment.

     The Bonds are issuable only as fully registered bonds in the minimum denominations of $100,000
and in any integral multiple of $5,000 in excess thereof. The Bonds shall initially be registered
in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), to be held in a
book-entry system and: (a) such Bonds shall be registered in the name of the DTC or its nominee, as
Bondholder, and immobilized in the custody of DTC; (b) unless otherwise requested by DTC, there
shall be a single Bond certificate for each maturity; and (c) such Bonds shall not be transferable
or exchangeable, except for transfer to another Depository or another nominee of a Depository,
without further action by the City. The owners of beneficial interest in the Bonds shall not have
any right to receive Bonds in the form of physical certificates. If any Depository determines not
to continue to act as a Depository for the Bonds for use in a book-entry system, the City may
attempt to have established a securities depository/book-entry system relationship with another
qualified Depository under this Indenture. If the City does not or is unable to do so, the City
and the Trustee, after the Trustee has made provision for notification to the owners of beneficial
interests by the then Depository, shall permit withdrawal of the Bonds from the Depository, and
authenticate and deliver Bond certificates in fully

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registered form (in authorized denominations of not less than $100,000) to the assignees of
the Depository or its nominee.

     While a Depository is the sole holder of the Bonds, delivery or notation of partial redemption
of Bonds shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of the Letter of Representations, as
defined in this Indenture.

     In addition to the words and terms defined elsewhere in this Bond, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

     “Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to the Bonds, a person owning a Beneficial Ownership
Interest therein, as evidenced to the satisfaction of the Trustee.

     “Beneficial Ownership Interest” means the beneficial right to receive payments and notices
with respect to the Bonds which are held by a Depository under a book-entry system.

     “Book-entry form” or “book-entry system” means, with respect to the Bonds, a form or system,
as applicable, under which (a) the Beneficial Ownership Interests may be transferred only through a
book-entry; and (b) physical Bond certificates in fully registered form are registered only in the
name of a Depository or its nominee as holder, with the physical Bond certificates “immobilized” in
the custody of the Depository. The book-entry system maintained by and the responsibility of the
Depository (and not maintained by or the responsibility of the City or the Trustee) is the record
that identifies, and records the transfer of the interests of, the owners of beneficial
(book-entry) interests in the Bonds.

     “Depository” means any securities depository that is a clearing agency under federal law
operating and maintaining, with its participants or otherwise, a book-entry system to record
ownership of book-entry interests in Bonds, and to effect transfers of book-entry interests in
Bonds, and includes and means initially The Depository Trust Company (a limited purpose trust
company), New York, New York.

     “Direct Participant” means a Participant as defined in the Letter of Representations.

     “Indirect Participant” means a person utilizing the book-entry system of the Depository by,
directly or indirectly, clearing through or maintaining a custodial relationship with a Direct
Participant.

     NEITHER THE CITY, THE COMPANY, NOR THE TRUSTEE WILL HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR OBLIGATION TO
ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT, INDIRECT PARTICIPANT OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER OR ANY OTHER PERSON NOT SHOWN
ON THE REGISTRATION BOOKS OF THE TRUSTEE AS BEING A HOLDER WITH RESPECT TO: (A) THE BONDS; (B) THE
ACCURACY OF ANY RECORDS MAINTAINED BY DTC OR ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT PARTICIPANT; (C)
THE TIMELY OR ULTIMATE PAYMENT BY DTC OR ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT PARTICIPANT OF ANY
AMOUNT DUE TO ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER IN RESPECT OF THE PRINCIPAL OR REDEMPTION PRICE OF OR INTEREST
ON THE BONDS; (D) THE DELIVERY BY ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT PARTICIPANT OF ANY NOTICE TO
ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER WHICH IS REQUIRED

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OR PERMITTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS INDENTURE TO BE GIVEN TO REGISTERED OWNERS; (E) THE
SELECTION OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT IN THE EVENT OF ANY PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF THE
BONDS; OR (F) ANY CONSENT GIVEN OR OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY DTC AS REGISTERED OWNER.

     Except for the 15 days next preceding the mailing of notice of redemption of the Bonds (and,
if this Bond or portion thereof is called, the period following the giving of such notice), this
Bond is fully transferable by the Registered Owner hereof in person or by his duly authorized
attorney on the registration books kept at the designated office of the Trustee upon surrender of
this Bond, together with a duly executed written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Trustee. Upon such transfer, a new fully registered bond or bonds of authorized denomination or
denominations for the same aggregate principal amount and maturity will be issued to the transferee
in exchange therefor, all upon payment of the charges and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Indenture. The City and the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name this
Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether or not this Bond shall be overdue, for the
purpose of receiving payment (except as provided above with respect to Regular and Special Record
Dates) and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Trustee shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. Bonds which are reissued upon transfer, exchange or other replacement
shall bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, or if no interest has been paid, then from the Original Issue Date.

     To the extent permitted by, and as provided in the Indenture, modifications or amendments of
the Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the
City and of the owners of the Bonds may be made with the consent of the City and, in certain
instances, with the consent of the owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Bonds then Outstanding; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment shall be
made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any of the Bonds which are unconditional, unless consented to by all Bondholders. Any such consent
by the owner of this Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon such owner and upon all future
owners of this Bond and of any bond issued upon the transfer or exchange of this Bond whether or
not notation of such consent is made upon this Bond.

     The owner of this Bond shall have no right to enforce the provisions of the Indenture, the
provisions of which are incorporated herein by this reference, or to institute action to enforce
the pledge, assignment or covenants made therein or to take any action with respect to an Event of
Default under the Indenture or to institute, appear in or defend any suit, action or other
proceeding at law or in equity with respect thereto, except as provided in this Indenture. In case
an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur, the principal of all the Bonds at any such
time Outstanding under the Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the
conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in this Indenture. The Indenture
provides that such declaration may in certain events be rescinded and annulled by the Trustee under
certain circumstances.

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     Neither the members of the City Council of the City nor any person executing the Bonds shall
be liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by
reason of the issuance thereof.

     It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all conditions, acts and things required by
the Constitution or statutes of the State of Arkansas or by the Act or the Indenture to exist, to
have happened or to have been performed precedent to or in the issuance of this Bond exist, have
happened and have been performed.

     This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee shall have
signed the certificate of authentication hereon.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Springdale, Arkansas has caused this Bond to be signed in its
name and on its behalf by the manual or facsimile signature of its Mayor, and a facsimile of its
corporate seal to be affixed hereon and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its City
Clerk.

[SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITY OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Jerre M. Van Hoose, Mayor	 	 

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Denise Pearce, City Clerk
	 	 

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[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

     This is one of the Bonds described in the within mentioned Indenture of Trust.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer	 	 

[End Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication]

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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells. assigns and transfers unto

      

      

(Please print or typewrite name and address of Assignee)

(Tax Identification or Social Security No.)

the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney
to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 
	Dated:                                        
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears upon the face
of the within Bond in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Signature must be guaranteed by a member of a
Medallion Signature Program.

[End Form of Assignment]

[End of Form of Series 2008 Bond]

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     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Bonds, when authenticated by the Trustee and issued
as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the City and to
constitute this Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument for the security of the Bonds in
accordance with its terms, have been done and performed;

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

GRANTING CLAUSES

     That the City, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained
and of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by the owners thereof and of the sum of One Dollar
to it duly paid by the Trustee at or before the execution and delivery of these presents, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, in order to
secure the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Bonds at any time
Outstanding under this Indenture according to their tenor and effect and to secure the performance
and observance of all the covenants and conditions in the Bonds and herein contained, and to
declare the terms and conditions upon and subject to which the Bonds are issued and secured, has
executed and delivered this Indenture and has granted, bargained, sold, alienated, assigned,
pledged, set over and confirmed, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, alienate, assign,
pledge, set over and confirm unto Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., as Trustee, and to its successors and
assigns forever, all and singular the following described property, franchises and income:

GRANTING CLAUSE FIRST

     The Loan Agreement, including the rights of the City under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement
(other than the rights of the City under Sections 5.01(f), 8.05 and 10.04 of the Loan Agreement and
other than the rights of the City to perform certain discretionary acts as reserved in the Loan
Agreement) and the rights, title and interests granted, pledged, bargained, sold, conveyed and
mortgaged by the Company therein, including Pledged Revenues (as herein defined):

GRANTING CLAUSE SECOND

     All Funds (except the Rebate Fund) established under this Indenture, except for monies
deposited with or paid to the Trustee for the redemption of Bonds, notice of the redemption or
tender of which has been duly given, and all Pledged Revenues payable to the Trustee by or for the
account of the City pursuant to the Loan Agreement and this Indenture, subject only to the
provisions of this Indenture permitting the application thereof for the purposes and on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Indenture:

GRANTING CLAUSE THIRD

     Any and all other interests in real or personal property of every name and nature from
time-to-time hereafter by delivery or by writing of any kind specifically mortgaged, pledged or
hypothecated, as and for additional security hereunder by the City or by anyone in its behalf or
with its written consent in favor of the Trustee, which is hereby authorized to receive any and all

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such property at any and all times and to hold and apply the same subject to the terms hereof;
and

     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same with all privileges and appurtenances hereby conveyed and
assigned, or agreed or intended to be, to the Trustee and its successors in said trust and assigns
forever;

     IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms herein set forth for the equal and proportionate
benefit, security and protection of all owners of the Bonds issued under and secured by this
Indenture without privilege, priority or distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the
Bonds over any other of the Bonds except as specifically provided herein:

     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the City, its successors or assigns shall well and truly pay, or
cause to be paid, the principal of the Bonds and the premium, if any, and the interest due or to
become due thereon, at the times and in the manner mentioned in the Bonds according to the true
intent and meaning thereof, and shall cause the payments to be made into the Bond Principal Fund
and the Bond Interest Fund as hereinafter required or shall provide, as permitted hereby, for the
payment thereof by depositing with the Trustee the entire amount due or to become due thereon, or
certain securities as herein permitted, and shall well and truly keep, perform and observe all the
covenants and conditions pursuant to the terms of this Indenture to be kept, performed and observed
by it, and shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums of money due or to become due to
it in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, then upon such final payments, this
Indenture and the rights hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void; otherwise, this
Indenture to be and remain in full force and effect.

     THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH and it is expressly declared that all Bonds issued and
secured hereunder are to be issued, authenticated and delivered, and all said property, rights,
interests and revenues and funds hereby pledged and assigned are to be dealt with and disposed of
under, upon and subject to the terms, conditions, stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts, uses
and purposes as hereinafter expressed, and the City has agreed and covenanted, and does hereby
agree and covenant with the Trustee and with the respective owners from time-to-time of the Bonds
as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; BOND INDENTURE TO CONSTITUTE CONTRACT

     Section 1.01. Definitions. All words and phrases not otherwise defined herein shall have the
same meanings as assigned to such words and phrases in Article I of the Loan Agreement and in
Article I of this Indenture. In addition, the following terms, except where the context indicates
otherwise, shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

     “Act” means Title 14, Chapter 267 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated, and Title 14,
Chapter 164, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987, Annotated.

     “Additional Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company other than the Loan.

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     “Approved Purchasers” means (a) Weyerhaeuser Company or any division or subsidiary or parent
thereof, (b) Lowe’s Companies, Inc. or any division or subsidiary or parent thereof, and (c) any
additional purchaser approved by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds.

     “Audited Financial Statements” means, as to the Company, financial statements for a Fiscal
Year, or for such other period for which an audit has been performed, prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, which have been audited and reported upon by independent
certified public accountants.

     “Balloon Long-Term Indebtedness” means Long-Term Indebtedness 20% or more of the principal
payments of which are due in any 12-month period, which portion of the principal is not required by
the documents pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued to be amortized by redemption prior to
such date.

     “Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any Bonds in Book-Entry Form, a Person owning a
Beneficial Ownership Interest therein, as evidenced to the satisfaction of the Trustee.

     “Beneficial Ownership Interest” means the beneficial right to receive payments and notices
with respect to the Bonds which are held by a Depository under a book-entry system.

     “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     “Bonds” or “Series 2008 Bonds” means the City of Springdale, Arkansas Industrial Development
Refunding Revenue Bonds (Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project) Series 2008.

     “Bond Interest Fund” means the Bond Interest Fund created in this Indenture.

     “Bond Principal Fund” means the Bond Principal Fund created in this Indenture.

     “Bondholder” or “holder” or “owner” of Bonds means the Registered Owner of any Bond.

     “Book-Entry Form” or “book-entry system” means, with respect to any Bonds, a form or system,
as applicable, under which (a) the Beneficial Ownership Interests may be transferred only through a
book-entry and (b) physical Bond certificates in fully registered form are registered only in the
name of a Depository or its nominee as Holder, with the physical Bond certificates “immobilized” in
the custody of the Depository. The book-entry system maintained by and the responsibility of the
Depository (and not maintained by or the responsibility of the City or the Trustee) is the record
that identifies, and records the transfer of the interests of, the owners of book-entry interests
in such Bonds.

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which the New
York Stock Exchange or banks are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in New
York, New York, or any city in which the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee is
located.

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     “City” means the City of Springdale, Arkansas, or any public corporation succeeding to its
rights and obligations under the Loan Agreement.

     “City Officer” means the Mayor or other officer of the City, and, when used with reference to
an act or document, also means any other person authorized by resolution of the City to perform
such act or sign such document.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations issued from time-to-time
thereunder.

     “Commitment Indebtedness” means the obligation of the Company to repay amounts disbursed
pursuant to a commitment from a financial institution to refinance when due other Indebtedness
(including accrued and unpaid interest thereon) of the Company or to purchase when tendered for
purchase by the holder thereof in accordance with the terms thereof other Indebtedness (including
accrued and unpaid interest thereon) of the Company, which other Indebtedness was incurred in
accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement, plus any fees payable to such financial
institution for such commitment and any other expenses (including collection) thereunder,
including, without limitation, amounts disbursed and fees and expenses payable in connection with
any Credit Facility.

     “Company” or “Corporation” means Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

     “Company Representative” or “Corporation Representative” means the executive director or chief
financial officer of the Company or any other person designated as such by an instrument in writing
delivered to the City and the Trustee by the chief executive officer of the Company or chief
financial officer.

     “Completion Indebtedness” means any Long-Term Indebtedness incurred by the Company for the
purpose of financing the completion of the acquisition, construction or equipping of the facilities
for which Long-Term Indebtedness has theretofore been incurred in accordance with the provisions of
the Loan Agreement, to the extent necessary to provide a completed and equipped facility of the
type and scope contemplated at the time that such Long-Term Indebtedness theretofore incurred was
originally incurred, and, to the extent the same shall be applicable, in accordance with the
general plans and specifications for such facility as originally prepared with only such changes as
have been made in conformance with the documents pursuant to which such Long-Term Indebtedness
theretofore incurred was originally incurred.

     “Consultant” means a firm or firms designated in a certificate of the Company Representative
which is not, and no member, stockholder, director, officer, trustee or employee of which is, an
officer, director, trustee or employee of the Company, and which is a professional management
consultant of national repute for having the skill and experience necessary to render the
particular report required by the provision of the Loan Agreement in which such requirement
appears.

