Document:

Form of Indenture

 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 FORM OF 
  
 CERADYNE, INC. 
  

  
 INDENTURE 
  
 Dated as of
                     
  

  
 [Name of Trustee] 
  
 Trustee 

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

					
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	ARTICLE I	  	 
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE	  	 
			
	 Section 1.1.
	  	Definitions	  	1
	 Section 1.2.
	  	Other Definitions	  	5
	 Section 1.3.
	  	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	5
	 Section 1.4.
	  	Rules of Construction	  	5
		
	ARTICLE II	  	 
	THE SECURITIES	  	 
			
	 Section 2.1.
	  	Issuable in Series	  	6
	 Section 2.2.
	  	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities	  	6
	 Section 2.3.
	  	Execution and Authentication	  	8
	 Section 2.4.
	  	Registrar and Paying Agent	  	9
	 Section 2.5.
	  	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	  	9
	 Section 2.6.
	  	Securityholder Lists	  	10
	 Section 2.7.
	  	Transfer and Exchange	  	10
	 Section 2.8.
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	  	10
	 Section 2.9.
	  	Outstanding Securities	  	11
	 Section 2.10.
	  	Treasury Securities	  	11
	 Section 2.11.
	  	Temporary Securities	  	12
	 Section 2.12.
	  	Cancellation	  	12
	 Section 2.13.
	  	Defaulted Interest	  	12
	 Section 2.14.
	  	Global Securities	  	12
		
	ARTICLE III	  	 
	REDEMPTION	  	 
			
	 Section 3.1.
	  	Notice to Trustee	  	13
	 Section 3.2.
	  	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	  	14
	 Section 3.3.
	  	Notice of Redemption	  	14
	 Section 3.4.
	  	Effect of Notice of Redemption	  	14
	 Section 3.5.
	  	Deposit of Redemption Price	  	14
	 Section 3.6.
	  	Securities Redeemed in Part	  	15
		
	ARTICLE IV	  	 
	COVENANTS	  	 
			
	 Section 4.1.
	  	Payment of Principal and Interest	  	15
	 Section 4.2.
	  	SEC Reports	  	15
	 Section 4.3.
	  	Compliance Certificate	  	15
	 Section 4.4.
	  	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	  	15
	 Section 4.5.
	  	Corporate Existence	  	15
	 Section 4.6.
	  	Taxes	  	16

  

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	ARTICLE V	  	 
	SUCCESSORS	  	 
			
	 Section 5.1.
	  	When Company May Merge, Etc.	  	16
	 Section 5.2.
	  	Successor Corporation Substituted	  	16
		
	ARTICLE VI	  	 
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES	  	 
			
	 Section 6.1.
	  	Events of Default	  	16
	 Section 6.2.
	  	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	18
	 Section 6.3.
	  	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	  	19
	 Section 6.4.
	  	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	  	19
	 Section 6.5.
	  	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	  	20
	 Section 6.6.
	  	Application of Money Collected	  	20
	 Section 6.7.
	  	Limitation on Suits	  	20
	 Section 6.8.
	  	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest	  	21
	 Section 6.9.
	  	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	21
	 Section 6.10.
	  	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	21
	 Section 6.11.
	  	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	  	21
	 Section 6.12.
	  	Control by Holders	  	22
	 Section 6.13.
	  	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	22
	 Section 6.14.
	  	Undertaking For Costs	  	22
		
	ARTICLE VII	  	 
	TRUSTEE	  	 
			
	 Section 7.1.
	  	Duties of Trustee	  	22
	 Section 7.2.
	  	Rights of Trustee	  	24
	 Section 7.3.
	  	Individual Rights of Trustee	  	24
	 Section 7.4.
	  	Trustee’s Disclaimer	  	24
	 Section 7.5.
	  	Notice of Defaults	  	24
	 Section 7.6.
	  	Reports by Trustee to Holders	  	25
	 Section 7.7.
	  	Compensation and Indemnity	  	25
	 Section 7.8.
	  	Replacement of Trustee	  	25
	 Section 7.9.
	  	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.	  	26
	 Section 7.10.
	  	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	26
	 Section 7.11.
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	  	26
		
	ARTICLE VIII	  	 
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE	  	 
			
	 Section 8.1.
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	27
	 Section 8.2.
	  	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification	  	28
	 Section 8.3.
	  	Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series	  	28
	 Section 8.4.
	  	Covenant Defeasance	  	30
	 Section 8.5.
	  	Repayment to Company	  	31

  

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	ARTICLE IX	  	 
	AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS	  	 
			
	 Section 9.1.
	  	Without Consent of Holders	  	31
	 Section 9.2.
	  	With Consent of Holders	  	31
	 Section 9.3.
	  	Limitations	  	32
	 Section 9.4.
	  	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	  	32
	 Section 9.5.
	  	Revocation and Effect of Consents	  	32
	 Section 9.6.
	  	Notation on or Exchange of Securities	  	33
	 Section 9.7.
	  	Trustee Protected	  	33
		
	ARTICLE X	  	 
	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 
			
	 Section 10.1.
	  	Trust Indenture Act Controls	  	33
	 Section 10.2.
	  	Notices	  	33
	 Section 10.3.
	  	Communication by Holders with other Holders	  	34
	 Section 10.4.
	  	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	  	34
	 Section 10.5.
	  	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	  	34
	 Section 10.6.
	  	Rules by Trustee and Agents	  	35
	 Section 10.7.
	  	Legal Holidays	  	35
	 Section 10.8.
	  	No Recourse Against Others	  	35
	 Section 10.9.
	  	Counterparts	  	35
	 Section 10.10.
	  	Governing Laws	  	35
	 Section 10.11.
	  	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	  	35
	 Section 10.12.
	  	Successors	  	35
	 Section 10.13.
	  	Severability	  	35
	 Section 10.14.
	  	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.	  	35
	 Section 10.15.
	  	Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU	  	35
	 Section 10.16.
	  	Judgment Currency	  	36
		
	ARTICLE XI	  	 
	SINKING FUNDS	  	 
			
	 Section 11.1.
	  	Applicability of Article	  	37
	 Section 11.2.
	  	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	  	37
	 Section 11.3.
	  	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	  	37

  

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 CERADYNE, INC. 
  
 Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and 
 Indenture, dated as of ___________ 
  

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

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

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 Indenture dated as of _____________ between Ceradyne, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”),
and [Name of Trustee], a ________________ (“Trustee”). 
  
 Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
  
 Section 1.1. Definitions. 
  
 “Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing
to such Holders. 
  
 “Affiliate” of any specified person
means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise. 
  
 “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. 
  
 “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at
least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized
Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice. 
  
 “Bearer” means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security. 
  
 “Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide
for the identification of the Holder thereof. 
  
 “Board of
Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof. 
  
 “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the
Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee. 
  
 “Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or The City of Costa Mesa on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 “Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter
means the successor. 
  
 “Company Order” means a written
order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer. 
  
 “Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by any Officer and delivered to the
Trustee. 
  
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered. 
  
 “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. 
  
 “Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any
time there is more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of such Series. 
  
 “Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount
less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2. 
  
 “Dollars” means the currency of the United States of America. 
  
 “ECU” means the European Currency Unit as determined by the Commission of the European Union. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. 
  
 “Foreign Currency” means any currency or
currency unit issued by a government other than the government of the United States of America. 
  
 “Foreign Government Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or
instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option
of the issuer thereof. 
  
 “Global Security” or
“Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and
registered in the name of such Depository or nominee. 
  

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 “Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or
the holder of a Bearer Security. 
  
 “Indenture” means
this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. 
  
 “interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity. 
  
 “Maturity,” when
used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise. 
  
 “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. 
  
 “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer. 
  
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who
is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. 
  
 “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof. 
  
 “principal” of a
Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security. 
  
 “Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject. 
  
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. 
  
 “Series” or “Series of
Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof. 
  
 “Significant Subsidiary” means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the
Company that, taken together as a group, would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in
effect on the date hereof. 
  

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 “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. 
  
 “Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation of which
at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries. 

 
 “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended. 
  
 “Trustee” means the
person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each
person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series. 
  
 “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by
such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 
  

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 Section 1.2. Other Definitions. 
  

			
	 Term

	  	Defined in Section

	 “Bankruptcy Law”
	  	6.1
	 “Custodian”
	  	6.1
	 “Event of Default”
	  	6.1
	 “Journal”
	  	10.15
	 “Judgment Currency”
	  	10.16
	 “Legal Holiday”
	  	10.7  
	 “mandatory sinking fund payment”
	  	11.1  
	 “Market Exchange Rate”
	  	10.15
	 “New York Banking Day”
	  	10.16
	 “optional sinking fund payment”
	  	11.1  
	 “Paying Agent”
	  	2.4
	 “Registrar”
	  	2.4
	 “Required Currency”
	  	10.16
	 “Service Agent”
	  	2.4
	 “successor person”
	  	5.1

  
 Section 1.3.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings: 
  
 “Commission” means the SEC.

  
 “indenture securities” means the Securities.

  
 “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

  
 “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

  
 “indenture trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee. 
  
 “obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities. 
  
 All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

  
 Section 1.4. Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires: 
  
 (a) a term has the
meaning assigned to it; 
  
 (b) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 
  

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 (c) references to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied; 
  
 (d) “or” is not exclusive; 
  
 (e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and 
  
 (f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

  
 ARTICLE II 
 THE SECURITIES 
  
 Section 2.1. Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the
terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by
which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be
equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 
  
 Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities. At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as
to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.21) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board
Resolution: 
  
 2.2.1. the title of the Series
(which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series); 
  
 2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be
issued; 
  
 2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6); 
  
 2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable; 
  
 2.2.5. the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, 

  

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

2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; 
  
 2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation; 
  
 2.2.9. the dates, if any, on
which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations; 
  
 2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable; 
  
 2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the
Securities will be issuable as Global Securities); 
  
 2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2; 

 
 2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of
the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such
composite currency; 
  
 2.2.14. the designation
of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made; 
  
 2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined; 
  
 2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of
the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index; 
  

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 2.2.17. the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of
the Series; 
  
 2.2.18. any addition to or change
in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

  
 2.2.19. any addition to or change in the
covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series; 
  
 2.2.20. any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
except as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and 
  
 2.2.21. any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein. 
  
 All
Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’
Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers’ Certificate. 
  
 Section 2.3. Execution and
Authentication. Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. 
  
 If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid. 
  
 A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. 
  
 The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount
provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions
from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate. 
  
 The
aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8. 
  
 Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto
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Securities within that Series and the terms of Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate
complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4. 
  
 The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action
would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities. 
  
 The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

  
 Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company
shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment
(“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities of such Series and this
Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and
address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands. 
  
 The Company may also from
time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent. 
  
 The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or
Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued. 
  
 Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify 

  

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the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all
money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold all money held by it as Paying Agent in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of
Securities. 
  
 Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists. The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities. 
  
 Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange. Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a
transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

  
 Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required
(a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any
such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part. 
  
 Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
  
 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal
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 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
  
 Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 
  
 Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder. 
  
