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EXHIBIT 10.1

Rural Cellular Corporation

2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Effective May 25, 2006

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	Article 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration

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	Article 2. Definitions

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	Article 3. Administration

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	Article 4. Shares Subject to this Plan and Maximum Awards

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	Article 5. Eligibility and Participation

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	Article 6. Stock Options

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	Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights

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	Article 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

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	Article 9. Performance Units/Performance Shares

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	Article 10. Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

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	Article 11. Transferability of Awards

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	Article 12. Performance Measures

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	Article 13. Nonemployee Director Awards

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	Article 14. Dividend Equivalents

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	Article 15. Beneficiary Designation

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	Article 16. Rights of Participants

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	Article 17. Change of Control

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	Article 18. Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination

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	Article 19. Withholding

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	Article 20. Successors

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	Article 21. General Provisions

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Rural Cellular Corporation

2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Article 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration

     1.1     Establishment. Rural Cellular Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the “Company”), establishes an incentive compensation plan to be known as the Rural
Cellular Corporation 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), as set
forth in this document.

     This Plan permits the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance
Units, Cash-Based Awards, and Other Stock-Based Awards.

     This Plan shall become effective upon shareholder approval (the “Effective Date”) and shall
remain in effect as provided in Section 1.3 hereof.

     1.2     Purpose of this Plan. The purpose of the Rural Cellular Corporation 2006 Omnibus Incentive
Plan is to enable Rural Cellular Corporation, its Subsidiaries, and/or Affiliates to attract,
retain, and reward Employees, Directors, and Third Party Service Providers and to strengthen the
mutuality of interests between such individuals and the Company’s shareholders, by offering such
individuals equity-based incentives.

     1.3     Duration of this Plan. Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Plan shall
terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date. After this Plan is terminated, no Awards may be
granted but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable
terms and conditions and this Plan’s terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten (10) years after the earlier of (a) adoption
of this Plan by the Board or (b) the Effective Date.

Article 2. Definitions

     Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be capitalized.

	 	2.1	 	“Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or other entity (including, but not limited
to, a partnership or a limited liability company), that is affiliated with the Company
through stock or equity ownership or otherwise, and is designated as an Affiliate for
purposes of this Plan by the Committee.
	 
	 	2.2	 	“Annual Award Limit” or “Annual Award Limits” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.
	 
	 	2.3	 	“Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of Nonqualified
Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units,
Performance Shares, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awards, or Other Stock-Based Awards, in
each case subject to the terms of this Plan.

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	 	2.4	 	“Award Agreement” means either (i) an agreement entered into by the Company and a
Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under
this Plan or (ii) a written or electronic statement issued by the Company to a Participant
describing the terms and provisions of such Award, including any amendment or modification
thereof. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper
Award Agreements and the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper means for the
acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.
	 
	 	2.5	 	“Beneficial Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
	 
	 	2.6	 	“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	 	2.7	 	“Cash-Based Award” means an Award, denominated in cash, granted to a Participant as
described in Article 10.
	 
	 	2.8	 	“Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following:

(a)     A majority of the directors of the Company elected by the holders of Company’s
Common Stock shall be persons other than persons:

(i)     for whose election proxies shall have been solicited by the Board, or

(ii)     who are then serving as directors appointed by the Board to fill vacancies on
the Board caused by death or resignation (but not by removal) or to fill
newly-created directorships,

(b)     30% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Company is acquired or
beneficially owned (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
any successor rule thereto) by any person (other than the Company or a subsidiary of the
Company) or group of persons acting in concert (other than the acquisition and beneficial
ownership by a parent corporation or its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as long as they remain
wholly-owned subsidiaries, of 100% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company as a
result of a merger which complies with paragraph (c)(i)(B) hereof in all respects), or

(c)     The consummation of:

(i)     a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity other than

(A)     a merger or consolidation with a subsidiary of the Company, or

(B)     a merger in which the persons who were the beneficial owners,
respectively, of the outstanding Common Stock and outstanding voting stock
of the Company immediately prior to such merger beneficially own, directly
or indirectly, immediately after the merger, a majority of, respectively,
the then outstanding common stock and the then outstanding voting stock of the
surviving entity or its parent entity, or

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(ii)     an exchange, pursuant to a statutory exchange of shares of outstanding
voting stock of the Company held by shareholders of the Company immediately prior to
the exchange, of shares of one or more classes or series of outstanding voting stock
of the Company for cash, securities, or other property, except for voting securities
of a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (after giving effect to the
statutory share exchange) owning directly, or indirectly through wholly-owned
subsidiaries, both beneficially and of record 100% of the outstanding voting stock
of the Company immediately after the statutory share exchange if (i) the persons who
were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the outstanding voting stock of the
Company and the outstanding Common Stock of the Company immediately before such
statutory share exchange own, directly or indirectly, immediately after the
statutory share exchange a majority of, respectively, the voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities and the then outstanding common stock (or comparable
equity interest) of such parent entity, and (ii) all holders of any class or series
of outstanding voting stock of the Company immediately prior to the statutory share
exchange have the right to receive substantially the same per share consideration in
exchange for their outstanding voting stock of the Company as all other holders of
such class or series (except for those exercising statutory dissenters’ rights), or

(iii)     the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions), or

	 	(d)	 	The approval by the shareholders of the Company of the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.

	 	2.9	 	“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
For purposes of this Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include
references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar
provision.
	 
	 	2.10	 	“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof,
or any other committee designated by the Board to administer this Plan. The members of the
Committee shall be appointed from time to time by and shall serve at the discretion of the
Board. If the Committee does not exist or cannot function for any reason, the Board may
take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the
Committee.
	 
	 	2.11	 	“Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and Class B
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
	 
	 	2.12	 	“Company” means Rural Cellular Corporation, a Minnesota corporation, and any
successor thereto as provided in Article 20 herein.

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	 	2.13	 	“Covered Employee” means any key Employee who is or may become a “Covered Employee,”
as defined in Code Section 162(m), and who is designated, either as an individual Employee
or class of Employees, by the Committee prior to the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days after
the beginning of the Performance Period or (ii) the date on which twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for
such applicable Performance Period.
	 
	 	2.14	 	“Director” means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
	 
	 	2.15	 	“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
	 
	 	2.16	 	“Employee” means any individual designated as an employee of the Company, its
Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries on the payroll records thereof. An Employee shall not
include any individual during any period he or she is classified or treated by the
Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary as an independent contractor, a consultant, or any
employee of an employment, consulting, or temporary agency or any other entity other than
the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, without regard to whether such individual is
subsequently determined to have been, or is subsequently retroactively reclassified as a
common-law employee of the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary during such period.
	 
	 	2.17	 	“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time, or any successor act thereto.
	 
	 	2.18	 	“Fair Market Value” or “FMV” means a price that is based on the opening, closing,
actual, high, low, or average selling prices of a Share reported on the NASDAQ or other
established stock exchange (or exchanges) on the applicable date, the preceding trading
day, the next succeeding trading day, or an average of trading days, as determined by the
Committee in its discretion. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, Fair Market Value
shall be the closing price of a Share on the most recent date on which Shares were
publicly traded. In the event Shares are not publicly traded at the time a determination
of their value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of their Fair Market
Value shall be made by the Committee in such manner as it deems appropriate. In each
case, the Committee shall determine Fair Market Value in a manner that satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 409A and shall apply the definition of Fair Market Value
consistently to the extent required by Code Section 409A. If Fair Market Value is a price
other than the closing price of a Share on the most recent date on which Shares were
publicly traded, the definition of FMV shall be specified in the Award Agreement.
	 
	 	2.19	 	“Grant Price” means the price established at the time of grant of an SAR pursuant to
Article 7, used to determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the SAR.
	 
	 	2.20	 	“Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an Option to purchase Shares granted under
Article 6 to an Employee and that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and that is
intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422, or any successor provision.

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	 	2.21	 	“Insider” shall mean an individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer or a
Director of the Company, or a more than ten percent (10%) Beneficial Owner of any class of
the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange
Act, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
	 
	 	2.22	 	“Nonemployee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.
	 
	 	2.23	 	“Nonemployee Director Award” means any Award granted, whether singly, in combination,
or in tandem, to a Participant who is a Nonemployee Director pursuant to such applicable
terms, conditions, and limitations as the Board or Committee may establish in accordance
with this Plan.
	 
	 	2.24	 	“Nonqualified Stock Option” or “NQSO” means an Option that is not intended to meet
the requirements of Code Section 422, or that otherwise does not meet such requirements.
	 
	 	2.25	 	“Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option, as described
in Article 6.
	 
	 	2.26	 	“Option Price” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant
pursuant to an Option.
	 
	 	2.27	 	“Other Stock-Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise
described by the terms of this Plan, granted pursuant to Article 10.
	 
	 	2.28	 	“Participant” means any eligible individual as set forth in Article 5 to whom an
Award is granted.
	 
	 	2.29	 	“Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation under an Award that is intended
to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for certain performance-based
compensation paid to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
Plan shall be construed to mean that an Award that does not satisfy the requirements for
performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) does not constitute
performance-based compensation for other purposes, including Code Section 409A.
	 
	 	2.30	 	“Performance Measures” means measures as described in Article 12 on which the
performance goals are based and which are approved by the Company’s shareholders pursuant
to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.
	 
	 	2.31	 	“Performance Period” means the period of time during which the performance goals must
be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to
an Award.
	 
	 	2.32	 	“Performance Share” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of
this Plan, denominated in Shares, the value of which at the time it is payable is
determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have
been achieved.

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	 	2.33	 	“Performance Unit” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of
this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which at the time it is payable is
determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have
been achieved.
	 
	 	2.34	 	“Period of Restriction” means the period when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock
Units are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the
achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by
the Committee, in its discretion), as provided in Article 8.
	 
	 	2.35	 	“Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined
in Section 13(d) thereof.
	 
	 	2.36	 	“Plan” means the Rural Cellular Corporation 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
	 
	 	2.37	 	“Plan Year” means the calendar year.
	 
