Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

EARTHLINK, INC.

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 17, 2006

$258,750,000 Principal Amount

3.25% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR
NOTES DUE 2026

 

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

	
  TIA Section

  	
   

  	
  Indenture Section

  
	
  310(a)(1)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  
	
  (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  7.10

  
	
  (a)(3)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (a)(4)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (a)(5)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.08; 7.10; 14.02

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  311(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.11

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.11

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  312(a)

  	
   

  	
  2.05

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  14.03

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  14.03

  
	
  313(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.06

  
	
  (b)(1)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (b)(2)

  	
   

  	
  7.06

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  7.06; 14.02

  
	
  (d)

  	
   

  	
  7.06

  
	
  314(a)

  	
   

  	
  4.03

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (c)(1)

  	
   

  	
  14.04

  
	
  (c)(2)

  	
   

  	
  14.04

  
	
  (c)(3)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (d)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (e)

  	
   

  	
  14.05

  
	
  (f)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  315(a)

  	
   

  	
  7.01(B)

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  7.05; 14.02

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  7.01(A)

  
	
  (d)

  	
   

  	
  7.01(C)

  
	
  (e)

  	
   

  	
  6.11

  
	
  316(a) (last sentence)

  	
   

  	
  2.09

  
	
  (a)(1)(A)

  	
   

  	
  6.05

  
	
  (a)(1)(B)

  	
   

  	
  6.04

  
	
  (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  6.07

  
	
  (c)

  	
   

  	
  N.A.

  
	
  317(a)(1)

  	
   

  	
  6.08

  
	
  (a)(2)

  	
   

  	
  6.09

  
	
  (b)

  	
   

  	
  2.04

  
	
  318(a)

  	
   

  	
  14.01

  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
  

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.01

  	
   

  	
  Definitions.

  	
   

  	
  1

  
	
  Section 1.02

  	
   

  	
  Other Definitions.

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
  Section 1.03

  	
   

  	
  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
  Section 1.04

  	
   

  	
  Rules of Construction.

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.01

  	
   

  	
  Form and Dating.

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.02

  	
   

  	
  Execution and Authentication.

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
  Section 2.03

  	
   

  	
  Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
  Section 2.04

  	
   

  	
  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.05

  	
   

  	
  Securityholder Lists.

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.06

  	
   

  	
  Transfer and Exchange.

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.07

  	
   

  	
  Replacement Securities.

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
  Section 2.08

  	
   

  	
  Outstanding Securities.

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
  Section 2.09

  	
   

  	
  Securities Held by the Company or an Affiliate.

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 2.10

  	
   

  	
  Temporary Securities.

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 2.11

  	
   

  	
  Purchase and Cancellation.

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
  Section 2.12

  	
   

  	
  Defaulted Interest.

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 2.13

  	
   

  	
  CUSIP Numbers.

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 2.14

  	
   

  	
  Deposit of Moneys.

  	
   

  	
  14

  
	
  Section 2.15

  	
   

  	
  Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 2.16

  	
   

  	
  Special Transfer Provisions.

  	
   

  	
  15

  
	
  Section 2.17

  	
   

  	
  Restrictive Legends.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 2.18

  	
   

  	
  Ranking.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 3.01

  	
   

  	
  Right of Redemption.

  	
   

  	
  16

  
	
  Section 3.02

  	
   

  	
  Notices to Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 3.03

  	
   

  	
  Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 3.04

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Redemption.

  	
   

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 3.05

  	
   

  	
  Effect of Notice of Redemption.

  	
   

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 3.06

  	
   

  	
  Deposit of Redemption Price.

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.07

  	
   

  	
  Securities Redeemed in Part.

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.08

  	
   

  	
  Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder.

  	
   

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.09

  	
   

  	
  Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental
  Change.

  	
   

  	
  23

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
  Section 4.01

  	
   

  	
  Payment of Securities.

  	
   

  	
  29

  
	
  Section 4.02

  	
   

  	
  Maintenance of Office or Agency.

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 4.03

  	
   

  	
  Annual Reports.

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 4.04

  	
   

  	
  Compliance Certificate.

  	
   

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 4.05

  	
   

  	
  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

  	
   

  	
  30

  

 

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  Section 4.06

  	
   

  	
  Corporate Existence.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 4.07

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Default.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 4.08

  	
   

  	
  Further Instruments And Acts.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 4.09

  	
   

  	
  Payment of Taxes And Other Claims.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 5.01

  	
   

  	
  When Company may Merge, Etc.