 The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 
  
 Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities. The Securities outstanding
at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding. 
  
 If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser. 
  
 If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or
an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases
to accrue. 
  
 A Security does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security. 
  
 In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2. 
  
 Section 2.10. Treasury
Securities. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a
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 Section 2.11. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon request, shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of Maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged,
temporary Securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities. 
  
 Section 2.12. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying
Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall
destroy such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
  
 Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to
the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner. 
  
 Section 2.14. Global Securities. 
  
 2.14.1. Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities.

  
 2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of
Holders other than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to
the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and
terms. 
  
 Except as provided in this
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Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository. 
  
 2.14.3. Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
  
 “This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a
nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.” 
  
 2.14.4. Acts of
Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under
the Indenture. 
  
 2.14.5. Payments.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof. 
  
 2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except
as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written
statement of the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 2.14.7. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation
is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
 REDEMPTION 
  
 Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee. The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right
to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of
Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and
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notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee). 
  
 Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select Securities of the Series to be
redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal
of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in
other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities of that Series called for redemption. 
  
 Section
3.3. Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date,
the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper. 
  
 The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and
shall state: 
  
 (a) the redemption date;

  
 (b) the redemption price; 
  
 (c) the name and address of the Paying Agent; 
  
 (d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must
be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 
  
 (e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and 
  
 (f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or Securities of a Series being redeemed. 

 
 At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense. 
  
 Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at
the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date. 
  
 Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before the
redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. 
  

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 Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part,
the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same Maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
 COVENANTS 
  
 Section 4.1. Payment of
Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on Securities of that Series in accordance with the
terms of such Securities and this Indenture. 
  
 Section
4.2. SEC Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the
foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a). 
  
 Section 4.3. Compliance
Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such
Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of such Officer’s knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge). 
  
 The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver
to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

 
 Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted. 
  
 Section 4.5. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article V,
the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective
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however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any
Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in
any material respect to the Holders. 
  
 Section 4.6.
Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
 SUCCESSORS 
  
 Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor
person”), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless: 
  
 (a) the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly
existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture and 
  

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

  
 The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the
consummation of the proposed transaction, an Officers’ Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture. 
  
 Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which
the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
  
 Section 6.1. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one
of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default: 
  
 (a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security
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amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or 

 
 (b) default in the payment of the principal of any
Security of that Series at its Maturity; or 
  
 (c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or 
  
 (d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty
that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 
  
 (e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 
  
 (i) commences a voluntary case, 
  
 (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, 
  
 (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or
for all or substantially all of its property, 
  
 (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or 
  
 (v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or 
  
 (f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 
  
 (i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, 
  
 (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property, or 
  
 (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for 60 days; or 
  
 (g) any other Event of
Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18. 
  

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 The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the
relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 
  
 Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time
outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series
may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the
Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities
shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 
  
 At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due
has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if: 
  
 (a) the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay: 
  
 (i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series, 
  
 (ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 
  
 (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and 
  
 (iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and 
  
 (b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that
Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13. 
  
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 Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company
covenants that if 
  
 (a) default is made in the
payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or 
  
 (b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or 
  
 (c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund
payment when and as due by the terms of a Security, 
  
 then, the Company will,
upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 
  
 If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or
deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. 
  
 If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 
  
 Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 
  
 (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
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 (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. 
  
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the
rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 
  
 Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 
  
 Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
  
 First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7;
and 
  
 Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal and interest, respectively; and 
  
 Third: To the
Company. 
  
 Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits. No
Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless 
  
 (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series; 
  
 (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to
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 (c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; 
  
 (d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding;
and 
  
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such
written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series; 
  
 it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders. 
  
 Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in
the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
  
 Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted. 
  
 Section 6.10. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  
 Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every
right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 
  

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 Section 6.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such Series, provided that 
  
 (a)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, 
  
 (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and 
  
 (c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the
Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

 
 Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a
Default (i) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) and (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security
of such Series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
  
 Section 6.14. Undertaking For Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date). 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
 TRUSTEE 
  
 Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee. 
  
 (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture
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in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 
  
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

  
 (i) The Trustee need perform only those
duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others. 
  
 (ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of
Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers’ Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
  
 (i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section. 
  
 (ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 
  
 (iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series. 
  
 (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section. 
  
 (e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. 
  
 (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. 
  
 (g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
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 (h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the
protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee. 
  
 Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee. 
  
 (a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
  
 (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
  
 (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
No Depository shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depository. 
  
 (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within
its rights or powers. 
  
 (e) The Trustee may
consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

  
 (f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
  
 Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 
  
 Section 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication. 
  
 Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of
Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities
are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default.
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withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series. 
  
 Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar
and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313. 
  
 A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any
Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange. 
  
 Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay
to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. 
  

The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it except as set
forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee. 
  
 The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee,
shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith. 
  
 To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Securities of that Series. 
  
 When the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy
Law. 
  
 Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. A
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section. 
  
 The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series
by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series 

  

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by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if: 
  
 (a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

  
 (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an
insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; 
  
 (c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 
  
 (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 
  
 If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of
Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint a successor
Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. 
  
 If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
  
 If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable
Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
  
 A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series
and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement. 
  
 Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee. 
  
 Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA
Section 310(b). 
  
 Section 7.11. Preferential Collection
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Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 
  
 Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter
provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 
  
 (a) either 
  
 (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have
been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 
  
 (ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 
  
 (1) have become due and payable, or 
  
 (2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or 
  
 (3) are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or 
  
 (4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable; 
  
 and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be; 
  
 (b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and 
  
 (c) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

  
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1 8.2 and 8.5
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 Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification. 
  
 (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of
U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4. 
  