	 	2.38	 	“Prior Plans” means the Company’s 1995 Stock Compensation Plan and the Stock Option
Plan for Nonemployee Directors.
	 
	 	2.39	 	“Restricted Stock” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8.
	 
	 	2.40	 	“Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article
8, except no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.
	 
	 	2.41	 	“Share” means a share of Class A common stock of the Company, $.01 par value per
share.
	 
	 	2.42	 	“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award, designated as an SAR, pursuant to
the terms of Article 7 herein.
	 
	 	2.43	 	“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in
which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of more
than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.
	 
	 	2.44	 	“Third Party Service Provider” means any consultant, agent, adviser, or independent
contractor who renders services to the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate that (a) are
not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising
transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the
Company’s securities.

Article 3. Administration

     3.1     General. The Committee shall be responsible for administering this Plan, subject to
this Article 3 and the other provisions of this Plan. The Committee may employ attorneys,
consultants, accountants, agents, and other individuals, any of whom may be an Employee, and the
Committee, the Company, and its officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice,
opinions, or valuations of any such individuals. All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participants, the Company, and all other
interested individuals.

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     3.2     Authority of the Committee. The Committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary
power to interpret the terms and the intent of this Plan and any Award Agreement or other agreement
or document ancillary to or in connection with this Plan, to determine eligibility for Awards and
to adopt such rules, regulations, forms, instruments, and guidelines for administering this Plan as
the Committee may deem necessary or proper. Such authority shall include, but not be limited to,
selecting Award recipients, establishing all Award terms and conditions, including the terms and
conditions set forth in Award Agreements, granting Awards as an alternative to or as the form of
payment for grants or rights earned or due under compensation plans or arrangements of the Company,
construing any ambiguous provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, and, subject to Article 18,
adopting modifications and amendments to this Plan or any Award Agreement, including, without
limitation, any that are necessary to comply with the laws of the countries and other jurisdictions
in which the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries operate.

     3.3     Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more
officers of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates or to one or more agents or advisers
such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any individuals
to whom it has delegated duties or powers as aforesaid may employ one or more individuals to render
advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such individuals may have under this
Plan. The Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or
more of the following on the same basis as can the Committee: (a) designate Employees to be
recipients of Awards; (b) designate Third Party Service Providers to be recipients of Awards; and
(c) determine the size of any such Awards; provided, however, (i) the Committee shall not delegate
such responsibilities to any such officer for Awards granted to an Employee who is considered an
Insider; (ii) the resolution providing such authorization sets forth the total number of Awards
such officer(s) may grant; and (iii) the officer(s) shall report periodically to the Committee
regarding the nature and scope of the Awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.

Article 4. Shares Subject to this Plan and Maximum Awards

     4.1     Number of Shares Available for Awards. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
4.4 herein, the maximum number of Shares available for grant to Participants under this Plan (the
“Share Authorization”) shall be:

	 	(a)	 	1,000,000 Shares,
	 
	 	(b)	 	Plus:

	 	(i)	 	255,697 Shares not issued or subject to
outstanding awards under the Company’s Prior Plans as of the Effective
Date and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	any Shares subject to 1,772,569 outstanding
awards as of the Effective Date under the Prior Plans that on or after
the Effective Date cease for any reason to be subject to such awards
(other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the
extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable
Shares),

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	 	(iii)	 	up to an aggregate maximum of 2,028,266
Shares.

	 	(c)	 	The maximum number of Shares of the Share Authorization that may be issued pursuant
to ISOs under this Plan shall be 3,028,266 Shares.

     4.2     Share Usage. Shares covered by an Award shall only be counted as used to the extent they
are actually issued. Any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture,
cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are settled in cash in lieu of
Shares, or are exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for
Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for grant under this Plan. Moreover, if the
Option Price of any Option granted under this Plan or the tax withholding requirements with respect
to any Award granted under this Plan are satisfied by tendering Shares to the Company (by either
actual delivery or by attestation), or if an SAR is exercised, only the number of Shares issued,
net of the Shares tendered, if any, will be deemed delivered for purposes of determining the
maximum number of Shares available for delivery under this Plan. The Shares available for issuance
under this Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or repurchased Shares.

     4.3     Annual Award Limits. Unless and until the Committee determines that an Award to a Covered
Employee shall not be designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the following limits
(each an “Annual Award Limit” and, collectively, “Annual Award Limits”) shall apply to grants of
such Awards under this Plan:

	 	(a)	 	Options: The maximum aggregate number of Shares subject to Options
granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be one hundred thousand
(100,000).
	 
	 	(b)	 	SARs: The maximum number of Shares subject to Stock Appreciation Rights
granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be one hundred thousand
(100,000).
	 
	 	(c)	 	Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units: The maximum aggregate grant
with respect to Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units in any one
Plan Year to any one Participant shall be one hundred thousand (100,000) Shares.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Performance Units or Performance Shares: The maximum aggregate Award of
Performance Units or Performance Shares that a Participant may be awarded in any
one Plan Year shall be one hundred thousand (100,000) Shares, or equal to the value
of one hundred thousand (100,000) Shares determined as of the date of vesting.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Cash-Based Awards: The maximum aggregate amount awarded with respect to
Cash-Based Awards to any one Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed the
value of two million ($2,000,000) dollars determined as of the date of vesting.

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	 	(f)	 	Other Stock-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate grant with respect to
Other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section 10.2 in any one Plan Year to any one
Participant shall be one hundred thousand (100,000) Shares.

     4.4     Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event of any corporate event or transaction
(including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of the Company or the capitalization of the
Company) such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or
complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or
other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination of Shares, exchange of Shares,
dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure, number of outstanding Shares or
distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to shareholders of the Company, or any similar
corporate event or transaction, the Committee, in its sole discretion, in order to prevent dilution
or enlargement of Participants’ rights under this Plan, shall substitute or adjust, as applicable,
the number and kind of Shares that may be issued under this Plan or under particular forms of
Awards, the number and kind of Shares subject to outstanding Awards, the Option Price or Grant
Price applicable to outstanding Awards, the Annual Award Limits, and other value determinations
applicable to outstanding Awards.

     The Committee, in its sole discretion, may also make appropriate adjustments in the terms of
any Awards under this Plan to reflect or related to such changes or distributions and to modify any
other terms of outstanding Awards, including modifications of performance goals and changes in the
length of Performance Periods. The Committee shall not make any adjustment pursuant to this Section
4.4 that would prevent Performance-Based Compensation from satisfying the requirements of Code
Section 162(m); that would cause an Award that is otherwise exempt from Code Section 409A to become
subject to Section 409A; or that would cause an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to fail
to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing
adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.

     Subject to the provisions of Article 18 and notwithstanding anything else herein to the
contrary, without affecting the number of Shares reserved or available hereunder, the Committee may
authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such terms and conditions
as it may deem appropriate (including, but not limited to, a conversion of equity awards into
Awards under this Plan in a manner consistent with paragraph 53 of FASB Interpretation No. 44),
subject to compliance with the rules under Code Sections 409A, 422 and 424, as and where
applicable.

Article 5. Eligibility and Participation

     5.1     Eligibility. Individuals eligible to participate in this Plan include all
Employees, Directors, and Third Party Service Providers.

     5.2     Actual Participation. Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee may, from time
to time, select from all eligible individuals, those individuals to whom Awards shall be granted
and shall determine, in its sole discretion, the nature of, any and all terms permissible by law,
and the amount of each Award.

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Article 6. Stock Options

     6.1     Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, Options may be
granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time
as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion; provided that ISOs may be granted
only to eligible Employees of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary corporation (as permitted
under Code Sections 422 and 424). However, if a Participant provides services to an Affiliate
and/or Subsidiary and not to the Company, the Participant may be granted an Option only to the
extent that the Company qualifies as a “service recipient” with respect to the Participant for
purposes of Code Section 409A (which generally requires that the Affiliate or Subsidiary be related
to the Company through at least 50% common ownership or control, or, in certain circumstances,
through at least 20% common ownership or control).

     6.2     Award Agreement. Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall
specify the Option Price, the maximum duration of the Option, the number of Shares to which the
Option pertains, the conditions upon which an Option shall become vested and exercisable, and such
other provisions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this
Plan. The Award Agreement also shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO or a NQSO.

     6.3     Option Price. The Option Price for each grant of an Option under this Plan shall be
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and shall be specified in the Award Agreement;
provided, however, the Option Price must be at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV
of the Shares as determined on the date of grant.

     6.4     Term of Options. Each Option granted to a Participant shall expire at such time as the
Committee shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however, no Option shall be exercisable
later than the tenth (10th) anniversary date of its grant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for Nonqualified Stock Options granted to Participants outside the United States, the
Committee has the authority to grant Nonqualified Stock Options that have a term greater than ten
(10) years.

     6.5     Exercise of Options. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at such
times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall in each instance
approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

     6.6     Payment. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercised by the delivery of a
notice of exercise to the Company or an agent designated by the Company in a form specified or
accepted by the Committee, or by complying with any alternative procedures which may be authorized
by the Committee, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be
exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares.

     A condition of the issuance of the Shares as to which an Option shall be exercised shall be
the payment of the Option Price. The Option Price of any Option shall be payable to the Company in
full either: (a) in cash or its equivalent; (b) by tendering (either by actual delivery or
attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of
exercise equal to the Option Price prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price if acquired
under this Plan or any other compensation plan maintained by the Company or have been purchased on
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(c) by a cashless (broker-assisted) exercise; (d) by a combination of (a), (b) and/or (c); or
(e) any other method approved or accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion.

     Subject to any governing rules or regulations, as soon as practicable after receipt of written
notification of exercise and full payment (including satisfaction of any applicable tax
withholding), the Company shall deliver to the Participant evidence of book entry Shares, or upon
the Participant’s request, Share certificates in an appropriate amount based upon the number of
Shares purchased under the Option(s).

     Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all payments under all of the methods indicated
above shall be paid in United States dollars.

