Document:

EX-4.4

 Exhibit 4.4 
  

 
  

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC. 

as the Company 
 and

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

as Trustee 
  

 
 Subordinated
Notes Indenture 
 Dated as of              , 20[    ]

  
  

 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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	ARTICLE 1	  			
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  			
		
	 Section 1.01.  Definitions
	  	 	1	 
	 Section 1.02.  Other Definitions
	  	 	8	 
	 Section 1.03.  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	8	 
	 Section 1.04.  Rules of Construction
	  	 	8	 
		
	ARTICLE 2	  			
	THE SECURITIES	  			
		
	 Section 2.01.  Form and Dating
	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.02.  Execution and Authentication
	  	 	9	 
	 Section 2.03.  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	  	 	11	 
	 Section 2.04.  Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest
	  	 	14	 
	 Section 2.05.  Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents Generally
	  	 	14	 
	 Section 2.06.  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	  	 	15	 
	 Section 2.07.  Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	16	 
	 Section 2.08.  Replacement Securities
	  	 	19	 
	 Section 2.09.  Outstanding Securities
	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.10.  Temporary Securities
	  	 	20	 
	 Section 2.11.  Cancellation
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 2.12.  CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 2.13.  Defaulted Interest
	  	 	21	 
	 Section 2.14.  Series May Include Tranches
	  	 	21	 
		
	ARTICLE 3	  			
	REDEMPTION	  			
		
	 Section 3.01.  Applicability of Article
	  	 	22	 
	 Section 3.02.  Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions
	  	 	22	 
	 Section 3.03.  Payment of Securities Called for Redemption
	  	 	24	 
	 Section 3.04.  Exclusion of Certain Securities From Eligibility for
Redemption
	  	 	25	 
	 Section 3.05.  Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds
	  	 	25	 
		
	ARTICLE 4	  			
	COVENANTS	  			
		
	 Section 4.01.  Payment of Securities
	  	 	27	 
	 Section 4.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	28	 
	 Section 4.03.  Securityholders’ Lists
	  	 	29	 
	 Section 4.04.  Certificate to Trustee
	  	 	29	 
	 Section 4.05.  Reports by the Company
	  	 	29	 
	 Section 4.06.  Additional Amounts
	  	 	29	 

  
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	 Section 4.07.  Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	  	 	30	 
		
	ARTICLE 5	  			
	SUCCESSOR CORPORATION	  			
		
	 Section 5.01.  When Company May Merge, Etc
	  	 	30	 
	 Section 5.02.  Successor Substituted
	  	 	31	 
		
	ARTICLE 6	  			
	DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	  			
		
	 Section 6.01.  Events of Default
	  	 	31	 
	 Section 6.02.  Acceleration
	  	 	32	 
	 Section 6.03.  Other Remedies
	  	 	33	 
	 Section 6.04.  Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.05.  Control by Majority
	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.06.  Limitation on Suits
	  	 	34	 
	 Section 6.07.  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
	  	 	35	 
	 Section 6.08.  Collection Suit by Trustee
	  	 	35	 
	 Section 6.09.  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	35	 
	 Section 6.10.  Application of Proceeds
	  	 	36	 
	 Section 6.11.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	36	 
	 Section 6.12.  Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	37	 
	 Section 6.13.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	37	 
	 Section 6.14.  Delay or Omission not Waiver
	  	 	37	 
		
	ARTICLE 7	  			
	TRUSTEE	  			
		
	 Section 7.01.  General
	  	 	37	 
	 Section 7.02.  Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	 	37	 
	 Section 7.03.  Individual Rights of Trustee
	  	 	39	 
	 Section 7.04.  Trustee’s Disclaimer
	  	 	40	 
	 Section 7.05.  Notice of Default
	  	 	40	 
	 Section 7.06.  Reports by Trustee to Holders
	  	 	40	 
	 Section 7.07.  Compensation and Indemnity
	  	 	41	 
	 Section 7.08.  Replacement of Trustee
	  	 	42	 
	 Section 7.09.  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	  	 	42	 
	 Section 7.10.  Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc
	  	 	43	 
	 Section 7.11.  Eligibility
	  	 	44	 
	 Section 7.12.  Money Held in Trust
	  	 	44	 
		
	ARTICLE 8	  			
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS	  			
		
	 Section 8.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	44	 
	 Section 8.02.  Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities
	  	 	45	 
	 Section 8.03.  Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent
	  	 	45	 

  
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	 Section 8.04.  Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two
Years
	  	 	45	 
	 Section 8.05.  Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	46	 
	 Section 8.06.  Defeasance of Certain Obligations
	  	 	47	 
	 Section 8.07.  Reinstatement
	  	 	48	 
	 Section 8.08.  Indemnity
	  	 	49	 
	 Section 8.09.  Excess Funds
	  	 	49	 
	 Section 8.10.  Qualifying Trustee
	  	 	49	 
		
	ARTICLE 9	  			
	AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS	  			
		
	 Section 9.01.  Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	49	 
	 Section 9.02.  With Consent of Holders
	  	 	50	 
	 Section 9.03.  Revocation and Effect of Consent
	  	 	51	 
	 Section 9.04.  Notation on or Exchange of Securities
	  	 	52	 
	 Section 9.05.  Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc
	  	 	52	 
	 Section 9.06.  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	52	 
		
	ARTICLE 10	  			
	SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES	  			
		
	 Section 10.01.  Agreement to Subordinate
	  	 	52	 
	 Section 10.02.  Payments to Securityholders
	  	 	52	 
	 Section 10.03.  Subrogation of Securities
	  	 	54	 
	 Section 10.04.  Authorization by Securityholders
	  	 	55	 
	 Section 10.05.  Notice to Trustee
	  	 	55	 
	 Section 10.06.  Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness
	  	 	56	 
	 Section 10.07.  No Impairment of Subordination
	  	 	57	 
		
	ARTICLE 11	  			
	MISCELLANEOUS	  			
		
	 Section 11.01.  Trust Indenture Act of 1939
	  	 	57	 
	 Section 11.02.  Notices
	  	 	57	 
	 Section 11.03.  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	  	 	58	 
	 Section 11.04.  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	  	 	58	 
	 Section 11.05.  Evidence of Ownership
	  	 	59	 
	 Section 11.06.  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.07.  Payment Date Other Than a Business Day
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.08.  Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.09.  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.10.  Successors
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.11.  Duplicate Originals
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.12.  Separability
	  	 	60	 
	 Section 11.13.  Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
	  	 	60	 

  
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	 Section 11.14.  Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt
From Individual Liability
	  	 	61	 
	 Section 11.15.  Judgment Currency
	  	 	61	 
	 Section 11.16.  Force Majeure
	  	 	61	 
	 Section 11.17.  U.S.A. Patriot Act
	  	 	62	 

  
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 SUBORDINATED NOTES INDENTURE, dated as of [•], 20[•], between Verisk Analytics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as the Company (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the issuance from time to time of its subordinated notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time
be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized, among other things, the
authentication, execution, delivery and administration of this Indenture and the Securities; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make
this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done; 
 NOW, THEREFORE: 

In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and
agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities or of any and all series thereof and of the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 

Section 1.01.     Definitions. 

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

 “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, transfer agent or Authenticating Agent. 

 “Bank Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated April 22, 2015, as amended by the Second Amendment thereto dated May 26, 2016, among Verisk Analytics, Inc., as borrower, and the lenders and agents party thereto, as such agreement has been and may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time (including, but not limited to, the inclusion of additional parties thereunder, including parties that are Subsidiaries of the Company and whose obligations are guaranteed by the Company thereunder), including
all or any portion of the Debt under such Credit Agreement or any successor agreements and includes any agreement with one or more banks or other lending institutions refinancing all or any portion of the Debt under such Credit Agreement or any
successor agreements. 
 “Board of Directors” means: 

(a)         with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee
thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; 
 (b)         with respect to a
partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; 
 (c)         with
respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managers or members thereof or any board or committee serving a similar management function; and 

(d)         with respect to any other Person, the individual or board or committee of such Person
serving a management function similar to those described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this definition. 
 “Board
Resolution” means one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof, certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary to have been duly adopted and to be in full force and effect on the
date of certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that
is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York, with respect to any Security the interest on which is based on the offered quotations in the
interbank Eurodollar market for dollar deposits in London, or with respect to Securities denominated in a specified currency other than United States dollars, in the principal financial center of the country of the specified currency. 

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property which, in conformity with GAAP, is required to
be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person. 

  
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 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at
such time. 
 “Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor
replaces it pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor. 
 “Corporate Trust Office”
means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at 150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York
10017, Attention: Corporate Trust Services. 
 “Currency Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values to or under which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or a beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party or a beneficiary thereafter. 
 “Debt” means, with respect to
any Person at any date of determination (without duplication), (i) all indebtedness (other than Nonrecourse Obligations) of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptance or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (iv) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except Trade Payables, (v) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases, (vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
Debt is assumed by such Person; provided that, for purposes of determining the amount of any Debt of the type described in this clause, if recourse with respect to such Debt is limited to such asset, the amount of such Debt shall be limited to the
lesser of the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such Debt, (vii) all Debt of others guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Debt is guaranteed by such Person, (viii) all redeemable stock valued at the greater of its
voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends and (ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all obligations of such Person under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements. 

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

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 2.03 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary”
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to 

  
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the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Registered Global Securities of that series. 

“Designated Senior Indebtedness” means (i) Debt under the Bank Credit Agreement and (ii) Debt constituting Senior
Indebtedness which, at the time of its determination, (A) has an aggregate principal amount of at least $[ ] million and (B) is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior
Indebtedness” by the Company. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

“GAAP” means with respect to any computations required or permitted under the Indenture, generally accepted accounting
principles in effect in the United Sates as in effect from time to time; provided, however if the Company is required by the SEC to adopt (or is permitted to adopt and so adopts) a different accounting framework, including but not limited to the
International Financial Reporting Standards, “GAAP” shall mean such new accounting framework as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, in each case, those accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession. 
 “Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered
holder of any Security with respect to Registered Securities and the bearer of any Unregistered Security or any coupon appertaining thereto, as the case may be. 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as originally executed and delivered or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and shall include the forms and terms of the Securities of each series established as contemplated pursuant to
Sections 2.01 and Section 2.03. 
 “Interest Rate Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest
rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates to or under which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party or a beneficiary
thereafter. 
 “Lien” means, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such property. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property. 

  
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 “Nonrecourse Obligation” means indebtedness or other obligations
substantially related to (a) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (b) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of its properties or those of any of our
subsidiaries, as to which the obligee with respect to such indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of our assets or those of any of our subsidiaries other than the assets that were acquired with
the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof). 

“Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or chief
executive officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any assistant secretary. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name of the Company (i) by the chairman of
the Board of Directors, the president or chief executive officer, an executive vice president, a senior vice president or a vice president, and (ii) by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or
any assistant secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) the statements provided
in Section 11.04, if applicable. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include the statements provided in Section 11.04, if and to the extent
required thereby. 
 “original issue date” of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of
(a) the date of authentication of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution. 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02. 

“Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which
Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon
the issuance of such Securities. 
 “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof. 

“Principal” of a Security means the principal amount of, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, includes
any premium payable on, the Security. 

  
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 “Registered Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a
part of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.02, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.02. 

“Registered Security” means any Security registered on the Security Register (as defined in Section 2.05). 

“Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture. 
 “Securities” means any of the securities, as defined in the first
paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall include any coupon appertaining thereto. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business
entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person or (c) one or more subsidiaries of such Person. 

“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Debt of the Company
whether created, incurred or assumed before, on or after the date of this Indenture; provided that such Senior Indebtedness shall not include (i) Debt of the Company that, when incurred and without respect to any election under
Section 1111(b) of Title 11, U.S. Code, was without recourse, (ii) any other Debt of the Company which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same are specifically designated as not being senior in right of payment to
the Securities, and in particular the Securities shall rank pari passu with all other debt securities and guarantees issued to any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company which is a financing vehicle of the Company in
connection with an issuance of preferred securities by such financing entity and (iii) redeemable stock of the Company. 

  
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 “Trade Payables” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts
payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

 “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the provisions of Article 7 and thereafter shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. 
 “Trust Indenture Act” means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§77aaa-77bbbb), as it may be amended from time to time. 

“Unregistered Security” means any Security other than a Registered Security. 

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

“Yield to Maturity” means, as the context may require, the yield to maturity (i) on a series of Securities
or (ii) if the Securities of a series are issuable from time to time, on a Security of such series, calculated at the time of issuance of such series in the case of clause (i) or at the time of issuance of such Security of such series in
the case of clause (ii), or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series or on such Security, and calculated in accordance with the constant interest method or such other accepted financial practice as is specified
in the terms of such Security. 