  	
   

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 5.02

  	
   

  	
  Successor Substituted.

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
  Section 6.01

  	
   

  	
  Events of Default.

  	
   

  	
  32

  
	
  Section 6.02

  	
   

  	
  Acceleration.

  	
   

  	
  34

  
	
  Section 6.03

  	
   

  	
  Other Remedies.

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 6.04

  	
   

  	
  Waiver of Past Defaults.

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 6.05

  	
   

  	
  Control by Majority.

  	
   

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 6.06

  	
   

  	
  Limitation on Suits.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 6.07

  	
   

  	
  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 6.08

  	
   

  	
  Collection Suit by Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 6.09

  	
   

  	
  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 6.10

  	
   

  	
  Priorities.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 6.11

  	
   

  	
  Undertaking for Costs.

  	
   

  	
  37

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
  Section 7.01

  	
   

  	
  Duties of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  38

  
	
  Section 7.02

  	
   

  	
  Rights of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  39

  
	
  Section 7.03

  	
   

  	
  Individual Rights of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
  Section 7.04

  	
   

  	
  Disclaimer of the Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  40

  
	
  Section 7.05

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Defaults.

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 7.06

  	
   

  	
  Reports by Trustee to Holders.

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 7.07

  	
   

  	
  Compensation and Indemnity.

  	
   

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 7.08

  	
   

  	
  Replacement of Trustee.

  	
   

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 7.09

  	
   

  	
  Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 7.10

  	
   

  	
  Eligibility; Disqualification.

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 7.11

  	
   

  	
  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 8.01

  	
   

  	
  Termination of the Obligations of the Company.

  	
   

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 8.02

  	
   

  	
  Application of Trust Money.

  	
   

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 8.03

  	
   

  	
  Repayment to Company.

  	
   

  	
  44

  
	
  Section 8.04

  	
   

  	
  Reinstatement.

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
  Section 9.01

  	
   

  	
  Without Consent of Holders.

  	
   

  	
  45

  
	
  Section 9.02

  	
   

  	
  With Consent of Holders.

  	
   

  	
  46

  
	
  Section 9.03

  	
   

  	
  Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

  	
   

  	
  47

  
	
  Section 9.04

  	
   

  	
  Revocation and Effect of Consents.

  	
   

  	
  47

  
	
  Section 9.05

  	
   

  	
  Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

  	
   

  	
  48

  

 

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  Section 9.06

  	
   

  	
  Trustee Protected.

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 9.07

  	
   

  	
  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE X. CONVERSION

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 10.01

  	
   

  	
  Conversion Privilege.

  	
   

  	
  48

  
	
  Section 10.02

  	
   

  	
  Conversion Procedure And Payment Upon Conversion.

  	
   

  	
  51

  
	
  Section 10.03

  	
   

  	
  Taxes on Conversion.

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
  Section 10.04

  	
   

  	
  Company to Provide Stock.

  	
   

  	
  54

  
	
  Section 10.05

  	
   

  	
  Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

  	
   

  	
  55

  
	
  Section 10.06

  	
   

  	
  No Adjustment.

  	
   

  	
  59

  
	
  Section 10.07

  	
   

  	
  Other Adjustments.

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
  Section 10.08

  	
   

  	
  Adjustments for Tax Purposes.

  	
   

  	
  60

  
	
  Section 10.09

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Adjustment.

  	
   

  	
  61

  
	
  Section 10.10

  	
   

  	
  Notice of Certain Transactions.

  	
   

  	
  61

  
	
  Section 10.11

  	
   

  	
  Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations,
  Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege.

  	
   

  	
  61

  
	
  Section 10.12

  	
   

  	
  Disclaimer of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent.

  	
   

  	
  63

  
	
  Section 10.13

  	
   

  	
  Rights Distributions Pursuant to Stockholders’
  Rights Plans.

  	
   

  	
  63

  
	
  Section 10.14

  	
   

  	
  Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain
  Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes.

  	
   

  	
  64

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XI. [RESERVED]

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XII. [RESERVED]

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XIII. [RESERVED]

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
  Section 14.01

  	
   

  	
  Trust Indenture Act Controls.

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
  Section 14.02

  	
   

  	
  Notices.

  	
   

  	
  69

  
	
  Section 14.03

  	
   

  	
  Communication By Holders With Other Holders.