 (b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders. 
  
 (c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from
time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of Any Series. Unless this
Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.20, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such
Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: 
  
 (a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof,
(i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any
mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series; 
  
 (b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3
and 8.5; and 
  
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 provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
  
 (d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be
deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of
Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series
denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without
reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such
Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due; 
  
 (e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
  
 (f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date; 
  
 (g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred; 
  
 (h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying
or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; 
  
 (i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from
regulation thereunder; and 
  
 (j) the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 
  

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 Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance. Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.2.20 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth
under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.2.20 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been
satisfied: 
  
 (a) With reference to this
Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or
(ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in
accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of
such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due; 
  
 (b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
  
 (c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date; 
  
 (d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred; 
  
 (e)
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with
the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and 
  
 (f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 
  

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 Section 8.5. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned
property law designates another person. 
  
 ARTICLE IX

 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS 
  
 Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series
without the consent of any Securityholder: 
  
 (a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 
  
 (b) to comply with Article V; 
  
 (c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; 
  
 (d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; 
  
 (e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form
and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture; 
  
 (f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or 
  
 (g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA. 
  
 Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series
affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of
the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series. 
  
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected 

  

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thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the
supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. 
  
 Section 9.3. Limitations. Without the consent of each Securityholder
affected, an amendment or waiver may not: 
  
 (a)
change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 
  
 (b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security; 
  
 (c) reduce the principal or premium on or change the Stated
Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation; 
  
 (d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof; 
  
 (e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
the principal of, premium on or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a
waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); 
  
 (f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security; 
  

(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence); or 
  
 (h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security
or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities. 
  
 Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as
then in effect. 
  
 Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of
Consents. Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of
revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. 
  
 Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the
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has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

  
 Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new
Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver. 
  
 Section 9.7. Trustee Protected. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign
all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
 MISCELLANEOUS

  
 Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any
provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control. 
  
 Section 10.2. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice or
communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other shall be in writing and delivered in person or by courier, telegraphed, telexed or by facsimile transmission or mailed by first-class mail as follows: 
  

			
	 if to the Company:
	  	Ceradyne, Inc.
	 	  	3169 Red Hill Avenue
	 	  	Costa Mesa, California 92626
	 	  	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	 	  	Facsimile: (714) 549-5787
		
	 with a copy to:
	  	Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
	 	  	660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
	 	  	Newport Beach, California 92660
	 	  	Attention: Robert E. Rich
	 	  	Facsimile: (949) 725-4100
		
	 if to the Trustee:
	  	[Name of Trustee]
	 	  	[Address]
	 	  	____________________
	 	  	____________________
	 	  	Attention: ___________

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

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 Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown
on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series. 
  
 If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it. If a notice or communication is delivered in person, by
courier, telegraphed, telexed or by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of receipt) within the time prescribed, it is duly given. 
  
 If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. 
  
 Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with other Holders.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c). 
  
 Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 
  
 (a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 

 
 (b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. 
  
 Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA
Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include: 
  
 (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 
  
 (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
  
 (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
  
 (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
  

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 Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or
a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions. 
  
 Section 10.7. Legal Holidays. Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular
Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period. 
  
 Section 10.8. No
Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. 
  
 Section 10.9. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 Section 10.10. Governing Laws. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF. 
  
 Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another
indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 
  
 Section 10.12. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. 
  
 Section
10.13. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby. 
  
 Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc. The Table of Contents, Cross Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict
any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
  
 Section 10.15.
Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU. Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time
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in a coin or currency other than Dollars (including ECUs), then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for
the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar
buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided, however, in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the Commission of the
European Union (or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (such publication or any successor publication, the “Journal”). If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect
to such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of the most
recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or, in the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other
quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of
a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 
  
 All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding
paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders. 
  
 Section 10.16. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any
Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which
in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and
(b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in
any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal
holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
  

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 ARTICLE XI 
 SINKING FUNDS 
  
 Section 11.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of
such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture. 
  
 The minimum
amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein
referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund
payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series. 
  
 Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities
previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms
of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting
Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than
$100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding
sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon
delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company. 
  
 Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than
45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
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specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a
particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in
Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

			
	CERADYNE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Its:
	 	 
	
	[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
		
	By:	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 
	 Its:
	 	 

  

 39Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 10.15 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 by and among 
  
 NYSE GROUP, INC., 
  
 NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC., 
  
 GENERAL ATLANTIC
PARTNERS 77, L.P., 
  
 GAP-W HOLDINGS, L.P., 
  
 GAPSTAR, LLC, 
  
 GAP COINVESTMENT PARTNERS II, L.P., 
  

and 
  
 GAPCO GMBH & CO. KG 
  
 Dated as of October 20, 2005 

 Table of Contents 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page

	1.	  	 Definitions
	  	3
			
	2.	  	 Demand Registration
	  	5
			
	3.	  	 Piggy-Back Registration
	  	6
			
	4.	  	 Registration Procedures
	  	7
			
	5.	  	 Registration Expenses
	  	9
			
	6.	  	 Indemnification
	  	10
			
	7.	  	 Assignment and Binding Effect
	  	12
			
	8.	  	 Notices
	  	12
			
	9.	  	 Governing Law
	  	13
			
	11.	  	 Entire Agreement
	  	13
			
	12.	  	 Counterparts
	  	13
			
	13.	  	 Severability
	  	14
			
	14.	  	 Interpretation
	  	14
			
	15.	  	 Amendment and Modification
	  	14
			
	16.	  	 Waiver
	  	14
			
	16.	  	 Further Assurances
	  	14
			
	17.	  	 Specific Performance
	  	14
			
	18.	  	 No Inconsistent Agreements
	  	14

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 20, 2005, is by and among
General Atlantic Partners 77, L.P., GAP-W Holdings, L.P., GapStar, LLC, GAP Coinvestment Partners II, L.P., and GAPCO GmbH & Co. KG. (each, a “Stockholder” and together, the “Stockholders”), NYSE Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NYSE Group”), and New York Stock Exchange, Inc., a New York Type A not-for-profit corporation (“NYSE”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned such terms in the Merger Agreement. 
  