     “Cost of Issuance Fund” means the Cost of Issuance Fund created pursuant to this Indenture.

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     “Cost of the Project” means the sum total of all reasonable or necessary costs incidental to
the financing of the Facilities described in the Loan Agreement.

     “Credit Facility” means a line of credit, letter of credit, standby bond purchase agreement or
similar credit enhancement or liquidity facility established in connection with the issuance of
Indebtedness to provide credit or liquidity support for such Indebtedness.

     “Current Assets” means unrestricted cash of the Company or other assets of the Company which
are expected to be converted into cash or consumed in the production of income within the greater
of one year and the normal operating cycle of the Company, all determined in according with
generally accepted accounting principles.

     “Current Liabilities” means liabilities of the Company expected to be liquidated in the
greater of one year and the normal operating cycle of the Company, excluding any liability
otherwise classified as current which will be settled from other than Current Assets, all
determined in according with generally accepted accounting principles.

     “Current Ratio” means the ratio of Current Assets to Current Liabilities.

     “Debt to Equity Ratio” means the ratio of (a) Indebtedness, to (b) excess of total assets of
the Company over total liabilities.

     “Deposit Account Control Agreement” means that certain Deposit Account Control Agreement,
dated as of February 1, 2008, among the Trustee, the City, the Depository Bank and the Company.

     “Depository” means any securities depository that is a clearing agency under federal law
operating and maintaining, with its participants or otherwise, a book-entry system to record
ownership of book-entry interests in bonds, and to effect transfers of book-entry interests in
bonds in book-entry form, and includes and means initially The Depository Trust Company (a limited
purpose trust company), New York, New York.

     “Depository Bank” means Liberty Bank of Arkansas, or any subsequent depository bank named
pursuant to the Deposit Account Control Agreement.

     “Determination of Taxability” means and shall occur when, (a) the Trustee receives written
notice from the Company or a majority of Bondholders, supported by an Opinion of Bond Counsel which
shall be a nationally recognized firm with expertise in the area of federal taxation of municipal
bonds, that interest on the Bonds is includable in the gross income of Holders of the Bonds of any
series for federal income tax purposes; or (b) the Internal Revenue Service shall claim in writing
that interest on the Bonds of any series is includable in the gross income of holders of such Bonds
for federal income tax purposes.

     “Direct Participant” means a Participant as defined in the Letter of Representations.

     “Environmental Law” means (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; (b) the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by SARA,

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42 U.S.C. §§ 1820 et seq.; (c) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1810
et seq.; (d) the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; (e) the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; (f) the Clean Water Act,
33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; (g) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7412 et seq.; and (h) and any
related laws of the State of Arkansas or ordinances or resolutions of any subdivision thereof, as
any such acts, powers and duties may be amended, modified or supplemented and any regulations
promulgated pursuant to any of the foregoing statutes.

     “Escrowed Interest” means amounts (but not including any interest earnings thereon, except as
otherwise provided in the Loan Agreement) deposited in escrow in connection with the issuance of
Long-Term Indebtedness and either held as cash or invested in noncallable Government Obligations to
pay interest on such Long-Term Indebtedness (but shall not include capitalized or borrowed
interest).

     “Equipment” means those items of machinery, equipment or other personal property installed in
the Springdale Property, Lowell, Property, Junction Property or Watts Property and pledged to the
repayment of the Loan pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and any item of machinery, equipment or other
personal property or fixtures acquired and installed in substitution or replacement thereof, less
such machinery, equipment or other personal property or fixtures as may be released from such
pledge pursuant to the Loan Agreement or taken by exercise of the power of eminent domain as
provided in the Loan Agreement, as such items may at any time exist.

     “Event of Default” or “event of default” means those defaults specified in this Indenture or
the Loan Agreement, as appropriate.

     “Facilities” means the plastic waste reclamation and recycling facilities of the Company
refinanced with proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds, located in the City of Springdale, Arkansas, as
more particularly described in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement.

     “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

     “Funds” means the Bond Principal Fund, the Bond Interest Fund, the Reserve Fund, the Costs of
Issuance Fund and the Rebate Fund, and any account created therein, all as established and created
by this Indenture.

     “Governing Body” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     “Government Obligations” means:

     (a) Direct obligations (other than an obligation subject to variation in principal
repayment) of the United States of America;

     (i) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by the United States of America;

     (ii) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by any agency or instrumentality of the United

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States of America when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America;

     (iii) evidences of ownership or proportionate interests in future interest and
principal payments on obligations described above held by a bank or trust company as
custodian, under which the owner of the investment is the real party in interest and
has the right to proceed directly and individually against the obligor and the
underlying government obligations are not available to any person claiming through
the custodian or to whom the custodian may be obligated, provided, however, that
Government Obligations described in this subsection (iii) may only be used in
connection with a defeasance of the Bonds under this Indenture; or

     (iv) securities of or other interests in any open-end or closed-end management
type investment company or investment trust registered under the federal “Investment
Company Act of 1940,” 15 U.S.C. Section 80(a)-1 et seq., if the portfolio of such
investment company or investment trust is limited to United States of America
obligations which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America and to repurchase agreements fully collateralized by such obligations and if
any such investment company or investment trust actually takes delivery of such
collateral, either directly or through an authorized custodian.

     (b) Pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services
and “AAA” by Moody’s Investors Service meeting the following requirements:

     (i) the municipal obligations are (A) not subject to redemption prior to
maturity; or (B) the bond trustee therefor has been given irrevocable instructions
concerning their call and redemption and the issuer of the municipal obligations has
covenanted not to redeem such municipal obligations other than as set forth in such
instructions;

     (ii) the municipal obligations are secured by cash or obligations described in
paragraphs (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above, which may be applied only to
payment of the principal of, interest and premium on such municipal obligations;

     (iii) the principal of and interest on the obligations described in
paragraphs (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above (plus any cash in the escrow) has
been verified by the report of independent certified public accountants to be
sufficient to pay in full all principal of, interest and premium, if any, due and to
become due to the municipal obligations (“Verification”);

     (iv) the cash or obligations described in paragraph (a) above serving as
security for the municipal obligations are held by an escrow agent or trustee in
trust for owners of the municipal obligations;

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     (v) no substitution of an obligation described in paragraph (a) above shall be
permitted except with another obligation described in paragraph (a) above and upon
delivery of a new Verification; and

     (vi) the cash or obligations described in paragraph (a) above are not available
to satisfy any other claims, including those by or against the bond trustee or
escrow agent.

     “Guaranty” means any obligation of the Company guaranteeing in any manner, directly or
indirectly, any obligation of any Person, which obligation of such other Person would, if such
obligation were the obligation of the Company, constitute Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement.
For the purposes of the Loan Agreement, so long as no payments are required to be made under such
Guaranty and so long as such Guaranty constitutes a contingent liability under generally accepted
accounting principles, the aggregate principal amount of any indebtedness in respect of which the
Company shall have executed and delivered its Guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to 20% of the
principal amount borrowed under such guaranteed indebtedness Outstanding at the time any
computation is being made, and the aggregate annual principal and interest payments on any
indebtedness in respect of which the Company shall have executed and delivered its Guaranty shall
be deemed to be equal to 20% of the amount which would be payable as principal of and the interest
on the indebtedness for which a Guaranty shall have been issued during the Fiscal Year for which
any computation is being made, provided that if there shall have occurred a default under the
guaranteed obligation of any direct or indirect payment by the Company on such Guaranty, then,
during the period commencing on the date of such default of payment and ending as the case may be
on the day on which such default is cured or on the day which is two years after such other Person
resumes making all payments on such guaranteed obligation, 100% of such guaranteed indebtedness
shall be taken into account.

     “Hazardous Material” means: (a) any substances defined as “hazardous substances,”
“pollutants,” “contaminants,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” or “hazardous or toxic
substances” or related materials as now or hereafter defined in any Environmental Law; (b) those
substances listed or otherwise identified as substances of the type referred to in the preceding
subsection (a) in the regulations adopted and issued pursuant to any Environmental Law, as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented; (c) any friable asbestos, airborne asbestos in excess of
that generally found in the atmosphere, respectively, where the facilities of the Company are
located, or any substance or material containing asbestos, excluding any such materials located on
the solid waste disposal or manufacturing facilities of the Company prior to the date of the Loan
Agreement so long as such materials are contained, maintained, abated, or removed in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; and (d) any substance the presence of which on the
Facilities is prohibited by any applicable Environmental Law; provided that Hazardous Material
shall not include any such substances used in or resulting from the ordinary operation of a
facility constituting solid waste recycling facilities or for the cleaning of the Facilities;
provided that such substances are stored, handled and disposed of in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws and other applicable laws and regulations.

     “Income Available for Debt Service” means, as to any Fiscal Year or other specified period,
(a) excess of revenues over expenses of the Company before depreciation, amortization and interest
expense on Long-Term Indebtedness, as determined from the Audited Financial

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Statements or as otherwise herein provided, provided that unrealized gains and losses on
investments will not be recognized in the calculation of Income Available for Debt Service, plus
(b) capitalized or funded interest available for and scheduled to be applied to interest
obligations accrued during such period; provided, however, that (i) no determination thereof shall
take into account any gain or loss resulting from either the extinguishment of Indebtedness or the
sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets not made in the ordinary course of business,
and (ii) revenues shall not include earnings from the investment of Escrowed Interest or earnings
constituting Escrowed Interest.

     “Indebtedness” means (a) all obligations of the Company for borrowed money including, but not
limited to, the Loan; (b) all installment sales, conditional sales and capital lease obligations
incurred or assumed by the Company as purchaser; and (c) all Guaranties, whether constituting
Long-Term Indebtedness or Short-Term Indebtedness. Indebtedness shall not include any other
obligation incurred by the Company in the ordinary course of business, any obligation to contribute
to self-insurance, pension or other risk management programs, indemnification obligations incurred
with respect to Commitment Indebtedness, or any fees or expenses payable in connection with the
incurrence of Indebtedness.

     “Indenture” means this Indenture of Trust between the City and the Trustee, including any
indentures supplemental thereto made in conformity therewith, pursuant to which the Bonds are
authorized to be issued and secured.

     “Independent Architect” means an architect, engineer or firm of architects and engineers
selected by the Company with the approval of a majority in principal amount of the Bondholders.

     “Indirect Participant” means a Person utilizing the book-entry system of the Depository by,
directly or indirectly, clearing through or maintaining a custodial relationship with a Direct
Participant.

     “Insurance Consultant” means a firm or Person selected by the Company Representative and
approved by a majority of the Bondholders or Beneficial Owners which is not, and no member,
stockholder, director, trustee, officer or employee of which is, an officer, director, trustee or
employee of the Company and which is qualified to survey risks and to recommend insurance coverage
for solid waste recycling facilities and services and organizations engaged in such operations and
which may provide insurance coverage for the Company.

     “Interest Payment Dates” means June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2008.

     “Junction Deed of Trust” means the Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security
Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of the date hereof, with respect to certain property of
the Company located in Junction, Texas.

     “Junction Property” means the real property described in the Junction Deed of Trust.

     “Letter of Representations” means any Letter of Representations from the City and the Trustee
to the Depository which may be entered into in connection with the issuance of the Bonds in a
book-entry system, as supplemented and amended from time-to-time.

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     “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust or pledge of, security interest in, or encumbrance
on, the assets of the Company or sale of accounts receivable with recourse of, the Company which
secures any Indebtedness.

     “Loan” means the loan by the City to the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds
(exclusive of accrued interest paid by the initial purchasers of any Bonds) pursuant to the Loan
Agreement.

     “Loan Agreement” means the Loan Agreement between the City and the Company, dated as of
February 1, 2008, and any amendments and supplements thereto made in conformity with the
requirements thereof and of this Indenture.

     “Loan Payments” means those payments required to be paid by the Company identified as Loan
Payments pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

     “Long-Term Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, except as otherwise provided in the Loan
Agreement, for any Fiscal Year or other specified period, the ratio determined by dividing the
Income Available for Debt Service by Maximum Annual Debt Service. When calculating the Long-Term
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, (a) capitalized interest shall not be counted as income unless it will
be available and applied in the same year as the Maximum Annual Debt Service will occur; and
(b) payments to be made in respect of principal and interest on any revolving credit or similar
agreement secured solely by a pledge of accounts receivable and inventory shall not be included in
determining Maximum Annual Debt Service.

     “Long-Term Debt Service Requirement” means, for any Fiscal Year or other specified period, the
aggregate of the payments to be made in respect of principal and interest (whether or not
separately stated) on Outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness of the Company during such period, also
taking into account:

     (a) with respect to Balloon Long-Term Indebtedness, (i) the amount of principal which
would be payable in such period if such principal were amortized from the date of incurrence
thereof over a period of 20 years on a level debt service basis at an interest rate equal to
the rate borne by such Indebtedness on the date calculated, except that if the date of
calculation is within 12 months of the actual maturity of such Indebtedness, the full amount
of principal payable at maturity shall be included in such calculation; or (ii) principal
payments or deposits with respect to Indebtedness secured by an irrevocable letter of credit
issued by, or an irrevocable line of credit with a bank having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, or insured by an insurance policy issued by any insurance
company rated at least “A” by Alfred M. Best Company or its successors in Best’s Insurance
Reports or its successor publication, nominally due in the last Fiscal Year in which such
Indebtedness matures may, at the option of the Company Representative, be treated as if such
principal or interest payments or deposits were due as specified in any loan agreement
issued in connection with such letter of credit, line of credit or insurance policy or
pursuant to the repayment provisions of such letter of credit, line of credit or insurance
policy, and interest on such Indebtedness after such Fiscal Year shall be assumed to be
payable pursuant to the terms of such loan agreement or repayment provisions;

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     (b) with respect to Long-Term Indebtedness which is Variable Rate Indebtedness, the
interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated at the rate which is equal to the average
of the actual interest rates which were in effect (weighted according to the length of the
period during which each such interest rate was in effect) for the most recent 12-month
period immediately preceding the date of calculation for which such information is available
(or such shorter period, but not less than six months, if such information is not available
for a 12-month period), except that with respect to new Variable Rate Indebtedness, and
Variable Rate Indebtedness issued within the last six months, the interest rate for such
Indebtedness for the initial interest rate period shall be such interest rate as determined
in writing delivered to the Trustee by a banking, investment banking or financial advisory
firm, which shall be knowledgeable in matters relating to finance for solid waste recycling
facilities; and

     (c) with respect to any Commitment Indebtedness providing for payment of other
Long-Term Indebtedness, to the extent that amounts are not then due and owing for advances
made by the creditor with respect thereto, the principal and interest relating to such
Commitment Indebtedness shall not be included in any computations with respect to Income
Available for Debt Service or the Long-Term Debt Service Requirement; provided, however,
that interest shall be excluded from the determination of Long-Term Debt Service Requirement
to the extent that Escrowed Interest is available to pay such interest (but the amount
excluded shall not take into account interest earnings on such Escrowed Interest unless
there shall have been delivered to the Trustee a report of an independent firm of nationally
recognized certified public accountants verifying that such amount of interest can be timely
paid from such escrow).