  	
   

  	
  70

  
	
  Section 14.04

  	
   

  	
  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

  	
   

  	
  70

  
	
  Section 14.05

  	
   

  	
  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

  	
   

  	
  71

  
	
  Section 14.06

  	
   

  	
  Rules By Trustee and Agents.

  	
   

  	
  71

  
	
  Section 14.07

  	
   

  	
  Legal Holidays.

  	
   

  	
  71

  
	
  Section 14.08

  	
   

  	
  Duplicate Originals.

  	
   

  	
  71

  
	
  Section 14.09

  	
   

  	
  Governing Law.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.10

  	
   

  	
  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.11

  	
   

  	
  Successors.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.12

  	
   

  	
  Separability.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.13

  	
   

  	
  Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.14

  	
   

  	
  Calculations in Respect of the Securities.

  	
   

  	
  72

  
	
  Section 14.15

  	
   

  	
  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
  Employees or Stockholders.

  	
   

  	
  73

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exhibit A

  	
  –

  	
  Form of Global Security

  	
   

  	
   

  
							

 

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  Exhibit B

  	
  –

  	
  Form of Legend for Global Security

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 v

 

INDENTURE, dated as
of November 17, 2006, between EarthLink, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the
other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined
below) of the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”).

ARTICLE
I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01   Definitions.

“Affiliate” means any
person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Company. 
For this purpose, “control” shall mean the power to direct the
management and policies of a person through the ownership of securities, by
contract or otherwise.

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying
Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.

“Asset Sale Make-Whole Fundamental
Change” means a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the
Company to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of
Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act.

“Bid Solicitation Agent”
means a Company-appointed agent that performs calculations as set forth in
Article X.

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

“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.

“Capital Stock” of any
Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or
options to acquire such capital stock.

“Closing Sale Price” of
the Common Stock or other Capital Stock or similar equity interests or other
publicly traded securities on any Trading Day means the closing sale price per
share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid
and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average
closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the
principal United States securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such
other Capital Stock or similar equity interests or other securities are traded
or, if the Common Stock or such other Capital Stock or similar equity

 

interests or other securities are not listed on a
United States national or regional securities exchange, any United States
system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices or an
established over-the-counter trading market in the United States; provided that the Closing Sale Price will be determined
without regard to after-hours trading or extended market making; provided  further that,
in the absence of the foregoing, the Board of Directors will determine the
Closing Sale Price on such basis as it considers appropriate.

“Common Stock” means the
common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company, or such other Capital
Stock of the Company into which the Company’s common stock is reclassified or
changed.

“Common Stock Change Make-Whole
Fundamental Change” means any transaction or series of related
transactions (other than a Listed Stock Business Combination), in connection
with which (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer,
consolidation, merger, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, asset
sale, lease of assets or otherwise) the Common Stock is exchanged for,
converted into, acquired for or constitutes solely the right to receive other
securities, other property, assets or cash.

“Company” means the party
named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provision hereof and thereafter means the successor.  The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply
to any such successor or subsequent successor.

“Company Order” or “Company Request” means a written request or
order signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer or any Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.

“Conversion Price” means,
as of any date of determination, the dollar amount derived by dividing one
thousand dollars ($1,000) by the Conversion Rate in effect on such date.

“Conversion Rate” shall
initially be 109.6491 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities, subject to adjustment as provided in Article X.

“Corporate Trust Office”
shall mean (i) with respect to the Trustee, Well Fargo Bank, N.A., MAC
N9303-120, Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55479, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services, EarthLink Account Manager, or any other address that
the Trustee may designate with respect to itself from time to time by notice to
the Company and the Securityholders.

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

“Depositary” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the SEC thereunder.

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“Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose
name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

“Indebtedness” of a person
means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other
obligations in respect of (a) all indebtedness of such person for borrowed
money (including all indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other securities), (b) all obligations (other than trade payables or other
accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services) incurred by
such person in the acquisition (whether by way of purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise and whether by such person or another person) of any
business, real property or other assets, (c) all reimbursement obligations of
such person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar
facilities issued for the account of such person, (d) all capital lease
obligations of such person, (e) all net obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of such person under interest rate swap, foreign currency exchange or similar
instruments or agreements of such person, (f) all obligations and other
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, under any lease or related document,
including a purchase agreement, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, in connection with the lease of real property or improvements
thereon (or any personal property included as part of any such lease) which
provides that such person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a
third party to purchase the leased property or pay an agreed-upon residual
value of the leased property, including such person’s obligations under such
lease or related document to purchase or cause a third party to purchase such
leased property or pay an agreed-upon residual value of the leased property to
the lessor, (g) guarantees by such person of indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (f) of another
person, and (h) all renewals, extensions, refundings, deferrals,
restructurings, amendments and modifications of any indebtedness, obligation,
guarantee or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (g).