  
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 Section 1.02. Other Definitions. Each of the following terms is defined in the
section set forth opposite such term: 
  

			
	 Term
	  	Section
	 Authenticating Agent
	  	2.02
	 Cash Transaction
	  	7.03
	 Dollars
	  	4.02
	 Event of Default
	  	6.01
	 Judgment Currency
	  	11.15
	 mandatory sinking fund payment
	  	3.05
	 optional sinking fund payment
	  	3.05
	 Paying Agent
	  	2.05
	 Payment Blockage Period
	  	10.02
	 record date
	  	2.04
	 Registrar
	  	2.05
	 Required Currency
	  	11.15(a)
	 Security Register
	  	2.05
	 self-liquidating paper
	  	7.03
	 sinking fund payment date
	  	3.05
	 Tranche
	  	2.14

 Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to
a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture. The following terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act have the following meanings: 

“indenture securities” means the Securities;  

“indenture security holder” means a Holder or a Securityholder;  

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;  

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and  

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.  

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by reference in the Trust Indenture Act to another
statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein. 

Section 1.04.    Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a)         an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP; 

  
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 (b)         words in the singular include the plural, and
words in the plural include the singular; 
 (c)         “herein,” “hereof” and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 

(d)         all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture
unless otherwise indicated; and 
 (e)         use of masculine, feminine or neuter pronouns should
not be deemed a limitation, and the use of any such pronouns should be construed to include, where appropriate, the other pronouns. 

ARTICLE 2 
 THE
SECURITIES 
 Section 2.01.     Form and Dating. The Securities of each series shall be
substantially in such form or forms (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as
may be required to comply with any law, or with any rules of any securities exchange or usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. Unless otherwise so established,
Unregistered Securities shall have coupons attached. 
 Section 2.02.     Execution and Authentication.
(a) Two Officers shall execute the Securities and one Officer shall execute the coupons appertaining thereto for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Company. The seal of the Company, if any, shall be
reproduced on the Securities. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or coupon appertaining thereto no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security and such coupon shall nevertheless be valid. 

(b)         The Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may appoint an authenticating agent (the
“Authenticating Agent”) to authenticate Securities. The Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such Authenticating Agent. 
 (c)         A Security and the coupons appertaining
thereto shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security or on the Security to which such coupon appertains by an authorized officer. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security or the Security to which the coupon appertains has been authenticated under this Indenture. 

  
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 (d)         At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series having attached thereto appropriate coupons, if any, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents referred
to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the written order of the Company. In authenticating any Securities of a series, the Trustee shall receive prior to the authentication of
any Securities of such series, and (subject to Article 7) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, unless and until such documents have been superseded or revoked: 

(i)         any Board Resolution and/or executed supplemental indenture referred to in
Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities of that series were established; 

(ii)         an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms
of the Securities, stating that the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein, established
in compliance with this Indenture; and 
 (iii)         an Opinion of Counsel
substantially to the effect that the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein, established
in compliance with this Indenture and that the supplemental indenture, to the extent applicable, and Securities have been duly authorized and, if executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and delivered to and
duly paid for by the purchasers thereof on the date of such opinion, would be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and would be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, general principles of equity, and that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with, and covering such other matters as shall be specified therein and as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee. 

(e)         The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

(f)         Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02, if, in connection with a
Periodic Offering, all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or the written order, Officers’ Certificate and
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each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. 

(g)         With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered
pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series. 

(h)         If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of a series or
a portion thereof are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities that (i) shall represent and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued in such form and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Registered Global
Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or its custodian or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: “Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of
the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.” 

Section 2.03.     Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 
 (b)         The Securities
may be issued in one or more series and shall be subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 hereof. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.03, 

(i)         the designation of the Securities of the series, which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from the Securities of all other series; 

(ii)         any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and any limitation on the ability of the Company to increase such aggregate principal amount after the initial issuance of the Securities of that series (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or upon redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant hereto); 

  
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 (iii)         the date or dates on which
the principal of the Securities of the series is payable (which date or dates may be fixed or extendible); 

(iv)         the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and (in the case of Registered Securities) on which a record shall be taken for the determination
of Holders to whom interest is payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall be determined; 

(v)         if other than as provided in Section 4.03, the place or places where the
principal of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, notices, demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this
Indenture may be served and notice to Holders may be published; 
 (vi)         the
right, if any, of the Company to redeem Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be so
redeemed, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise; 
 (vii)         the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period
or periods within which and any of the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 

(viii)         if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; 

(ix)         if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; 

(x)         if other than the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series
are denominated, the coin or currency in which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable or if the amount of payments of principal of and/or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 

(xi)         if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency
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manner in which any such currencies shall be valued against other currencies in which any other Securities shall be payable; 

(xii)         whether the Securities of the series or any portion thereof will be
issuable as Registered Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be issuable as Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities (with or without coupons) (and if so, whether such Securities will be issued in temporary or permanent
global form), or any combination of the foregoing, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Unregistered Securities or the payment of interest thereon and, if other than as provided herein, the terms upon which Unregistered
Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series and vice versa; 

(xiii)         whether the Securities of the series may be exchangeable for and/or
convertible into the common stock of the Company or any other security; 

(xiv)         whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional
amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather
than pay such additional amounts; 
 (xv)         if the Securities of the series
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions; 
 (xvi)         any trustees, depositaries,
authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or the registrar or any other agents with respect to the Securities of the series; 

(xvii)         provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Securities of the series
(including provisions permitting defeasance of less than all Securities of the series), which provisions may be in addition to, in substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing) the provisions of Article 8; 

(xviii)         if the Securities of the series are issuable in whole or in part as
one or more Registered Global Securities or Unregistered Securities in global form, the identity of the Depositary or common Depositary for such Registered Global Security or Securities or Unregistered Securities in global form; 

(xix)         any other Events of Default or covenants with respect to the Securities
of the series; and 
 (xx)         any other terms of the Securities of the series
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 (c)         All Securities of any one series and coupons,
if any, appertaining thereto shall be substantially identical, except in the case of Registered Securities as to date and denomination, except in the case of any Periodic Offering and except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so
provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto and any forms and terms of Securities to be issued from time to time may be completed and established from time to time prior to the issuance thereof by
procedures described in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture. 
 (d)         Unless
otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount
authorized with respect to such series as increased. 
 Section 2.04.     Denomination and Date of Securities;
Payments of Interest. (a)The Securities of each series shall be issuable as Registered Securities or Unregistered Securities in denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if not so established with respect to Securities of any
series, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the Officers of the
Company executing the same may determine, as evidenced by their execution thereof. 
 (b)        
Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest and shall be payable on the
dates, established as contemplated by Section 2.03. 
 (c)         The person in whose name any
Registered Security of any series is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on
such interest payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Registered Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the
interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case the provisions of Section 2.13 shall apply. The term “record date” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted
interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Registered Securities of such series established as contemplated by Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, the fifteenth day next
preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such record date is a Business Day. 
 Section 2.05.    
Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents Generally. (a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration, registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or
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Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”), which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The Company shall cause the Registrar to keep a
register of the Registered Securities and of their registration, transfer and exchange (the “Security Register”). The Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents or transfer agents with respect to any series. 

(b)         The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent and any change in
the name or address of an Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company may remove any Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall
become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or
(ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or any affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar; provided that neither the Company nor an affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the defeasance of the Securities or the discharge of this Indenture under Article 8. 

(c)         The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating
Agent. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee ten days prior to each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request the names and addresses of the
Holders as they appear in the Security Register. 
 Section 2.06.     Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
Not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date or, in the case of Unregistered Securities, 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the due date, of any Principal or interest on any Securities, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such Principal or interest. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of Principal of and interest on such Securities and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a
Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Company or
any affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any Principal of or interest on any Securities, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders thereof a sum of money sufficient to
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otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act as required by this Section. 

Section 2.07.     Transfer and Exchange. Unregistered Securities (except for any temporary global Unregistered
Securities) and coupons (except for coupons attached to any temporary global Unregistered Securities) shall be transferable by delivery. 

At the option of the Holder thereof, Registered Securities of any series (other than a Registered Global Security, except as set forth below)
may be exchanged for a Registered Security or Registered Securities of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Registered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the
Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. If the Securities of any series are issued in both registered and unregistered
form, except as otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.03, at the option of the Holder thereof, Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an
equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 4.03, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities
that have coupons attached, all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. At the option of the Holder thereof, if Unregistered
Securities of any series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date are issued in more than one authorized denomination, except as otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.03, such Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for such
purpose in accordance with Section 4.03, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have coupons attached, all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of
the charges hereinafter provided. Registered Securities of any series may not be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such series. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Security of a series at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for that purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
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 All Registered Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment
shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 

The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction. 
 Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 2.07, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such
series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. 
 If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Global Securities of any series
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Registered Global Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered Global Securities shall no longer be eligible under applicable law, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law with respect to such Registered Global Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law for such Registered Global Securities is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Registered Securities
of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver Registered Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Registered Global Securities, in exchange
for such Registered Global Securities. 
 The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the
Depositary determine that any Registered Global Securities of any series shall no longer be maintained in global form. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Registered Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series and tenor in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
such Registered Global Securities, in exchange for such Registered Global Securities. 
 Any time the Registered Securities of any series
are not in the form of Registered Global Securities pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, the Company agrees to supply the Trustee with a reasonable supply of certificated Registered Securities without the legend required by Section 2.02 and the
Trustee agrees to hold such Registered Securities in safekeeping until authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 

  
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 If established by the Company pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to any Registered Global
Security, the Depositary for such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of the same series and tenor in definitive registered form on such terms as are
acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, 

(a)         to the Person specified by such Depositary new Registered Securities of the same series
and tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Registered Global Security; and 

(b)         to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a denomination equal to the
difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (a) above. 

Registered Securities issued in exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be registered in such names and
in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. The Trustee
or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. 
 All
Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. 

Notwithstanding anything herein or in the forms or terms of any Securities to the contrary, none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of
the Company or the Trustee shall be required to exchange any Unregistered Security for a Registered Security if such exchange would result in adverse federal income tax consequences to the Company (such as, for example, the inability of the Company
to deduct from its income, as computed for federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on the Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States federal income tax laws. The Trustee and any such agent shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in determining such result. 
 The Registrar shall not be
required (i) to issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of such Securities to be redeemed or (ii) to register the transfer of
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 Section 2.08.     Replacement Securities. If any mutilated
Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such mutilated Security or in exchange for the Security to
which a mutilated coupon appertains, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such mutilated
Security or to the Security to which such mutilated coupon appertains. 
 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee
(i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence
of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains. 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security or coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, and in the case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of them of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and the ownership thereof; provided, however, that the Principal of and any interest on Unregistered Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 4.03, be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States of America. 
 Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 

Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or in exchange for any mutilated Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled

  
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to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder. 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons. 
 Section 2.09.    
Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those paid pursuant to Section 2.08, those
described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding and those that have been defeased pursuant to Section 8.05. 
 If a Security is replaced
pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a holder in due course. 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company) holds on the maturity date or any redemption date or date for
repurchase of the Securities money sufficient to pay Securities payable or to be redeemed or repurchased on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue. 

A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its affiliates holds such Security, provided, however, that, in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any affiliate of the
Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities as to
which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Any Securities so owned which are pledged by the Company, or by any affiliate of the Company, as security for loans or other obligations,
otherwise than to another such affiliate of the Company, shall be deemed to be outstanding, if the pledgee is entitled pursuant to the terms of its pledge agreement and is free to exercise in its or his discretion the right to vote such securities,
uncontrolled by the Company or by any such affiliate. 
 Section 2.10.     Temporary Securities. Until
definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities of such series. Temporary Securities of any series shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Securities of such series but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officers executing the temporary Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Securities. If
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the temporary Securities of such
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shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series and tenor upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to
Section 4.03, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount
of definitive Securities of such series and tenor and authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. 

Section 2.11.     Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not
issued and sold. The Registrar, any transfer agent and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel and dispose of in accordance with its customary
procedures all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall, upon written request of the Company, deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities
it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
 Section 2.12.     CUSIP Numbers. The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” and “CINS” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers or CINS numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience
to Holders and no representation shall be made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change
in the CUSIP or CINS numbers. 
 Section 2.13.     Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment
of interest on the Registered Securities, it shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest
(as may be specified in the terms thereof, established pursuant to Section 2.03) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of
defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder of such Registered Securities and to the Trustee a notice that states the special record date, the
payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. 
 Section 2.14.     Series May Include
Tranches. A series of Securities may include one or more tranches (each a “tranche”) of Securities, including Securities issued in a Periodic Offering. The Securities of different tranches may have one or more different terms,
including authentication dates and public offering prices, but all the Securities within each such tranche shall have identical terms, including authentication date and public offering price. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
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2.04, 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 3.01 through 3.05, 4.03, 6.01 through 6.14, 8.01 through 8.07, 9.02 and Section 11.07, if any series of Securities includes more than one tranche, all provisions of such
sections applicable to any series of Securities shall be deemed equally applicable to each tranche of any series of Securities in the same manner as though originally designated a series unless otherwise provided with respect to such series or
tranche pursuant to Section 2.03. In particular, and without limiting the scope of the next preceding sentence, any of the provisions of such sections which provide for or permit action to be taken with respect to a series of Securities shall also
be deemed to provide for and permit such action to be taken instead only with respect to Securities of one or more tranches within that series (and such provisions shall be deemed satisfied thereby), even if no comparable action is taken with
respect to Securities in the remaining tranches of that series. 
 ARTICLE 3 

REDEMPTION 

Section 3.01.     Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article 3 shall be applicable to the
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Securities of such series. 