     “Long-Term Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness having a maturity longer than one year
incurred or assumed by the Company, including:

     (a) money borrowed for an original term, or renewable at the option of the borrower for
a period from the date originally incurred, longer than one year;

     (b) leases which are required to be capitalized in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles having an original term, or renewable at the option of the lessee for
a period from the date originally incurred, longer than one year;

     (c) installment sale or conditional sale contracts incurred or assumed by the Company
as purchaser having an original term in excess of one year;

     (d) Short-Term Indebtedness if a commitment by a financial lender exists to provide
financing to retire such Short-Term Indebtedness and such commitment provides for the
repayment of principal on terms which would, if such commitment were implemented, constitute
Long-Term Indebtedness; and

     (e) the current portion of Long-Term Indebtedness.

     “Lowell Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and
Financing Statement, dated as of the date hereof, with respect to certain property of the Company
located in Lowell, Arkansas.

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     “Lowell Property” means the real property described in the Lowell Mortgage.

     “Maximum Annual Debt Service” means the highest Long-Term Debt Service Requirement for any
current or succeeding Fiscal Year or other specified period.

     “Monthly Payments” means monthly payments to be made by the Company pursuant to the Loan
Agreement in an amount as follows:

     (a) for the period from June 15, 2008 through December 14, 2008, inclusive, equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing the interest due and payable on the Bonds on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date by six, plus any deposits to the Reserve Fund required
pursuant to the Loan Agreement;

     (b) for the period from December 15, 2008 and thereafter, equal to (a) the sum of
(i) the quotient obtained by dividing the amount of principal and redemption premium, if
any, of the Bonds due and payable on the next succeeding payment date for principal (whether
at their stated maturities, date called for optional redemption or by mandatory sinking fund
redemption) by 12, and (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing the interest due and payable
on the Bonds on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date by six; and (b) any deposits to
the Reserve Fund required pursuant to the Loan Agreement.

     “Net Book Value” when used in connection with Property, Plant and Equipment or other property
means the value of such property, net of accumulated depreciation or amortization, if applicable
and as the case may be, as it is carried on the books of the Company in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.

     “Net Proceeds” means the gross proceeds of any insurance or condemnation awards or the gross
proceeds received pursuant to any title insurance policy with respect to any Property, Plant and
Equipment pledged to the payment of the Loan pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Springdale
Mortgage or the Watts Mortgage, less such fees and expenses incurred in collecting the same.

     “Nonrecourse Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase by the
Company of tangible property secured solely by a Lien on such property, the liability for which is
limited to the property subject to such Lien with no recourse, directly or indirectly, to any other
assets of the Company.

     “Notice Beneficial Owners” means those Beneficial Owners who have given their addresses and
facsimile numbers to the Company.

     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Company Representative. Each
Officer’s Certificate presented pursuant to the Loan Agreement shall state that it is being
delivered pursuant to (and shall identify the section or subsection of), and shall incorporate by
reference and use in all appropriate instances all terms defined in, the Loan Agreement.

     “Operating Expenses” shall mean all expenditures required in the operation and maintenance of
the Facilities including those that result in both current period expenses as well

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as current assets or current liabilities under generally accepted accounting principles, and
including, the following items, without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing:

     (a) expenditures for operation (including all utilities and fees payable under
management and/or operating agreements), maintenance, repair, alterations, insurance and
inspection;

     (b) salaries and expenditures for professional, managerial, supervisory,
administrative, engineering, architectural, legal, financial, auditing and consulting
services, including the reasonable annual compensation and expenses of the officers and
directors of the Company allocable to the Facilities and including the fees of and other
amounts payable to the Trustee and the City;

     (c) all taxes or contributions or payments in lieu thereof, assessments and charges,
including, without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, income, profits,
sales, use, property, franchise, and excise taxes;

     (d) obligations under contracts for supplies, services and pensions and other employee
benefits;

     (e) purchases of merchandise and other inventory items; and

     (f) rentals payable under leases not intended by the Company to evidence the
acquisition of capital assets, as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; provided, however, that rentals payable under leases which, under
generally accepted accounting principles would be treated as evidencing the acquisition of a
capital asset shall be includable within Operating Expenses, if so designated by the
Company; provided, however, the term “Operating Expenses” shall not be construed to include
(i) depreciation, (ii) amortization, and (iii) the annual Long-Term Debt Service
Requirement.

     “Opinion of Bond Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by an attorney or firm of
attorneys acceptable to the Trustee and experienced in the field of municipal bonds whose opinions
are generally accepted by purchasers of municipal bonds.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by an attorney or firm of attorneys,
acceptable to the Trustee, who may be counsel for the Company or other counsel acceptable to the
Trustee.

     “Outstanding” means, as of any particular time, all Bonds which have been duly authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

     (a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation after purchase in the open market or because of payment at or redemption prior
to maturity;

     (b) Bonds for the payment or redemption of which cash funds (or securities to the
extent described in this Indenture) shall have been theretofore deposited with the

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Trustee (whether upon or prior to the maturity or redemption date of any such Bonds);
provided that, if such Bonds are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of
such redemption shall have been given or arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made therefor, or waiver of such notice satisfactory in form to the Trustee shall have
been filed with the Trustee; and

     (c) Bonds in lieu of which other Bonds have been authenticated under this Indenture.

     Bonds which do not pay interest currently in accordance with their terms shall be deemed to be
Outstanding in an amount equal to their accreted value at the applicable time.

     “Parity Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company secured on a parity basis with the
Bonds, except to the extent provided in Section 8.13 of the Loan Agreement.

     “Patent and Trademark Security Agreement” means the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, from the Company for the benefit of the Trustee.

     “Permitted Investments” means any of the following which at the time are legal investments
under the laws of the State of Arkansas for moneys held under this Indenture and then proposed to
be invested therein:

     (a) Government Obligations;

     (b) negotiable certificates of deposit issued by, or banker’s acceptances drawn on and
accepted by, any bank, including the Trustee, the certificate of deposit or debt obligations
of which (or if such bank, is the principal bank in a bank holding company, debt obligations
of the bank holding company) are rated, at the time such certificates or acceptances are
issued, in one of the two highest Rating Categories;

     (c) repurchase agreements with any U.S. commercial bank, or with any United States
Government securities dealer, provided that such repurchase agreements are fully secured by
Government Obligations, and provided further that (i) such collateral is held by the Trustee
or any agent acting solely for the Trustee during the term of such repurchase agreement;
(ii) such collateral is not subject to liens or claims of third parties and the Trustee has
a perfected first security interest in the collateral; (iii) such collateral has a market
value (determined at least once every 14 days) at least equal to 102% of the amount invested
in the repurchase agreement; and (iv) the failure to maintain such collateral at the level
required in (iii) above will require the Trustee to liquidate the collateral;

     (d) certificates of deposit issued by any bank, savings institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, and time deposits in any bank, savings institution or trust company,
including the Trustee, as to which principal is fully insured by a federally sponsored
deposit insurance program; and

     (e) money market funds which are rated in the highest Rating Category and are fully
collateralized by Government Obligations.

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     “Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.10(b) of the Loan
Agreement.

     “Person” means an individual, association, unincorporated organization, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, business trust or a government or an agency or a political subdivision
thereof, or any other entity.

     “Pledged Revenues” means the rights to receive all the receipts, revenues, cash and income of
the Company from whatever source derived, whether in the form of accounts receivable, contract
rights, chattel paper, general intangibles, profits and income, or other rights, and the proceeds
of such rights, whether now owned or held or hereafter coming into existence.

     “Prior Bonds” means The City of Springdale, Arkansas Industrial Development Refunding Revenue
Bonds (Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. Project) Series 2003.

     “Project” means the acquisition, construction and equipping of the Facilities.

     “Property, Plant and Equipment” means real and personal, tangible and intangible property
owned by the Company which is property, plant and equipment under generally accepted accounting
principles.

     “Rating Agency” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and their respective successors and assigns.

     “Rating Category” or “Categories” means the rating category or categories respectively of each
Rating Agency.

     “Rebate Analyst” means an attorney or firm of attorneys or accountant or firm of accountants
or other Person hired by the Company to assist the Company in compliance with the arbitrage rebate
requirements of Section 4.06 of the Loan Agreement.

     “Rebate Fund” means the Rebate Fund created in this Indenture.

     “Registered Owner” means the Registered Owner of any Bonds, as shown on the registration books
of the Trustee.

     “Regular Record Date” means the close of business on the first day of the calendar month
immediately preceding to a regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date for the Bonds.

     “Reserve Fund” means the Reserve Fund created pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Reserve Fund Credit Enhancement” means any letter of credit credited to the Reserve Fund or
any account therein as provided in the Loan Agreement in lieu of cash or Permitted Investments on
deposit in the Reserve Fund.

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     “Reserve Requirement” means the least of (1) 10% of the original principal amount of the
Bonds, (2) 125% of the average annual debt service payment on the Bonds, or (3) 100% of the maximum
annual debt service payable on the Bonds.

     “Short-Term Indebtedness” means Indebtedness with a term of less than one year.

     “Significant Bondholder” shall mean any one Beneficial Owner of greater than 50% of the
Beneficial Ownership Interest in Bonds then Outstanding, and if no one Beneficial Owner owns
greater than 50% of the Beneficial Ownership Interest in Bonds then Outstanding, then the
provisions relating to the Significant Bondholder shall not apply

     “Special Record Date” means a special record date fixed to determine the names and addresses
of Registered Owners for purposes of paying interest on a special Interest Payment Date for the
payment of defaulted interest, all as further provided in this Indenture.

     “Springdale Mortgage” means the Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement
and Financing Statement, dated as of the date hereof, with respect to certain property of the
Company located in Springdale, Arkansas.

     “Springdale Property” means the real property described in the Springdale Mortgage.

     “Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness the payment of which is specifically subordinated
to the payment of principal and interest on the Bonds and evidenced by a writing which contains
provisions substantially as provided in the Loan Agreement and for which the Company has received
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Indebtedness constitutes Subordinated Debt.

     “Tax Certificate” means the Tax Certificate as to Arbitrage and the Provisions of Section 103
and 141-150 of the Internal Revenue Code, executed by the City and the Company relating to the
tax-exempt status of the Bonds and including any amendments or supplements thereto.

     “Transfer” means any act or occurrence the result of which is to dispossess any Person of any
asset or interest therein, including specifically, but without limitation, the forgiveness of any
debt, but shall not include leases and operating contracts governed by the Loan Agreement.

     “Trust Estate” means the property pledged, assigned and mortgaged to the Trustee pursuant to
the granting clauses of this Indenture.

     “Trustee” means Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., as trustee, and its successors and assigns.

     “Underwriter” means Gates Capital Corporation., and its successors and assigns; provided that
any purchaser of a Bond from the Underwriter shall not be considered as successor or assign
thereof.

     “Variable Rate Indebtedness” means any portion of Indebtedness the interest rate on which has
not been established at a fixed or constant rate to maturity.

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     “Watts Mortgage” means the Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security
Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of the date hereof with respect to certain property
leased by the Company in Watts, Arkansas.

     “Watts Property” means the real property described in the Watts Mortgage.

     “Weyerhaeuser Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and Weyerhaeuser Company
dated February 5, 2007, as amended from time to time.

     “Weyerhaeuser Assignment Agreement” means the Weyerhaeuser Assignment Agreement, dated as
December 19, 2007, from the Company for the benefit of the Trustee.

     “2003 Promissory Note” means that certain Promissory Note, dated as of October 9, 2003, made
by the Company to Allstate Insurance Company, in the original principal amount of $2,600,000.

     Section 1.02. Indenture to Constitute Contract. In consideration of the purchase and
acceptance of any or all of the Bonds by those who shall own the same from time-to-time, the
provisions of this Indenture shall be part of the contract of the City with the owners of the
Bonds, and shall be deemed to be and shall constitute contracts among the City, the Trustee and the
owners from time-to-time of the Bonds. The pledge made in this Indenture and the provisions,
covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed by or on behalf of the City shall be for
the equal benefit, protection and security of the owners of any and all of the Bonds except as
specifically provided herein. All of the Bonds, regardless of the time or times of their issuance
or maturity, shall be of equal rank without preference, priority or distinction of any of the Bonds
over any other thereof, except as expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

ARTICLE II

AUTHORIZATION, TERMS,

     Section 2.01. Authorized Amount of Bonds. No Bonds may be issued under this Indenture except
in accordance with this Article. The total principal amount of Bonds that may be issued hereunder
is hereby expressly limited to, and the amount hereby authorized to be issued shall be,
$10,610,000.

     Section 2.02. All Bonds Equally and Ratably Secured by Trust Estate Except as Expressly
Provided Herein; Limited Obligation of Bonds and Pledges Securing the Same. All Bonds issued under
this Indenture and at any time Outstanding shall in all respects be equally and ratably secured
hereby, without preference, priority or distinction as to date or dates or the actual time or times
of the issue or maturity of the Bonds, so that all Bonds at any time issued and Outstanding
hereunder shall have the same right, lien and preference under and by virtue of this Indenture, and
shall all be equally and ratably secured hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
The Bonds shall be limited obligations of the City payable solely out of the security specified in
this Indenture. The Bonds shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt or a liability of
or a charge against the general credit or taxing power of the State of Arkansas, or of any county,
city, town, school district or other subdivision of the State of Arkansas, or of any other
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Arkansas other than the City (but only to the extent provided in this Indenture) and neither
the State of Arkansas, nor any county, city, town, school district or other subdivision of the
State of Arkansas, except the City to the extent provided above, shall be liable thereon; nor shall
the Bonds constitute the giving, pledging or loaning of the faith and credit of the State of
Arkansas, or any county, city, town, school district or other subdivision of the State of Arkansas
or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic within the State of Arkansas
but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor. The issuance of the Bonds
shall not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the State of Arkansas or any
subdivision of the State of Arkansas nor empower the City to levy or collect any form of taxes or
assessments therefor or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or assessments or make any
appropriation for their payment, and such appropriation or levy is prohibited. Nothing in the Act
shall be construed to authorize the City to create a debt of the State of Arkansas within the
meaning of the Constitution or statutes of the State of Arkansas or authorize the City to levy or
collect taxes or assessments. Neither the members of the City nor any person executing the Bonds
shall be liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability
by reason of the issuance thereof. The State of Arkansas shall not in any event be liable for the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds or for the performance of
any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever undertaken by the City. No
breach of any such pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement shall impose any pecuniary liability
upon the State of Arkansas or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

     Section 2.03. Authorization of Bonds. There is hereby authorized to be issued hereunder and
secured hereby an issue of bonds, designated as the “City of Springdale, Arkansas Industrial
Development Refunding Revenue Bonds (Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc Project)
Series 2008.” They shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds in the minimum denomination
of $100,000 plus integral multiples of $5,000 in excess thereof. The Bonds shall be separately
lettered “R” and shall be numbered separately from 1 upward.

     The Bonds shall be dated as of their date of original issuance, and shall bear interest from
such date to maturity at the rate of 8.00% per annum, on the basis of a 360-day year composed of
twelve 30-day months, payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, with the first
interest payment to be made on June 15, 2008, except that Bonds which are reissued upon transfer,
exchange or other replacement shall bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid, or if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance
of the Bonds.