“Indenture” means this
Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

“Issue Date” means November
17, 2006.

“Make-Whole Fundamental Change”
means an Asset Sale Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Common Stock Change
Make-Whole Fundamental Change that occurs before November 15, 2011.

“Market Disruption Event” means
(i) a failure by the primary United States national securities exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading to open for
trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence
prior to 1:00 p.m. on any day during which trading in the Common Stock
generally occurs on the primary United States national securities exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading for an
aggregate of at least 30 minutes of any suspension or limitation imposed on
trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the
relevant securities exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any
options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock.

“Maturity Date” means November
15, 2026.

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“Net Shares” means the shares of Common
Stock, if any, that are due upon conversion pursuant to Article X.

“Obligations” means any principal,
interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages
and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.

“Officer” means the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President,
any Senior Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.

“Officer’s Certificate”
means a certificate signed by one Officer of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means
a written opinion from legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel for
the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

“Option” means the
Underwriters’ option to acquire up to $33,750,000 aggregate principal amount of
additional Securities (“Additional Securities”)
as provided for in the Underwriting Agreement.

“Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or any entity similar to any of the
foregoing organized under the law of other countries, or government or other
agency or political subdivision thereof.

 “Principal
Return” means the amount of cash that is due upon conversion
pursuant to Article X.

“Prospectus Supplement” means the final
Prospectus Supplement of the Company, dated November 13, 2006, relating to the
Securities.

“Public Acquirer Fundamental Change”
shall mean a Common Stock Change Make-Whole Fundamental Change where the acquirer
(or any entity that “beneficially owns” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) more than 50% of the total outstanding voting power of the
Voting Stock of such acquirer) has a class of common stock (the “Public Acquirer Common Stock”) that is
traded or quoted on a U.S. national securities exchange or that will be so
traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Common Stock
Change Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 “Purchase Notice” means a Purchase Notice in the form set forth
in the Securities.

“Redemption Date” means
the date specified by the Company for Redemption of the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

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“Redemption Price” means,
with respect to a Security to be redeemed by the Company in accordance with
Section 3.01, one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal
amount of such Security (or portions thereof) to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the
relevant Redemption Date.

“Responsible Officer”
shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any managing director,
director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary,
associate, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee, as applicable,
who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons
who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject and who shall in each case have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“SEC” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

“Securities” means the 3.25%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 issued by the Company pursuant to this
Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder.

“Significant Subsidiary”
with respect to any person means any subsidiary of such person that constitutes
a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date of this
Indenture.

“Subsidiary” means (i) a
corporation a majority of whose Voting Stock is at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by the Company, by one or more subsidiaries of the Company or
by the Company and one or more of its subsidiaries or (ii) any other person
(other than a corporation) in which the Company, one or more of its
subsidiaries, or the Company and one or more of its subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, own at least a majority
ownership interest.

“TIA” means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue
Date; provided, however,
that if the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required
by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended, or any
successor statute.

“Trading Day” means any day
during which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the primary
United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock
is listed or admitted to trading; and (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event.

“Trading Price” means, on
any date, the average of the secondary market bid quotations for the Securities
obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for five million dollars ($5,000,000)
principal amount of Securities at approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time,
on such date, from three (3) independent, nationally recognized securities
dealers selected by the Company; provided
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only two (2) such bids, then the average of such two
(2) bids shall instead be used; provided
further, that if the Bid Solicitation Agent reasonably determines
that it can obtain only one (1) such bid, then such bid shall instead be used; provided further, that if the Bid
Solicitation Agent reasonably determines that it cannot obtain at least one (1)
such bid, or if, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors, which judgment shall be described in a Board Resolution, the bid
quotation or quotations so obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent are not
indicative of the secondary market value of the Securities, then, in each case,
the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities on such date shall
be deemed to be equal to 98% of the product of (x) the Conversion Rate in
effect on such date and (y) the Closing Sale Price on such date.

“Trustee” means the party
named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance
with the provisions hereof and thereafter means the successor.

“Underwriters” means UBS Securities LLC and Banc of
America Securities LLC.

“Underwriting Agreement”
means the Underwriting Agreement dated November 13, 2006 among the Company, UBS
Securities LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC.