Section 3.02.     Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Registered
Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Company shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for redemption to such Holders of Registered Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the registry books. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Unregistered Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in
part who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and, in the case of any such notice given by the Company, the Trustee shall make such information available to the Company
for such purpose). Any notice which is mailed or published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series. 

  
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 The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each Security
of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof, the place or places of
payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities and, in the case of Securities with coupons attached thereto, of all coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for redemption, that such
redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on
the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and
after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series and tenor in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. 

The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s written request at least 10 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) if all
of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, or at least 15 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to
the Trustee) if less than all the outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 

On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption date or, in the case of Unregistered Securities, on or before 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on the Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together
with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If all of the outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 10 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given
to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all such Securities are to be redeemed. If less than all the outstanding
Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter
period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in

  
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this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition. 
 If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata,
by lot or in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, and in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in principal amounts equal to
authorized denominations for Securities of such series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. 

Section 3.03.     Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as above
provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue, and the unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall be void and, except as provided in Sections 7.12 and 8.02, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of
such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for redemption, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the
Company at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable in the case of
Securities with coupons attached thereto, to the Holders of the coupons for such interest upon surrender thereof, and in the case of Registered Securities, to the Holders of such Registered Securities registered as such on the relevant record date
subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.04 and 2.13 hereof. 
 If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security) borne by such
Security. 
 If any Security with coupons attached thereto is surrendered for redemption and is not accompanied by all appurtenant coupons
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the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to each of them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them harmless. 
 Upon presentation of any Security of any series redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of such series and tenor (with any unmatured coupons attached), of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented. 
 Section 3.04.     Exclusion of Certain Securities From
Eligibility for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, either (a) the Company or (b) an entity
specifically identified in such written statement as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company. 

Section 3.05.     Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of the Securities of any series is herein
referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein referred to as the “sinking fund payment date”. 

In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Company may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except through a mandatory sinking fund payment) by the Company or receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so
credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments (not previously so
credited) made pursuant to this Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by the Company at the option of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through any optional
sinking fund payment. Securities so delivered or credited shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such Securities. 

On or before the sixtieth day next preceding each sinking fund payment date for any series, or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to
the Trustee, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (i) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of specified
Securities of such series and the basis for such credit, (ii) stating that none of the specified Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited, (iii) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default
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(iv) stating whether or not the Company intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional
sinking fund payment which the Company intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the Company to be entitled to
credit therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11 to the Trustee with such Officers’ Certificate (or reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable
to the Trustee). Such Officers’ Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Company shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or delivery of Securities therein referred to, if any, on or
before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Company, on or before any such sixtieth day, to deliver such Officer’s Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall
constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Company (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to
deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Company will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section. 

If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request with respect to the Securities of any series), such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price thereof together with accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 (or such lesser sum) or
less and the Company makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or such lesser sum) is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 3.02, for redemption on such sinking fund
payment date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Company) inform the Company of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or
portions thereof) so selected. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for redemption under this Section if they are identified by registration and certificate number in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days
prior to the sinking fund payment date as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (i) the Company or (ii) an entity specifically identified in such Officers’ Certificate as directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company (or the Company, if it shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of
redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 3.02 (and with the effect provided in Section 3.03) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Company. The
amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with
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particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be applied, together with other
moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the Principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity. 

On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each sinking fund payment date or, in the case of Unregistered Securities, 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on the Business Day prior to the sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on
the next following sinking fund payment date. 
 The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with
sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any Event of Default except that, where the
mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from the Company a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except
as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such Default or Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default,
be deemed to have been collected under Article 6 and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 6.04 or the Default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the
sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such Securities. 

ARTICLE 4 

COVENANTS 

Section 4.01.     Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay the Principal of and interest on the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. The interest on Securities with coupons attached (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. The interest on any temporary Unregistered Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to
the terms of such Securities) shall be paid, as to the installments of interest evidenced by coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation and surrender thereof, and, as to the other installments of interest, if any, only upon
presentation of such Unregistered Securities for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. The interest on Registered Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only to
the Holders thereof (subject to Section 2.04) and at the option of the Company may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security Register of
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 Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture and the Securities of any series to the
contrary, if the Company and a Holder of any Registered Security so agree, payments of interest on, and any portion of the Principal of, such Holder’s Registered Security (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or
repayment date or the final payment of Principal on such Security) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the Company of immediately available funds by 11:00 A.M., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed to between the
Company and the Paying Agent), directly to the Holder of such Security (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior to such payment date requesting that such payment will
be so made and designating the bank account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of Principal, surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating the same principal amount as the
unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the last instruction delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section 4.01 unless a new instruction is delivered 15 days prior to a
payment date. The Company will indemnify and hold each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) resulting from any act or omission to act on the part of the
Company or any such Holder in connection with any such agreement or from making any payment in accordance with any such agreement. 
 The
Company shall pay interest on overdue Principal, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Securities. 

Section 4.02.     Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the United States of America,
an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, located in New York, New York, as such office or agency of the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 11.02. 
 The Company will maintain one or more agencies in a city or cities
located outside the United States of America (including any city in which such an agency is required to be maintained under the rules of any stock exchange on which the Securities of any series are listed) where the Unregistered Securities, if any,
of each series and coupons, if any, appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment on any Unregistered Security or coupon will be made upon presentation of such Unregistered Security or coupon at an agency of the Company within the
United States of America nor will any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail to an address in, the United States of America unless, pursuant to applicable United States laws and regulations then in effect, such payment can be made
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to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full payment in United States Dollars (“Dollars”) at each agency maintained by the Company outside the United States of
America for payment on such Unregistered Securities or coupons appertaining thereto is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions, payments in Dollars of Unregistered Securities of any series and coupons
appertaining thereto which are payable in Dollars may be made at an agency of the Company maintained in the United States of America. 
 The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States of America for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. 

Section 4.03.     Securityholders’ Lists. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of the Securities pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (a) semi-annually not more than 15 days after each
record date for the payment of semi-annual interest on the Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Company of any
such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished. 

Section 4.04.     Certificate to Trustee. The Company will furnish to the Trustee annually, on or before a
date not more than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year (which, on the date hereof, is a calendar year), a brief certificate (which need not contain the statements required by Section 11.04) from its principal executive, financial or accounting
officer as to his or her knowledge of the compliance of the Company with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this
Indenture) which certificate shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 Section 4.05.    
Reports by the Company. The Company covenants to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports which the Company
may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt
of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). 
 Section 4.06.     Additional Amounts. If
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with respect to that series of Securities and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of Principal of or interest on the Securities of that series if there has been a change with respect
to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal paying agent, if other than the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such paying
agent whether such payment of Principal of or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of the Securities of that series without withholding or deduction for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding or deduction shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld or deducted on such payments to such
Holders and shall certify the fact that additional amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable to each Holder, and the Company shall pay to the Trustee or such paying agent the additional amounts required to be paid by this Section. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any paying agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section. 
 Whenever in
this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the Principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional
amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of
additional amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding the payment of additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. 

Section 4.07.     Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at
the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific
information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”). 

ARTICLE 5 

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION 

Section 5.01.     When Company May Merge, Etc. The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or
sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person unless: 

(a)        (i) the Company shall be the continuing Person or (ii) the Person (if other than the
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leased shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company on all of the Securities, and under this Indenture and the Company; 

(b)         immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and 
 (c)         the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) an Opinion
of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger or sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture (if any) complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have
been complied with and that such supplemental indenture (if any) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any such successor enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions
and (ii) an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 

Section 5.02.     Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 of this Indenture, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein and thereafter the predecessor Person, except in the case of a lease, shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 

ARTICLE 6 
 DEFAULT
AND REMEDIES 
 Section 6.01.     Events of Default. An “Event of
Default” shall occur with respect to the Securities of any series if: 
 (a)         the
Company defaults in the payment of the Principal of any Security of such series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or mandatory repurchase, including as a sinking fund installment, or otherwise; 

(b)         the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of such series when the
same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; 
 (c)         a
failure by the Company to comply with its agreements contained in this Indenture (other than those referenced in clauses (a) and (b) above) and such failure continues for 90 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company
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of the outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby (acting as a separate series) specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“Notice of Default” hereunder; 
 (d)         a court having jurisdiction in the
premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of
60 consecutive days; 
 (e)         the Company (i) commences a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
or 
 (f)         any other Event of Default established pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to
the Securities of such series occurs. 
 No Event of Default with respect to a single series of Securities issued hereunder (and under or
pursuant to any supplemental indenture, Officers’ Certificate or Board Resolution) specific to such series shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Securities unless otherwise provided in this Indenture or any
supplemental indenture, Officers’ Certificate or Board Resolution with respect to any other series of Securities. 

Section 6.02.     Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default other than as described in clauses (d) or (e)
of Section 6.01 with respect to the Securities of any series then outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, except for any series of Securities the principal of which shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any such series then outstanding hereunder by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare
the entire principal (or, if the Securities of any such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 2.03) of all Securities of
such series, and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. 

(b)         If an Event of Default described in clauses (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 occurs and is
continuing, then the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof established pursuant to Section 2.03) of all the Securities then outstanding
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accrued thereon, if any, shall be and become immediately due and payable, without any notice or other action by any Holder or the Trustee, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. 

The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof established pursuant to Section 2.03) of the Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so declared or
become due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Securities of each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield
to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of each such series to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 7.07,
and if any and all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then and in
every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the then outstanding Securities of all such series that have been accelerated (voting as a single class), by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive
all defaults with respect to all such series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. 
 For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of
any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared or become due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled, the
principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the
principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities. 

Section 6.03.     Other Remedies. If a payment default or an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue, in its own name or as trustee of an express trust, any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of Principal of and interest on the Securities of such
series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of such series or this Indenture. 

  
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 The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does
not produce any of them in the proceeding. 
 Section 6.04.     Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Sections
6.02, 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount (or, if the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as is then accelerable under Section 6.02) of the outstanding Securities of all
series affected (voting as a single class), by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of Principal of or interest
on any Security as specified in clauses (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected. Upon any such
waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 
 Section 6.05.    
Control by Majority. Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02(e), the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as is then accelerable
under Section 6.02) of the outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series by this Indenture; provided, that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability or that the Trustee determines in good faith may
be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in the giving of such direction; and provided further, that the Trustee may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any directions received from Holders of
Securities pursuant to this Section 6.05. 
 Section 6.06.     Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any
Security of any series may institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: 

(a)         such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of such series; 
 (b)         the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 

(c)         such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to
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 (d)         the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 

(e)         during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such series have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written request. 
 A Holder may
not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or
forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). 
 Section 6.07.     Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of Principal of or interest, if any, on such Holder’s Security on or after the respective due dates expressed on such
Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. 

Section 6.08.     Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series in payment of Principal or interest specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount (or such
portion thereof as specified in the terms established pursuant to Section 2.03 of Original Issue Discount Securities) of Principal of, and accrued interest remaining unpaid on, together with interest on overdue Principal of, and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest on, the Securities of such series, in each case at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities,
and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 7.07. 

Section 6.09.     Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers
or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other
obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Securities or upon any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower the Trustee to authorize or consent
to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
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 Section 6.10.     Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected
by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of Principal or interest,
upon presentation of the several Securities and coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and noting thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series and tenor in reduced principal amounts in
exchange for the presented Securities of such series and tenor if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 applicable to the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected; 

SECOND: Subject to Article 10, in case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not
have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by
the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons
entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference; 
 THIRD: Subject to Article 10, in case the principal of the Securities of such
series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for Principal and interest, with interest upon
the overdue Principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such Principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of Principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over Principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any
other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such Principal and accrued and unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and 

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other person lawfully entitled thereto. 

Section 6.11.     Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any
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remedies of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. 

Section 6.12.     Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, in either case in respect to the Securities of any series, a court may require any party litigant in such suit (other than the Trustee) to file an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, a suit instituted by the Trustee or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such series. 
 Section 6.13.     Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities in Section 2.08, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 

Section 6.14.     Delay or Omission not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the
Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 

ARTICLE 7 
 TRUSTEE

 Section 7.01.     General. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act and as set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Article 7. 

Section 7.02.     Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through (d): 

  
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 (a)         the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall
be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel (or both), statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee,
in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; 

(b)         before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section 11.04 and shall cover such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such certificate or opinion. Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively
proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof; 
 (c)         the
Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents not regularly in its employ and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care; 

(d)         any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company; 
 (e)         the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; 

(f)         the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers or for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
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any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; 

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

(h)         prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving
of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, Board Resolution, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of all series affected then outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; 

(i)         in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; 

(j)         the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities
and this Indenture; 
 (k)         the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

 (l)         the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and 
 (m)         the Trustee may request that the
Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture. 