     The Bonds shall be originally issued in Book-Entry Form, and shall be registered in the name
of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company. While the Bonds are held in Book-Entry
Form, (a) such Bonds shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, as
Bondholder, and immobilized in the custody of the Depository; (b) unless otherwise requested by the
Depository, there shall be a single Bond certificate for each Bond maturity; and (c) such Bonds
shall not be transferable or exchangeable, except for transfer to another Depository or another
nominee of a Depository, without further action by the City. While the Bonds are in Book-Entry
Form, Bonds in the form of physical certificates shall only be delivered to the Depository.

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     So long as a book-entry system is in effect for the Bonds, the City and Trustee shall
recognize and treat the Depository, or its nominee, as the holder of the Bonds for all purposes,
including payment of debt service, giving of notices, and enforcement of remedies. The crediting
of payments of debt service on the Bonds and the transmittal of notices and other communications by
the Depository to the Direct Participant in whose Depository account the Bonds are recorded and
such crediting and transmittal by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants or Beneficial Owners
and by Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners are the respective responsibilities of the
Depository and the Direct Participants and the Indirect Participants and are not the responsibility
of the City or the Trustee; provided, however, that the City and the Trustee understand that
neither the Depository nor its nominee shall provide any consent requested of the Registered Owners
of Bonds pursuant to this Indenture, and that the Depository will mail an omnibus proxy (including
a list identifying the Direct Participants) to the City which assigns the Depository’s, or its
nominee’s, voting rights to the Direct Participants to whose account at the Depository the Bonds
are credited (as of the record date for mailing of requests for such consents). Upon receipt of
such omnibus proxy, the City shall promptly provide such omnibus proxy (including the list
identifying the Direct Participants attached thereto) to the Trustee, who shall then treat such
owners as Registered Owners of the Bonds for purposes of obtaining any consents pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture.

     As long as the Bonds are registered in the name of a Depository, or its nominee, the Trustee
agrees to comply with the terms and provisions of the Letter of Representations including the
provisions of the Letter of Representations with respect to any delivery of the Bonds to the
Trustee shall supersede the provisions of this Indenture with respect thereto.

     If any Depository determines not to continue to act as a Depository for the Bonds held in a
book-entry system, the City may attempt to have established a securities depository/book-entry
system relationship with another Depository under this Indenture. If the City does not or is
unable to do so, the City and the Trustee, after the Trustee has made provision for notification of
the Beneficial Owners by appropriate notice to the then Depository, shall permit withdrawal of the
Bonds from the Depository and shall authenticate and deliver Bonds certificates in fully registered
form to the assignees of the Depository or its nominee or to the Beneficial Owners. A majority of
the Beneficial Owners also may request that the Bonds be withdrawn from the Depository and that the
Trustee authenticate and deliver Bonds certificates in fully registered form to the Beneficial
Owners. Such withdrawal, authentication and delivery shall be at the cost and expense (including
costs of printing or otherwise preparing and delivering such replacement Bonds) of the Company.
Such replacement Bonds shall be in the denominations specified in the first paragraph of this
Section 2.03.

     NEITHER THE CITY, THE COMPANY NOR THE TRUSTEE WILL HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR OBLIGATION TO
ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT, INDIRECT PARTICIPANT OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER OR ANY OTHER PERSON NOT SHOWN
ON THE REGISTRATION BOOKS OF THE TRUSTEE AS BEING A HOLDER WITH RESPECT TO: (A) THE SERIES 2008
BONDS; (B) THE ACCURACY OF ANY RECORDS MAINTAINED BY DTC OR ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT
PARTICIPANT; (C) THE TIMELY OR ULTIMATE PAYMENT BY DTC OR ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT
PARTICIPANT OF ANY AMOUNT DUE TO ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER IN RESPECT OF THE PRINCIPAL OR REDEMPTION
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BONDS; (D) THE DELIVERY BY ANY DIRECT PARTICIPANT OR INDIRECT PARTICIPANT OF ANY NOTICE TO ANY
BENEFICIAL OWNER WHICH IS REQUIRED OR PERMITTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS INDENTURE TO BE GIVEN TO
REGISTERED OWNERS; (E) THE SELECTION OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT IN THE EVENT OF
ANY PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS; OR (F) ANY CONSENT GIVEN OR OTHER ACTION TAKEN BY DTC AS
HOLDER.

     The Bonds shall mature on December 15, 2023.

     Proceeds of the Bonds shall be applied as provided in the Indenture and the Loan Agreement.

     The principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be payable at the designated
corporate trust office of the Trustee currently located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, or at the
principal office of its successor in trust upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds. Payment
of interest on any Bond shall be made to the Registered Owner thereof by check or draft mailed on
the Interest Payment Date by the Trustee to the Registered Owner at his address as it last appears
on the registration books kept by the Trustee at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such Interest Payment Date, but any such interest not so timely paid or duly provided for shall
cease to be payable to the Registered Owner thereof at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date and shall be payable to the Registered Owner thereof at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of any such defaulted interest. Such Special Record Date shall be
fixed by the Trustee whenever monies become available for payment of the defaulted interest, and
notice of such Special Record Date shall be given to the Registered Owners of the Bonds not less
than 10 days prior thereto by first-class mail to each such Registered Owner as shown on the
Trustee’s registration books on the date selected by the Trustee, stating the date of the Special
Record Date and the date fixed for the payment of such defaulted interest. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at the written request addressed to the Trustee by any Bondholder of at least $1,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, payments of principal at maturity or upon redemption
and payments of interest may be paid by wire transfer within the United States to the bank account
number filed no later than the Regular Record Date with the Trustee for such purpose. All payments
on the Bonds shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America upon collection of
immediately available funds.

     The Bonds are subject to prior redemption as herein set forth. The Bonds shall be
substantially in the form and tenor hereinabove recited with such appropriate variations, omissions
and insertions as are permitted or required by this Indenture.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, when any Bond is registered in the name of a
Depository or its nominee, the principal and redemption price of and interest on such Bond shall be
payable in same day or federal funds delivered or transmitted to the Depository or its nominee.

     Section 2.04. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of
the City, by the manual or facsimile signature of a Commissioner of the City, and its corporate
seal or a facsimile thereof shall be thereunto affixed, imprinted, engraved or otherwise

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reproduced thereon and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk. Any
Bond may be signed (manually or by facsimile), sealed or attested on behalf of the City by any
person who, at the date of such act, shall hold the proper office, notwithstanding that at the date
of authentication, issuance or delivery, such person may have ceased to hold such office.

     Section 2.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds, Persons Treated as Owner. The
City shall cause books for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds as provided in this
Indenture to be kept by the Trustee which is hereby appointed the transfer agent of the City for
the Bonds. Notwithstanding such appointment, the Trustee is hereby authorized to make any
arrangements with other institutions that it deems necessary or desirable in order that such
institutions may perform the duties of transfer agent for the Bonds. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03 hereof, upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the designated corporate trust
office of the Trustee, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by
the Registered Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the City shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new fully
registered Bond or Bonds for a like aggregate principal amount of the same maturity.

     Bonds may be exchanged at the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee for a like
aggregate principal amount of fully registered Bonds of the same maturity in authorized
denominations, which shall be no less than $100,000. The City shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Bonds which the Bondholder making the exchange is entitled to receive,
bearing numbers not contemporaneously Outstanding. The execution by the City of any fully
registered Bond of any denomination shall constitute full and due authorization of such
denomination and the Trustee shall thereby be authorized to authenticate and deliver such fully
registered Bond.

     The Trustee shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Bond during the period from the
Regular Record Date next preceding the mailing of notice of redemption as herein provided. After
the giving of such notice of redemption, the Trustee shall not be required to transfer or exchange
any Bond, which Bond or portion thereof has been called for redemption.

     Payment of either principal or interest on any fully registered Bond shall be made only to or
upon the written order of the Registered Owner thereof or his legal representative, on the payment
date for the principal and on the Regular Record Date or the Special Record Date for the payment of
interest but such registration may be changed as hereinabove provided. All such payments shall be
valid and effectual to satisfy, and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum
or sums paid. As to any Bond, for all other purposes and on any other date, the Registered Owner
shall be regarded as the absolute owner hereof.

     The Trustee shall require the payment by any Bondholder requesting exchange or transfer of any
tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer.
The Company shall, under the Loan Agreement, be liable to pay all expenses and charges of the City
and of the Trustee in connection with such exchange or transfer.

     Section 2.06. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Bonds. Upon receipt by the City and the
Trustee of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any Bond and, in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Bond, of

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indemnity satisfactory to them. and upon surrender and cancellation of the Bond, if mutilated,
(a) the City shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of the same
maturity, series and denomination in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Bond; or
(b) if such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Bond shall have matured or have been called for
redemption, in lieu of executing and delivering a new Bond as aforesaid, the City may pay such
Bond. Any such new Bond shall bear a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. The applicant for
any such new Bond may be required to pay all expenses and charges of the City and of the Trustee in
connection with the issuance of such Bond. All Bonds shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing conditions are exclusive with respect
to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds.

     Section 2.07. Delivery of Bonds. Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the City
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate the Bonds and deliver
them to the initial purchasers thereof as directed by the City and as hereinafter in this Section
provided.

     Prior to the delivery by the Trustee of any of the Bonds, there shall have been filed with or
delivered to the Trustee the following:

     (a) an ordinance duly adopted by the City, certified by the City Clerk or other City
Officer thereof, authorizing the refinancing of the Cost of the Project, the execution and
delivery of the Loan Agreement and this Indenture and the issuance of the Bonds;

          (b) a duly executed copy of this Indenture;

          (c) a duly executed copy of the Loan Agreement; and

          (d) the written order of the City as to the delivery of the Bonds signed by a City
Officer.

     Section 2.08. Trustee’s Authentication Certificate. The Trustee’s authentication certificate
upon the Bonds shall be substantially in the form and tenor hereinbefore provided. No Bond shall
be secured hereby or entitled to the benefit hereof, or shall be valid or obligatory for any
purpose, unless the certificate of authentication, substantially in such form, has been duly
executed by the Trustee; and such certificate of the Trustee upon any Bond shall be conclusive
evidence and the only competent evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and delivered
hereunder. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be deemed to have been duly executed
by it if manually signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, but it shall not be necessary
that the same person sign the signed certificate of authentication on all of the Bonds issued
hereunder.

     Section 2.09. Cancellation and Destruction of Bonds by the Trustee. Whenever any Outstanding
Bonds shall be delivered to the Trustee for the cancellation thereof pursuant to this Indenture,
upon payment of the principal amount or interest represented thereby, or for replacement pursuant
to Section 2.06 hereof such Bonds shall be promptly canceled and destroyed by the Trustee and
counterparts of a certificate of destruction evidencing such destruction shall be furnished by the
Trustee to the City and the Company.

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     Section 2.10. Temporary Bonds. Pending the preparation of definitive Bonds, the City may
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Bonds. Temporary Bonds shall be
issuable as fully registered Bonds without coupons, of any denomination, and substantially in the
form of the definitive Bonds but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Bonds, all as may be determined by the City. Every temporary Bond shall
be executed by the City and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in
substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Bonds. As promptly as
practicable the City shall execute and shall furnish definitive Bonds and thereupon temporary Bonds
may be surrendered in exchange therefor at the designated office of the Trustee and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Bonds a like aggregate principal
amount of definitive Bonds. Until so exchanged the temporary Bonds shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Bonds.

     Section 2.11. Transfer Restrictions. Upon a transfer of a Beneficial Ownership Interest in a
Series 2008 Bond (other than a transfer by the Underwriter pursuant to the initial sale of the
Series 2008 Bonds), each purchaser of such Beneficial Ownership Interest shall be deemed to have
certified to the Trustee and acknowledged, represented and agreed with the Company and the
Underwriter that such purchaser is acquiring the Series 2008 Bond for its own account, and that it
is (a) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (b) an institutional “accredited investor,” as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ARTICLE III

REVENUES AND FUNDS

     Section 3.01. Pledge of Trust Estate. Subject only to the rights of the City to apply
amounts under the provisions of this Article III, a pledge of the Trust Estate to the extent
provided herein is hereby made, and the same is pledged to secure the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. The City hereby covenants that it has not, as of the
date hereof, granted and shall not grant any pledge on the Trust Estate which is prior to the
pledge in favor of the Bonds. The pledge hereby made shall be valid and binding from and after the
time of the delivery by the Trustee of the first Bond authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. The security so pledged and then or thereafter received by the City shall immediately
be subject to the Lien of such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions
hereby made shall have priority over any or all other obligations and liabilities of the City, and
the Lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind
in tort, contract or otherwise against the City irrespective of whether such parties have notice
thereof.

     Section 3.02. Establishment of Funds and Accounts. The City hereby establishes and creates
the following Funds for the Bonds and may create accounts within such Funds, all of which shall be
special trust funds and accounts held by the Trustee:

          (a) Bond Principal Fund;

          (b) Bond Interest Fund;

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          (c) Reserve Fund;

          (d) Cost of Issuance Fund; and

          (e) Rebate Fund.

     Section 3.03. Payments Into the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund. There shall
be deposited into the Bond Interest Fund all accrued interest, if any. In addition, there shall be
deposited into the Bond Principal Fund or the Bond Interest Fund, as appropriate, and as and when
received (a) all required Monthly Payments pursuant to the Loan Agreement; (b) all moneys
transferred to the Bond Interest Fund and the Bond Principal Fund from the Reserve Fund pursuant to
this Indenture; (c) all other moneys required or permitted to be deposited into the Bond Principal
Fund or Bond Interest Fund pursuant to the Loan Agreement or this Indenture, including any
supplements to the Indenture; and (d) all other moneys received by the Trustee when accompanied by
directions not inconsistent with the Loan Agreement or the Indenture that such moneys are to be
paid into the Bond Principal Fund or Bond Interest Fund. There shall also be retained in the Bond
Principal Fund and Bond Interest Fund, interest and other income received on investment of moneys
in the Bond Principal Fund and Bond Interest Fund to the extent provided in Section 6.03 hereof.

     Section 3.04. Use of Monies in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund. Except as
provided in this Section and in Section 3.11, 3.16, 6.03 and 8.05 hereof, monies in the Bond
Principal Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on the
Bonds, and monies in the Bond Interest Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the interest on
the Bonds. Whenever the total amount in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund is
sufficient to redeem all of the Bonds Outstanding and to pay interest to accrue thereon prior to
such redemption, and premium, if any, the City, subject to the requirements of the Loan Agreement,
covenants to take and cause to be taken the necessary steps to redeem all of the Bonds on the
redemption date for which the required redemption notice has been given.

     Section 3.05. Custody of the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund. The Bond
Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund shall be in the custody of the Trustee but in the name of
the City, and the City authorizes and directs the Trustee to withdraw sufficient funds from the
Bond Principal Fund to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds as the same become
due and payable, and to withdraw sufficient funds from the Bond Interest Fund to pay the interest
on the Bonds as the same becomes due and payable or to make transfers to the Rebate Fund pursuant
to Section 3.16 hereof.