     6.7     Restrictions on Share Transferability. The Committee may impose such restrictions on any
Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option granted under this Article 6 as it may deem
advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under
applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon
which such Shares are then listed and/or traded, or under any blue sky or state securities laws
applicable to such Shares.

     6.8     Termination of Employment. Each Participant’s Award Agreement shall set forth the extent
to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the
Participant’s employment or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be
uniform among all Options issued pursuant to this Article 6, and may reflect distinctions based on
the reasons for termination.

     6.9     Notification of Disqualifying Disposition. If any Participant shall make any disposition
of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an ISO under the circumstances described in Code
Section 421(b) (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Participant shall notify the
Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereof.

     6.10   Compliance with Section 409A. The Committee shall not extend the period to exercise an
Option to the extent that the extension would cause the Option to become subject to Code Section
409A.

Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights

     7.1     Grant of SARs. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, SARs may be
granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee.
However, if a Participant provides services to an Affiliate and/or Subsidiary and not to the
Company, the Participant may be granted an SAR only to the extent that the Company qualifies as a
“service recipient” with respect to the Participant for purposes of Code Section 409A (which
generally requires that the Affiliate or Subsidiary be related to the Company through at least 50%
common ownership or control, or, in certain circumstances, through at least 20% common ownership or
control).

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     Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Committee shall have complete discretion
in determining the number of SARs granted to each Participant and, consistent with the provisions
of this Plan, in determining the terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.

     The Grant Price for each grant of an SAR shall be determined by the Committee and shall be
specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, the Grant Price on the date of grant must be
at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares as determined on the date of
grant.

     7.2     SAR Agreement. Each SAR Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify
the Grant Price, the term of the SAR, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.

     7.3     Term of SAR. The term of an SAR granted under this Plan shall be determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, and except as determined otherwise by the Committee and
specified in the SAR Award Agreement, no SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth
(10th) anniversary date of its grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for SARs granted to
Participants outside the United States, the Committee has the authority to grant SARs that have a
term greater than ten (10) years.

     7.4     Exercise of SARs. SARs may be exercised upon whatever terms and conditions the Committee,
in its sole discretion, imposes.

     7.5     Settlement of SARs. Upon the exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to
receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

	 	(a)	 	The excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise
over the Grant Price; by
	 
	 	(b)	 	The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

     At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, Shares, or
any combination thereof, or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.
The Committee’s determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth in the Award
Agreement pertaining to the grant of the SAR.

     7.6     Termination of Employment. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the
Participant shall have the right to exercise the SAR following termination of the Participant’s
employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee,
shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with Participants, need not be uniform among
all SARs issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for
termination.

     7.7     Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions
on any Shares received upon exercise of an SAR granted pursuant to this Plan as it may deem
advisable or desirable. These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement
that the Participant hold the Shares received upon exercise of an SAR for a specified period of
time.

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     7.8     Compliance with Section 409A. The Committee shall not extend the period to exercise an SAR
to the extent that the extension would cause the SAR to become subject to Code Section 409A.

Article 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

     8.1     Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and
provisions of this Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of
Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such amounts as the Committee
shall determine. Restricted Stock Units shall be similar to Restricted Stock except that no Shares
are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.

     8.2     Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and/or
Restricted Stock Unit grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the
Period(s) of Restriction, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock or the number of Restricted
Stock Units granted, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.

     8.3     Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions
on any Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Plan as it may
deem advisable including, without limitation, a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated
purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock or each Restricted Stock Unit, restrictions based
upon the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based restrictions on vesting following
the attainment of the performance goals, time-based restrictions, and/or restrictions under
applicable laws or under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares
are listed or traded, or holding requirements or sale restrictions placed on the Shares by the
Company upon vesting of such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

     To the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, the Company may retain the certificates
representing Shares of Restricted Stock in the Company’s possession until such time as all
conditions and/or restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse.

     Except as otherwise provided in this Article 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each
Restricted Stock Award shall become freely transferable by the Participant after all conditions and
restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse (including satisfaction of any
applicable tax withholding obligations), and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash, Shares,
or a combination of cash and Shares as the Committee, in its sole discretion shall determine.

     8.4     Certificate Legend. In addition to any legends placed on certificates pursuant to Section
8.3, each certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Plan may
bear a legend such as the following or as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion:

     The sale or transfer of Shares of stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary,
involuntary, or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer as set forth in
the Rural Cellular Corporation 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan and in the associated Award Agreement. A
copy of this Plan and such Award Agreement may be obtained from Rural Cellular Corporation.

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     8.5     Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in a
Participant’s Award Agreement, to the extent permitted or required by law, as determined by the
Committee, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may be granted
the right to exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares during the Period of
Restriction. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units
granted hereunder.

     8.6     Termination of Employment. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the
Participant shall have the right to retain Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units following
termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its
Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the
sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each
Participant, need not be uniform among all Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units
issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

     8.7     Section 83(b) Election. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Award of
Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an election
with respect to the Award under Code Section 83(b). If a Participant makes an election pursuant to
Code Section 83(b) concerning a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall be required to file
promptly a copy of such election with the Company.

     8.8     Compliance with Section 409A. Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award
Agreement, each Restricted Stock Unit shall be paid in full to the Participant no later than the
15th day of the third month after the end of the first calendar year in which the Restricted Stock
Unit is no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Code Section
409A. If the Committee provides in an Award Agreement that a Restricted Stock Unit is intended to
be subject to Code Section 409A, the Award Agreement shall include terms that are designed to
satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

Article 9. Performance Units/Performance Shares

     9.1     Grant of Performance Units/Performance Shares. Subject to the terms and provisions
of this Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Units and/or
Performance Shares to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall
determine.

     9.2     Value of Performance Units/Performance Shares. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial
value that is established by the Committee at the time of grant. Each Performance Share shall have
an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. The Committee
shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met,
will determine the value and/or number of Performance Units/Performance Shares that will be paid
out to the Participant.

     9.3     Earning of Performance Units/Performance Shares. Subject to the terms of this Plan, after
the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Performance Shares
shall be entitled to receive payout on the value and number of Performance Units/Performance Shares
earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent
to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.

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     9.4     Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Performance Shares. Payment of earned
Performance Units/Performance Shares shall be as determined by the Committee and as
evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee, in its
sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Performance Shares in the form of cash or in
Shares (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Performance
Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable after the end
of the Performance Period. Any Shares may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate
by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such
Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.

     9.5     Termination of Employment. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the
Participant shall have the right to retain Performance Units and/or Performance Shares following
termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its
Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the
sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each
Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards of Performance Units or Performance Shares issued
pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

     9.6     Compliance with Section 409A. Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award
Agreement, each Performance Share or Performance Unit shall be paid in full to the Participant no
later than the 15th day of the third month after the end of the first calendar year in which the
Performance Share or Performance Unit is no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture”
within the meaning of Code Section 409A. If the Committee provides in an Award Agreement that a
Performance Share or Performance Unit is intended to be subject to Code Section 409A, the Award
Agreement shall include terms that are designed to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.

Article 10. Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

     10.1     Grant of Cash-Based Awards. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the
Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such
amounts and upon such terms as the Committee may determine.

     10.2     Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or
equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or
offer for sale of unrestricted Shares) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as
the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to
Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares and may
include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable
local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

     10.3     Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards. Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a
payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall
be expressed in terms of Shares or units based on Shares, as determined by the Committee. The
Committee may establish performance goals in its discretion. If the Committee exercises its
discretion to establish performance goals, the number and/or value of Cash-Based Awards or Other
Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the
performance goals are met.

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     10.4     Payment of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards. Payment, if any, with respect
to a Cash-Based Award or an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of
the Award, in cash or Shares as the Committee determines.

     10.5     Termination of Employment. The Committee shall determine the extent to which the
Participant shall have the right to receive Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards following
termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its
Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the
sole discretion of the Committee, be included in an agreement entered into with each Participant,
need not be uniform among all Awards of Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards issued
pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

     10.6     Compliance with Section 409A. Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award
Agreement, each Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award shall be paid in full to the
Participant no later than the 15th day of the third month after the end of the first calendar year
in which the Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award is no longer subject to a “substantial
risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Code Section 409A. If the Committee provides in an Award
Agreement that a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award is intended to be subject to Code
Section 409A, the Award Agreement shall include terms that are designed to satisfy the requirements
of Section 409A.

Article 11. Transferability of Awards

     11.1     Transferability of Incentive Stock Options. No ISO granted under this Plan may be
sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, all ISOs granted to a Participant under Article 6
shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.

     11.2     All Other Awards. Except for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders or as provided in a
Participant’s Award Agreement or otherwise determined at any time by the Committee, no Award
granted under this Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or
hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; provided that the
Board or Committee may permit further transferability, on a general or a specific basis, and may
impose conditions and limitations on any permitted transferability. Further, except as otherwise
provided in a Participant’s Award Agreement or otherwise determined at any time by the Committee,
or unless the Board or Committee decides to permit further transferability, all Awards granted to a
Participant under this Plan shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such
Participant. With respect to those Awards (other than ISOs), if any, that are permitted to be
transferred to another individual, references in this Plan to exercise or payment related to such
Awards by or to the Participant shall be deemed to include, as determined by the Committee, the
Participant’s permitted transferee.

Article 12. Performance Measures

     12.1     Performance Measures. The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of
an Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall
be limited to the following Performance Measures:

	 	(a)	 	Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);
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	 	(c)	 	Net sales, revenue growth, or local service revenue;
	 	(d)	 	Net operating profit;
	 	(e)	 	Operating income;
	 	(f)	 	Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested
capital, equity, sales, or revenue);
	 	(g)	 	Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash
flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment);
	 	(h)	 	Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization
(including adjusted EBITDA);
	 	(i)	 	EBITDA margin
	 	(j)	 	Gross or operating margins;
	 	(k)	 	Productivity ratios;
	 	(l)	 	Share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder
return);
	 	(m)	 	Expense targets;
	 	(n)	 	Margins;
	 	(o)	 	Operating efficiency;
	 	(p)	 	Market share;
	 	(q)	 	Customer satisfaction;
	 	(r)	 	Working capital targets;
	 	(s)	 	Capital expenditures;
	 	(t)	 	Customer growth, net customer growth, or local service revenue growth; and
	 	(u)	 	Economic value added or EVA® (net operating profit after tax minus the sum
of capital multiplied by the cost of capital).

     Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company, Subsidiary,
and/or Affiliate as a whole or any business unit of the Company, Subsidiary, and/or Affiliate or
any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance
Measures may be compared to the performance of a group of comparative companies, or published or
special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may
select Performance Measure (l) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee
also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of
performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Article 12.

     12.2     Evaluation of Performance. The Committee may provide in any such Award that any
evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a
Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c)
the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting
reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring
items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion
and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual
report to shareholders for the applicable year, (f) acquisitions or divestitures, and (g) foreign
exchange gains and losses. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered
Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code Section 162(m)
for deductibility.

     12.3     Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation. Awards that are intended to qualify as
Performance-Based Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Committee shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward,
either on a formula or discretionary basis or any
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     12.4     Committee Discretion. In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to
permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining
shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes
without obtaining shareholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines
that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the
Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and base
vesting on Performance Measures other than those set forth in Section 12.1.

Article 13. Nonemployee Director Awards

     The Board or Committee shall determine all Awards to Nonemployee Directors. The terms
and conditions of any grant to any such Nonemployee Director shall be set forth in an Award
Agreement. The Company shall have the ability to grant a Nonemployee Director an Award under the
Plan in lieu of cash compensation for services rendered by the Nonemployee Director.

Article 14. Dividend Equivalents

     Any Participant selected by the Committee may be granted dividend equivalents based on
the dividends declared on Shares that are subject to any Award, to be credited as of dividend
payment dates, during the period between the date the Award is granted and the date the Award is
exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such dividend equivalents shall be
converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such
limitations as may be determined by the Committee. Unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise,
such dividend equivalents shall be paid to the Participant at least annually, not later than the
15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the dividend
equivalents are credited (or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the end of the
calendar year in which the dividend equivalents are no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture within the meaning of Code Section 409A). Any dividend equivalents that are accumulated
and paid after the date specified in the preceding sentence shall be explicitly set forth in a
separate arrangement that provides for the payment of the dividend equivalents at a time and in a
manner that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 409A.

Article 15. Beneficiary Designation

     Each Participant under this Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or
beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under this Plan
is to be paid in case of his death before he receives any or all of such benefit. Each such
designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form
prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing
with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such beneficiary
designation, benefits remaining unpaid or rights remaining unexercised at the Participant’s death
shall be paid to or exercised by the Participant’s executor, administrator, or legal
representative.

Article 16. Rights of Participants

     16.1     Employment. Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or
limit in any way the right of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, to terminate
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Participant’s employment or service on the Board or to the Company, its Affiliates and/or its
Subsidiaries at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor confer upon any Participant
any right to continue his employment or service as a Director or Third Party Service Provider for
any specified period of time.

     Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment
contract with the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries and, accordingly, subject to
Articles 3 and 18, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the
sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee without giving rise to any liability on the part of
the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries.

     16.2     Participation. No individual shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award
under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

     16.3     Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall have
none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the
Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

Article 17. Change of Control

     17.1     Treatment of Awards Upon a Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control, unless otherwise specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and
regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges, or unless the
Committee shall determine otherwise in the Award Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	Any and all Options and SARs granted hereunder shall become immediately
exercisable;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Any Period of Restriction and restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock
or Restricted Stock Units shall lapse;
	 
	 	(c)	 	The target payout opportunities attainable under all outstanding Awards
of performance-based Restricted Stock, performance-based Restricted Stock Units,
Performance Units, Performance Shares, and performance-based Cash-Based Awards
shall be deemed to have been earned based on an assumed achievement of all relevant
targeted performance goals as of the effective date of the Change of Control.

	 	(i)	 	The vesting of all Awards denominated in
Shares shall be accelerated as of the effective date of the Change of
Control and shall be paid out to Participants within thirty (30) days
following the effective date of the Change of Control.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Awards denominated in cash shall be paid to
Participants in cash within thirty (30) days following the effective
date of the Change of Control.

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	 	(d)	 	The Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to pay out all Awards
in cash in lieu of shares.

     17.2     Cash Out of the Awards. The Committee may, in its sole discretion: (i) determine that any
or all outstanding Awards granted under the Plan, will be canceled and terminated and that in
connection with such cancellation and termination the holder of such Award may receive for each
Share subject to such Award a cash payment (or the delivery of shares of stock, other securities or
a combination of cash, stock and securities equivalent to such cash payment) equal to the
difference, if any, between the consideration received by shareholders of the Company in respect of
a Share in connection with such transaction and the purchase price per share, if any, under the
Award multiplied by the number of Shares subject to such Award; provided that if such product is
zero or less, the Awards may be canceled and terminated without payment therefor.

Article 18. Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination

     18.1     Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination. Subject to Section 18.3, the
Committee may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate this
Plan and any Award Agreement in whole or in part; provided, however, that, without the prior
approval of the Company’s shareholders and except as provided in Section 4.4, Options or SARs
issued under this Plan will not be repriced, replaced, or regranted through cancellation, or by
lowering the Option Price of a previously granted Option or the Grant Price of a previously granted
SAR, and no material amendment of this Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if
shareholder approval is required by law, regulation, or stock exchange rule; including, but not
limited to, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and, if applicable, the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual/the Nasdaq issuer
rules.

     18.2     Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The
Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards
in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events
described in Section 4.4 hereof) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company
or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee
determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan.
The Committee shall not make any adjustment pursuant to this Section 18.2 that would prevent
Performance-Based Compensation from satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m); that would
cause an Award that is otherwise exempt from Code Section 409A to become subject to Section 409A;
or that would cause an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to fail to satisfy the
requirements of Section 409A. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments,
if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.

     18.3     Awards Previously Granted. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary (other than Section 18.4), no termination, amendment, suspension, or modification of this
Plan or an Award Agreement shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted
under this Plan, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award.

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     18.4     
Amendment to Conform to Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary, the Board of Directors may amend the Plan or an Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the
Plan or an Award Agreement to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature
(including, but not limited to, Code Section 409A), and to the administrative regulations and
rulings promulgated thereunder.

Article 19. Withholding

     19.1     Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or
withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy
federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld
with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Plan.

     19.2     Share Withholding. With respect to withholding required upon the exercise of Options or
SARs, upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, or upon the
achievement of performance goals related to Performance Shares, or any other taxable event arising
as a result of an Award granted hereunder, Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the
Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company
withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the
minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on the transaction. All such elections shall be
irrevocable, made in writing, and signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any
restrictions or limitations that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

Article 20. Successors

     All obligations of the Company under this Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder
shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the
result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

Article 21. General Provisions

     21.1     Forfeiture Events.

	 	(a)	 	The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s
rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to
reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain
specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance
conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to,
termination of employment for cause, termination of the Participant’s provision of
services to the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, violation of material
Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition,
confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant,
or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or
reputation of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries.
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to
the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any
financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, if the Participant
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	 	 	 	engaged in the misconduct, or knowingly or grossly negligently failed to prevent the misconduct, or if the Participant is
one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Participant shall reimburse the Company the
amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the
twelve- (12-) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission of the financial document
embodying such financial reporting requirement.

     21.2     Legend. The certificates for Shares may include any legend which the Committee deems
appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer of such Shares.

     21.3     Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term
used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the
singular shall include the plural.

     21.4     Severability. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid
for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Plan, and
this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been
included.

     21.5     Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under this Plan
shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any
governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

     21.6     Delivery of Title. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of
title for Shares issued under this Plan prior to:

	 	(a)	 	Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company
determines are necessary or advisable; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares
under any applicable national, state, or foreign law or ruling of any governmental
body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

     21.7     Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any
regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any
liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained.

     21.8     Investment Representations. The Committee may require any individual receiving Shares
pursuant to an Award under this Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the individual is
acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such
Shares.

     21.9     Employees Based Outside of the United States. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan
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the laws in other countries in which the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries operate or have Employees, Directors, or Third Party
Service Providers, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:

	 	(a)	 	Determine which Affiliates and Subsidiaries shall be covered by this
Plan;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Determine which Employees and/or Directors, or Third Party Service
Providers outside the United States are eligible to participate in this Plan;
	 
	 	(c)	 	Modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Employees
and/or Directors or Third Party Service Providers outside the United States to
comply with applicable foreign laws;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and
procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any
subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established under this
Section 21.9 by the Committee shall be attached to this Plan document as
appendices; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	Take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems
advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government
regulatory exemptions or approvals.

     Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards
shall be granted, that would violate applicable law.

     21.10     Uncertificated Shares. To the extent that this Plan provides for issuance of
certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of such Shares may be effected on a
noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock
exchange.

     21.11     Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to
any investments that the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates may make to aid it
in meeting its obligations under this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken
pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a
fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative,
or any other individual. To the extent that any individual acquires a right to receive payments
from the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates under this Plan, such right shall be no
greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an
Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general
funds of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be and no special or separate
fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such
amounts except as expressly set forth in this Plan.

     21.12     No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this
Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, or other property shall be
issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto
shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

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     21.13     Retirement and Welfare Plans. Neither Awards made under this Plan nor Shares or cash
paid pursuant to such Awards may be included as “compensation” for purposes of computing the
benefits payable to any Participant under the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s
retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan
expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participant’s
benefit.

     21.14     Deferred Compensation. If any Award would be considered deferred compensation as defined
under Code Section 409A and would fail to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, then such
Award shall be null and void. However, the Committee may permit deferrals of compensation pursuant
to the terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, a separate plan, or a subplan which (in each case)
meets the requirements of Code Section 409A. Additionally, to the extent any Award is subject to
Code Section 409A, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Plan does not permit
the acceleration of the time or schedule of any distribution related to such Award, except as
permitted by Code Section 409A.