Section 7.03.     Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may
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Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311. For purposes of Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b)(4) and
(6), the following terms shall mean: 
 (a)         “cash transaction” means any
transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and 

(b)         “self-liquidating paper” means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title
to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee
simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation. 

Section 7.04.     Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as statements of the Company and not of the Trustee and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents (a) makes any
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities and (b) shall be accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the Securities. 

Section 7.05.     Notice of Default. If any Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing and if such Default is known to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer with the corporate trust department of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each Holder of Securities of such series notice of such Default within 90 days
after it occurs to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the mailing or publication of such
notice; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the Principal of or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding
of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. 
 Section 7.06.     Reports by Trustee to Holders. The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by
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Holders a brief report, dated as of such July 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a). 

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof. 

Section 7.07.     Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall
be agreed upon in writing from time to time for its services. The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s or such predecessor
Trustee’s agents, counsel and other persons not regularly in their employ. 
 The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, damage, claim, cost, liability or expense incurred by them without negligence or willful misconduct on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Indenture and the Securities or the issuance of the Securities or of series thereof or the trusts hereunder and the performance of duties under this Indenture and the Securities, including the costs and expenses of defending
themselves against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability and of complying with any process served upon them or any of their officers in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of their powers or duties under this Indenture and the Securities. 
 To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section
7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay Principal of, and interest on particular Securities.

 The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the
Trustee or the rejection or termination of this Indenture under bankruptcy law. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities or coupons, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, if the Trustee renders
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by their acceptance of the Securities hereby agree that such expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law. 

Section 7.08.     Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee as Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series and appointment of a successor Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

 The Trustee may resign as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series at any time by so notifying the Company in writing. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with
respect thereto with the consent of the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series if: (i) the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.11 of this Indenture; (ii) the Trustee is
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect thereto. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such series may appoint a successor Trustee in respect of such Securities to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not deliver its
written acceptance required by Section 7.09 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series may petition
at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect thereto. 
 The
Company shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee in respect of the Securities of such series to all Holders of Securities of such
series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to this Section 7.08 and Section 7.09, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 

Section 7.09.     Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
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rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and subject to the
lien provided for in Section 7.07, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. 
 In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be
deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 
 Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be. 

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under this
Article and qualified under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 
 Section 7.10.     Successor
Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving

  
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or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee
herein. 
 Section 7.11.     Eligibility. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. 

Section 7.12.     Money Held in Trust. The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article 8 of this Indenture.

 ARTICLE 8 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED
MONEYS 
 Section 8.01.     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time
(a) the Company shall have paid or caused to be paid the Principal of and interest on all the Securities of any series outstanding hereunder (other than Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) as and when the same shall have become due and payable, (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other than any
Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) or (c) (i) all the securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption,
and (ii) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Company in accordance with Section
8.04) or U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure (without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest) the availability of cash, or a combination thereof, sufficient
to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (other than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due on or prior to such date of maturity or redemption as the case may be, and if, in any such case, the Company is not prohibited from making payments in
respect of the Securities by Article 10 hereof and shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to Securities of such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to
Securities of such series (except as to (A) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of securities of such series, and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if any, (B) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost
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Holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of Holders to receive mandatory
sinking fund payments, if any, (D) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (E) the rights of Holders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to
all or any of them), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture with respect to such series; provided, that the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of Principal of and interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by
then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange upon which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the
Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series. 

Section 8.02.     Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities. Subject to Section
8.04, all moneys (including U.S. Government Obligations and the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 8.01, 8.05 or 8.06 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
to the Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for Principal and interest; but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Funds and U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Sections 8.01, 8.05 or 8.06 shall not be subject to the claims of holders of Senior Indebtedness under Article 10. 

Section 8.03.     Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the
Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. 

Section 8.04.     Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys
deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the Principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such Principal or interest shall
have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Company and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company by the Trustee for such series
or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which
such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease. 

  
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 Section 8.05.    Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture. The
Company shall be deemed to have paid and shall be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Securities of any series, on the 123rd day after the deposit referred to in clause (i) hereof has been made, and the provisions of this
Indenture shall no longer be in effect with respect to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: (a) rights of registration of transfer
and exchange, and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if any, (b) the substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (c) rights of Holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest
thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of Holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (d) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and
(e) the rights of Holders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them; provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 

(i)        with reference to this provision the Company has deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or another qualifying trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.11) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
of such series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than one day before the due date of any
payment referred to in subclause (x) or (y) of this clause (i) money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by
the Trustee (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of interest on the outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the
Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of Securities of such series and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; 

(ii)        the Company has delivered to the Trustee (A) either (x) an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that beneficial owners of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 8.05 and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred, which Opinion of Counsel must be based upon a ruling of the
Internal Revenue Service to the same effect or a change in applicable federal income tax law or related treasury regulations after the date of this Indenture or (y) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to
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Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will
not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law; 

(iii)        immediately after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no
Event of Default, or event that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of
such deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; 

(iv)        if at such time the Securities of such series are listed on a national
securities exchange, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securities of such series will not be delisted as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge; 

(v)        the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge under this Section have been complied with; and 

(vi)        if the Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to the final
maturity thereof (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made. 

Section 8.06.    Defeasance of Certain Obligations. The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or
condition set forth in, and this Indenture will no longer be in effect with respect to, any covenant established pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(xix) and clause (c) (with respect to any covenants established pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(xviii)) and
clause (f) of Section 6.01 shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series, if 

(a)        with reference to this Section 8.06, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee (or another qualifying trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.11) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
series and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, (i) money in an amount or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide not later than one day before the due dates thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under agreements satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, of any payment referred to in subclause (x) or (y) of this
clause (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
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federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of interest on the
outstanding Securities of such series on the due date thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to the Securities of such series and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of Securities of such series and the
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; 
 (b)        the Company has delivered to
the Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that beneficial owners of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this
Section 8.06 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or
Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law; 
 (c)        immediately after giving
effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default, or event that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the
period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is
bound; 
 (d)        if at such time the Securities of such series are listed on a national
securities exchange, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securities of such series will not be delisted as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge; and 

(e)        the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance under this Section have been complied with. 

Section 8.07.    Reinstatement. If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any monies or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such monies or U.S. Government
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obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the monies or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or paying
agent. 
 Section 8.08.    Indemnity. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.08 and Section 8.02, the “Trustee”) against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.05
or 8.06 or the principal or interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. 

Section 8.09.    Excess Funds. Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon written request of the Company, any money or U.S. Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 8.01, 8.05 or 8.06 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a discharge or
defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article 8. 
 Section 8.10.    Qualifying Trustee. Any
trustee appointed pursuant to Section 8.05 or 8.06 for the purpose of holding money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to such Sections shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee and shall provide to the
Trustee a certificate, upon which certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the related defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any
acts or omissions of said trustee. 
 Section 8.11.    Tax Matters regarding Trustee. (a) In
connection with any proposed exchange of Global Securities for Securities in definitive registered form, upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee any
information reasonably available to the Company that is necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Section 6045 of the
Code. The Trustee may rely on any such information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information. 

(b)        For certain payments made pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee may be required to make a
“reportable payment” or “withholdable payment” and in such cases the Trustee shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively, that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under
Chapters 3, 4, and 61 of the Code. The Trustee shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All parties to this Indenture shall provide an executed
IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to the issuance of Securities, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The
Trustee shall have the right to reasonably request from any party to this Indenture, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to
satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under Chapters 3, 4, and 61 of the Code. To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this Section 8.11 are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required to be made or
are determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect, the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent it is so required to withhold under Chapters 3, 4, or 61 of the Code, and shall
have no obligation to gross up any such payment. 
 ARTICLE 9 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS 

Section 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Securities of any series without notice to or the consent of any Holder: 

(a)        to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; provided that such
amendments or supplements shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders; 

(b)        to comply with Article 5; 

(c)        to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; 
 (d)        to evidence and provide for the
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change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 7.09; 
 (e)        to establish the form or forms or terms of Securities of any series
or of the coupons appertaining to such Securities as permitted by Section 2.03; 
 (f)        to
provide for uncertificated or Unregistered Securities and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose; or 

(g)        to make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

 Section 9.02.    With Consent of Holders. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, without prior notice to any
Holders, the Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities of any series with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such amendment, and the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby by written notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such
series. 
 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.02, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, an amendment or waiver,
including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not: 
 (a)        change the stated maturity of
the Principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security or the times at which it may be redeemed or repurchased; 

(b)        reduce the Principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (including any amount
in respect of original issue discount); 
 (c)        change the coin or currency in which any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable; 
 (d)        impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); 

(e)        make any changes that would affect the ranking for the Securities in a manner adverse to
the Holders; 
 (f)        reduce the above stated percentage of outstanding Securities the consent
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 (g)        reduce the percentage in principal amount of
outstanding Securities of the relevant series the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture or for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain Defaults and their consequences provided for
in this Indenture; or 
 (h)        make any changes to this paragraph of Section 9.02 (including
clauses (a) through (g)). 
 A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which
has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or of the coupons appertaining to such Securities. 
 It shall
not be necessary for the consent of any Holder under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall give to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. 
 Section 9.03.    Revocation and Effect of
Consent. Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the Security of the
consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of its Security. Such revocation shall be effective only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective with respect to any Securities affected thereby on receipt by the Trustee of
written consents from the requisite Holders of outstanding Securities affected thereby. 
 The Company may, but shall not be obligated to,
fix a record date (which may be not less than five nor more than 60 days prior to the solicitation of consents) for the purpose of determining the Holders of the Securities of any series affected entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or
waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were such Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those Persons shall be entitled to consent to such
amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be such Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date. 

  
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 After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Securities of any
series affected thereby, it shall bind every Holder of such Securities unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (a) through
(g) of Section 9.02, the amendment or waiver shall bind each such Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security that evidences the same indebtedness as the Security of the consenting Holder. 

Section 9.04.    Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the
terms of any Security, the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an
appropriate notation on any Security of such series thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security of the
same series and tenor that reflects the changed terms. 
 Section 9.05.    Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
The Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture, stating that all requisite consents have been obtained or that no consents are required and stating that such supplemental indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise. 
 Section 9.06.    Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article 9 shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. 
 ARTICLE 10 

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES 

Section 10.01.    Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities
issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 10; and each person holding any Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer,
assignment or exchange thereof accepts and agrees that the Principal of and interest on all Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner herein set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness. 
 Section 10.02.    Payments to Securityholders. No payments on account of
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respect to any Senior Indebtedness, and such default shall not have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist. In addition, during the continuance of any default (other than a
payment default) with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated, from and after the date of receipt by the Trustee of written notice from the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or
from an agent of such holders, stating that such default has occurred and is continuing, no payments on account of Principal or interest in respect of the Securities may be made by the Company for a period (“Payment Blockage
Period”) commencing on the date of delivery of such notice and ending 179 days thereafter (unless such Payment Blockage Period shall be terminated by written notice to the Trustee from the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or
from an agent of such holders, or such default has been cured or waived or has ceased to exist). Only one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced with respect to the Securities during any period of 360 consecutive days. No Event of Default which
existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be or be made the basis for the commencement of any subsequent
Payment Blockage Period by the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days. 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon
any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets and liabilities or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Company, all amounts due or to become
due upon all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents, or payment thereof provided for in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of the Principal of, or interest on the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities, and upon any such liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment, marshalling or proceeding, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee under this Indenture would be entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders) or their respective
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness in full (including, without limitation, except to the extent, if any, prohibited by mandatory provisions of law, post-petition interest, in any such proceedings), after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or to the Trustee under this Indenture. 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
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prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee under this Indenture or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or provision is made for such
payment in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid
until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. 

For purposes of this Article, the words, “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the
Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this Article
10 with respect to the Securities) to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding; provided, that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such arrangement,
reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or
the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of its property and assets to another corporation upon the terms and
conditions provided in Article 5 shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer,
comply with the conditions stated in Article 5. Nothing in this Section shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article 7. This Section 10.02 shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 10.05. 

Section 10.03.    Subrogation of Securities. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and
interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 10, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their
behalf shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions
of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the Securityholders pursuant to the subrogation provision of this Article 10, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a

  
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payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article 10 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights
of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. 
 Nothing contained in
this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the Principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect
the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Holder of any Security or the Trustee on his behalf from exercising
all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 10 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon
the exercise of any such remedy. 
 Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 10, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such liquidation, dissolution, winding up,
receivership, reorganization, assignment or marshalling proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to
the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 10. 

Section 10.04.    Authorization by Securityholders. Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof
authorizes the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 10 and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. 