     Section 3.06. Payments Into the Reserve Fund. There shall be deposited into the Reserve Fund
an amount of $1,061,000 of funds on deposit in the reserve fund for the Prior Bonds. There shall
also be deposited into the Reserve Fund (a) all moneys required to be deposited therein pursuant to
the Loan Agreement or the Indenture; and (b) all other moneys received by the Trustee when
accompanied by directions not inconsistent with the Loan Agreement or this Indenture that such
moneys are to be paid into such Fund.

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     Income from investment of the Reserve Fund shall be retained in the Reserve Fund to the extent
described in Section 6.03 hereof. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding,
moneys on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be invested so as not to be in violation of the yield
restrictions set forth in the Tax Certificate. Permitted Investments relating to moneys in the
Reserve Fund shall be valued by the Trustee in the manner contemplated in the Indenture. If any
such valuation reveals that the value of such Permitted Investments is less than the Reserve
Requirement with respect to the Bonds then Outstanding, the Trustee shall immediately notify the
Company and the City of the amount of the difference between the amount derived by such valuation
and the Reserve Requirement, which difference shall be deposited by the Company in the Reserve Fund
by making the deposits required by the Loan Agreement.

     Section 3.07. Use of Moneys in the Reserve Fund. Except as required with respect to
Section 3.16 hereof, moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds in the event moneys in the Bond Principal
Fund and Bond Interest Fund are insufficient to make such payments when due, whether on an Interest
Payment Date, redemption date, sinking fund redemption date, maturity date or otherwise.

          (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, any moneys in the Reserve
Fund shall be transferred by the Trustee, but only upon the direction of a Significant
Bondholder to the Bond Interest Fund, and with respect to any moneys in excess of the amount
required to be transferred to the Bond Interest Fund, to the Bond Principal Fund and applied
in accordance with this Indenture, provided, however, that the amounts on deposit in the
Reserve Fund shall be used to pay only the respective series of Bonds for which the City has
determined that a deposit to the Reserve Fund shall be made in accordance with this
Indenture.

          (b) Any moneys in the Reserve Fund may be used to pay the principal of and interest on
such Bonds on the final maturity date.

          (c) In the event of the redemption of the Bonds in whole, any moneys in the Reserve
Fund shall be transferred to the Bond Principal Fund and applied to the payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, on such Bonds.

     Section 3.08. Custody of the Reserve Fund. The Reserve Fund shall be in the custody of the
Trustee but for the benefit of the Bondholders and the City hereby authorizes and directs the
Trustee to withdraw sufficient funds from the Reserve Fund to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Bonds and for the purpose described in Section 3.16 hereof, which
authorization and direction the Trustee hereby accepts.

     Section 3.09. [Intentionally Omitted]. .

     Section 3.10. [Intentionally Omitted].

     Section 3.11. Nonpresentment of Bonds. In the event any Bonds shall not be presented for
payment when the principal thereof becomes due, either at maturity, the date fixed for redemption
thereof, or otherwise, if collected funds sufficient for the payment thereof shall have

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been deposited in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund or otherwise made
available to the Trustee for deposit therein, all liability of the City to the owner or owners
thereof for the payment of such Bonds shall forthwith cease, terminate and be completely
discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee to hold such fund or funds in a
separate trust account for the benefit of the owner or owners of such Bonds, who shall thereafter
be restricted exclusively to such fund or funds for any claim of whatever nature on his, her or
their part under this Indenture with respect to said Bond or on, or with respect to, said Bond.
The Trustee shall be under no obligation to, and shall not be required to, invest such funds
pending payment of the Bonds. If any Bond shall not be presented for payment within the period of
five years following the date when such Bond becomes due, whether by maturity or otherwise, the
Trustee shall return to the Company the funds theretofore held by it for payment of such Bond, and
such Bond shall, subject to the defense of any applicable statute of limitation, thereafter be an
unsecured obligation of the Company.

     Section 3.12. Monies to Be Held in Trust. All monies required to be deposited with or paid
to the Trustee under any provision of this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the
purposes specified in this Indenture and, except for monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee
for the redemption of Bonds for which the notice of redemption has been duly given, shall, while
held by the Trustee, constitute part of the Trust Estate (other than the Rebate Fund) and be
subject to the lien hereof and not subject to attachment or any other lien by any other creditor in
the event of bankruptcy nor available for general operations of the Company in the event of
bankruptcy.

     Section 3.13. Repayment From the Funds. Any amounts remaining in the Funds after payment in
full of the Bonds (or making provision for such payment in accordance with Article VII), the fees
and expenses of the Trustee, and all other amounts required to be paid hereunder and under the Loan
Agreement to the City and all other amounts required to be paid hereunder and under the Loan
Agreement shall, upon the expiration of the term of the Loan Agreement, be paid as the Company
Representative shall direct in writing delivered to the Trustee.

     Section 3.14. Creation of Additional Accounts and Subaccounts; Transfers of Monies Among
Funds. The Trustee shall, at the written request of the Company Representative and the City,
establish such additional accounts within any of the Funds established under this Indenture, and
subaccounts within any of the accounts established under this Indenture, as shall be specified in
such written request, for the purpose of identifying more precisely the sources of payments into
and disbursements from such Funds, accounts and subaccounts; but the establishment of any such
additional accounts or subaccounts shall not alter or modify any of the requirements of this
Indenture with respect to the deposit or use of the monies in any Fund established hereunder.

     Section 3.15. Rebate Fund. There is hereby created and established with the Trustee for the
benefit of the United States of America a Rebate Fund in the name of the City which shall be
expended in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Tax Certificate. The Company shall be
responsible for making all such deposits to the Rebate Fund as required in the Tax Certificates and
Section 5.01(g) of the Loan Agreement. The Trustee shall invest the Rebate Fund at the written
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Company Representative and shall deposit income from said investments immediately upon receipt
thereof in the Rebate Fund. For purposes of determining rebate calculations that may be required
with respect thereto pursuant to the Tax Certificate, the Company shall employ, at its own expense,
a Rebate Analyst. The Tax Certificate may be superseded or amended by a certificate of the
Company, accompanied by an Opinion of Bond Counsel addressed to the Company and the Trustee to the
effect that the use of said Company certificate will not adversely affect the exclusion of interest
on the Bonds from gross income of the recipients thereof for purposes of federal income taxation.

     Section 3.16. Rebate Deposits. The Trustee shall make the rebate deposit described in the
Tax Certificate based upon the written instructions of the Company Representative. If a withdrawal
from the Rebate Fund is permitted as a result of such computation because no rebate payments are
required to be made, the amount withdrawn shall be deposited in the Bond Principal Fund in
accordance with written instructions furnished to the Trustee. Record of the determinations
required by this Section must be retained by the Company Representative and the Trustee until six
years after the final retirement of the Bonds.

     If the monies on deposit in the Rebate Fund are insufficient for the purposes thereof, the
Trustee shall transfer monies to the Rebate Fund from the following Funds in the following order of
priority: the Reserve Fund, the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund.

     Section 3.17. Rebate Disbursements. Not later than 60 days after the last day of the fifth
Bond Year, as defined in the Tax Certificate, and every five years thereafter, the Trustee shall
pay to the United States 90% of the amount, at the written direction of the Rebate Analyst, on
deposit in the Rebate Fund as of such payment date. No later than 60 days after the final
retirement of the Bonds, the Trustee shall pay to the United States 100% of the balance remaining
in the Rebate Fund (or such lesser amount as shall be due and owing to the United States). Nothing
herein shall relieve the Company of its obligation to pay the rebate amount in accordance with
Section 5.01(g) of the Loan Agreement. Each payment required to be paid to the United States
pursuant to this Section shall be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, UT 84201.
Each payment shall be accompanied by a copy of the Internal Revenue Form 8038 originally filed
with respect to the Bonds, Internal Revenue Form 8038-T and, if necessary, a statement summarizing
the determination of the amount to be paid to the United States.

     Section 3.18. Tax Certificate. The use and investment of monies in any of the Funds shall be
subject to the provisions of the Tax Certificate, and the City and the Trustee, in the performance
of their duties thereunder, agree to comply with the same. Trustee shall have no responsibility
for rebate calculations and shall have no liability for actions taken at the direction of the
Company or Rebate Analyst

     Section 3.19. Reserved.

     Section 3.20. Cost of Issuance Fund. The Company shall deposit to the Cost of Issuance Fund
an amount sufficient to pay all costs incurred in connection with the authorization, issuance and
sale of the Bonds, to the extent the same are approved by the Company. The Trustee shall transfer
amounts from the Cost of Issuance Fund as directed by the Company. The

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Trustee shall keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to the Cost of Issuance Fund, and
all payments therefrom, which shall be open to inspection by the Company, Registered Owners of the
Bonds, the Beneficial Owners or their duly authorized agents during normal business hours of the
Trustee.

     Section 3.21. Custody of the Cost of Issuance Fund. The Cost of Issuance Fund shall be in
the custody of the Trustee but in the name of the City, and the City authorizes and directs the
Trustee, on the requisition of the Company Representative, to withdraw sufficient funds from the
Cost of Issuance Fund to pay the costs incurred in connection with the authorization, issuance and
sale of the Bonds, which authorization and direction the Trustee hereby accepts.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS OF THE CITY

     Section 4.01. Performance of Covenants. The City covenants that it will faithfully perform
at all times any and all covenants, undertakings, stipulations and provisions contained in this
Indenture, in any and every Bond and in all proceedings of the City pertaining thereto. The City
covenants, represents, warrants and agrees that it is duly authorized under the laws of the State
of Arkansas, including particularly and without limitation, the Act, to issue the Bonds and to
execute this Indenture, to pledge the property described herein and pledged hereby and to pledge
the Trust Estate in the manner and to the extent herein set forth, that all actions on its part
required for the issuance of the Bonds and the execution and delivery of this Indenture have been
duly and effectively taken or will be duly taken as provided herein, and that this Indenture is a
valid and enforceable instrument of the City and that the Bonds in the hands of the owners thereof
are and will be valid and enforceable obligations of the City according to the terms thereof.

     Section 4.02. Instruments of Further Assurance. The City covenants that it will do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, such indentures
supplemental hereto and such further acts, instruments and transfers as the Trustee may reasonably
require for the better assuring, transferring, pledging and hypothecating unto the Trustee all and
singular the Trust Estate to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds.

     Promptly after any filing, registration or recording (other than the filing of the Loan
Agreement, this Indenture and any financing statements in connection with the issuance of the
Bonds) or any re-filing, re-registration or re-recording of this Indenture or the Loan Agreement or
any filing, registration, recording, re-filing, re-registration or re-recording of any supplement
to any of said instruments, any financing statement or instrument of similar character relating to
any of said instruments or any instrument of further assurance which is required pursuant to the
preceding paragraph, the City will cause the Company Representative to deliver to the Trustee an
opinion of independent counsel to the effect that such filing, registration, recording, re-filing,
re-registration or re-recording has been duly accomplished and setting forth the particulars
thereof.

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     Section 4.03. Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest. The City will promptly
pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Bonds issued
hereunder according to the terms hereof. The principal, premium, if any, and interest payments are
payable solely from the Trust Estate, which is hereby specifically pledged to the payment thereof
in the manner and to the extent herein specified. Nothing in the Bonds or in this Indenture shall
be considered or construed as pledging any funds or assets of the City other than those pledged
hereby or creating any liability of the City’s members, employees or other agents.

     Section 4.04. Conditions Precedent. Upon the date of issuance of any of the Bonds, the City
hereby covenants that all conditions, acts and things required of the City by the Constitution or
statutes of the State of Arkansas or by the Act or by this Indenture to exist, to have happened or
to have been performed precedent to or in the issuance of the Bonds shall exist, have happened and
have been performed.

     Section 4.05. Supplemental Indentures; Recordation or Filing of Security Instruments. As set
forth in Section 12.09 of the Loan Agreement, the City shall cause the Trustee to cause such
continuation statements under the Arkansas Uniform Commercial Code at all times to be recorded,
registered and filed by the Trustee and to be kept, recorded, registered and filed in such manner
and in such places as may be required by law in order fully to preserve and protect the security of
the Bondholders and all rights of the Trustee hereunder.

     Section 4.06. Rights Under the Loan Agreement. The City will observe all of the obligations,
terms and conditions required on its part to be observed or performed under the Loan Agreement.
The City agrees that wherever in the Loan Agreement it is stated that the City will notify the
Trustee, whenever the Loan Agreement gives the Trustee some right or privilege, or in any way
attempts to confer upon the Trustee the ability for the Trustee to protect the security for payment
of the Bonds, that such part of the Loan Agreement shall be as though it were set out in this
Indenture in full.

     The City agrees that the Trustee as assignee of the Loan Agreement, to the extent provided
herein, may enforce, in its name or in the name of the City, all rights of the City (other than the
rights of the City under Section 5.01(f), 8.05 and 10.04 of the Loan Agreement and other than the
rights of the City to perform certain discretionary acts reserved in the Loan Agreement) and all
obligations of the Company under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement for and on behalf of the
Bondholders, whether or not the City is in default hereunder.

     Section 4.07. Compliance with Tax Certificate. The City covenants that it will comply with
the provisions of the Tax Certificate.

ARTICLE V

REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2008 BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY

     Section 5.01. Redemption of Bonds Upon Occurrence of Certain Events.

          (a) The Bonds are redeemable by the City upon the direction of the Company
Representative in whole or in part at any time at a redemption price equal to the principal
amount of each Bond redeemed, and accrued but unpaid interest thereon to the

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redemption date, upon the occurrence of events described in Section 7.01 of the Loan
Agreement.

          (b) The Bonds are also redeemable by the City upon the direction of the Company
Representative in whole but not in part at any time at a redemption price equal to 110% of
the principal amount thereof, and accrued interest thereon to the redemption date, as a
condition precedent to the acquisition by any Person of substantially all of the assets of
the Company or as a condition precedent of the merger or consolidation of the Company, as
provided in Section 8.14 of the Loan Agreement.

     Section 5.02. Redemption of Bonds Upon a Determination of Taxability. Upon the occurrence of
a Determination of Taxability, the Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption in whole at a
redemption price equal to 105% of the Outstanding principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued
to redemption date, at the earliest practicable date selected by the Trustee, after consultation
with the Company, but in no event later than 45 days following the Trustee’s notification of the
Determination of Taxability. The occurrence of a Determination of Taxability with respect to the
Bonds will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture and the sole remedy of the
holders will be mandatory redemption of the Bonds in accordance with this Section 5.02. Within
five Business Days after receipt by the Trustee of written notice of a Determination of Taxability,
the Trustee shall give written notice thereof to the holders of all Bonds then Outstanding and
shall also give written notice to the Company and the City.