     21.15     Nonexclusivity of this Plan. The adoption of this Plan shall not be construed as
creating any limitations on the power of the Board or Committee to adopt such other compensation
arrangements as it may deem desirable for any Participant.

     21.16     No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (i)
limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or an Affiliate’s right or power
to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business
structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of
its business or assets; or (ii) limit the right or power of the Company or a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

     21.17     Governing Law. The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Minnesota, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise
refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under this Plan are deemed
to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Minnesota to
resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to this Plan or any related Award
Agreement.

     21.18     Indemnification. Subject to requirements of Minnesota law, each individual who is or
shall have been a member of the Board, or a Committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the
Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Article 3, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed
upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action,
suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by
reason of any action taken or failure to act under this Plan and against and from any and all
amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or
her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her,
provided that he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and
defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or
expense is a result of his/her own willful misconduct or except
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     The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have
to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

     21.19     No Guarantee of Favorable Tax Treatment. Although the Company intends to administer the
Plan so that Awards will be exempt from, or will comply with, the requirements of Code Section
409A, the Company does not warrant that any Award under the Plan will qualify for favorable tax
treatment under Code Section 409A or any other provision of federal, state, local, or foreign law.
The Company shall not be liable to any Participant for any tax the Participant might owe as a
result of the grant, holding, vesting, exercise, or payment of any Award under the Plan.

     21.20     Prior Plan Awards. Awards previously made under Prior Plans shall remain outstanding
and in effect and the adoption of this Plan shall in no way modify such awards. However, Shares
subject to outstanding awards under Prior Plans that cease for any reason to be subject to such
awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are
exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable Shares) may be added to the Share
Authorization under this Plan as provided in Section 4.1 hereof.

25exv4w1

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

NOBLE CORPORATION

ISSUER

AND

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

TRUSTEE

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF MAY 26, 2006

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

(ISSUABLE IN SERIES)

 

 

 

 

NOBLE CORPORATION

RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF MAY 26, 2006

	 	 	 
	Section of	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	Section(s) of
	Act of 1939	 	Indenture
	 
	Section 310(a)(1)

	 	 609
	(a)(2)

	 	 609
	(a)(3)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(a)(4)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(b)

	 	 608, 610
	Section 311(a)

	 	 613
	(b)

	 	 613
	(c)

	 	 Not Applicable
	Section 312(a)

	 	 701, 702(a)
	(b)

	 	 702(b)
	(c)

	 	 702(b)
	Section 313(a)

	 	 703(a)
	(b)

	 	 703(a)
	(c)

	 	 703(a)
	(d)

	 	 703(b)
	Section 314(a)

	 	 704, 1005
	(b)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(c)(1)

	 	 103
	(c)(2)

	 	 103
	(c)(3)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(d)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(e)

	 	 103
	Section 315(a)

	 	 601(a)
	(b)

	 	 602
	(c)

	 	 601(b)
	(d)

	 	 601(c)
	(d)(1)

	 	 601(a)(1)
	(d)(2)

	 	 601(c)(2)
	(d)(3)

	 	 601(c)(3)
	(e)

	 	 514
	Section 316(a)(1)(A)

	 	 502, 512
	(a)(1)(B)

	 	 513
	(a)(2)

	 	 Not Applicable
	(a) last sentence

	 	 101
	(b)

	 	 508
	Section 317(a)(1)

	 	 503
	(a)(2)

	 	 504
	(b)

	 	 1003
	Section 318(a)

	 	 108

 

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

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	ARTICLE ONE — DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	 	 	1	 
	 
	SECTION 101. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Act
	 	 	1	 
	Additional Amounts
	 	 	1	 
	Affiliate
	 	 	2	 
	Agent Members
	 	 	2	 
	Authenticating Agent
	 	 	2	 
	Authorized Newspaper
	 	 	2	 
	Board of Directors
	 	 	2	 
	Board Resolution
	 	 	2	 
	Business Day
	 	 	2	 
	Commission
	 	 	2	 
	Company
	 	 	2	 
	Company Request
	 	 	2	 
	Company Order
	 	 	2	 
	Conversion Event
	 	 	2	 
	Corporate Trust Office
	 	 	2	 
	Default
	 	 	2	 
	Defaulted Interest
	 	 	3	 
	Depositary
	 	 	3	 
	Dollar
	 	 	3	 
	Event of Default
	 	 	3	 
	Exchange Rate
	 	 	3	 
	Holder
	 	 	3	 
	Indenture
	 	 	3	 
	Interest
	 	 	3	 
	Interest Payment Date
	 	 	3	 
	Judgment Currency
	 	 	3	 
	Maturity
	 	 	3	 
	Officers’ Certificate
	 	 	3	 
	Opinion of Counsel
	 	 	3	 
	Original Issue Discount Security
	 	 	3	 
	Outstanding
	 	 	3	 
	Paying Agent
	 	 	4	 
	Person
	 	 	4	 
	Place of Payment
	 	 	4	 
	Predecessor Security
	 	 	4	 
	Redemption Date
	 	 	4	 
	Redemption Price
	 	 	4	 
	Regular Record Date
	 	 	5	 
	Required Currency
	 	 	5	 
	Responsible Officer
	 	 	5	 
	Securities
	 	 	5	 
	Security Custodian
	 	 	5	 
	Security Register
	 	 	5	 
	Special Record Date
	 	 	5	 
	Stated Maturity
	 	 	5	 
	Subsidiary
	 	 	5	 
	Trustee
	 	 	5	 
	Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	5	 
	United States
	 	 	5	 

 

			
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	 	 	United States Alien
	 	 	 	 	5	 
	 	 	U.S. Government Obligations
	 	 	6	 
	 	 	Vice President
	 	 	6	 
	 	 	Wholly Owned Subsidiary
	 	 	6	 
	 	 	Yield to Maturity
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 

	 	SECTION 102.
	 	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 103.
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 104.
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 105.
	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 106.
	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 107.
	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 108.
	 	Conflict With Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 109.
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 110.
	 	Successors and Assigns
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 111.
	 	Separability Clause
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 112.
	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 113.
	 	Governing Law
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 114.
	 	Legal Holidays
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 115.
	 	Corporate Obligation
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO — SECURITY FORMS	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 201.
	 	Forms Generally
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 202.
	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 203.
	 	Securities in Global Form
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE — THE SECURITIES	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 301.
	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 302.
	 	Denominations
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 303.
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 304.
	 	Temporary Securities
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 305.
	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 306.
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	17	 

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	 	SECTION 307.
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 308.
	 	Person Deemed Owners
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 309.
	 	Cancellation
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 310.
	 	Computation of Interest
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 311.
	 	CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR — SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 401.
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 402.
	 	Application of Trust Money
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 403.
	 	Discharge of Liability on Securities of Any Series
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 404.
	 	Reinstatement
	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE — REMEDIES	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 501.
	 	Events of Default
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 502.
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 503.
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 504.
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 505.
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons
	 	25
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 506.
	 	Application of Money Collected
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 507.
	 	Limitation on Suits
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 508.
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	26
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 509.
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 510.
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 511.
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 512.
	 	Control by Holders
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 513.
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 514.
	 	Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 515.
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX  — THE TRUSTEE	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 601.
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	28	 

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	 	SECTION 602.
	 	Notice of Defaults
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 603.
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 604.
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 605.
	 	May Hold Securities
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 606.
	 	Money Held in Trust
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 607.
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 608.
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 609.
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 610.
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	32	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 611.
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 612.
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 613.
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 614.
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SEVEN — HOLDER’S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 701.
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 702.
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 703.
	 	Reports by Trustee
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 704.
	 	Reports by Company
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT — CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 801.
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc, Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 802.
	 	Successor Person Substituted
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE — SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 901.
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 902.
	 	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 903.
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 904.
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 905.
	 	Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 906.
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	39	 

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	ARTICLE TEN — COVENANTS	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1001.
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1002.
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1003.
	 	Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1004.
	 	Existence
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1005.
	 	Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1006.
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1007.
	 	Additional Amounts
	 	 	41	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN — REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1101.
	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1102.
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1103.
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed
	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1104.
	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1105.
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1106.
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1107.
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWELVE — SINKING FUNDS	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1201.
	 	Applicability of Article
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1202.
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1203.
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN — MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1301.
	 	Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1302.
	 	Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1303.
	 	Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1304.
	 	Quorum; Action
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1305.
	 	Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	SECTION 1306.
	 	Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
	 	 	46	 

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     INDENTURE, dated as of May 26, 2006, between NOBLE CORPORATION, a Cayman Islands exempted
company limited by shares (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 13135 South
Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), the office of the Trustee at which at the date
hereof its corporate trust business is principally administered being 600 Travis Street, Suite
1150, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in
this Indenture.

     This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.

     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     SECTION 101. Definitions.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:

	 	(1)	 	the terms defined in this Article One have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article One and include the plural as well as the singular;
	 
	 	(2)	 	all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States,
and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at
the date of such computation; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.

     Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in Section 102.

     “Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 105.

     “Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts that are required by the express terms of a
Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the

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Company with respect to certain taxes, assessments
or other governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that 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” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 203.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company, authorized by the
Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.

     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language
of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published
on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are
required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same
or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on
any Business Day.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.

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

     “Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on
which banking institutions in the Place of Payment or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office
is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the
execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

     “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

     “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or
a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant
Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Conversion Event” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date
hereof is that indicated in the introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

     “Default” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, any event, act or condition
that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.

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     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

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

     “Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United
States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

     “Exchange Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 302.

     “Holder,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Person in whose name the Security
is registered in the Security Register.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301 and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument.

     “Interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

     “Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.

     “Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 506.

     “Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an 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 or otherwise.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant Secretary of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee, which certificate shall be in compliance with Section 103 hereof.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for or an employee
of the Company, rendered, if applicable, in accordance with Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, which opinion shall be in compliance with Section 103 hereof.