Section 10.05.    Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to any
paying agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or any paying agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 or would end such prohibition.
Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or of any default or event of default with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness or of any other facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or which would end such prohibition, unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in writing at its principal
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holder of Senior Indebtedness or by the trustee under any indenture pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness shall be outstanding, who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise
established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or agent or trustee, and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, be entitled to assume that no such facts
exist; provided that if on a date at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys shall become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the Principal of, or interest on any
Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice of prohibition provided for in this Section, then, regardless of anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such
moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date. 

Regardless of anything to the contrary herein, nothing shall prevent (a) any payment by the Company or the Trustee to the Securityholders
of amounts in connection with a redemption of Securities if (i) notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to Article 3 prior to the receipt by the Trustee of written notice of prohibition as aforesaid, and (ii) such notice of
redemption is given not earlier than 60 days before the redemption date, or (b) any payment by the Trustee to the Securityholders of amounts deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.05 or 8.06. 

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

Section 10.06.    Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other capacity to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent, of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 10 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07. 

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
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holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject
to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other Person moneys or assets to which any holder of
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 10 or otherwise. 
 Section 10.07.    No
Impairment of Subordination. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or
otherwise be charged with. 
 ARTICLE 11 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 11.01.    Trust Indenture Act of 1939. This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 11.02.    Notices. Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if written and (a) if
delivered in person when received or (b) if mailed by first class mail 5 days after mailing, or (c) as between the Company and the Trustee if sent by facsimile transmission, when transmission is confirmed, in each case addressed as
follows: 
 if to the Company: 

Verisk Analytics, Inc. 
 545
Washington Boulevard 
 Jersey City, NJ 07310-1686 

Telecopy: (201) 748-1429 

Attention: General Counsel 
 if
to the Trustee: 
 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 

150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 
 Attention:
Corporate Trust Services 
 The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications. 

  
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 Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given to Holders of any Unregistered
Securities, by mailing to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and to Holders of Registered
Securities by mailing to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. Notice mailed shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall
also be mailed to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. 
 Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 11.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it. 
 Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any
action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
 In case it shall be impracticable to give notice as herein contemplated, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. 

Section 11.03.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the
Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 

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

(b)        an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent have been complied with. 
 Section 11.04.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate required by Section 4.05) shall include: 

(a)        a statement that each person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (b)        a brief statement as to the
nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is based; 

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

(d)        a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials. 

Section 11.05.    Evidence of Ownership. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may deem and treat the Holder of any Unregistered Security and the Holder of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Unregistered Security or coupon (whether or not such Unregistered Security or coupon shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The fact of the holding by any Holder of an
Unregistered Security, and the identifying number of such Security and the date of his holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Security or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer
wherever situated satisfactory to the Trustee, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Security bearing a specified identifying number was
deposited with or exhibited to such trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer by the person named in such certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or more Unregistered Securities specified therein. The
holding by the person named in any such certificate of any Unregistered Securities specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year from the date of such certificate unless at the time of any determination of such holding
(i) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Securities shall be produced or (ii) the Security specified in such certificate shall be produced by some other Person, or (iii) the Security specified in such
certificate shall have ceased to be outstanding. Subject to Article 7, the fact and date of the execution of any such instrument and the amount and numbers of Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument may also be proven in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in any other manner which the Trustee may deem sufficient. 

The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name any Registered Security shall
be registered upon the Security Register for such series as the absolute owner of such Registered Security (whether or not such Registered Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the Principal of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

  
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 Section 11.06.    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions. 

Section 11.07.    Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. Except as otherwise provided with respect to a
series of Securities, if any date for payment of Principal or interest on any Security shall not be a Business Day at any place of payment, then payment of Principal of or interest on such Security, as the case may be, need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at any place of payment with the same force and effect as if made on such date and no interest shall accrue in respect of such payment for the period from and after such date. 

Section 11.08.    Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this
Indenture and the Securities, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 

Section 11.09.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret
another indenture or loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture or agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 

Section 11.10.    Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind
its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. 

Section 11.11.    Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this
Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 

Section 11.12.    Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 11.13.    Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and
Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions hereof. 

  
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 Section 11.14.    Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
of Company Exempt From Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in any Security or any coupons appertaining thereto, or because of
any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any successor thereof, either directly or through the
Company or of any successor thereof, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by
the acceptance of the Securities and the coupons appertaining thereto by the holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities and the coupons appertaining thereto. 

Section 11.15.    Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the Principal of or interest on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”)
into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a Business Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. 

Section 11.16.    Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or
delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which
are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 

  
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 Section 11.17.    U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto
acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record
information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for
the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. 

  
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 SIGNATURES 

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

 

									
	Attest:	 		 	 VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.,
 as the
Company

				
	  
	 		 	By: 	 	  

	  Eva F. Huston	 		 		 	Name:	 	Kenneth E. Thompson
	        Title:   Senior Vice President and	 		 		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President,
	        Chief Financial Officer	 		 		 	General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 
					
	 WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION,
 as the Trustee

		
	By: 	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Stefan Victory
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 22, 2017 by and among Broadway Financial Corporation, (“BFC”), Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. (the “Bank” and, together with BFC, the “Company”), and Wayne-Kent A. Bradshaw (the “Executive”).  The term Company shall refer to BFC in respect of Executive’s services to BFC and to the Bank in respect of the Executive’s services to the Bank.

 

WHEREAS, the Executive has served as a senior executive officer of the Company and the Bank since February, 2009;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to retain the Executive to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Executive desires to provide such services on such terms and conditions;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Services, Duties and Responsibilities.

 

(a)                                 The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive as its President and Chief Executive Officer during the service period fixed by Section 4 hereof (the “Service Period”).  The Executive shall report to the Board of Directors of BFC (the “Board”) and shall have such duties and responsibilities as are consistent with the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of a bank and holding company of similar size and complexity as the Company (the “Services”).  The Executive shall also serve on the Board to the extent he is elected for such service by the BFC stockholders, which election shall be recommended to the BFC stockholders by the appropriate committee of the Board, and the Executive shall serve on the board of directors of the Bank.  The Executive’s principal work location shall be at the Company’s principal executive offices; provided, that the Executive may be required to travel as reasonably necessary in order to perform the Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.

 

(b)                                 During the Service Period, excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive shall devote substantially all of the Executive’s working time, energy and attention to the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder and shall faithfully and diligently endeavor to promote the business of the Company.  During the Service Period, the Executive may not, without the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, operate, participate in the management, operations or control of, or act as an executive, officer, consultant, agent or representative of, any type of competitive business or service; provided, that the Executive may, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, devote such amount of time as does not interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties under this Agreement to engaging in community and charitable activities.

 

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2.                                      Compensation.

 

(a)                                 Base Salary.  During the Service Period, the Executive shall be paid an annual base salary of $435,000 for the Executive’s services hereunder, payable in accordance with the normal and customary payroll procedures applicable to the Company’s senior executives.  The Executive’s base salary shall be subject to increase but not decrease, as determined by the Board in its discretion (such base salary, as in effect from time to time, the “Base Salary”).

 

(b)                                 Bonus Opportunity.  During the portion of the Service Period that the Company is subject to EESA and the Interim Final Rule (both as defined in Section 11(a) hereof), the Executive shall be eligible for an annual bonus opportunity, payable solely in the form of “long-term restricted stock” (as defined in the Interim Final Rule, which term includes restricted stock units) that will be granted to the Executive, of up to the maximum amount permitted by EESA and the Interim Final Rule, on the terms and conditions to be set by the compensation committee of the Board (or the Board, in the absence of the compensation committee) and set forth in a separate agreement which shall be entered into on or before March 30 of each year of grant.  Any long-term restricted stock shall be subject to the service-based vesting and the vesting limitations required by EESA and the Interim Final Rule.  The payment or accrual of bonuses, and the grant and vesting of any long-term restricted stock, pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall in all events be subject to compliance with Section 11 hereof.  The Executive shall be eligible for an annual bonus opportunity of such other type and on such performance and other conditions as shall be determined by the compensation committee of the Board (or the Board, in the absence of the compensation committee) during any period after the Company ceases to be subject to EESA and the Interim Final Rule.  Any such bonus with respect to a year in which the Service Period terminates shall be payable in full or on a pro-rated basis, depending on the nature of the Company’s bonus policy at that time.

 

(c)                                  Equity Incentives.  The Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Bank’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “ESOP”) in accordance with its terms.  In addition, for any period after the Company ceases to be subject to EESA and the Interim Final Rule, the Executive shall be granted equity-based awards pursuant to the Company’s 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan on or before March 30 each year of such types and in such amounts as shall be determined by the compensation committee of the Board (or the Board, in the absence of the compensation committee) based on the Executive’s performance for the preceding year.  Such awards shall each vest and, in the case of any stock options, become exercisable (i) to the extent of thirty three percent (33%) of the shares covered thereby, on the first anniversary of the date of grant, with the balance of each such award vesting ratably over the succeeding twenty-four (24) months for each grant, and (ii) in full in the event of the death or Disability of the Executive, the termination of the Service Period by the Company without Cause or the termination of the Service Period by the Executive for Good Reason.  Any stock options granted to the Executive pursuant to this Section 2(c) and the 2009 Stock Option Agreement (as defined in Section 14(b) hereof) shall be exercisable by the Executive’s estate, legal representative or heirs for a period of one (1) year after termination of the Service Period due to the death, Disability, termination without Cause or termination for Good Reason of the Executive. Unless otherwise 

 

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prohibited pursuant to Section 11 hereof, all restricted stock granted pursuant to the 2016 Award Agreement (as defined in Section 14(b) hereof), and any subsequent restricted stock granted to the Executive shall vest in full in the event of the death or Disability of the Executive, the termination of the Executive’s employment without Cause, or the termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason.

 

(d)                                 Other Benefits.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans and arrangements of the Company applicable to other senior executive officers, including, without limitation, the Company’s 401(k) Plan with continuation of the Company’s current employee contribution matching policy, and medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance programs.

 

(e)                                  Vacation.  The Executive shall be entitled paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy; provided, that the Executive shall be entitled to not less than twenty (20) days of vacation in each calendar year (or an appropriately pro-rated portion thereof for partial years).  The Executive shall be permitted to accrue permitted vacation days at such rate and carry over a maximum of fifteen (15) days of such accrued unused vacation from year to year.

 

(f)                                   Automobile Allowance.  The Company will provide the Executive with an automobile allowance in the amount of $1,500 per month during the Service Period, payable in accordance with the normal and customary practices applicable to the Company’s senior executives.

 

3.                                      Reimbursement for Expenses.

 

(a)                                 Business Expenses.  The Company shall promptly reimburse the Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses, including, without limitation, travel expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with carrying out his responsibilities under this Agreement during the Service Period upon presentation of appropriate vouchers, receipts or other satisfactory evidence thereof and otherwise in accordance with applicable Company policies.

 

(b)                                 Memberships.  The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for social and trade membership dues and fees during the Service Period in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures as in effect from time to time, which policies and procedures shall in all events include paying the social club dues of the Executive currently paid by the Company at a rate not exceeding $1,000 per month.

 

4.                                      Service Period.

 

(a)                                 Term.  The “Service Period” during which the Executive shall perform the Services for the Company pursuant to this Agreement means the period commencing on the date hereof and, subject to extension as set forth below, expiring at the close of business on the third (3rd) anniversary of the date hereof in the year 2020.  Prior to December 31 of each calendar year during the Service Period, the Board shall review the Executive’s performance, shall discuss the results of such review with Executive and 

 

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promptly shall inform the Executive in writing whether the Board proposes to extend the Service Period for an additional year, and the results thereof shall be included in the minutes of the Board’s meeting at which the same has been considered.  If the Board informs the Executive that it proposes to extend the Service Period, and the Executive accepts such proposal, the Service Period shall be extended to end on the anniversary of the date hereof that occurs in the year immediately following the expiration date of the then existing Service Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall bar the parties from (a) extending the Service Period under this Agreement by mutual agreement or (b) continuing the Executive’s employment by the Company without extension of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Termination.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Service Period may be terminated at any time upon the earliest to occur of the following events or any of the events identified in Section 7 hereof:

 

(i)                                     Death or Disability.  The Service Period shall terminate upon the Executive’s death or Disability.  For this purpose, “Disability” means that either (A) the Executive is deemed disabled for purposes of any group or individual long-term disability policy maintained by the Company that covers the Executive, or (B) in the good faith judgment of the Board, the Executive is substantially unable to perform the Executive’s duties under this Agreement for more than one hundred twenty (120) days, whether or not consecutive, in any twelve (12) -month period, by reason of a physical or mental illness or injury.