     Section 5.03. Sinking Fund. The Bonds are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof and accrued but unpaid interest to
the redemption date. As and for a sinking fund for the redemption of such Bonds, there shall be
deposited pursuant to Section 5.01(a) of the Loan Agreement in the Bond Principal Fund and Bond
Interest Fund a sum which is sufficient to redeem (after credit as provided below) the following
principal amounts of such Bonds and accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date:

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	December 15	 	Principal
	 of the Year	 	Amount
	2009
	 	$	390,000	 
	2010
	 	 	420,000	 
	2011
	 	 	455,000	 
	2012
	 	 	490,000	 
	2013
	 	 	530,000	 
	2014
	 	 	575,000	 
	2015
	 	 	620,000	 
	2016
	 	 	670,000	 
	2017
	 	 	725,000	 
	2018
	 	 	780,000	 
	2019
	 	 	845,000	 
	2020
	 	 	910,000	 
	2021
	 	 	985,000	 
	2022
	 	 	1,065,000	 
	2023
	 	 	1,150,000	 

     Not more than 45 days nor less than 30 days prior to a sinking fund payment date for the
Bonds, the Trustee shall proceed to select for redemption (by lot in such manner as the Trustee may
determine) from all Bonds Outstanding which are subject to sinking fund redemption on such date a
principal amount of such Bonds equal to the aggregate principal amount of Bonds redeemable with the
required sinking fund payment, and shall call such Bonds for redemption from the particular sinking
fund on the next December 15, and give notice of such call.

     At the option of the Company Representative (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing) to be exercised by delivery of a written certificate to the Trustee and the City not
less than 45 days next preceding any sinking fund redemption date, it may (a) deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation Bonds which are subject to sinking fund redemption on such date in an
aggregate principal amount designated by the Company Representative; or (b) specify a principal
amount of such Bonds which prior to said date have been redeemed (otherwise than through the
operation of such sinking fund) and canceled by the Trustee and not theretofore applied as a credit
against any sinking fund redemption obligation for such Bonds. Each Bond so delivered or
previously redeemed shall be credited by the Trustee at 100% of the principal amount thereof
against the obligation of the Company on such sinking fund redemption date, and any excess shall be
so credited against future sinking fund redemption obligations for Bonds proportionately to all
remaining sinking fund payments. In the event the Company Representative shall avail itself of the
provisions of clause (a) of the first sentence of this paragraph the certificate required by the
first sentence of this paragraph shall be accompanied by the Bonds to be canceled.

     Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture to the contrary, in the event all Bonds are
held by a single holder, no additional notice shall be required with respect to mandatory sinking
fund redemption unless requested by the holders of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds, and
Bonds need not be presented for mandatory sinking fund redemption payment.

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     Section 5.04. Method of Selecting Bonds. Except in the case of mandatory sinking fund
redemption pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, in the event that less than all of the Outstanding
Bonds shall be redeemed, the Bonds redeemed shall be redeemed in such order of maturity as the
Company Representative shall determine in accordance with written directions furnished to the
Trustee (less than all of the Bonds of a single maturity to be selected by lot in such manner as
the Trustee may determine).

     Section 5.05. Notice of Redemption. Bonds shall be called for redemption by the Trustee as
herein provided but only if funds have been deposited with the Trustee on or before the date fixed
for redemption sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price of the Bonds to be redeemed.
Except as otherwise herein provided, the Company shall provide to the Trustee, at least 45 days
prior to the redemption date, a certificate of the Company Representative specifying the principal
amount of the Bonds to be called for redemption, the applicable redemption price or prices and the
provision or provisions of this Indenture pursuant to which such Bonds are to be called for
redemption, provided that such certificate shall not be required with respect to a sinking fund
redemption pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof and Bonds shall be called for redemption by the Trustee
pursuant to such Section without the necessity of any action by the City or the Company. In the
case of any redemption or tender other than as provided in Section 5.03 hereof, the Trustee shall
cause notice of such redemption to be given by mailing not more than 45 days nor less than 30 days
prior to the redemption date by first class mail a copy of the redemption notice to the Registered
Owner of any Bonds designated for redemption in whole or in part, at their address as the same
shall last appear upon the registration books; provided, however, that failure to give such notice
or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any proceedings for the redemption of such
Bonds for which no such failure or defect occurs.

     Notice of any redemption hereunder with respect to Bonds held under a book-entry system shall
be given by the Trustee only to the Depository, or its nominee, as the holder of such Bonds.
Selection of book-entry interests in the Bonds called for redemption, and notice of call to the
owners of those interests called, is the responsibility of the Depository, the Direct Participants
and the Individual Participants and any failure of the Depository to advise any Direct Participant
and any failure of a Direct Participant or any Indirect Participant to notify the Beneficial Owner
of any such notice and its contents or effect will not affect the validity of such notice of any
proceedings for the redemption of such Bonds.

     Each notice of redemption shall specify the name of the Bonds, the date the Bonds were
originally issued, the date fixed for redemption, the date of mailing of the notice, the redemption
price, the place or places of payment (including contact person and phone number) the CUSIP numbers
of Bonds being redeemed, the rate of interest borne by each Bond being redeemed, the maturity date
of each Bond being redeemed, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds
to be redeemed, that unpaid interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in said notice, any conditions to the redemption (including, but not limited to, deposit
of the applicable redemption price) and that on and after said date interest thereon will cease to
accrue. If less than all the Outstanding Bonds are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall
specify the Bonds to be redeemed, and the numbers of the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed.

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     Section 5.06. Bonds Due and Payable on Redemption Date; Interest Ceases to Accrue. On or
before any redemption pursuant to this Article V, collected funds sufficient to redeem all the
Bonds called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, including accrued but unpaid
interest to the date fixed for redemption, shall be deposited with the Trustee. On the redemption
date, the principal amount of each Bond to be redeemed, together with the accrued but unpaid
interest thereon to such date, and premium, if any, shall become due and payable; from and after
such date, notice of redemption having been given, and deposit having been made in accordance with
the provisions of this Article V, then, notwithstanding that any Bonds called for redemption shall
not have been surrendered, no further interest shall accrue on any of such Bonds. From and after
such date of redemption (such notice having been given and such deposit having been made), the
Bonds to be redeemed shall not be deemed to be Outstanding hereunder, and the City shall be under
no further liability in respect thereof.

     Section 5.07. Cancellation. All Bonds which have been redeemed shall be canceled by the
Trustee and destroyed as provided in Section 2.09 hereof.

     Section 5.08. Partial Redemption of Bonds. Upon surrender of any Bond for redemption in part
only, the City shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the owner thereof,
the cost of which shall be paid by the Company, a new Bond or Bonds of the same maturity and of
authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the
Bond surrendered; provided that the Trustee shall select Bonds for redemption so as to assure that
after such redemption no Registered Owner or owner of Beneficial Interests shall retain Bonds in
authorized denominations of not less than $100,000; and provided further that, if less than all of
an Outstanding Bond of one maturity in a book-entry system is to be called for redemption, the
Trustee shall give notice to the Depository or the nominee of the Depository that is the holder of
such Bond, and the selection of the Beneficial Interests in that Bond to be redeemed shall be at
the sole discretion of the Depository and its participants. In the case of a partial redemption of
Bonds by lot, each unit of face value of principal thereof equal to $5,000 (each such $5,000 unit
is hereinafter referred to as a “Unit”) shall be treated as though it were a separate Bond in the
amount of such Unit. If it is determined that one or more, but not all, of the Units represented
by a Bond are to be called for redemption, then upon notice of redemption of a Unit or Units of
Bonds, the holder of that Bond shall surrender the Bond to the Trustee (a) for payment of the
redemption price of the Unit or Units of Bonds called for redemption (including without limitation
the unpaid interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and any premium); and (b) for
issuance, without charge to the holder thereof, of a new Bond or Bonds of $100,000 or amounts in
excess thereof in such integrals as are permitted hereunder, aggregating a principal amount equal
to the unmatured and unredeemed portion of, and bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on
the same date as, the Bond surrendered.

ARTICLE VI

INVESTMENTS

     Section 6.01. Investment of Funds. Subject to the Section 3.18 hereof, any monies held as
part of the Funds shall, on instructions signed by a Company Representative and delivered to the
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the Reserve Fund maturing in the amounts and at the times necessary to provide funds to make
the payments to which such monies are applicable as estimated in a certificate of a Company
Representative from time-to-time filed with the Trustee; and (b) with respect to the Bond Principal
Fund, the Bond Interest Fund and the Rebate Fund maturing in the amounts and at the times necessary
to provide funds to make the payments to which such monies are applicable as determined by the
Trustee. To the extent practicable, all such Permitted Investments purchased shall mature or be
redeemable on a date or dates prior to the time when the monies so invested will be required for
expenditure. Permitted Investments in the Reserve Fund shall have a maturity of not more than one
year. The Trustee shall sell and reduce to cash a sufficient portion of such investments whenever
the cash balance in a Fund is insufficient for the purposes of such Fund. The Trustee may make any
and all investments permitted by the provisions of this Section through its trust or bond
department.

     Investments in any of the Funds hereof shall be valued by the Trustee not less often than
annually, at the market value thereof, exclusive of interest. Deficiencies in the amount on
deposit in the Reserve Fund resulting from a decline in market value shall be restored by the
Company beginning not later than three months after the valuation date by making the deposits
required by Section 5.01(e)(ii) of the Loan Agreement.

     As to any investment agreement, the Trustee shall give notice to any provider of an investment
agreement in accordance with the terms of the investment agreement so as to receive funds
thereunder when needed with no penalty or premium paid.

     Section 6.02. Arbitrage. In reliance upon the covenant of the Company in Section 4.06 of the
Loan Agreement, the City hereby covenants for the benefit of each owner of the Bonds that no use
will be made of the proceeds of the Bonds or of any monies in the Funds and that no other action
shall be taken which will cause the Bonds or any obligations subsequently issued by the City to be
“arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and the regulations prescribed
thereunder.

     Unless otherwise required by Section 148 of the Code, the City Clerk or any other officer of
the City having responsibility with respect to the issuance of the Bonds shall, on or prior to the
date of issuance of the Bonds, if applicable, either alone or in conjunction with any other
officer, employee, consultant or agent of the City, deliver to the Trustee the certification
required by the regulations promulgated under Section 148 of the Code to evidence that such Bonds
will not be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and the regulations
thereunder. Such certificates may rely upon the certificates of the Company delivered to the City
pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Loan Agreement.

     Section 6.03. Allocation and Transfers of Investment Income. Any investments shall be held
by or under the control of the Trustee and shall be deemed at all times a part of the Fund from
which the investment was made. Any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such
Fund. Any interest or other gain from any Fund from any investment or reinvestment shall be
allocated and transferred subject to the Tax Certificate, as follows:

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     (a) any interest or other gain realized as a result of any investments or reinvestments
of moneys in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond Interest Fund shall be retained in the
respective Fund;

     (b) any interest or other gain realized as a result of any investments or reinvestments
of moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Reserve Fund if the amount therein
is less than the Reserve Requirement. If the amount in the Reserve Fund is equal to or
greater than the Reserve Requirement, such interest or other gain realized shall be paid
into the Bond Interest Fund;

     (c) any interest or other gain realized as a result of any investments or reinvestments
of moneys in the Cost of Issuance Fund shall be paid to the Company;

     (d) any interest or other gain realized as a result of any investment or reinvestment
of moneys in the Rebate Fund shall be retained in the Rebate Fund; and

     (e) notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest or other gain realized as a result of
any investments or reinvestments of moneys in Funds pursuant to the Indenture shall first be
deposited in the Rebate Fund to the extent amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant
to the Indenture have not been so deposited.

ARTICLE VII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     Section 7.01. Discharge of This Indenture. If, when the Bonds secured hereby shall be paid
in accordance with their terms (or payment of the Bonds has been provided for in the manner set
forth in the following paragraph), together with all other sums payable hereunder, then this
Indenture and the Trust Estate and all rights granted hereunder shall thereupon cease, terminate
and become void and be discharged and satisfied. Also, if all Outstanding Bonds secured hereby
shall have been purchased by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and all
other sums payable hereunder have been paid, or provision shall have been made for the payment of
the same, then this Indenture and the Trust Estate and all rights granted hereunder shall thereupon
cease, terminate and become void and be discharged and satisfied. In such events, upon the request
of the City, the Trustee shall assign and transfer to the City all property then held by the
Trustee hereunder and shall execute such documents as may be reasonably required by the City
(including undertakings by the Company to continue to comply with its covenants contained in
Section 4.06, 5.01(f), 5.01(g), 8.05 and 10.04 of the Loan Agreement until all Bonds are actually
paid) and shall turn over any surplus in any Fund as the Company Representative shall direct in
writing, other than the Rebate Fund.

     Payment of any Outstanding Bonds prior to the maturity or redemption date thereof shall be
deemed to have been provided for within the meaning and with the effect expressed in this Section
if (a) in case said Bonds are to be redeemed on any date prior to their maturity, the Company
Representative shall have given to the Trustee in form satisfactory to it irrevocable instructions
to give on a date in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05 hereof notice of redemption of
such Bonds on said redemption date, such notice to be given in accordance with

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the provisions of Section 5.05 hereof; (b) there shall have been deposited with the Trustee
Government Obligations described in Section (a)(i) of the definition of such term as set forth
herein which shall not contain provisions permitting the redemption thereof at the option of the
issuer before the date the principal thereof will be required, the principal of and the interest on
which when due, and without any reinvestment thereof, will provide monies which, together with any
other available monies, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee at the same time, shall be
sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due
on said Bonds on and prior to the redemption date or maturity date thereof, as the case may be (and
if on the date of such deposit, the Bonds are not actually paid in full, then there shall be
provided to the Trustee and the City (i) report of an independent firm of nationally recognized
certified public accountants verifying the sufficiency of the escrow established to pay the Bonds
in full, and (ii) an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that the Bonds are
no longer Outstanding under this Indenture); and (c) in the event said Bonds are not by their terms
subject to redemption within the next 45 days, the Company Representative shall have given the
Trustee in form satisfactory to it irrevocable instructions to give, as soon as practicable in the
same manner as the notice of redemption is given pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof, a notice to the
owners of such Bonds that the deposit required by (b) above has been made with the Trustee and that
payment of said Bonds has been provided for in accordance with this Section and stating such
maturity or redemption date upon which monies are to be available for the payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on said Bonds. At such time as payment of any Bonds has been
provided for as aforesaid, such Bonds shall no longer be secured by or entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture. except for the purpose of any payment from such monies or securities deposited with
the Trustee. The Company will use its best efforts to obtain from the Rating Agencies the
assignment of a rating to the Bonds that have been defeased pursuant to this Section 7.01.

     The release of the obligations of the City under this Section shall be without prejudice to
the right of the Trustee to be paid reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder and all its reasonable expenses, charges and other disbursements incurred on or about the
administration of the trust hereby created and the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

     Section 7.02. Liability of City Not Discharged. Upon compliance with the provisions of
Section 7.01 hereof with respect to all Bonds then Outstanding, this Indenture may be discharged in
accordance with the provisions of this Article VII, but the liability of the City in respect of
such Bonds shall continue provided that the owners thereof shall thereafter be entitled to payment
only out of the monies or securities deposited with the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 hereof.

ARTICLE VIII

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     Section 8.01. Events of Default. Each of the following is hereby defined as and shall be
deemed an “Event of Default”:

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     (a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Bond when the
same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity thereof, on a sinking fund
payment date, or upon proceedings for redemption;

     (b) default in the payment of any installment of interest on any Bond when the same
shall become due and payable;

     (c) default shall be made in the observance or performance of any covenant, contract or
other provision in the Bonds or this Indenture (other than as referred to in (a) or (b) of
this Section) and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice
to the City and the Trustee from the owners of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Bonds then Outstanding or to the City from the Trustee specifying such default and
requiring the same to be remedied; provided, with respect to any such failure covered by
this subsection (c), no Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred so long as a
course of action adequate to remedy such failure shall have been commenced within such
30-day period and shall thereafter be diligently prosecuted to completion and the failure
shall be remedied thereby; provided further, however, that failure to correct such default
within 90 days after receipt of such notice shall constitute an Event of Default; and

     (d) the occurrence of an “event of default” under Section 10.01 of the Loan Agreement.