 W I T N E S S E T
H: 
  
 WHEREAS, NYSE Group, NYSE, Archipelago Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Archipelago”), and certain other Subsidiaries of such parties entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2005, as amended and restated as of July 20, 2005 (as
amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which NYSE and Archipelago, through a series of transactions, shall become wholly owned subsidiaries of NYSE Group, and NYSE members and Archipelago stockholders shall
receive shares of NYSE Group common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“NYSE Group Common Stock”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; 
  
 WHEREAS, all or a portion of the NYSE Group Common Stock issued to the NYSE
members in the NYSE LLC Merger (the “NYSE Shares”) shall be subject to certain transfer restrictions, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the certificate of incorporation of NYSE Group in effect immediately
after the NYSE LLC Merger; 
  
 WHEREAS, NYSE and the Stockholders
entered into that certain Support and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005, as amended and restated as of July 20, 2005 (as amended from time to time, the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other
things, (a) the Stockholders agreed not to transfer or sell any of the shares of NYSE Group Common Stock that they receive in the Archipelago Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement) for the period of time specified therein (such shares, the
“Subject Shares”), and (b) the Stockholders were granted the right to demand the registration of the Subject Shares (the “Demand Registration Right”), in certain circumstances and in the quantities specified in
the Support Agreement, by delivering to NYSE Group a Demand Notice, such registration to be effected upon terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions upon which the
registration of the Subject Shares shall be effected pursuant to the exercise of the Demand Registration Right. 
  

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 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement and except as otherwise defined herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings: 
  
 “Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in
effect on the date hereof. 
  
 “Archipelago” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals. 
  
 “Blackout
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c). 
  
 “Business Day” shall mean any day on which banks are required to be open to conduct business in New York City. 
  
 “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Damages” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a). 
  
 “Demand Notice” has the meaning set forth in the Support
Agreement. 
  
 “Demand Registration Right” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals. 
  
 “Effectiveness
Period” means, as to a Registration Statement, the period during which such Registration Statement is effective. 
  
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

 
 “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(c). 
  
 “Indemnifying Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6(c). 
  
 “Maximum
Offering Size” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d). 
  
 “Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals. 
  
 “NYSE” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 
  
 “NYSE Group” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 
  
 “NYSE Group Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals. 
  
 “NYSE Group Offering” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a). 
  
 “NYSE Shares” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals. 
  
 “Offering”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 
  
 “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any
department, agency or political subdivision thereof. 
  

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 “Prospectus” means the prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus, any final
prospectus and any prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act) included in a Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Applicable Shares covered by a Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including all material
incorporated by reference in such prospectus and all documents filed after the date of such prospectus by NYSE Group under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference therein. 
  
 “Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(e). 
  
 “Registration Expenses” means all (a) registration and
filing fees, and all other fees and expenses payable in connection with the listing of securities on any securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system, (b) fees and expenses of compliance with any securities or “blue
sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the securities registered), (c) printing expenses, (d) fees and disbursements of counsel for NYSE Group and
NYSE and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by NYSE Group or NYSE (including the expenses relating to any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public
accountants of any comfort letters), (e) fees and expenses of any special experts retained by NYSE Group or NYSE in connection with such registration and (f) other expenses arising from, incident to or directly resulting from the
performance of or compliance with any registration or marketing of securities under this Agreement. 
  
 “Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed under the Securities Act by NYSE Group pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2 or 3 hereof, including the Prospectus contained therein, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such
registration statement. 
  
 “Release” has the
meaning set forth in the Support Agreement. 
  
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
  
 “Stockholder Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 
  
 “Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 
  
 “Subject Shares” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

  
 “Support Agreement” has the meaning set forth
in the recitals. 
  

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 2. Demand Registration. 
  
 (a) After receipt of a Demand Notice in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2(a)(v) of the Support
Agreement, NYSE Group shall: 
  
 (i) use
commercially reasonable efforts to effect, as expeditiously as possible, registration under the Securities Act of such number of Subject Shares specified in the Demand Notice, to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the
intended methods thereof, as set out in the Demand Notice) of the Subject Shares so to be registered, including filing with the Commission of a Registration Statement (on any form for which NYSE Group then qualifies or that counsel for NYSE Group
shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the NYSE Group Common Stock to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, as set out in the Demand Notice) related to such
registration as promptly as practicable and in no event later than 45 days after receipt of the Demand Notice; and 
  
 (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such filed Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as possible and
to remain continuously effective (including, if necessary, by filing with the Commission a post-effective amendment or a supplement to such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or by
filing any other required document or otherwise supplementing or amending such Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by NYSE Group for such Registration Statement or by
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities or blue sky laws or any rules and regulations thereunder) for a period of not less than 90 days (or such shorter period in which all of the Subject Shares included in such registration shall
have actually been sold thereunder). 
  
 (b) A registration of
Subject Shares satisfying the obligations of NYSE Group pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement shall not be deemed to have occurred unless (i) the Registration Statement relating thereto has become effective under the Securities Act
and has remained effective for a period of at least 90 days (or such shorter period in which all of the Subject Shares included in such registration have actually been sold thereunder) and throughout such time that the Subject Shares shall have been
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE and (ii) after such Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, such Registration Statement is not interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of
the Commission or other governmental agency or court. 
  