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

     “Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities of a series, means as of the date of
determination, all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:

	 	(i)	 	Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;

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	 	(ii)	 	Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the
Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether a quorum is
present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, (a) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be the principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (b)
the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined by the Company on the date of original issuance of such
Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of
such Security, of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), of such Security and
(c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not
to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities
which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or
of such other obligor.

     “Paying Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company, authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
one or more series of Securities on behalf of the Company.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any
kind.

     “Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of such series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 301
subject to the provisions of Section 1002.

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

     “Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to the terms of such Security and this Indenture.

     “Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of such Security and this Indenture.

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     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, or, if not
so specified, the first day of the calendar month of the month of such Interest Payment Date if
such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar month or the fifteenth day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the first day
of a calendar month, whether or not such day shall be a Business Day.

     “Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 506.

     “Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to
a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

     “Security Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series issued in global form, the
Trustee for Securities of such series, acting in its capacity as custodian with respect to the
Securities of such series, or any successor entity thereto.

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

     “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” means, as to any Person, a corporation or other entity of which at least a
majority of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the full board of directors or other governing body of
such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other
beneficial interests of any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by
such Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person.

     “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.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905; provided, however, that, in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means,
to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

     “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of
Columbia) and its “possessions,” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

     “United States Alien” means any Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is
a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of
an estate or trust, or a foreign partnership.

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     “U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 401.

     “Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.

     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation or other entity of which all
of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the full board of directors or other governing body of such
corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial
interests of any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by such
Person, or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or
more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

     “Yield to Maturity,” when used with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security, means the
yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face thereof.

     SECTION 102. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

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

     “Bankruptcy Act” means the Bankruptcy Act or Title 11 of the United States Code.

     “indenture securities” means the Securities.

     “indenture security holder” means a Holder.

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

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

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

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

     SECTION 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include

	 	(1)	 	a statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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	 	(2)	 	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;
	 
	 	(3)	 	a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such Person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
	 
	 	(4)	 	a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.

     SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.

     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that
the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

     SECTION 105. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such
record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding
of any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in
this Section 105. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner
provided in Section 1306.

     The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of
Securities entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted
under this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, those Persons who were Holders of Outstanding
Securities at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be
entitled with respect to such Securities to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any
vote or consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such
record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its
own expense, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the Trustee in writing in the manner
provided in Section 106 and to the relevant Holders as set forth in Section 107.

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     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     (c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

     (d) In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this
Indenture, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in
making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be
equal to the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time the taking of such action
by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee for such Securities.

     (e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. Any consent
or waiver of the Holder of any Security shall be irrevocable for a period of six months after the
date of execution thereof, but otherwise any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or other Act as to his Security or
portion of his Security; provided, however, that such revocation shall be effective only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the Act becomes effective.

     SECTION 106. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee
at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Global Trust Service Department, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention:
Corporate Secretary.

     SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause
it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Securities by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case in which notice to Holders of Securities is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice

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so mailed, to
any particular Holder of a Security, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Securities.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.

     SECTION 108. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.

     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act or another provision hereof required to be included in this Indenture by any of the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If
any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that
may be so modified or excluded, the former provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as
so modified or to be excluded.

     SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

     The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

     SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns.

     All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether or not so expressed.

     SECTION 111. Separability Clause.

     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 112. Benefits of Indenture.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Security
Registrar and the Holders.

     SECTION 113. Governing Law.

     This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of
law to the extent the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

     SECTION 114. Legal Holidays.

     In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of any series need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such
Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue with respect to
such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be.

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     SECTION 115. Corporate Obligation.

     No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, against any incorporator, subscriber to the
capital shares or capital stock, director, member, stockholder, officer, director or employee of
the Company or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor of the Company or the Trustee with
respect to the Company’s obligations on the Securities or the obligations of the Company or the
Trustee under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

     SECTION 201. Forms Generally.

     The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered form and in substantially such form
or forms (including temporary or permanent global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If temporary
Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 304, the form thereof
shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. A copy of the Board Resolution
establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series (or any such temporary global Security)
shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities (or any such temporary global
Security).

     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

     SECTION
202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

     The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 	as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory”

     SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form.

     If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as contemplated by Section 301, then,
notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Security
shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and
may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges or redemptions. Any endorsement of a Security
in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions
given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of
Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security
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instructions given by the Person or Persons
specified in such Security or in the applicable Company Order. With respect to the Securities of
any series that are represented by a Security in global form, the Company authorizes the execution
and delivery by the Trustee of a letter of representations or other similar agreement or instrument
in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary appointed with respect to such global
Security. Any Security in global form may be deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may
remain in the custody of the Security Custodian therefor pursuant to an agreement between the
Trustee and the Depositary. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with
Section 103 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Security issued in global form held on their behalf by the
Depositary, or the Security Custodian as its custodian, or under such global Security, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Security Custodian and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee as the absolute owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a Security of any series issued in
global form may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and
Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder of such
series is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such series and (ii) nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Security Custodian or any agent of the Company or the
Security Custodian, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any
Security.

     Notwithstanding Section 305, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any
permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a permanent global Security are entitled to exchange such
interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized
form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then without unnecessary delay
but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On
or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time in accordance with instructions given to the
Trustee and the Depositary (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with Section
103 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) by the Depositary or such other depositary as shall
be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for
such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such
permanent global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of other definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
Security to be exchanged; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series is
to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date.

     Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent global Security marked to
evidence the partial exchange shall be returned by the Trustee to the Depositary or such other
depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above.
If a definitive Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after
the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment
Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Security, but will be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed for payment, as the case may be, only to the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

     Notwithstanding Section 305, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
transfers of a Security issued in global form shall be limited to transfers of such global Security
in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees.
Interests of beneficial owners in a Security issued in global form may be transferred in accordance
with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Securities of any series shall

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be transferred to
all beneficial owners of a global Security of such series in exchange for their beneficial
interests in that global Security if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the global Security of such series or
at any time the Depositary ceases to be registered under the Exchange Act, (2) an Event of Default,
or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
has occurred with respect to such series and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received
a request from the Depositary or the Trustee to issue Securities of such series in lieu of all or a
portion of that global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver Securities of such series
within 30 days of such request) or (3) the Company determines in its sole discretion that a global
Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form.

     In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a global Security
of any series to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 203, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the global
Security of that series in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in
the global Security of that series to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities of that
series shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series of like tenor and
amount.

     In connection with the transfer of all the beneficial interests in a global Security of any
series to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 203, the global Security shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of
that series of authorized denominations.

     Neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, Securities of any series by the
Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to
such Securities. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay by the related
global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying the beneficial owners, and each such Person
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, instructions from such global
Security Holder or the Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and
delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be issued).

     The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security in global form
if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee
the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section
103 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the
principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 201 and 307, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the
Person or Persons specified therein.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee shall treat a
Person as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a global Security as shall be specified
in a written statement, if any, of the Holder of such global Security which is produced to the
Security Registrar by such Holder.

     Global Securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent global
Securities will be issued in definitive form.

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ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

     SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; 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. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

	 	(1)	 	the title of the Securities of such series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from all other Securities);
	 
	 	(2)	 	any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such 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 such series pursuant to Section 203, 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107);
	 
	 	(3)	 	whether Securities of such series are to be issuable initially in temporary
global form and whether any Securities of such series are to be issuable in permanent
global form and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of
any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Sections 203 or 305, and
the Depositary for any global Security or Securities of such series;
	 
	 	(4)	 	the manner in which any interest payable on a temporary global Security of such
series on any Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided
in Section 304;
	 
	 	(5)	 	the date or dates on which the principal or premium (if any) of the Securities
of such series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
	 
	 	(6)	 	the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at which the
Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what
circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on
which such interest shall be payable and, if other than as set forth in Section 101,
the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Securities on any Interest
Payment Date;
	 
	 	(7)	 	the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to the Securities of such series shall be payable;
	 
	 	(8)	 	the period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in
cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company, if the Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company must exercise any such option, if different from
those set forth herein;
	 
	 	(9)	 	the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of such
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 (whether
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	 	 	 	which and the terms and conditions
upon which, Securities of such series shall be redeemed or purchased in whole or in
part pursuant to such obligation;
	 
	 	(10)	 	the denomination in which any Securities of that series shall be issuable, if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
	 
	 	(11)	 	the currency or currencies (including composite currencies), if other than
Dollars, or the form, including equity securities, other debt securities (including
Securities), warrants or any other securities or property of the Company or any other
Person, in which payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series shall be payable;
	 
	 	(12)	 	if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to the Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies (including composite
currencies) other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and
the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be
made;
	 
	 	(13)	 	if the amount of payments of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series may be determined
with reference to any commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or
any other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
	 
	 	(14)	 	if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
	 
	 	(15)	 	any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to Securities of such series pursuant to Section 401, any additional conditions
to discharge pursuant to Section 401 or 403 and the application, if any, of Section
403;
	 
	 	(16)	 	any deletions or modifications of or additions to the definitions set forth in
Section 101, Events of Default set forth in Section 501 or covenants of the Company set
forth in Article Ten pertaining to the Securities of such series;
	 
	 	(17)	 	if the Securities of such series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for
equity securities, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants or any other
securities or property of the Company or any other Person, at the option of the Company
or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any condition or event, the terms and
conditions for such conversion or exchange;
	 
	 	(18)	 	whether any of such Securities will be subject to certain optional interest
rate reset provisions;
	 
	 	(19)	 	the additions or changes, if any, to the Indenture with respect to such
Securities as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of such
Securities in bearer form, registered or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons; and
	 
	 	(20)	 	any other terms of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture).

     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

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     At the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may
be paid by mailing a check to the address of any Holder as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.

     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action together with such Board Resolution
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the
series.

     SECTION 302. Denominations.

     The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any Securities of a series
denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be issuable in denominations that are the
equivalent, as determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New
York for cable transfers for such currency (“Exchange Rate”), as such rate is reported or otherwise
made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the applicable issue date for such
Securities, of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

     SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, its
President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

     Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.