     Section 8.02. Remedies on Events of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Trustee shall have the following rights and remedies:

     (a) Acceleration. The Trustee may, and upon the written request of the owners of not
less than 25% aggregate principal amount of the sum of the Bonds then Outstanding shall, by
notice in writing given to the City and the Company, declare the principal amount of all
Bonds then Outstanding and the unpaid interest accrued thereon to be immediately due and
payable and said principal and interest shall thereupon become immediately due and payable.
Upon any declaration of acceleration hereunder, the City and the Trustee shall immediately
declare all Loan Payments under the Loan Agreement to be immediately due and payable as
provided in Section 10.02 of the Loan Agreement.

     (b) Legal Proceedings. The Trustee may, by mandamus or other suit, action or
proceeding at law or in equity, enforce the rights of the Bondholders and require the City,
the Company or any or both of them to carry out the Loan Agreement with or for the benefit
of the Bondholders and to perform its or their duties under the Act, the Loan Agreement and
this Indenture. The Trustee may also, by action or suit in equity, enjoin any acts or
things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the Bondholders.

     (c) Receivership. The Trustee shall be entitled as a matter of right without notice or
demand (such notice being expressly waived hereby), ex parte, to the appointment of a
receiver or receivers of the Trust Estate, and of the rents, revenues, income, products and
profits thereof, pending such proceedings, but, notwithstanding the appointment of any
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possession and control of any cash, securities or other instruments at the time held
by, or payable or deliverable under the provisions of this Indenture to, the Trustee.

     (d) Suit for Judgment on the Bonds. The Trustee shall be entitled to sue for and
recover judgment, either before or after or during the pendency of any proceedings for the
enforcement of the Lien of this Indenture, for the enforcement of any of its rights, or the
rights of the Bondholders hereunder, but any such judgment against the City shall be
enforceable only against the Trust Estate. No recovery of any judgment by the Trustee shall
in any manner or to any extent affect the Lien of this Indenture or any rights, powers or
remedies of the Trustee hereunder, or any Lien, rights, powers or remedies of the owners of
the Bonds, but such Lien, rights, powers and remedies of the Trustee or the Bondholders
shall continue unimpaired as before.

     (e) Remedies Under Agreement. The Trustee, as assignee of the City, may exercise the
remedies provided under the Loan Agreement upon an Event of Default.

     In the event written notice is given by the Bondholders to the Trustee under Section 8.01(c)
hereof and upon due receipt of such notice by the Trustee, the Trustee shall immediately give
notice with respect to such default to the Company.

     No right or remedy is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each and
every such right or remedy shall be cumulative with respect to the Trustee and the Bondholders, and
in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute.

     If any Event of Default shall have occurred and if instructed and directed in writing by the
owners of not less than the sum of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds then
Outstanding and indemnified as provided in Section 9.01 hereof, the Trustee shall exercise such one
or more of the rights and powers conferred by this Section as the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, shall deem most expedient in the interests of the Bondholders or as may be set forth in
such directions.

     Section 8.03. Majority of Bondholders and Holders of Parity Indebtedness May Control
Proceedings. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding and subject to prior
notice to the City, the owners of the sum of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds
and Parity Indebtedness then Outstanding shall have the right, at any time, to the extent permitted
by law, by an instrument or instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Trustee, to direct
the time, method and place of conducting all proceedings to be taken in connection with the
enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, or
any other proceedings hereunder; provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in
accordance with the provisions hereof. The Trustee shall not be required to act on any direction
given to it pursuant to this Section unless indemnified as provided in Section 9.01 hereof.

     Section 8.04. Rights and Remedies of Bondholders. No owner of any Bond or Parity
Indebtedness shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law
for the enforcement of this Indenture or for the execution of any trust hereof or for the
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of a receiver or any other remedy hereunder, unless a default has occurred of which the
Trustee has been notified as provided in Section 9.01 hereof, or of which by said Section it is
deemed to have notice, nor unless such default shall have become an Event of Default and the owners
of the sum of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds then Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee and shall have offered within 10 days either to
proceed to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding
in its own name, nor unless they have also furnished to the Trustee indemnity as provided in
Section 9.01 hereof nor unless the Trustee shall thereafter fail or refuse to exercise the powers
hereinbefore granted, or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; and such
notification, request and furnishing of indemnity are hereby declared in every case at the option
of the Trustee to be conditions precedent to the execution of the powers and trusts of this
Indenture, and to any action or cause of action for the enforcement of this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder; it being understood and intended that
no one or more owners of the Bonds shall have the right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb
or prejudice the Lien of this Indenture by his, her or their action or to enforce any right
hereunder except in the manner herein provided and that all proceedings at law or in equity shall
be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of the
owners of all Bonds then Outstanding. Nothing in this Indenture contained shall, however, affect
or impair the right of any owner of Bonds to enforce the payment, by the institution of any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law, of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Bond at and after the maturity thereof, or the obligation of the City to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on each of the Bonds to the respective owners of the Bonds at the
time and place, from the source and in the manner herein and in the Bonds expressed.

     Section 8.05. Application of Monies. All monies received by the Trustee pursuant to any
reasonable right given or action taken under the provisions of this Article shall, after payment of
the fees of the Trustee, costs and expenses of the proceedings resulting in the collection of such
monies and the expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, first, to the
extent of any deficiency of required amounts in the Rebate Fund be deposited in the Rebate Fund,
and thereafter shall be held in trust and all monies so deposited in the Bond Principal Fund and
the Bond Interest Fund and all monies held or deposited in the Bond Principal Fund and the Bond
Interest Fund during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be applied as follows:

     (a) Unless the principal of all the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness shall have become or
shall have been declared due and payable, all such monies shall be applied:

     FIRST, to the payment to the Persons entitled thereto of all installments of
interest then due on the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness in the order of the maturity
of the installments of such interest and, if the amount available shall not be
sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment ratably,
according to the amounts due on such installment, to the Persons entitled thereto,
without any discrimination or privilege; and

     SECOND, to the payment to the Persons entitled thereto of the unpaid principal
of and premium, if any, on any of the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness which shall have
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payment of which moneys are held pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture),
in the order of their due dates, with interest on the unpaid principal of and
premium, if any, on such Bonds from the respective dates upon which they became due,
at a rate which shall be the highest rate of interest borne by any such Bond and
Parity Indebtedness during the 365 days prior to the date on which such Bonds and
Parity Indebtedness became due or the maximum rate permitted by law if less than
such rate aforesaid and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in
full such Bonds and Parity Indebtedness due on any particular date, together with
such interest, then to the payment ratably, according to the amount of principal due
on such date, to the Persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or
privilege.

     (b) If the principal of all the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness shall have become due or
shall have been declared due and payable, all such moneys shall be applied to the payment of
the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon all of the Bonds and such Parity
Indebtedness, together with interest on overdue installments of principal at a rate which
shall be the highest rate of interest borne by any Outstanding Bond during the 365 days
prior to the date on which Bonds become due or the maximum rate permitted by law if less
than such rate aforesaid, without preference or priority of principal over interest or of
interest over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of
interest, or of any such Bond over any other such Bond, ratably, according to the amounts
due respectively for principal and interest, to the Persons entitled thereto without any
discrimination or privilege.

     (c) If the principal of all the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness shall have been declared
due and payable, and if such declaration shall thereafter have been rescinded and annulled
under the provisions of this Article then, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of
this Section in the event that the principal of all the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness shall
later become due or be declared due and payable, the monies shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section .

     Whenever monies are to be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, such monies
shall be applied at such times, and from time-to-time, as the Trustee shall determine, having due
regard to the amount of such monies available for application and the likelihood of additional
monies becoming available for such application in the future. Whenever the Trustee shall apply
such funds, it shall fix the date (which shall be an Interest Payment Date unless it shall deem
another date more suitable) upon which such application is to be made, and upon such date interest
on the amounts of principal to be paid on such dates shall cease to accrue. The Trustee shall give
such notice as it may deem appropriate of the deposit of any such monies and of the fixing of any
such date, and shall not be required to make payment to the owner of any Bond and Parity
Indebtedness until such Bond and Parity Indebtedness shall be presented to the Trustee for
appropriate endorsement or for cancellation if fully paid.

     Whenever all of the Bonds and Parity Indebtedness and interest thereon have been paid under
the provisions of this Section and all expenses and fees of the Trustee and all other amounts to be
paid to the City hereunder or under the Loan Agreement have been paid, any balance remaining in the
Funds shall be paid as provided in Section 3.13 hereof.

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     Section 8.06. Trustee May Enforce Rights Without Bonds. All rights of action and claims
under this Indenture or any of the Bonds Outstanding hereunder may be enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any trial or proceedings
relative thereto; and any suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name
as Trustee, without the necessity of joining as plaintiffs or defendants any owners of the Bonds,
and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the owners of the Bonds subject to
the provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 8.07. Trustee to File Proofs of Claim in Receivership, Etc. In the case of any
receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceedings affecting the Trust Estate or the Company, the City or the Trustee shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be entitled to file such proofs of claims and other documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have claims of the Trustee and of the Bondholders allowed in
such proceedings for the entire amount due and payable by the City under this Indenture, or by the
Company, as the case may be, at the date of the institution of such proceedings and for any
additional amounts which may become due and payable by it after such date, without prejudice,
however, to the right of any Bondholder s to file a claim in his own behalf.

     Section 8.08. Delay or Omission No Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee, any
Bondholder or any holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall exhaust or
impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default, or
acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Indenture may be exercised from
time-to-time and as often as may be deemed expedient.

     Section 8.09. No Waiver of One Default to Affect Another. No waiver of any default
hereunder, whether by the Trustee or the Bondholders, shall extend to or affect any subsequent or
any other then existing default or shall impair any rights or remedies consequent thereon.

     Section 8.10. Discontinuance of Proceedings on Default; Position of Parties Restored. In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any rights under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the City and the Trustee shall be restored to
their former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Trust Estate, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Trustee shall continue as if no such proceedings had been taken.

     Section 8.11. Waivers of Events of Default. Subject to prior written notice to and prior
written consent of the City, the Trustee may in its discretion waive any Event of Default hereunder
and its consequences and rescind any declaration of maturity of principal of and interest on the
Bonds, and shall do so upon the written request of the owners of the sum of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of all the Bonds then Outstanding in respect of which default exists; provided,
however, that there shall not be waived (a) any Event of Default in the payment of the principal of
or premium on any Outstanding Bonds at the date of maturity or redemption thereof, or any default
in the payment when due of the interest on any such Bonds, unless prior to such waiver or
rescission, all arrears of interest or all arrears of payments of principal and premium, if any
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which shall be 1% per annum above the highest rate of interest borne by any Bond during the
365 days prior to the date on which such principal and premium, if any, were due or the maximum
rate permitted by law if less than such rate aforesaid) and all expenses of the Trustee, and all
amounts to be paid to the City hereunder and under the Loan Agreement, in connection with such
default shall have been paid or provided for; or (b) any default in the payment of amounts set
forth in Section 5.01(d) of the Loan Agreement. In case of any such waiver or rescission, or in
case any proceedings taken by the Trustee on account of any such default shall have been
discontinued or abandoned or determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
City, the Trustee, the Bondholders shall be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver or rescission shall extend to or affect any subsequent
or other default, or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereon.

     Section 8.12. Trustee to Notify Parties of Default and Disclose Information Relating to
Default. The Trustee shall promptly notify in writing the City and the Company of any default
hereunder of which it has actual knowledge or the occurrence of any Event of Default. The Trustee
shall notify as within five Business Days in writing all Bondholders and Notice Beneficial Owners
of the occurrence of any Event of Default and shall make available to such Bondholders information
reasonably requested of the Trustee concerning the Event of Default, the Bonds, the Company, and
such other information relevant to the Event of Default, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01
hereof.

ARTICLE IX

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     Section 9.01. Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts imposed upon it
by this Indenture and agrees to perform said trusts, but only upon and subject to the following
express terms and conditions, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee:

     (a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of
all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default
has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of the affairs of others.

     (b) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts hereof or powers hereunder and perform
any of its duties by or through attorneys, agents, receivers or employees but shall be
answerable for the conduct of the same in accordance with the standard specified above, only
if the Trustee has not exercised reasonable care in the selection thereof and shall be
entitled to act upon an opinion of independent counsel concerning all matters of the trust
hereof and its duties hereunder, and may in all cases pay such reasonable compensation to
all such attorneys, agents, receivers and employees as may reasonably be employed in
connection with the trusts hereof. The Trustee may act upon an opinion of independent
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any action or nonaction taken by or omitted to be taken in good faith in reliance upon
such opinion of independent counsel.

     (c) The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein or in the Bonds (except
in respect to the certificate of authentication of the Trustee endorsed on the Bonds), or
for insuring the Trust Estate or collecting any insurance monies or for the validity of the
execution by the City of this Indenture or of any supplements hereto or instruments of
further assurance, or for the sufficiency of the security for the Bonds issued hereunder or
intended to be secured hereby, or for the value of or title to the assets of the Company and
the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance
of any covenants, conditions or agreements on the part of the City, except as hereinafter
set forth; but the Trustee may require of the City or the Company full information and
advice as to the performance of the covenants, conditions and agreements as to the condition
of the assets of the Company contained herein or in the Loan Agreement. The Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the City or the Company of any of the Bonds
or the proceeds thereof or the use or application of any money paid over by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no obligation to
perform any of the duties of the City under the Loan Agreement; and the Trustee shall not be
responsible or liable for any loss suffered in connection with any investment of funds made
by it in accordance with Section 6.01 hereof.

     (d) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use of any Bonds authenticated or
delivered hereunder. The Trustee may not hold Bonds for its own account.

     (e) The Trustee shall be protected in acting upon any notice, request, consent,
certificate, order, affidavit, letter, telegram or other paper or document believed to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. Any
action taken by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or
consent of any person who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent is the owner of any Bonds shall be conclusive and binding upon all future owners of
the same Bond and upon Bonds issued in place thereof.

     (f) As to the existence or nonexistence of any fact or as to the sufficiency or
validity of any instrument, paper or proceeding, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon
a certificate signed on behalf of the City by a City Officer or such other person as may be
designated for such purpose by the City as sufficient evidence of the facts therein
contained, and prior to the occurrence of a default of which the Trustee has been notified
as provided in subsection (h) of this Section, or of which by said subsection it is deemed
to have notice, shall also be at liberty to accept a similar certificate to the effect that
any particular dealing, transaction or action is necessary or expedient, but may at its
discretion secure such further evidence deemed necessary or advisable, but shall in no case
be bound to secure the same.

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     (g) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture
shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its
negligence or willful default, subject to Section 9.01(a) hereof.