 

(ii)                                  Termination for Cause by the Company.  The Company may terminate the Service Period for Cause at any time effective upon written notice to the Executive.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean the termination of the Service Period on account of (A) the Executive’s failure to substantially perform the Executive’s duties hereunder or as reasonably assigned to the Executive by the Board and consistent with the Executive’s obligations hereunder and Executive shall not have cured such failure (as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Board) within thirty (30) days after written notice from the Board; (B) the Executive’s material breach of this Agreement or any material written policy of the Company and failure of the Executive to have cured such breach (as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Board) within thirty (30) days after written notice from the Board; (C) the Executive’s willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or entry of a final cease-and-desist order against the Executive; (D) conviction of a felony or a plea of nolo contendere to a felony; or (E) conduct by the Executive constituting a misdemeanor involving a Disqualifier (as defined below) by the Executive.  “Disqualifier” means (i) fraud, moral turpitude, dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, organized crime or racketeering; (ii) willful violation of securities or commodities laws or regulations; (iii) willful violation of depository institution laws or regulations; (iv) willful violation of housing authority laws or regulations arising from the operations of the Bank; or (v) willful violation of the rules, regulations, codes of conduct or ethics of a self-regulatory trade or professional organization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of the resolution duly adopted by the Board at a meeting 

 

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of the Board called and held for that purpose (after reasonable notice to the Executive) and an opportunity for the Executive , together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith of the Board, the Executive’s conduct justified termination for Cause and specifying the particulars thereof in reasonable detail.

 

(iii)                               Termination without Cause by the Company.  The Company may terminate the Service Period without Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, “termination without Cause” includes, without limitation, the failure by the Company for whatever reason to extend the Service Period pursuant to Section 4(a), except if the Executive refuses in writing to accept the then one (1) year extension of the Service Period.

 

(iv)                              Termination by the Executive for Good Reason.  The Executive may terminate the Service Period for Good Reason within ninety (90) days following the initial existence of the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4(b)(iv).  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall mean, unless the Executive shall have consented in writing thereto, (i) the Executive’s demotion, loss of title in part or in whole, removal as a director of the Company or the Bank, loss of office, or reduction of authority, the failure by the stockholders to elect the Executive as a director of the Company or the obligation of Executive to report to any senior officer rather than directly to the Board, (ii) a reduction in the Executive’s base salary, (iii) relocation of the Executive’s primary work location more than twenty (20) miles from 5055 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, (iv) a material diminution of the Executive’s responsibilities, or (v) any material breach of this Agreement by the Company, including, without limitation, the failure to pay the Executive any amount when due and payable, pursuant to this Agreement, except in the event of a bona fide dispute regarding reimbursement of business expenses, provided, that the Executive shall have delivered written notice to the Company, within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason, of the Executive’s intention to terminate the Service Period for Good Reason, which notice specifies in reasonable detail the circumstances claimed to give rise to the Executive’s right to terminate the Service Period for Good Reason, and the Company shall not have cured such circumstances within thirty (30) days following the Company’s receipt of such notice; provided, however, that any breach by the Company of a payment obligation hereunder must be cured within five (5) days (rather than the foregoing 30 days) following the Company’s receipt of such notice.  If, following such thirty (30)-day period (or such five (5)-day period, as applicable), the Company has not cured such circumstances and the Executive decides to proceed with the termination of the Service Period for Good Reason, such a termination will be effected by providing the Company with a Notice of Termination, which Notice of Termination shall be effective as of the date given, without any further right to cure by the Company.

 

(v)                                 Voluntary Termination by the Executive.  The Executive may voluntarily terminate the Service Period (other than for Good Reason); provided, that the Executive provides the Company with notice of the Executive’s intent to terminate the Service Period at least sixty (60) days in advance of the Date of Termination.

 

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5.                                      Termination Procedure.

 

(a)                                 Notice of Termination.  Any termination of the Service Period by the Company or by the Executive (other than a termination on account of the Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written “Notice of Termination” to the other party in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof. The Notice of Termination must indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement the party giving such notice believes to describe the circumstances applicable to such termination and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under such provision.

 

(b)                                 Date of Termination.  “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Service Period expires pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, the date on which the expiration of the Service Period occurs; (ii) if the Service Period is terminated due to the Executive’s death or Disability, the date of the Executive’s death or the date on which the Notice of Termination is received by the Executive that the Board made its determination of Disability in accordance with Section 4(b)(i) (A) or (B) hereof, (iii) if the Company terminates the Service Period for Cause, the date on which the Notice of Termination is received by the Executive; (iv) if the Executive terminates the Service Period for Good Reason, the date on which the Notice of Termination is given by the Executive (or such earlier date as may be agreed to by the Company); (v) if the Executive voluntarily terminates the Service Period (other than for Good Reason), the date specified in the Notice of Termination, which date shall be no earlier than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is given pursuant to Section 4(b)(v) hereof, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties; and (vi) if the Service Period is terminated for any other reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is received or any later date (within 30 days, or any alternative time period agreed upon by the parties, after the giving of such notice) as set forth in such Notice of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the party receiving a Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the appropriate characterization of the subject termination for purposes of determining the Executive’s entitlement to Accrued Obligations and Severance Payments, and any other benefits hereunder, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute shall be finally resolved whether by mutual agreement of the parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final non-appealable judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that nothing herein modifies the mandatory arbitration provisions set forth in Section 10 hereof.

 

(c)                                  Continuation of Payment. The Company shall continue to pay the Executive’s full compensation in effect when the Notice of Termination giving rise to the dispute described in subsection (b) above was given (including, but not limited to, the Executive’s then Base Salary) and continue the Executive as a participant in all employee benefit plans and arrangements of the Company in which the Executive was participating when the notice of dispute was given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Agreement. Amounts paid under this Section 5(c) shall not be offset against, or reduce, any other amounts due to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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6.                                      Rights and Obligations Upon Termination of the Service Period.

 

(a)                                 Termination by the Company for Disability or without Cause, or by the Executive for Good Reason.  In the event of the termination of the Service Period by the Company for Disability or without Cause, or termination of the Service Period by the Executive for Good Reason, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, including, without limitation, those referred to in Section 11 hereof, the Company shall pay the Executive, and the Executive shall be entitled to: (i) any unpaid portion of the Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) any unreimbursed business expenses in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof; (iii) the rights set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, the 2016 Award Agreement and any subsequent restricted stock award granted pursuant to the BFC 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan, as the sane may be amended, or any other similar plan adopted by BFC; and (iv) any vested benefits to which the Executive is entitled under the terms of the Company’s employee benefit plans and programs, including, without limitation, the ESOP, subject to the terms of such plans and programs (collectively the “Accrued Obligations”).  In addition, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive’s monthly Base Salary (i.e., one-twelfth (1/12th) of Executive’s annual Base Salary in effect as of the date immediately preceding the date of termination of employment, or the date immediately prior to the initial existence of circumstances giving rise to Good Reason, as applicable) for (i) thirty-six (36) months (the “Severance Period”) regardless of the then remaining portion of the Service Period (each monthly salary continuation payment shall be deemed to be a separate installment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code) commencing with the first calendar month following the Date of Termination and (ii) the Company shall continue during the Severance Period to pay the automobile allowance and social club dues provided for in Sections 2(f) and 3(b) hereof, and shall continue to pay the Executive for life, long-term disability, medical and dental insurance premiums in manner consistent with the Company’s obligations to make such payments pursuant to Section 2(d) (the payments described in (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to herein as the “Severance Payments”). All Severance Payments shall be payable in accordance with normal and customary payroll procedures applicable to the Company’s senior executives, subject to Section 6(d) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(a): (i) the Executive’s entitlement to the Severance Payments shall be subject to and conditioned upon the Executive delivering to the Company an Irrevocable Release not later than sixty (60) days after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; (ii) if such 60-day period following the Executive’s termination of employment begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the Severance Payments shall, to the extent required in order to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commence on the first payroll date following the later of (A) the end of the calendar year in which the Executive’s termination of employment occurs or (B) the date the Executive satisfies the Irrevocable Release requirement; and (iii) the Executive’s entitlement to the Severance Payments shall be subject to and conditioned upon the Executive complying in all material respects with Sections 8 and 9 of this Agreement.  “Irrevocable Release” means a mutual general release of claims in the form affixed hereto marked Exhibit A (except with the date of termination of employment, the date of such Irrevocable Release and other indicated information filled in) that has been executed by the Executive and for which the revocation period under Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the terms of the release have 

 

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expired.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6(a) shall be subject to the limitations of Section 11 of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Death.  If the Service Period is terminated as a result of the Executive’s death, the Executive or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries, as the case may be, shall be entitled to solely the Accrued Obligations.

 

(c)                                  Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive Voluntarily.  If the Service Period is terminated by the Company for Cause or voluntarily by the Executive (other than for Good Reason), the Executive shall be entitled to solely the Accrued Obligations.

 

(d)                                 Change in Control.

 

(i)                                     In the event that the employment of the Executive by the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason at any time within three (3) years after a Change in Control has occurred, the Executive shall have the right to elect to receive a single lump sum payment of the present value, as determined using a discount rate equal to the Applicable Federal Rate (as defined below) in effect at the time of such determination, of all of the payments provided for in Section 6(a) within ten (10) days after written notice requesting such payment is given to the Company by the Executive.  If the Executive does not make such election within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination, then payment of an amount equal to the aggregate of the payments provided for in Section 6(a) hereof shall be made to the Executive in three (3) equal annual installments, the first of which installment payments shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days following the Date of Termination and the remaining two of which installment payments shall be made on January 15th of the respective following years.  As used herein the term “Applicable Federal Rate” means the rate set forth from time to time in Table 1 of the Applicable Federal Rate Rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, or any official successor publication, for debt instruments maturing within three years and having annual compounding.

 

(ii)                                  As used herein, the term “Change in Control” shall mean an event with respect to the Company of a nature that (i) would be required to be reported in response to Item 5.01 of a current report filed on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as in effect on the date of this Agreement; or (ii) results in any person acquiring control of the Bank or the Company within the meaning of the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) thereunder, (provided, that in applying the definition of change in control as set forth under such rules and regulations, the Board shall substitute its judgment for that of the FRB); and, without limitation, such an acquisition of control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as (A) any “person” (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder, including any such persons that may be deemed to be acting in concert with respect to the Bank or the Company, or the acquisition, ownership or voting of Bank or Company securities) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under 

 

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the Exchange Act and the regulations of the SEC thereunder, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Bank or the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the Bank’s or the Company’s outstanding securities except for any securities purchased by any tax qualified employee benefit plan of the Company or the Bank ; or (B) individuals who constitute the Board as of the date of this Agreement (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters (3/4) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (B), considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or (C) a plan of liquidation reorganization, merger, consolidation sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Bank or the Company or similar transaction in which the Bank or the Company is not the resulting entity is approved by the Board and the stockholders of the Company or otherwise occurs; or (D) solicitations of stockholders of the Company, by someone other than the Incumbent Board of the Company, seeking stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or Bank or a similar transaction with one or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting common stock are exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Bank or the Company shall be distributed; or (E) a tender offer is made for twenty percent (20%) or more of the voting securities of the Bank or the Company.

 

7.                                      Other Termination Provisions.

 

(a)                                 If the Executive is suspended and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Company’s affairs by a notice served under section 8(e)(3) or (g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(3) or (g)(1)), the Company’s obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service unless stayed by appropriate proceedings.  If the charges in the notice are dismissed or otherwise withdrawn, the Company shall (but subject in all events to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code) (i) pay the Executive all of the compensation withheld while the Company’s obligations under this Agreement were suspended, and (ii) reinstate all of its obligations which were suspended.

 

(b)                                 If the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Company’s affairs by an order issued under section 8(e)(4) or (g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(4) or (g)(1)), all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested rights of the Executive shall not be affected.

 

(c)                                  If the Company is in default (as the term “default” is defined in section 3(x)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1813(x)(1)), all obligations under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of default, but vested rights of the Executive shall not be affected.

 

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8.                                      Non-Solicitation.

 

(a)                                 During the period of the Executive’s employment by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and for the twelve (12) -month period following the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will not, without the written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)                                     influence or attempt to influence any customer of the Company or any of its affiliates to discontinue its use of the Company’s (or such affiliate’s) services or to divert such business to any other person, firm or corporation; provided; however, that a broad and general advertisement or solicitation not specifically targeting or intending to target customers of the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 8; or

 

(ii)                                  interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or any of its affiliates and any of its respective employees, customers, suppliers, principals, distributors, lessors or licensors.  Efforts by the Executive, whether direct or indirect, (A) to solicit or assist any other person or entity in soliciting any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates to perform services for any entity (other than the Company or any of its affiliates) or (B) to encourage any employee of the Company, or any of its affiliates to leave their employment with the Company or any of its affiliates shall be in violation of this Section 8.  A person’s response to a broad and general advertisement or solicitation not specifically targeting or intending to target employees of the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 8.

 

(b)                                 In the event the Executive materially breaches any of the provisions contained in Section 8(a) hereof and the Company seeks compliance with such provisions by judicial proceedings, the time period during which the Executive is restricted by such provisions shall be extended by the time during which the Executive has been in violation of any such provision and any period of litigation required to enforce the Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The Executive and the Company intend that Section 8 of this Agreement be enforced as written.  However, if one or more of the provisions contained in Section 8 shall for any reason be held to be unenforceable because of the duration or scope of such provision or the area covered thereby, the Executive and the Company agree that the court making such determination shall have the full power to reform, by “blue penciling” or any other means, the duration, scope and/or area of such provision and in its reformed form such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be binding on the parties.