“Voting Stock” of any
Person means all classes of the Capital Stock of such Person ordinarily
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of such Person.

“VWAP Price” per share of Common Stock
on any Trading Day means such price as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor
service) page ELNK <Equity> VAP in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not
available, the VWAP Price means the market value per share of Common Stock on
such day as determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm
retained for this purpose by the Company.

Section 1.02   Other
Definitions.

	
  Term

  	
   

  	
  Defined in Section

  
	
  “Acquirer
  Stock Conversion Right Adjustment”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Additional
  Securities”

  	
   

  	
  Definition of
  “Option”

  
	
  “Adjustment
  Cap”

  	
   

  	
  10.06

  
	
  “Aggregate
  Amount”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Applicable
  Price”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Bankruptcy
  Law”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  
	
  “Business
  Day”

  	
   

  	
  14.07

  
	
  “Cash
  Percentage”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Cash
  Percentage Notice”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Cash
  Settlement Averaging Period”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Change
  in Control”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Collective
  Election”

  	
   

  	
  10.11

  
	
  “Contingent
  Payment Regulations”

  	
   

  	
  13.01

  

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  Term

  	
   

  	
  Defined in Section

  
	
  “Conversion
  Agent”

  	
   

  	
  2.03

  
	
  “Conversion
  Date”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Conversion
  Value”

  	
   

  	
  10.01

  
	
  “Current
  Market Price”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Custodian”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  
	
  “Daily
  Conversion Value”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Daily
  Principal Return”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Daily
  Settlement Amount”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Daily
  Share Amount”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Determination
  Date”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Effective
  Date”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Event
  of Default”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  
	
  “Ex-Date”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Expiration
  Date”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Expiration
  Time”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Fundamental
  Change”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Fundamental
  Change Notice”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Fundamental
  Change Repurchase Date”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Fundamental
  Change Repurchase Price”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Fundamental
  Change Repurchase Right”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Global
  Security”

  	
   

  	
  2.01

  
	
  “Legal
  Holiday”

  	
   

  	
  14.07

  
	
  “Listed
  Stock Business Combination”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Make-Whole
  Applicable Increase”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Make-Whole
  Cap”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Make-Whole
  Conversion Period”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Make-Whole
  Consideration”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Make-Whole
  Floor”

  	
   

  	
  10.14

  
	
  “Notice
  of Default”

  	
   

  	
  6.01

  
	
  “Note
  Measurement Period”

  	
   

  	
  10.01

  
	
  “Option
  Purchase Date”

  	
   

  	
  3.08

  
	
  “Option
  Purchase Notice”

  	
   

  	
  3.08

  
	
  “Option
  Purchase Price”

  	
   

  	
  3.08

  
	
  “Participants”

  	
   

  	
  2.15

  
	
  “Paying
  Agent”

  	
   

  	
  2.03

  
	
  “Physical
  Securities”

  	
   

  	
  2.01

  
	
  “Public
  Acquirer Common Stock”

  	
   

  	
  Definition of “Public
  Acquirer Fundamental Change”

  
	
  “Purchase
  at Holder’s Option”

  	
   

  	
  Article III

  
	
  “Purchased
  Shares”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Redemption”

  	
   

  	
  Article III

  
	
  “Reference
  Property”

  	
   

  	
  10.11

  
	
  “Registrar”

  	
   

  	
  2.03

  
	
  “Repurchase
  Upon Fundamental Change”

  	
   

  	
  Article III

  

 

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  Term

  	
   

  	
  Defined in Section

  
	
  “Rights
  Plan”

  	
   

  	
  10.13

  
	
  “Settlement
  Amount”

  	
   

  	
  10.02

  
	
  “Spin-Off”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  
	
  “Termination
  of Trading”

  	
   

  	
  3.09

  
	
  “Trading
  Price Condition”

  	
   

  	
  10.01

  
	
  “Trigger
  Event

  	
   

  	
  10.06

  
	
  “Underlying
  Shares”

  	
   

  	
  10.05

  

 

Section 1.03   Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the
TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have
the following meanings:

“Commission” means the
SEC;

“indenture securities”
means the Securities;

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

“indenture to be qualified”
means this Indenture;

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

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

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

Section 1.04   Rules
of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(ii)           an accounting term
not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time;

(iii)          “or” is not exclusive;

(iv)          “including” means “including without limitation”;

(v)           words in the
singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(vi)          provisions apply to
successive events and transactions;

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(vii)         “herein,” “hereof”
and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture;
and

(viii)        references to
currency shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless
the context requires otherwise.