     (h) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any
default hereunder except failure by the City to cause to be made any of the payments to the
Trustee required to be made by Article III hereof unless the Trustee shall be specifically
notified in writing of such default by the City or by the owners of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of Bonds then Outstanding, and all notices or other instruments
required by this Indenture to be delivered to the Trustee must, in order to be effective, be
delivered at the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee; in the absence of such
notice so delivered, the Trustee may conclusively assume that there is no default except as
aforesaid.

     (i) All monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied or invested as
herein provided, be held in trust in the manner and for the purposes for which they were
received but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by this
Indenture or law. The Trustee shall not be under any liability for interest on any monies
received hereunder except such as may be agreed upon in writing.

     (j) At any and all reasonable times, the Trustee, and its duly authorized agents,
attorneys, experts, engineers, accountants and representatives, shall have the right, but
shall not be required, to inspect any and all of the Trust Estate, including all books,
papers and records of the City pertaining to the Project and the Bonds.

     (k) The Trustee shall not be required to give any note or surety in respect of the
execution of the said trusts and powers or otherwise in respect of the premises.

     (l) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture contained, the Trustee shall have the
right, but shall not be required, to demand, in respect of the authentication of any Bonds,
the withdrawal of any cash, the release of any property, or any action whatsoever within the
purview of this Indenture, any showings, certificates, opinions, appraisals or other
information, or corporate action or evidence thereof, in addition to that by the terms
hereof required, as a condition of such action by the Trustee deemed desirable for the
purpose of establishing the right of the City to the authentication of any Bonds, the
withdrawal of any cash, the release of any property or the taking of any other action by the
Trustee.

     (m) Before taking any action under Section 8.02, 8.03 or 8.04 hereof, the Trustee may
require that reasonable indemnity be furnished to it by the owners of the Bonds and for the
reimbursement of all expenses which it may incur and to protect it against all liability,
except liability which may result from its negligence or willful default, by reason of any
action so taken.

     (n) The Trustee may deposit the property held in the Funds with a court of general
jurisdiction in the city in which the Trustee is located, or the City may file an action to
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parties to such action in the event of the Trustee’s resignation hereunder and the
failure of a successor trustee to succeed to the duties of the Trustee hereunder within 90
days of the giving of notice of the Trustee’s resignation. Upon the deposit of such
property and the filing of a complaint in interpleader, the Trustee shall be relieved of all
liabilities and duties under the Loan Agreement and this Indenture. The City and the
Company shall thereupon submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the District Court.

     (o) In the event there occurs a conflict of interest arising as the result of the
Trustee’s acting as Trustee or in fiduciary capacity with respect to other Indebtedness of
the Company, the Trustee shall appoint a Co-Trustee with respect to the Bonds.

     Section 9.02. Fee and Expenses of Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to payment and
reimbursement for its reasonable fees for its services rendered hereunder as and when the same
become due and all expenses reasonably and necessarily made or incurred by the Trustee in
connection with such services as and when the same become due as provided in Section 5.01 of the
Loan Agreement. The Trustee shall not be entitled to payment of any expenses it incurs related to
such resignation upon its resignation as Trustee hereunder unless such resignation is made in
relation to the exercise by the Trustee of its rights of interpleader hereunder.

     Notwithstanding any provision in this Indenture or the Loan Agreement to the contrary, any
reference or covenant set forth in this Indenture or the Loan Agreement for the payment or
remuneration of (a) the reasonable fees, compensation, charges or remuneration of the Trustee, or
the like, shall be deemed to reference and include Trustee’s fees and extraordinary Trustee’s fees
including reasonable default fees of Trustee upon the occurrence of an Event of Default incurred as
a result of the administration of the duties of the Trustee hereunder; and (b) reasonable expenses,
costs, out-of-pocket costs, or other reimbursable charges, or the like, shall be deemed to
reference and include reasonable attorney’s fees, fees and expenses of independent contractors or
agents incurred in the course of the administration of the duties of the Trustee hereunder, and
other customary and reimbursable expenditures.

     Section 9.03. Resignation or Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by giving to the
City, the Beneficial Owners and the Bondholders 90 days’ notice of such resignation, provided,
however that no such resignation shall become effective until a successor has been appointed and
has accepted the duties of Trustee. The present or any future Trustee may be removed at any time
by the Bondholders by an instrument in writing, executed by the City and the Company, so long as
the Company is not in default or by the owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Bonds then Outstanding; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until a
successor has been appointed and has accepted the duties of Trustee hereunder.

     In case the Trustee shall at any time resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of
acting, subject to the prior written approval of the City, a successor may be appointed by the
owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds Outstanding by an instrument or
concurrent instruments signed by such Bondholders, or their attorneys-in-fact duly appointed;
provided that the City may appoint a successor until a new successor shall be appointed by the
Bondholders as herein authorized. The City upon making such appointment shall forthwith give
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with the notice of resignation given by any resigning Trustee. Any successor so appointed by
the City shall immediately and without further act be superseded by a successor appointed in the
manner above provided by the owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds
Outstanding.

     Every successor shall always be a bank or trust company (or a subsidiary thereof) in good
standing, qualified to act hereunder, and having a combined capital, surplus and undivided profits
of not less than $25,000,000. A successor appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the City an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such
successor shall, without any further act, deed or conveyance, become vested with all the estates,
properties, rights, powers and trusts of its predecessor in the trust hereunder with like effect as
if originally named as Trustee herein; but the Trustee retiring shall, nevertheless, on the written
demand of its successor, execute and deliver an instrument conveying and transferring to such
successor, upon the trusts herein expressed, all the estates, properties, rights, powers and trusts
of the predecessor, who shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor all properties and
monies held by it under this Indenture. Should any instrument in writing from the City be
reasonably required by any successor for such vesting and confirming, the City shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver the said deeds, conveyances and instruments on the request of such
successor.

     The notices herein provided for, to be given to the Bondholders, shall be given by mailing a
copy of such notices by first class mail to the Bondholders at their addresses as the same shall
last appear upon the registration books. The notice herein provided for to be given to the City,
the Company and the retiring Trustee, shall be given in accordance with Section 11.07 hereof.

     The instruments evidencing the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor hereunder, together with all other instruments provided for in this Section, shall be
filed and/or recorded by the successor Trustee in each recording office where this Indenture shall
have been filed and/or recorded.

     Section 9.04. Conversion, Consolidation or Merger of Trustee. Any bank or trust company into
which the Trustee or its successor may be converted or merged, or with which it may be
consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer substantially all of its corporate trust business
shall be the successor of the Trustee under this Indenture with the same rights, powers, duties and
obligations and subject to the same restrictions, limitations and liabilities as its predecessor,
all without the execution or filing of any papers or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any of the Bonds to be
issued hereunder shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, any successor Trustee may adopt
the certificate of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver the same as authenticated; and, in case any
of such Bonds shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Bonds
in the name of such successor Trustee.

     Section 9.05. Trustee to Retain Information. So long as any of the Bonds shall be
Outstanding, the Trustee shall retain all certificates, financial statements and other written
information furnished to it by or on behalf of the Company, the City or any other Person under this
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Bonds and shall make such documentation available for review after reasonable notice during
regular business hours at the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee to any Bondholder
and to any Beneficial Owner. The Trustee shall permit such reviewers to take copies of all or any
part of such documentation, subject to their payment of such reasonable copying and handling
charges as the Trustee may impose.

     In addition, the Trustee shall be required to report to Bondholders and Beneficial Owners who
have provided their addresses to the Trustee any withdrawals from the Reserve Fund.

ARTICLE X

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT

     Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures. The owners of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding shall have the right, from time-to-time, to consent
to and approve the execution by the City and the Trustee of such indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto as shall be deemed necessary or desirable by the City for the purpose of
modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or
provisions contained in this Indenture; provided, however, that without the consent of the owners
of all the Bonds at the time Outstanding, nothing herein contained shall permit, or be construed as
permitting:

     (a) an extension of the maturity of, or a reduction of the principal amount of, or a
reduction of the rate of, or extension of the time of payment of interest on, or a reduction
of a premium payable upon any redemption of, any Bond;

     (b) the deprivation of the owner of any Bond then Outstanding of the Lien created by
this Indenture (other than as permitted hereby when such Bond was initially issued);

     (c) a privilege or priority of any Bond or Bonds over any other Bond or Bonds except as
specifically permitted by this Indenture; or

     (d) a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds required for consent to
such supplemental indenture.

     If at any time the City shall request the Trustee to enter into such supplemental indenture
for any of the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall, upon being reasonably indemnified by
the Company with respect to expenses, cause notice of the proposed execution of such supplemental
indenture to be given to the City and the Company in accordance with Section 11.07 hereof and to
the Notice Beneficial Owners and the Bondholders by mailing a copy of such notice by first class
mail to their addresses as the same shall last appear upon the registration books. Such notice
shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed supplemental indenture and shall state that
copies thereof are on file at the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee for inspection
by all Bondholders. If, within 60 days following the giving of such notice, the owners of the
requisite principal amount of the Bonds Outstanding at the time of the execution of any such
supplemental indenture shall have consented to and approved the execution thereof as herein
provided, no owner of any Bond shall have any right to object to any

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of the terms and provisions contained therein, or the operation thereof, or in any manner to
question the propriety of the execution thereof, or to enjoin or restrain the Trustee or the City
from executing the same or from taking any action pursuant to the provisions thereof.

     Section 10.02. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee is authorized to join with
the City in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make further agreements and
stipulations which may be contained therein, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
any such supplemental indenture which affects its rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. Any supplemental indenture executed in accordance with the provisions of this Article
shall thereafter form a part of this Indenture and all the terms and conditions contained in any
such supplemental indenture as to any provision authorized to be contained therein shall be deemed
to be part of this Indenture for any and all purposes. In case of the execution and delivery of
any supplemental indenture, express reference may be made thereto in the text of the Bonds issued
thereafter.

     Section 10.03. Amendments, Etc., of the Loan Agreement. Neither the City nor the Trustee
shall consent to any other amendment, change or modification of the Loan Agreement without the
giving of notice and the written approval or consent of the owners of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding. Such notice and consent shall be
given and procured as provided in Section 10.01 hereof.

     If at any time the City or the Company shall request the consent of the Trustee to any such
proposed amendment, change or modification of the Loan Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon being
reasonably indemnified by the Company with respect to expenses, cause notice of such proposed
amendment, change or modification to be given in the same manner as provided in Section 10.01
hereof. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of such proposed amendment, change or
modification and shall state that copies of the instrument embodying the same are on file at the
designated office of the Trustee for inspection by all Bondholders.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 11.01. Evidence of Signature of Bondholders and Ownership of Bonds. Any request,
consent or other instrument which this Indenture may require or permit to be signed and executed by
the Bondholders may be in one or more instruments and executed by such Bondholders in person or by
their attorneys duly appointed in writing. Proof of the execution of any such instrument, or of an
instrument appointing such attorney, or the ownership of Bonds shall be sufficient (except as
otherwise herein expressly provided) if made in the following manner, but the Trustee may,
nevertheless, in its discretion require further or other proof in cases where it deems the same
desirable:

     (a) the fact and date of the execution by any Bondholder or his attorney of such
instrument may be proved by the certificate of any officer authorized to take
acknowledgments in the jurisdiction in which he purports to act that the Person signing such
request or other instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of
a witness of such execution, duly sworn to before a notary public; and

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     (b) the ownership of any Bonds and the amount and numbers of such Bonds and the date of
holding the same shall be proved by the registration books of the City kept by the Trustee.

     Any request or consent of the owner of any Bond shall bind all future owners of such Bond in
respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the City or the Trustee in accordance therewith.

     Section 11.02. Parties Interested Herein. With the exception of rights herein expressly
conferred on the Company, nothing in this Indenture expressed or implied is intended or shall be
construed to confer upon, or to give to, any Person other than the City, the Trustee and the owners
of the Bonds, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Indenture or any covenant,
condition or stipulation hereof, and all the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in
this Indenture contained by and on behalf of the City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the City, the Trustee, and the owners of the Bonds.

     Section 11.03. Titles, Headings, Etc. The titles and headings of the Articles, Sections and
subsections of this Indenture have been inserted for the convenience of reference only and shall in
no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

     Section 11.04. Severability. In the event any provision of this Indenture shall be held
invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate
or render unenforceable any other provision hereof.

     Section 11.05. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas.

     Section 11.06. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.

     Section 11.07. Notices. All notices, certificates, directions or other communications
hereunder shall be sufficiently given and shall be deemed given when mailed by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by first-class mail, if this Indenture so provides,
addressed as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	to the City:
	 	City of Springdale, Arkansas

201 Spring Street

Springdale, AR 72764

Attention: Mayor
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	to the Trustee:
	 	Bank of Oklahoma, N.A.

9520 North May Avenue, 2nd Floor

Oklahoma City, OK 73120

Telephone: (214) 346-3953

Facsimile: (214) 987-8890

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	 	to the Company:
	 	Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.

801 North Jefferson

Springdale, AR 72764

Telephone: (479) 750-1299

Facsimile: (479) 750-1322
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	to the Underwriter:
	 	Gates Capital Corporation

520 E. Kettle Avenue

Littleton, CO 80122

Telephone: (303) 794-9692

Facsimile: (303) 794-9698

A duplicate copy of each notice, certificate or other communication given hereunder by or to the
City or the Trustee shall also be given to the Company, the Underwriter and each Notice Beneficial
Owner. Alternatively, all notices, certificates or other communications hereunder may be given by
telegram or by telecopy (if confirmed promptly telephonically and in writing by the sender of such
notice and if receipt of such notice by telecopy is confirmed in writing by the intended
recipient). The City, the Company, the Underwriter and the Trustee may, by notice given hereunder,
designate any further or different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other
communications shall be sent.

     Section 11.08. Payments Due on Nonbusiness Days. If the date for making any payment or the
last day for performance of any act or the exercise of any right, as provided in this Indenture,
shall not be a Business Day, such payment may be made or act performed or right exercised on the
next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if done on the nominal date provided
in this Indenture.

     Section 11.09. Provision of General Application. Any consent or approval of the City or
Trustee required pursuant to this Indenture shall be in writing and shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Any direction given to the Trustee shall be in writing.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Trustee have caused this Indenture to be executed in
their respective corporate names and attested by their duly authorized Officers and the Trustee has
caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed, all as of the date first above written.

[SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	CITY OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Jerre M. Van Hoose, Mayor
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Denise Pearce, City Clerk	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A., as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Bill Barber, Vice President

[Signature Page to Indenture]

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	STATE OF
ARKANSAS
	 	)
	 
	 	) ss.
	COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
	 	)

     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___day of February
2008, by Jerre M. VanHoose and Denise Pearce, as Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of
Springdale, Arkansas.

     Witness my hand and official seal.

     My commission expires:                                                   

[SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Notary Public for the State of Arkansas	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

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	STATE OF TEXAS
	 	)
	 
	 	) ss.
	COUNTY OF DALLAS
	 	)

     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me February 21, 2008 by Bill Barber, as Vice
President of Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., a national banking association, on behalf of the association.

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public
	 

	 	My commission expires:

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