 

9.                                      Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure.

 

(a)                                 The Executive hereby agrees that, during the Service Period and thereafter, he will hold in strict confidence any proprietary or Confidential Information related to the Company or any of its affiliates.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term 

 

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“Confidential Information” shall mean all information of the Company or any of its affiliates (in whatever form) that is not generally known to the public, including without limitation any inventions, processes, methods of distribution, customer lists or trade secrets.

 

(b)                                 The Executive hereby agrees that upon the termination of the Service Period, the Executive shall not take, without the prior written consent of the Company, any business plans, strategic plans or reports or other document (in whatever form) of the Company or any of its affiliates, which is of a confidential nature relating to the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

10.                               Dispute Resolution; Injunctive Relief.

 

(a)                                 Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including without limitation the determination of the scope or applicability of this Section 10(a), shall be determined by arbitration in Los Angeles, California before a single arbitrator who is a retired judge on the panel of JAMS.  If the parties are unable to agree upon the selection of one arbitrator, any party may request JAMS to appoint such arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties. The scope of discovery shall be determined by the arbitrator. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in accordance with Section 13(b). Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having appropriate jurisdiction.  This Section 10(a) shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court having appropriate jurisdiction, nor shall it limit the rights of the Company set forth in Section 10(b) hereof.

 

(b)                                 The parties hereto agree that it would not be possible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered by the Company and its affiliates in the event that the Executive were to breach any of the restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 8 and 9 hereof (the “Restrictive Covenants”).  In the event that the Executive breaches any of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the Executive from violating such Restrictive Covenants (without posting any bond).  If the Company shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce any such Restrictive Covenant, the Executive hereby waives the claim or defense that the Company or any of its affiliates has an adequate remedy at law and agrees not to assert in any such action or proceeding the claim or defense that the Company or any of its affiliates has an adequate remedy at law.

 

11.                               TARP and Golden Parachute Restrictions.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary: (i) any payments made to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise are subject to and conditioned upon their compliance with 12 U.S.C. 1828(k) and 12 C.F.R. Part 359 regarding golden parachute and indemnification payments; (ii) no annual bonus, incentive compensation, severance pay, or golden parachute payments or benefits shall be paid, 

 

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provided, or accrued under this Agreement or otherwise to the extent it would violate Section 111 of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended (“EESA”), and the Interim Final Rule (as hereinafter defined); (iii) no payment or benefit shall be paid or provided under this Agreement or otherwise to the extent that it would violate any agreement between or among the Company and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or any other governmental entity or agency, provided that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate the authority and right to make all payments and provide all benefits to the Executive as and when contemplated by this Agreement; and (iv) subject to, and in accordance with, the interim final rule promulgated pursuant to Sections 101(a), 101(c)(5), and 111 of EESA (the “Interim Final Rule”), the Executive shall be required to repay to the Company the amount of any bonus payment (as defined in the Interim Final Rule) made during the TARP period (as defined in the Interim Final Rule) to the extent that the bonus payment was based on materially inaccurate financial statements (which includes, but is not limited to, statements of earnings, revenues, or gains) or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria.

 

(b)                                 In the event that the amounts and benefits payable pursuant to this Agreement, when added to other amounts and benefits which may become payable to the Executive by the Company and any affiliated company, are such that the Executive becomes subject to the excise tax provisions of Section 4999 of the Code relating to “excess parachute payments” as defined for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, the Company shall pay the Executive such additional amount or amounts as will result in the Executive’s retention of a net amount, after the payment of all federal, state and local excise, employment and income taxes on such payments and the value of such benefits, equal to the net amount the Executive would have retained had the initially calculated payment and benefits not been subject to such excise tax provisions.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Executive shall be deemed to be subject to the highest marginal federal, relevant state and relevant local tax rate applicable to an individual resident in Los Angeles, California.  All calculations required to be made under this subsection shall be made by the Company’s independent public accountants, subject to the right of Executive’s representative to review the same.  All such amounts required to be paid by this Section shall be paid at the time any withholding may be required by the Company, or any taxes may be required to be paid by the Executive, under applicable law, and any additional amounts to which the Executive may be entitled shall be paid or reimbursed no later than fifteen (15) days following confirmation of such amount by the Company’s independent public accountants.  In the event any amounts paid hereunder are subsequently determined to be in error, due to estimates required for calculation of such payments being proving to be inaccurate or otherwise, the parties hereto agree to reimburse each other to correct such error, as appropriate, and to pay interest thereon at the applicable federal rate (as determined pursuant to Code Section 1274) for the period of time such erroneous amount remained outstanding and unreimbursed.  The parties hereto recognize that the actual implementation of the provisions of this Section 8(b) are complex and agree to deal with each other in good faith to resolve any questions or disagreements arising with respect hereto.

 

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12.                               Section 409A.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (including the exceptions thereto), to the extent applicable, and the parties’ Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with such requirements.  If any provision contained in the Agreement conflicts with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (or the exemptions intended to apply under the Agreement), the Agreement shall be deemed to be reformed to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (or the applicable exemptions thereto).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining the Executive’s entitlement to the Severance Payments, (i) the Service Period shall not be deemed to have terminated unless and until the Executive incurs a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) the term “Date of Termination” shall mean the effective date of the Executive’s separation from service.  Reimbursement of any expenses provided for in this Agreement shall be made promptly upon presentation of documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies (as applicable) with respect thereto as in effect from time to time (but in no event later than the end of calendar quarter following the year such expenses were incurred); provided, however, that in no event shall the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement hereunder during a calendar year affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a payment or benefit under this Agreement is due to a “separation from service” for purposes of the rules under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(2) (payments to specified employees upon a separation from service) and the Executive is determined to be a “specified employee” (as determined under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(i) and related Company procedures), such payment shall, to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, be made on the later of (x) the date specified by the foregoing provisions of this Agreement or (y) the date that is six (6) months after the date of the Executive’s separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of the Executive’s death).  Any installment payments that are delayed pursuant to this Section 12 shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Date of Termination (or, if earlier, upon the Executive’s death) and the remaining installment payments shall begin on such date in accordance with the schedule provided in this Agreement.  The Severance Payments are intended not to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code to the extent such Severance Payments are covered by (i) the “short-term deferral exception” set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4), (ii) the “two times severance exception” set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii), or (iii) the “limited payments exception” set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(D).  The short-term deferral exception, the two times severance exception and the limited payments exception shall be applied to the Severance Payments in order of payment in such manner as results in the maximum exclusion of such Severance Payments from treatment as deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code.  Each installment of the Severance Payments shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

 

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13.                               Legal Fees.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall promptly reimburse the Executive for his reasonable legal fees incurred in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 In the event of a dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party in any resulting arbitration proceeding or litigation permitted under the terms of this Agreement shall be entitled to recover such party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in addition to any other relief to which such party shall be entitled.  The determination of which party is the prevailing party shall be made by the arbitrator or court before whom such arbitration or litigation is conducted.

 

14.                               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and shall be deemed to be given when delivered personally or one (1) day after it is sent by a reputable overnight courier service (with evidence of delivery) and, in each case, addressed as follows (or if it is sent through any other method agreed upon by the parties):

 

If to BFC:

 

Broadway Financial Corporation
 Attn: Board of Directors
 5055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
 Los Angeles, CA 90036

 

If to the Bank:

 

Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. 
 Attn: Board of Directors
 5055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
 Los Angeles, CA 90036

 

If to the Executive:

 

Wayne-Kent A. Bradshaw 
 23265 Bluebird Drive

Calabasas, CA 91302

 

or to such other address as any party hereto may designate by notice to the others.

 

(b)                                 This Agreement together with the BFC Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement dated as of March 18, 2009 (the “2009 Stock Option Agreement”), the 2016 Award Agreement dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “2016 Award Agreement”), and the rights of the Executive pursuant to the ESOP shall constitute the entire agreement among 

 

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the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede and replace any and all prior understandings or agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

(c)                                  Only an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto may amend this Agreement, and any provision hereof may be waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought.  The failure of any party hereto at any time to require the performance by any other party hereto of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of any succeeding breach of such provision or a waiver of the provision itself or a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 This Agreement is binding on and is for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives.  Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder may be assigned by the Executive, except as permitted hereunder.

 

(e)                                  The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would have been required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Company” shall mean the Company and any such successor (or successors) that assumes this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment or assumption shall relieve the Company of any obligations hereunder.

 

(f)                                   The parties hereto shall cooperate with each other and take all actions, including obtaining, any governmental or stockholder approval, that any of them may determine in good faith to be required to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                  The Company may withhold from any amounts payable to the Executive hereunder all federal, state, city or other taxes that the Company may reasonably determine are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation (it being understood, that the Executive shall be responsible for payment of all taxes in respect of the payments and benefits provided herein).

 

(h)                                 In the event that the Executive shall perform services for the Bank or any other affiliate or subsidiary of BFC, any compensation or benefits provided to the Executive by such other employer shall be applied to offset the obligations of BFC hereunder, it being intended that this Agreement set forth the aggregate compensation and benefits payable to the Executive for all services to the Company and all of its affiliates and subsidiaries.  BFC shall reimburse the Bank for compensation or benefits paid or provided by the Bank to the Executive to the extent attributable to the Executive’s performance of services for BFC in accordance with the applicable reimbursement policies of BFC and the Bank.

 

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(i)                                     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to its principles of conflicts of law.

 

(j)                                    This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A facsimile of a signature shall be deemed to be and have the effect of an original signature.

 

(k)                                 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be a part of or control or affect the meaning of any provision hereof.

 

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

 

	
 
    	
Broadway   Financial Corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Virgil Roberts
    
	
 
    	
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Broadway   Federal Bank, f.s.b.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Virgil Roberts
    
	
 
    	
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Virgil   Roberts
    
	
 
    	
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Chairman   of the Board
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Wayne-Kent A. Bradshaw
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A

 

MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS

 

This Mutual General Release of Claims (“Agreement”) is dated and executed as of                          ,            (“Execution Date”), by and among Broadway Financial Corporation (“BFC”), Broadway Federal Bank, f.s.b. (the “Bank” and together with BFC, the “Company”), and Wayne-Kent A. Bradshaw (“Executive”).  Each of the parties hereto is referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Company and Executive entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated as of March 22, 2017 (“Employment Agreement”).  All capitalized terms herein have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.

 

B.                                    This Agreement is the mutual general release contemplated by Section 6 of the Employment Agreement.

 

C.                                    Effective as of                           ,                  , Executive’s employment by the Company ceased pursuant to Section(1) of the Employment Agreement, a copy of which is affixed hereto marked Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the recitals above, and the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Effective Date.  The term “Effective Date” means the date that is eight (8) calendar days after the Execution Date, provided Executive has not revoked his consent to this Agreement within seven (7) calendar days after the Execution Date.  If the Effective Date falls on a weekend or holiday, the Effective Date shall be the business day immediately following such weekend or holiday.  If Executive revokes his consent to this Agreement within seven (7) calendar days after the Execution Date, (i) there shall be no Effective Date, (ii) Executive shall not be entitled to any portion of the Separation Payments, and (iii) no Party shall have any obligations under this Agreement.

 

2.                                      Accrued Obligations and Separation Payments.  The Company, jointly and severally, shall pay the Executive, and the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment of the Accrued Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6 of the Employment Agreement. The Company, jointly and severally, shall pay Executive the Severance Payments pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6 of the Employment Agreement.

 

3.                                      Survival of Employment Agreement Provisions.  Executive and the Company acknowledge and agree that Sections 6(a), 6(d), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, together with all subsections thereof, of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and nothing herein terminates, amends or otherwise modifies any provision therein.

 

(1) Insert as applicable: “4(b)(i),” “4(b)(iii)” or “4(b)(iv).”

 

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4.                                      Executive Release.