 (c) Upon
written notice to the Stockholders, NYSE Group may postpone effecting a registration pursuant to this Section 2 for a reasonable period of time (the “Blackout Period”) specified in the written notice if NYSE Group determines in
good faith that (i) effecting the registration would materially and adversely affect an offering of securities of NYSE Group, the preparation of which offering had been commenced or (ii) effecting the registration would require NYSE Group
to disclose material non-public information, the disclosure of which during the period specified in NYSE Group’s written notice would not be in the best interests of NYSE Group; provided, however, that the Blackout Period
specified in the written notice shall not exceed 45 days (which period may not be extended or renewed). NYSE Group may not effect a Blackout Period more than twice during any period of twelve consecutive months. 
  

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 (d) Any holder of NYSE Shares that are subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation of NYSE Group shall have the right to participate in any registration pursuant to this Section 2, pro rata with the Stockholders participating in such registration based on the relative number of shares of NYSE Group Common
Stock requested to be included in such registration. 
  
 (e) In
the event that any registration pursuant to Section 2 shall involve, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter advises NYSE Group that, in its view, the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock requested to
be included in the Registration Statement exceeds the largest number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock that can be sold without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such shares of NYSE Group Common Stock can be
sold, then the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock included in such registration shall be allocated among the Stockholders and the other stockholders of NYSE Group participating in such offering pursuant to Section 2(d) pro rata
based on the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock requested by the Stockholders and such stockholders to be included in such registration. In any underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2, the NYSE Group shall not be required to
include any shares of NYSE Group Common Stock in such offering unless the Stockholders and such stockholders accept the terms of such offering as agreed upon by the NYSE Group, the Stockholders and the underwriter for such offering. 
  
 (f) The parties hereby agree that the second sentence of Section 2(a)(v)
of the Support Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the clause “exercisable once during the period between the first and second anniversaries of the Closing Date” and replacing it with the clause “exercisable once during the period
between the second and third anniversaries of the Closing Date”. 
  
 3. Piggy-Back Registration; Maximum Offering Size. 
  
 (a) If, at any time after the date hereof, NYSE Group proposes to file a Registration Statement with respect to an offering by NYSE Group for its own account (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto)
(such an offering, a “NYSE Group Offering”) and decides to permit certain of its stockholders to participate in such NYSE Group Offering, then NYSE Group shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Stockholders at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement describing the proposed registration, and shall permit the Stockholders to participate in such NYSE Group Offering with the other NYSE Group stockholders
participating in such NYSE Group Offering on a pro rata basis, pari passu with all of the other stockholders participating in such NYSE Group Offering. For purposes of clarity, NYSE Group shall not be obligated to permit any stockholders of
NYSE Group to participate in any NYSE Group Offering. 
  
 (b) If,
at any time after the date hereof, NYSE Group agrees to file a Registration Statement for the account of any or all of the stockholders whose names are set forth 
  

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 in Exhibit B or any stockholder who was a NYSE Member immediately prior to the Mergers in respect of such
stockholder’s NYSE Shares (such an offering, a “Stockholder Offering”; and each of a NYSE Group Offering and a Stockholder Offering, an “Offering”), then the Stockholder shall have the right to participate in
such Stockholder Offering on a pro rata basis, pari passu with all of the other stockholders participating in such Stockholder Offering. 
  
 (c) In the event that any registration pursuant to Section 2 or this Section 3 shall involve, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering,
NYSE Group shall have the right, in its discretion, to select an underwriter or underwriters in connection with such underwritten offering. In connection with such underwritten offering, NYSE Group shall enter into customary agreements (including an
underwriting agreement in reasonably customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such NYSE Group Common Stock in any such underwritten offering, including the
engagement of a “qualified independent underwriter” if necessary in connection with the qualification of the underwriting arrangements with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 
  
 (d) In the event that any registration pursuant to Section 3(a) shall
involve, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter advises NYSE Group that, in its view, the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock requested to be included in the Registration Statement exceeds the largest
number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock that can be sold without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such shares of NYSE Group Common Stock can be sold (the “Maximum Offering Size”), NYSE
Group may limit the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock included in such registration to the Maximum Offering Size. In such case, NYSE Group may include in the offering all of the shares of NYSE Group Common Stock that it had planned to
include in the offering for its own account up to the Maximum Offering Size. If such number of shares of NYSE Group is less than the Maximum Offering Size, then such difference shall be allocated among the stockholders of NYSE Group participating in
such offering pro rata based on the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock requested by such stockholders to be included in such registration. In any underwritten offering pursuant to Section 3, the NYSE Group shall not be required
to include any shares of NYSE Group Common Stock in such offering unless the Stockholders accept the terms of such offering as agreed upon by the NYSE Group, such other stockholders participating in such offering, and the underwriter for such
offering. 
  
 4. Registration Procedures. In connection
with the obligations of NYSE Group pursuant to Section 2 and 3 of this Agreement, including the filing of a Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply: 
  
 (a) Each Stockholder participating in a registration pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of this Agreement shall, if it so
requests, be entitled to receive, at least 5 Business Days prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, a draft copy of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed and be given an opportunity
to review and comment thereon, it being understood that the NYSE Group shall not be obligated to make any change to such Registration Statement in connection with such review and comment. 
  
 (b) After the filing of the Registration Statement, NYSE Group shall cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplements, and, as so 
  

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 supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
with respect to the disposition of all NYSE Group Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the selling Stockholders thereof set forth in such
Registration Statement or supplement to such Prospectus and promptly notify each Stockholder holding NYSE Group Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement of any stop order issued or threatened by the Commission or any state or national
securities commission and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered. 
  