     If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been established in or pursuant to one
or more Board Resolutions or any other method permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that,

	 	(a)	 	if the form of such Securities has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
	 
	 	(b)	 	if the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	that such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforcement is subject to
the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or
other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and (ii) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in
a manner not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309
together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 103 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by
the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.

     SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.

     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued, in registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities.

     Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series
are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and deliver a Company
Order requesting the Trustee to authenticate and deliver and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.

     All Outstanding temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder.

     SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     The Company shall cause to be kept for each series of Securities at one of the offices or
agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (the register maintained in such office and
in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities of such series. The
Trustee is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Except as set forth in Section 203 or as may be provided pursuant to Section 301, upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a
Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute and deliver a Company Order requesting
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new

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Securities of the same series and of
like tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.

     All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchange pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

     The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption
and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption
or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

     SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver
a Company Order requesting the Trustee to authenticate and deliver 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 the Company’s request the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.

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

     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, 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 fee and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.

     Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 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.

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     The provisions of this Section 306 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 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

     Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of
interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed or delivered to the address of
any Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

	 	(1)	 	The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause (1)
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper, but such publication shall not be a
condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
	 
	 	(2)	 	The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may
be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered under this
Indenture, upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of, any other Security,
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.

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     SECTION 308. Person Deemed Owners.

     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
premium (if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     SECTION 309. Cancellation.

     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held
by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures,
unless the Trustee is otherwise directed by a Company Order.

     SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.

     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year comprising
twelve 30-day months.

     SECTION 311. 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 identification numbers printed on the Securities, and
any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to
Securities of a series, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities
of such series, when

	 	(1)	 	either

	 	(A)	 	all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

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	 	(B)	 	with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, the Company has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee under the terms of an
irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee,
as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding
Securities for that purpose, money or U.S. Government Obligations maturing as
to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will, together
with the income to accrue thereon, without consideration of any reinvestment
thereof, be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all
Outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation for principal of, premium (if any) and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities to the Stated Maturity or
any Redemption Date contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section
401, as the case may be; or
	 
	 	(C)	 	the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to
be applicable to the Securities of such series;

	 	(2)	 	the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Company has complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to
Section 301 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to
this Section 401;
	 
	 	(4)	 	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 with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series have been complied with;
	 
	 	(5)	 	if the conditions set forth in Section 401(1)(A) have not been satisfied, and
unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series,
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, satisfaction and
discharge and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount
and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such
deposit, satisfaction and discharge had not occurred; and
	 
	 	(6)	 	no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such issue
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, in so far as
clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall
not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

     For the purposes of this Indenture, “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct noncallable
obligations of, or noncallable obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is
guaranteed by, the United States of America, or to the payment of which obligations or guarantees
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged, or beneficial interests in a
trust the corpus of which consists exclusively of money or such obligations or a combination
thereof.

     If any Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated
Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any
mandatory sinking fund requirement, the trust agreement referred to in subclause (B) of clause (1)
of this Section 401 shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company.

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 401, the obligations of the Company
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obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 614 and, except for a discharge pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (1) of this Section
401, the obligations of the Company under Sections 305, 306, 404, 1001 and 1002 and the obligations
of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

     SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 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 of, premium (if any) and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such Securities for the payment of which such
money has been deposited with the Trustee.

     SECTION 403. Discharge of Liability on Securities of Any Series.

     If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable 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, the obligation of the Company under
this Indenture and the Securities of such series to pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series shall cease,
terminate and be completely discharged, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction and discharge, when

	 	(1)	 	the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 401 of this Indenture
(other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to Sections 301 and 401(3) and
except that the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 401(5) shall state that it is
based on a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service or other change since the date hereof
under applicable Federal income tax law) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of
such series,
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Request requesting such
satisfaction and discharge,
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Company has complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to
Section 301 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to
this Section 403, and
	 
	 	(4)	 	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 discharge of the indebtedness on the Outstanding Securities of such
series have been complied with.

     Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 403 with respect to all the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the terms and conditions of such series, including the terms
and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon,
or applicable to, the Company; provided that, the Company shall not be discharged from any payment
obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are deemed not to be Outstanding under
clause (iii) of the definition thereof if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the
Company under applicable law or pursuant to Section 305 or 306.

     SECTION 404. Reinstatement.

     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with respect to Securities of any series in accordance with Section 401 by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and the Securities of such series
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401 until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 401; provided, however, that if the Company has made any
payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
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reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to
the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

     SECTION 501. Events of Default.

     “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body),
unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified
in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution establishing such series of
Securities or in the form of Security for such series:

	 	(1)	 	default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any Security of that series when such interest or Additional Amounts become
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	default in the payment of the principal of or premium (if any) on any Security
of that series at its Maturity; or
	 
	 	(3)	 	default in the deposit of any mandatory sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period
of 60 days; or
	 
	 	(4)	 	default in the performance or breach of any covenant of the Company in this
Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities
other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of all Outstanding Securities 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
	 
	 	(5)	 	the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state
law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestration
or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for
a period of 90 consecutive days; or
	 
	 	(6)	 	the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the
consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it, of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the

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	 	 	 	benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; or
	 
	 	(7)	 	any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the principal of, premium (if
any) or any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security is payable in a
currency or currencies (including a composite currency) other than Dollars and such currency or
currencies are not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of
exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company (a “Conversion Event”),
the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such
payment in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in such other
currency, as determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate, as such Exchange Rate is
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment,
or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, any payment made under such
circumstances in Dollars where the required payment is in a currency other than Dollars will not
constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.

     Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee, promptly
after receipt of such notice, shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 107 to
the Holders of such series. Promptly after the making of any payment in Dollars as a result of a
Conversion Event with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company shall give notice in the
manner provided in Section 107 to the Holders of such series, setting forth the applicable Exchange
Rate and describing the calculation of such payments.

     SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

     If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of (i) the series affected by such default (in
the case of an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Section 501) or (ii)
all series of Securities (in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (4) of Section
501) may declare the principal amount (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series)
of all of the Securities of the series affected by such default or all series, as the case may be,
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 amount shall become immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 shall occur, the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series ipso facto shall 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 Securities of any series
(or of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of
the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article Five, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all
series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if

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

	 	(A)	 	all overdue interest on, and any Additional Amounts with
respect to, all Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may
be),
	 
	 	(B)	 	the principal of or premium (if any) on any Securities of that
series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of Original Issue
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	 	(C)	 	to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest and any Additional Amounts at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity), and
	 
	 	(D)	 	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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
and

	 	(2)	 	all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all
series, as the case may be), other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities
of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

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

     SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

     The Company covenants that if

	 	(1)	 	default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of any series when such interest or
Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 60 days, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium (if any) on any
Security at the Maturity thereof, 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 of, premium (if any) and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and, to the extent that payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal, premium
(if any) and on any overdue interest or Additional Amounts, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities (or in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity), 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, and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

     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 decreed 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 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 504. 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 (or lesser amount in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) 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 of, premium

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(if any), interest
on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

	 	(i)	 	to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or lesser amount
in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) (and premium, if any) and interest
and any Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of
the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders
allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	to collect and receive any monies 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 607.

     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 proceedings; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar official.

     SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.

     All rights of action and claim under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in
any proceeding relating thereto; any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust; after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607, any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

     SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.

     Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Five 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 of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any Securities, 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 607;

     SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such 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 of, premium (if
any), interest on and Additional Amounts, respectively; and

     THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.

     To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose of obtaining judgment
against the Company in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal
of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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
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the Required Currency
with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day in The City of New York next preceding that on which
final judgment is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any shortfall nor
shall it benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of Securities under this Section 506
caused by a change in exchange rates between the time the amount of a judgment against it is
calculated as above and the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required
Currency to make payments under this Section 506 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such
judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or claims underlying such
judgment.

     SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.

     Subject to Section 508, 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

	 	(1)	 	an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
	 
	 	(3)	 	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;
	 
	 	(4)	 	the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
	 
	 	(5)	 	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 of such
Holders.

     SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium 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 (if
any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such
Security on the Stated Maturity or 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
on or after such respective dates, and such rights shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Holder.

     SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

     If the Trustee or any Holder of any Security 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, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, 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.

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     SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, 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 511. 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 Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     SECTION 512. Control by Holders.

     With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such 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, relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in clause (1),
(2), (3) or (7) of Section 501, and with respect to all Securities the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
on the Trustee, not relating to or arising under such an Event of Default, provided that in each
such case

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not
lawfully be taken or would conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith
shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed would
involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking
part in such direction, and
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

     SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

     Subject to Sections 508 and 902, the Holders of 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, and the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities waive any other past default hereunder and its consequences, except in
each case a default

	 	(1)	 	in the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected.

     Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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     SECTION 514. 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 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. The provisions of this Section 514 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company,
by the Trustee, 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 by any Holder for the enforcement
of the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

     SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will
not 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 had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

     SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series,

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
	 
	 	(2)	 	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 certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.

     (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

     (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct,
except that

	 	(1)	 	this clause (1) shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section 601;

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	 	(2)	 	the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with the direction of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series or of all series, determined as provided in Section 512, 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; and
	 
	 	(4)	 	no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.

     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section 601.

     SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.

     Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice of such Default or Event of Default known
to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 107,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and
provided, further, that in the case of any Default or Event of Default of the character specified
in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be
given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.

     SECTION
603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

     (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;

     (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

     (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

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     (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written 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;

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

     (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

     (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and, except for any Affiliates of
the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of
any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

     (h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written
notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or
any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and

     (i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture.

     SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

     SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.

     The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar
or such other agent.

     SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.

     Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

     SECTION
607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

     The Company agrees

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	 	(1)	 	to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
	 
	 	(2)	 	except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon
its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to
its negligence or bad faith; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	to indemnify the Trustee and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents
and/or representatives for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on each of their part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the
Trustees’ powers or duties hereunder.