 

4.1                               If the Effective Date occurs, Executive for himself and on behalf of his heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns, hereby fully releases and discharges (i) the Company and its successors, predecessors and assigns, and (ii) each of the respective past and present shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, attorneys and accountants of the persons and entities described in clause (i) (the persons and entities described in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Company Releasees”), and each of them of and from, without limitation, any and all rights, claims, liabilities, losses or expenses of any kind whether arising out of, from, or related to Executive’s employment relationship with any of the Company Releasees, termination of Executive’s employment, or arising out of any other matter between Executive and the Company Releasees through and including the Execution Date.  The claims released in this Agreement include, but are not limited to, claims based on tort, contract (express or implied and oral or written), or any federal state, or local law, statute, regulation or ordinance.  By way of example and not in limitation, this release includes any claims arising under federal and state wage and hour laws, the Equal Pay Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Labor Code, the Pregnancy Disability Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, all claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as well as any claims asserting wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, breach of the implied (and any explicit) covenant of good faith and fair dealing, infliction of emotional distress, misrepresentation, interference with contract or prospective economic advantage, defamation, invasion of privacy, and claims related to disability.  Such released claims also include claims for wages or other compensation due, severance pay, bonuses, sick leave, vacation pay, insurance or any other fringe benefit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein waives (i) any rights or claims Executive may have that cannot lawfully be waived by agreement of the Parties, including, but not limited to, workers’ compensation benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, and his indemnification rights under California Labor Code Sections 2800, et seq., (ii) Executive’s rights to payment of the Accrued Obligations and the Severance Payments in accordance with this Agreement, (iii) Executive’s vested rights pursuant to the 2009 Stock Option Agreement, the 2016 Award Agreement and all subsequent restricted stock awards granted to Executive by the Company, if any, (iv) Executive’s rights under any Company plans that by their terms survive employment termination, including, without limitation, the Bank’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan, (v) Executive’s rights to indemnification pursuant to BFC’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the Bank’s charter and bylaws, and (vi) any and all Executive’s rights arising out of, related to, or in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the “Executive Reserved Claims”). In addition, nothing herein shall prevent the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from investigating or pursuing any matter that it deems appropriate; provided, however, Executive understands and agrees that, except as otherwise arising out of or related to this Agreement, Executive is not and shall not be entitled to seek any further monetary compensation from any Company Releasee and that any remedies that may be available to Executive are entirely superseded by the releases contained in this Agreement.

 

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4.2                               Except for the Executive Reserved Claims, Executive understands and agrees that the claims released are intended to and do include any and all claims of every nature and kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which Executive has or may have against any of the Company Releasees and Executive hereby waives any and all rights Executive has or may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which provides:

 

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542, as well as laws of similar effect, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of the parties and concerns herein released, Executive expressly acknowledges that this Agreement is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims which Executive does not know or suspects to exist in his favor at the time of execution hereof, and that all such claims are included within, and extinguished and discharged by, this Agreement, excluding the Executive Reserved Claims.  Executive acknowledges that this release constitutes an unconditional general release of any and all known or unknown claims that Executive may have against any Company Releasees, excluding the Executive Reserved Claims, despite the fact that Executive may become aware of claims in the future which Executive did not consider prior to signing this Agreement.

 

5.                                      Company Release.

 

5.1                               If the Effective Date occurs, each of BFC and the Bank, for itself and on behalf of its respective stockholders, directors, successors and assigns, hereby fully releases and discharges Executive and Executive’s heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Executive Releasees”), and each of them of and from, without limitation, any and all rights, claims, liabilities, losses or expenses of any kind whether arising out of, from, or related to Executive’s employment relationship with the Company, termination of Executive’s employment or the Employment Agreement through and including the Execution Date.  The claims released in this Agreement include, but are not limited to, claims based on tort, contract (express or implied and oral or written), or any federal state, or local law, statute, regulation or ordinance.  By way of example and not in limitation, this release includes any claims asserting breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, misrepresentation, or interference with contract or prospective economic advantage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein waives any claims against Executive for (i) claims arising from or relating to this Agreement, (ii) claims arising from or relating to the 2009 Stock Option Agreement, (iii) claims arising from or relating to the 2016 Award Agreement, and all subsequent restricted stock awards granted to Executive by the Company, if any, (iv) claims arising from or relating to any breach of provisions from the Employment Agreement that survive beyond the Execution Date, or (v) claims arising from or relating to any Company plans that by their terms survive employment termination (collectively, the “Company Reserved Claims”).

 

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5.2                               Except for the Company Reserved Claims, the Company understands and agrees that the claims released are intended to and do include any and all claims of every nature and kind whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which the Company has or may have against Executive or any of the other Executive Releasees and the Company hereby waives any and all rights it has or may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which provides:

 

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1542, as well as laws of similar effect, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of the parties and concerns herein released, the Company expressly acknowledges that this Agreement is intended to include in its effect, without limitation, all claims which it does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of execution hereof, and that all such claims are included within, and extinguished and discharged by, this Agreement, except for the Company Reserved Claims.  The Company acknowledges that this release constitutes an unconditional general release of any and all known or unknown claims (except for the Company Reserved Claims) that it may have against Executive or any other Executive Releasees, despite the fact that it may become aware of claims in the future which it did not consider prior to signing this Agreement.

 

6.                                      Representations and Covenants of Executive.  Executive represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company as of the Execution Date as follows:

 

6.1                               No Claims Against Company.  Executive has not filed any charges, complaints, grievances, arbitrations, lawsuits, or claims against the Company, with any local, state or federal agency, union or court from the beginning of time to the Execution Date, and Executive will not do so at any time hereafter, based upon events occurring prior to the Execution Date, excluding any charges, complaints, grievances, arbitrations, lawsuits, or claims against the Company arising out of or relating to any Executive Reserved Claims.  In the event any arbitrator or court ever assumes jurisdiction of any lawsuit, claim, charge, grievance, arbitration, or complaint, or purports to bring any legal proceeding on his behalf, Executive will ask any such arbitrator or court to withdraw from and/or dismiss any such action, grievance, or arbitration, with prejudice, excluding any charges, complaints, grievances, arbitrations, lawsuits, or claims against the Company arising out of or relating to any Executive Reserved Claims.

 

6.2                               Non-Assignment of Claims.  Executive has not assigned or transferred, or purported to assign or transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, to any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity, any debt, claim, obligation, damage, liability, demand, or cause of action herein released.  Executive, directly or indirectly, shall not prosecute or maintain or institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity, of any kind or nature whatsoever against the Company or any other Company Releasees for any reason related in any way to any claim released in this Agreement, and shall not raise any claim

 

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against the Company or any other Company Releasees by way of defense, counterclaim or cross-claim or in any other manner, on any alleged claim released in this Agreement.

 

6.3                               Responsible for Taxes.  Executive shall be fully responsible for any and all of his income and other taxes relating to or arising from the payment of the Accrued Obligations and Severance Payments as required by applicable law, provided nothing herein modifies or amends Section 11(b) of the Employment Agreement.  If Executive fails to pay a tax obligation required by applicable law relating to or arising from the payment of the Accrued Obligations and Severance Payments, and if as a result of such failure the Company becomes liable for, or pays such tax obligation, Executive shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company for payments actually made by it to satisfy such obligation.

 

6.4                               Voluntary Signing.  This Agreement is executed voluntarily, without coercion, and with full knowledge of its significance, and with Executive’s full understanding of its terms and conditions.  Executive has received all wages and compensation, as well as reimbursement of expenses, due and owing to him, excluding any unpaid Accrued Obligations or Severance Payments or any other payments or benefits which may be due and owing hereunder.

 

7.                                      Representations and Covenants of Company.  Company represents and warrants to, and covenants with, Executive as of the Execution Date as follows:

 

7.1                               No Claims Against Executive.  Company, directly or indirectly, has not filed any charges, complaints, grievances, arbitrations, lawsuits, or claims against Executive, with any local, state or federal agency, union or court from the beginning of time to the Execution Date and that Company will not do so at any time hereafter, based upon events occurring prior to the Execution Date, not including any charges, complaints, grievances, arbitrations, lawsuits, or claims against Executive arising out of or related to any Company Reserved Claims.  In the event any arbitrator or court ever assumes jurisdiction of any lawsuit, claim, charge, grievance, arbitration, or complaint, or purports to bring, directly or indirectly, any legal proceeding on Company’s behalf, Company will ask any such arbitrator or court to withdraw from and/or dismiss any such action, grievance, or arbitration, with prejudice, not including any lawsuit, claim, charge, grievance, arbitration, or complaint arising out of or related to the Company Reserved Claims.

 

7.2                               Non-Assignment of Claims.  Company, directly or indirectly, has not assigned or transferred, or purported to assign or transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, to any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity, any debt, claim, obligation, damage, liability, demand, or cause of action herein released.  Company, directly or indirectly, shall not prosecute or maintain or institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity, of any kind or nature whatsoever against Executive or any other Executive Releasees for any reason related in any way to any claim released in this Agreement, and shall not raise any claim against Executive or any other Executive Releasees by way of defense, counterclaim or cross-claim or in any other manner, on any alleged claim released in this Agreement.

 

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7.3                               Voluntary Signing.  Company has executed this Agreement voluntarily, without coercion, and with full knowledge of its significance, and with Company’s full understanding of its terms and conditions.  As of the Execution Date, Company has paid all wages and compensation, as well as reimbursement of expenses, due and owing to Executive, not including any unpaid accrued obligations or Severance Payments or other payments or benefits which may be due and owing hereunder.

 

8.                                      Representations of Parties.  Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party as follows: (i) this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against him or it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);  (ii) the Party has the absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority, and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform his or its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of (A) any provision of any agreement, contract, obligation, promise or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) to which such Party is a party or by which his or its assets are bound or (B) any award, decision, injunction, judgment, order, or ruling, in each case that is binding upon such Party or to which such Party is a party; (iv) the Party will not be required to give any notice to or obtain any approval, consent, ratification, waiver or other authorization from any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, or other entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of his or its respective covenants set forth in this Agreement, except for such consents, if any, that shall have been obtained on or prior to the Execution Date.

 

9.                                      Indemnity.

 

9.1                               If Executive breaches any of Executive’s representations or warranties in Sections 6 (Representations and Covenants of Executive), or 8 (Representations of Parties), Executive shall defend, indemnify, and hold the Company and the other Company Releasees harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, judgments, obligations, damages, costs, expenses, and actions, incurred as a result of such breach, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and costs.

 

9.2                               If the Company breaches any of its representations or warranties in Sections 7 (Representations and Covenants of Company), or 8 (Representations of Parties), the Company shall defend, indemnify, and hold Executive and the other Executive Releasees harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, judgments, obligations, damages, costs, expenses, and actions, incurred as a result of such breach, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and costs.

 

10.                               Additional Acknowledgments.  By signing this Agreement, Executive further acknowledges and consents that Executive hereby has been advised:

 

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(a)                                 To consult with an attorney prior to signing this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 That Executive has up to twenty-one (21) days in which to consider whether he should sign this Agreement, which contains a release of claims under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), as amended; and

 

(c)                                  That if Executive signs this Agreement, Executive will have seven (7) days following the Execution Date to revoke the Agreement by delivering a notice regarding same to Virgil Roberts, Chairman of the Board, at the Company’s principal office.  This revocation period cannot be waived, and Executive is not entitled to receive the Separation Payments prior to expiration of this revocation period.

 

11.                               Governing Law; No Presumption From Drafting; Survival of Representations.  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.  This Agreement has been negotiated by all Parties.  Accordingly, any rule of applicable law, including, without limitation, California Civil Code Section 1654, or any other statute or common law principles of similar effect, which would require interpretation of ambiguities in this Agreement against the Party that has drafted it, has no application and is expressly waived.  All representations and warranties made by any Party herein shall survive the Effective Date.

 

12.                               Dispute Resolution. Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including without limitation the determination of the scope or applicability of this Section 12, shall be determined by arbitration in Los Angeles, California before a single arbitrator who is a retired judge on the panel of JAMS.  If the parties are unable to agree upon the selection of one arbitrator, any party may request JAMS to appoint such arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures.  The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties. The scope of discovery shall be determined by the arbitrator. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in accordance with Section 13. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having appropriate jurisdiction.  This Section 12 shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court having appropriate jurisdiction.

 

13.                               Recovery of Fees and Costs.  In the event that any legal, equitable, arbitration or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or invalidity in connection with any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred, in addition to any other relief to which such Party may be entitled.

 

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14.                               Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement are severable.  If any provision herein, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, then in each such event the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such provision to any other person or any other circumstance shall not be thereby affected.  In such event, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace the invalid or unenforceable provision with another reflecting the same relative distribution of economic benefits and burdens.

 

15.                               Gender and Section Headings.  As used in this Agreement, the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each be deemed to include the others whenever the context so indicates.  Section headings contained herein are for convenience only and shall not be considered for any purpose in construing this Agreement.

 

16.                               Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Company, each of the other Releasees and Executive, provided no assignment shall relieve the assignor of any obligations hereunder.

 

17.                               Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement, binding all Parties, notwithstanding that all of the Parties are not signatory to the original or same counterpart.  A facsimile, or PDF scanned signature page, shall have the same force and effect as an original signature.

 

18.                               Entire Agreement; Amendment; No Admission of Liability.  This Agreement together with the 2009 Stock Option Agreement, the 2016 Award Agreement, the Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan (2) constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, policies, or practices among the Parties, whether oral or written, express or implied.  The terms of this Agreement may not be modified, amended, changed, altered or waived, except in a writing signed by Executive and a duly authorized representative of the Company.  This Agreement shall not be construed as an admission of any liability or wrongdoing by Executive or the Company.

 

(2) Insert as applicable any other severance and equity incentive agreements between Executive and the Company that are in effect when this Agreement is signed.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into this Mutual General Release of Claims as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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