 (c) NYSE Group shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the NYSE Group Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement under
such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Stockholder holding such NYSE Group Common Stock reasonably (in light of such Stockholder’s intended plan of distribution) requests and cause such NYSE Group Common
Stock to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of NYSE Group and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable such Stockholder to consummate the disposition of the NYSE Group Common Stock owned by such Stockholder; provided, that NYSE Group shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it
would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 4(c) or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction. 
  
 (d) NYSE Group shall notify as promptly as practicable each Stockholder
holding such NYSE Group Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement, (i) when such Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of the issuance by
the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, at any time when a
Prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (iii) of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of such NYSE Group Common Stock, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and NYSE Group
shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission any such supplement or amendment. 
  
 (e) NYSE Group shall otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, including making available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably
practicable, an earnings statement or such other document covering a period of 12 months, beginning within three months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder. 
  
 (f) NYSE Group may require each Stockholder promptly to furnish in writing to NYSE Group such information regarding the distribution by such Stockholder of the NYSE Group Common Stock as NYSE Group may from time to
time reasonably request and such other information as may be legally required in connection with such registration. 
  

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 (g) Each Stockholder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from NYSE Group of the occurrence of any
event of the kind described in Section 4(d), such Stockholder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of NYSE Group Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such NYSE Group Common Stock until such Stockholder’s receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 4(d), and, if so directed by NYSE Group, such Stockholder shall deliver to NYSE Group all copies, other than any permanent file copies then in such
Stockholder’s possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such NYSE Group Common Stock at the time of receipt of such notice. If NYSE Group shall give such notice, NYSE Group shall extend the period during which such Registration
Statement shall be maintained effective (including the period referred to in Section 2(b)) by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of notice pursuant to Section 4(d) to the date when NYSE Group
shall make available to such Stockholder a Prospectus supplemented or amended to conform with the requirements of Section 4(d). 
  
 (h) NYSE Group shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subject Shares to be offered to be listed on the NYSE or NYSE Market. 
  
 5. Registration Expenses. 
  
 (a) The Stockholders shall be liable for, and pay to NYSE Group, an amount
equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) all registration and filing fees payable to the Commission in connection with any registration of NYSE Group Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock of the Stockholders included in such registration, and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock included in such registration. The Stockholders shall
pay such amount to NYSE Group not later than five Business Days after the filing of the registration statement that requires the payment of such registration and filing fees to the Commission. 
  
 (b) NYSE Group shall be liable for and pay all other Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration of NYSE Group Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement; provided that NYSE Group may require all holders of NYSE Shares participating in such registered offering to pay for some or all of such Registration
Expenses pro rata based on the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock sold by or on behalf of such holders in such registered offering, in which case the Stockholders shall also be liable for and pay for the same Registration Expenses
pro rata based on the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock sold by or on behalf of such Stockholders in such registered offering. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event that any registration pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3 shall involve, in whole or
in part, an underwritten offering, the Stockholders and each of the other holders of NYSE Shares participating in such registered offering shall bear the underwriter’s discounts and commissions related to the shares of NYSE Group Common Stock
sold by or on behalf of such Stockholders and such other holders, as the case may be, in such underwritten offering; provided that, at its option, NYSE Group may pay for a portion of or all of such underwriter’s discounts and commissions
for every person participating in such registered offering (including the Stockholders), pro rata based on the number of shares of NYSE Group Common Stock sold by or on behalf of such person (including the Stockholders) in such registered
offering. 
  

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 6. Indemnification. 
  
 (a) Indemnification by NYSE Group. NYSE Group agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Stockholder holding NYSE
Group Common Stock covered by a Registration Statement, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and each Person, if any, who controls such Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (“Damages”) to the extent caused by any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the NYSE Group Common Stock (as amended or supplemented if NYSE Group shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary Prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such Damages are caused by or related to any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission so made based upon any written information describing any Stockholder, any Stockholder’s planned distribution of NYSE Group Common Stock or any other information relating to any Stockholder and furnished to NYSE Group by
such Stockholder or on such Stockholder’s behalf for use therein; provided, that, with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary Prospectus, or in any Prospectus, as the
case may be, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not apply to the extent that any Damages result from the fact that a current copy of the Prospectus (or such amended or supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be) was
not sent or given to the Person asserting any such Damages at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Shares concerned to such Person if NYSE Group has provided such Prospectus to such Stockholder in accordance with this Agreement
and it was the responsibility of such Stockholder to provide such Person with a current copy of the Prospectus (or such amended or supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be). 
  
 (b) Indemnification by the Stockholders. Each Stockholder holding NYSE Group Common Stock included in any
Registration Statement agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless NYSE, NYSE Group and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, and underwriters of the NYSE Group Common Stock included in any
Registration Statement, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in each case to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from NYSE Group to such Stockholder, (i) with respect to any written information describing any Stockholder, any Stockholder’s planned distribution of NYSE Group Common Stock or any other information relating to any
Stockholder and furnished to NYSE Group by such Stockholder or on such Stockholder’s behalf for use in any Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the NYSE Group Common Stock included in any Registration Statement, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any preliminary Prospectus or (ii) with respect to any Damages that result from the fact that a current copy of the Prospectus (or such amended or supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be) was not sent or given to the
Person asserting any such Damages at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the NYSE Group Common Stock included in any Registration Statement concerned to such Person if NYSE Group has provided such Prospectus to such 
  

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 Stockholder in accordance with this Agreement and it was the responsibility of such Stockholder to provide such Person
with a current copy of the Prospectus (or such amended or supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be); provided, however, that the total amount to be indemnified by the Stockholders pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be limited
to the net proceeds (after deducting underwriter’s discounts and commissions) received by the Stockholders in the offering to which the Registration Statement or Prospectus relates. As a condition to including NYSE Group Common Stock in any
Registration Statement filed in accordance with Sections 1 or 2, NYSE Group may require an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from any underwriter to indemnify and hold it harmless to the extent customarily provided by underwriters with
respect to similar securities. 
  