     As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 607, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, premium (if any)
or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities.

     Any expenses and compensation for any services rendered by the Trustee after the occurrence of
an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 shall constitute expenses and
compensation for services of administration under all applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws.

     The provisions of this Section 607 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee or the discharge of the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.

     SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

     (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section
608, with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that
it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect
to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article Six.

     (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section 608 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days
after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of that
series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such failure.

     (c) For the purposes of this Section 608, the term “conflicting interest” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and the Trustee shall comply with
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that there shall be excluded from the
operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series any indenture or indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are
outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act are met. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the optional provision permitted by
the second sentence of Section 310(b)(9) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

     SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such

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laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50 million and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
(or the District of Columbia) authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 609, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 609, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article Six.

     The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Sections
310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article Six shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

     (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.

     (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

     (d) If at any time:

	 	(1)	 	the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608(a) after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder of Securities, or
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board
Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii)
subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.

     (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause,
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and such successor
Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
611. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
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Company and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.

     (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.

     SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

	 	(a)	 	In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary
or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be
vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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	 	(c)	 	Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 611, as the case may be.
	 
	 	(d)	 	No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article Six.

     SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer of substantially all the
corporate trust business to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver
the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.

     SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

     The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any
creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent indicated therein.

     SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

     The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents that shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory
for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50 million or equivalent amount expressed
in a foreign currency and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state (or the
District of Columbia) authority or authority of such country. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614, the combined capital
and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section 614.

     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 614,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.

     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
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thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee
may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section 614.

     The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 614.

     If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section 614, the Securities may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of
authentication in the following form:

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	As Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	As Authenticating Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory

     Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 614 to the contrary, if at any time any
Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder with respect to any series of Securities shall not also be
acting as the Security Registrar hereunder with respect to any series of Securities, then, in
addition to all other duties of an Authenticating Agent hereunder, such Authenticating Agent shall
also be obligated: (i) to furnish to the Security Registrar promptly all information necessary to
enable the Security Registrar to maintain at all times an accurate and current Security Register;
and (ii) prior to authenticating any Security denominated in a foreign currency, to ascertain from
the Company the units of such foreign currency that are required to be determined by the Company
pursuant to Section 302.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDER’S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

     SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

     With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Trustee:

	 	(a)	 	semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date relating to
that series (or, if there is no Regular Record Date relating to that series, on January
1 and July 1), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders of that series as of such dates, and
	 
	 	(b)	 	at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content,
such list to be dated as of a date

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	 	 	 	not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Company
shall not be required to furnish or cause to be furnished such a list to the Trustee.
The Company shall otherwise comply with Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

	 	(a)	 	The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the names and addresses of Holders of each series contained in the most recent list
furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of
Holders of each series received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished. The Trustee shall otherwise comply with Section
310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other
Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

     SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.

	 	(a)	 	Within 60 days after May 15 of each year after the execution of this Indenture,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such May 15
that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall comply
with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall transmit by mail all
reports as required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
	 
	 	(b)	 	A copy of each report pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 703 shall, at
the time of its transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the
Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any
stock exchange.

     SECTION 704. Reports by Company.

     The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file
the same with the Commission, 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 Commission may from time
to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and shall otherwise comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

     The Company shall not consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

	 	(1)	 	either (a) the Company shall be the continuing Person or (b) the Person (if
other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) formed by such consolidation or
amalgamation or into which the Company is merged, or the Person which acquires, by
sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company, shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and
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	 	 	 	and interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities and the performance of the Company’s
covenants and obligations under this Indenture and the Securities;
	 
	 	(2)	 	immediately after giving effect to such transaction, and treating any
indebtedness that becomes Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company as
a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary
at the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have happened
and be continuing; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article
Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.

     SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.

     Upon any consolidation or amalgamation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any
other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the
Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of such lease, the predecessor Person shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

     Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

	 	(1)	 	to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption
by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than
all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge
any property to or with the Trustee or otherwise secure any series of the Securities or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
	 
	 	(3)	 	to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of
the Securities (and, if such Event of Default is applicable to less than all series of
Securities, specifying the series to which such Event of Default is applicable); or
	 
	 	(4)	 	to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that
any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security
Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture
which is adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision; or
	 
	 	(5)	 	to secure the Securities; or

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	 	(6)	 	to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall
be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 401; provided, however, that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other
series of Securities in any material respect; or
	 
	 	(7)	 	to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
	 
	 	(8)	 	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,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or
	 
	 	(9)	 	to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided
such other provisions as may be made shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

     SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

     With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (acting as one class), by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

	 	(1)	 	change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal
of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon, any Additional Amounts with respect thereto or any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional
Amounts (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or
currencies (including composite currencies) in which, any Security or any premium or
any interest thereon or Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date),
	 
	 	(2)	 	reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Securities, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture, or
	 
	 	(3)	 	modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1006,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide with respect to any particular
series the right to condition the effectiveness of any supplemental indenture as to
that series on the consent of the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series (which provision may be made
pursuant to Section 301 without the consent of any Holder) or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that this
clause (3) shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 902
and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements
of Section 611(b) and Section 901(7).

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

     It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.

     SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) 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 may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties,
immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.

     SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

     SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.

     Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

     SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation
in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If
the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

     SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium 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, premium (if any) and interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.

     SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, an office or agency
(which may be an office of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities
and this Indenture may be served. Unless otherwise designated by the Company by written notice to
the Trustee, such office or agency shall be the office of the agent of the Trustee in the City of
New York which, on the date hereof, is located at 55 Water Street, North

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Building, Room 234,
Windows 20 and 21, New York, New York 10041, Attention: Corporate Trust Services. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.

     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
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 obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment 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 location of any such other office or agency.

     SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.

     If the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates shall at any time act as
Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, such Paying Agent will, on or before each
due date of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium (if any) or interest or any
Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, the
Company will, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal of,
premium (if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent will:

	 	(1)	 	hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium (if any)
or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of that series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided;
	 
	 	(2)	 	give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written
request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
Paying Agent.

     The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for three years after
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Additional Amounts with respect to any
Securities have become due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Company on Company
Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in The
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in such other Authorized Newspapers as the Trustee
shall deem appropriate, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
herein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company.

     SECTION 1004. Existence.

     Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

     SECTION 1005. Statement by Officers as to Default.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company ending after the date hereof so long as any Security is outstanding hereunder, an
Officers’ Certificate, complying with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act and stating that
a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture
has been made under the supervision of the signers thereof and whether or not to the best of their
knowledge, based upon such review, the Company is in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of its covenants and other obligations under this Indenture, and if the Company
shall be in default, specifying each such default known to them and the nature and status thereof.
One of the officers signing the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 1005 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

     For purposes of this Section 1005, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.

     SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

     The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set
forth in Sections 1001 through 1005, inclusive, or any covenant added for the benefit of any series
of Securities as contemplated by Section 301 (unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301)
if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such omission (acting as one class) shall, by
Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance
with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.

     SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts.

     If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the
Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly
provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the
principal of, or premium (if any) or interest on any Security of any series or the net proceeds
received from the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 1007 to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1007 and express mention of the payment of Additional
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applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional
Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

     If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days
prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the
Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment
of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company shall furnish the Trustee and
the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers’
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of
principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders
of Securities of that series who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of
any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any
such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and the
Company will pay to such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by this Section 1007. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless
against any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their
part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on
any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 1007.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.

     Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article Eleven.

     SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

     Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by
Section 301, the election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the
Company shall, a reasonable period prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date
and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in
the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee
with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

     SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.

     If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and that may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series
or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or of
the principal amount of global Securities of such series.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

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     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.

     SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.

     Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 107 to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.

     All notices of redemption shall state:

	 	(1)	 	the Redemption Date,
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Redemption Price,
	 
	 	(3)	 	if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of
the particular Securities to be redeemed,
	 
	 	(4)	 	that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable
upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
	 
	 	(5)	 	the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price,
	 
	 	(6)	 	that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
	 
	 	(7)	 	the “CUSIP” number, if applicable.

     A notice of redemption as contemplated by Section 107 need not identify particular Securities
to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company
shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.

     SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

     On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, all the Securities which are to be
redeemed on that date.

     SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

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     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal of and premium (if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, the Securities’ Yield to Maturity.

     SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.

     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Company and any Affiliate of
the Company may at any time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by
private agreement. Such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a
redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or acquired
by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery, the indebtedness
represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section 309 shall apply to all Securities so
delivered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

     SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.

     The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of such series.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an “optional sinking fund payment”. Unless otherwise provided 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 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied
to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.

     SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

     The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the
Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of
the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking payment shall be reduced accordingly.

     SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

     Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) 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 sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
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delivery
of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the
Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days 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 1103 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 1104. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

     SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

     A meeting of Holders of Securities of any or all series may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to this Article Thirteen to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be
made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

     SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

	 	(a)	 	The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such
place in Houston, Texas, in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in any
other location as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided in Section 107, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders
of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, shall have requested the Trustee for any such series to call a meeting of the
Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of
such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the
Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in Houston, Texas, in The Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, or in London, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section
1302.

     SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

     To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall
be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by
an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote
at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.

     SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action.

     The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such
series. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting,
the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be
dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
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absence
of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Subject to Section 1305(d), notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be
given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly that Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
constitute a quorum.

     Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage that is less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at
which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.

     Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution passed or decision taken at
any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1304
shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series, whether or not present or
represented at the meeting.

     SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

	 	(a)	 	The holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section
105 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section
105. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular
on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section
105 or other proof.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of
the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of
Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall appoint a
temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall
be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting.
	 
	 	(c)	 	At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series and each proxy shall be
entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast
or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and
ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or as a
proxy.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to
Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons
entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned
without further notice.

     SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

     The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of
Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent
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count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or
more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that such notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any
record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

* * *

     This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and
their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NOBLE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark A. Jackson
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark A. Jackson 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Operating Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Carol Logan
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Carol Logan 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

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