 (c) Conduct of
Indemnification Proceedings. If any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 6, such Person (an “Indemnified
Party”) shall promptly notify in writing the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”), and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Indemnified Party, the
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, the
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to one local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and
against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. Without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, no Indemnifying Party shall effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party
from all liability arising out of such proceeding or any related proceedings; and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. 
  

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 7. No Assignment and Binding Effect. None of the parties hereto shall assign all or any part of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the parties hereto. 
  
 8. Notices. Any notice, demand, request, waiver, or other
communication under this Agreement shall be personally served in writing, shall be deemed to have been given on the date of service, and shall be addressed as follows: 
  

	 	(a)	If to NYSE Group or NYSE, to: 

  
 NYSE Group, Inc. 
 11 Wall Street

 6th
Floor 
 New York, NY 10005 
 Attention: Richard P. Bernard Esq. 
  
 New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. 
 11 Wall Street 
 6th Floor 
 New York, NY 10005 
 Attention: Richard P. Bernard Esq. 
  
 in both cases, with a copy to: 
  
 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 
 51 West 52nd Street

 New York, NY 10019 
 Tel:
212-403-1000 
 Fax: 212-403-2000 
 Attention: David C. Karp, Esq. 
  

	 	(b)	If to the Stockholders, to: 

  
 c/o General Atlantic Service Corporation 
 Three Pickwick Plaza 
 Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 
 Attention: David Rosenstein, Esq. 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP 
 1285 Avenue of the Americas 
 New York, New York 10019-6064 
 Tel: 212-373-3000 
 Fax: 212-757-3990 
 Attention: Douglas A.
Cifu, Esq. 
  

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 9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made in, and in
all respects shall be interpreted, construed and governed by, and enforced in accordance with, the domestic laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of
Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by any other party hereto or its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined in the state and federal courts of the State of Delaware, and each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the Federal courts of
the United States of America located in the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to
this agreement, any claim (a) that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process
commenced in such courts (whether through service of judgment, execution of judgment, or otherwise), or (c) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in such courts is brought in an
inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (iii) this agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by the aforesaid courts. 
  
 EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER
PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9. 
  
 10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Support Agreement set forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto and supersede
any and all other understandings, term sheets, negotiations or agreements between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. 
  
 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall
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 12. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability or the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable,
(a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement
and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the
application thereof, in any other jurisdiction. 
  
 13.
Interpretation. Words used in the singular form in this Agreement shall be deemed to import the plural, and vice versa, as the sense may require. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only
and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation.” 
  
 14. Amendment and
Modification. This Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered or supplemented, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by all parties hereto. 
  
 15. Waiver. Any party hereto may on behalf of itself only, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, and (ii) waive compliance by any other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be
valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party granting such waiver but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or
estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or future failure. 
  
 16. Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto will use its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations, to consummate and make effective the provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 17. Specific Performance. The parties hereto intend that each of the parties have the right to seek damages or specific performance in the event
that any other party hereto fails to perform such party’s obligations hereunder. If any party shall institute any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions hereof, any party against whom such action or proceeding is brought hereby waives
any claim or defense therein that the plaintiff party has an adequate remedy at law. 
  
 18. No Inconsistent Agreements. Except as set forth in the Support Agreement, NYSE Group represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, it has not granted to any Person the right to request or require
NYSE Group to register any securities issued by NYSE 
  

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 Group, other than the rights granted to the Stockholders herein. After the date hereof and until the fourth anniversary
of the completion of the Mergers (as defined in the Merger Agreement), NYSE Group shall not enter into any agreement that would prohibit the Stockholders from participating in any Offering on a pro rata basis, pari passu with all of the other
stockholders of NYSE Group participating in such Offering, on the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b). 
  

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

  

									
	 	 	 	 	 NYSE GROUP, INC.

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/ John A. Thain

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: John A. Thain
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer
				
	 	 	 	 	 	 	NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/ John A. Thain

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: John A. Thain
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

  
 [Signature Page to
Registration Rights Agreement] 

			
	 GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 77, L.P.

	
	 By: General Atlantic LLC, its general partner

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthew Nimetz

	 	 	 Name: Matthew Nimetz

		
	 	 	 Title: Managing Director

	
	 GAP-W HOLDINGS, L.P.

	
	 By: General Atlantic LLC, its general partner

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthew Nimetz

	 	 	 Name: Matthew Nimetz

		
	 	 	 Title: Managing Director

	
	 GAPSTAR, LLC

	
	 By: General Atlantic LLC, its sole member

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthew Nimetz

	 	 	 Name: Matthew Nimetz

		
	 	 	 Title: Managing Director

	
	 GAP COINVESTMENT PARTNERS II, L.P.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthew Nimetz

	 	 	 Name: Matthew Nimetz

		
	 	 	 Title: A General Partner

	
	 GAPCO GMBH & CO. KG

	
	 By: GAPCO Management GmbH, its general partner

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthew Nimetz

	 	 	 Name: Matthew Nimetz

		
	 	 	 Title: Managing Director

  
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