ARTICLE
II.

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01   Form
and Dating.

The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in
and forms a part of this Indenture.  The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements as required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage, provided
such notations, legends or endorsements are in form reasonably acceptable to
the Company.  Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication.

The Securities shall be issued initially in the form
of one or more Global Securities, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A (the “Global Security”), deposited with
the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, registered in the name of the
Depositary or a nominee thereof, duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and bearing the legend set forth in
Exhibits B.  The aggregate principal
amount of the Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary,
as hereinafter provided; provided,
that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of the Global Security or
Global Securities exceed $225,000,000 (or $258,750,000 if the Underwriters
elect to purchase all of the Additional Securities pursuant to the Option).

Securities issued in exchange for interests in a
Global Security pursuant to Section 2.15
may be issued in the form of permanent certificated Securities in registered
form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Physical
Securities”).

Section 2.02   Execution
and Authentication.

One duly authorized Officer shall sign the Securities
for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

A Security’s validity shall not be affected by the
failure of an Officer whose signature is on such Security to hold, at the time
the Security is authenticated, the same office at the Company.

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

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Upon a written order of the Company signed by one
Officer of the Company, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original
issue in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000 and such additional
principal amount, if any, as shall be determined pursuant to the next sentence
of this Section 2.02.  Upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officer’s
Certificate stating that the Underwriters have elected to purchase from the
Company a specified principal amount of Additional Securities, not to exceed $33,750,000
pursuant to the Option, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
specified principal amount of Additional Securities to or upon the written
order of the Company signed as provided in the immediately preceding sentence.  Such Officer’s Certificate must be received
by the Trustee not later than the proposed date for delivering of such
Additional Securities.  The aggregate
principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $225,000,000
(or $258,750,000 if the Underwriters have elected to purchase all of the
Additional Securities pursuant to the Option) except as provided in this Section 2.02.

If a written order of the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company to the Trustee
with respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security issued in
global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 14.04 hereof and need not
be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

The Securities shall be issuable only in registered
form without interest coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal
amount and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 2.03   Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

The Company shall maintain, or shall cause to be maintained,
(i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”),
(ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and (iii) an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (“Conversion Agent”).  The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Securities and of their transfer and exchange. 
The Company may appoint or change one or more co-Registrars, one or more
additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents without
notice and may act in any such capacity on its own behalf.  The term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and
the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency
agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture.  The agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. 
The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such
Agent not a party to this Indenture.  If
the Company fails to maintain a Paying Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation or
Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying
Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent and Conversion Agent.

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Section 2.04   Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of the Securityholders or the Trustee all moneys held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by
the Company in making any such payment. 
While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. 
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee and account for any funds so paid by it.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying
Agent shall have no further liability for such money.  If the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate and hold as a separate trust fund all money held by it as Paying
Agent.

Section 2.05   Securityholder
Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Securityholders.  If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be
furnished, to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as
of such date as the Trustee, may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of Securityholders appearing in the security register of the Registrar.

Section 2.06   Transfer
and Exchange.

Subject to Sections 2.15 and 2.16, if Securities are presented to
the Registrar with a request to register their transfer or to exchange them for
an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements
for such transaction are met.  To permit
registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities at the Registrar’s request or upon the Trustee’s receipt of a
Company Order therefor.  The Company or
the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer
of or exchange any Security (i) for a period of twenty (20) calendar days
before selecting, pursuant to Section 3.03,
Securities to be redeemed or (ii) that has been selected for Redemption or for
which a Purchase Notice has been delivered pursuant to Section 3.08 or
3.09, and not withdrawn, in accordance with this Indenture, except, in the case
of a partial redemption, purchase or repurchase, that portion of Securities not
being redeemed or repurchased.

No service charge shall be made for any transfer,
exchange or conversion of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
exchange or conversion of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.10, 9.05 or 10.02, or Article III, not involving any transfer.

Section 2.07   Replacement
Securities.

If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security
has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security upon surrender
to the Trustee of the mutilated Security, or upon delivery to the Trustee of
evidence of the loss, destruction or theft of the Security satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Company.  In the case of
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the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be
provided by the Holder that is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Company to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Trustee from any
loss which any of them may suffer if such Security is replaced.  The Trustee and the Company may charge such
Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.

In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken 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 when due.

Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this
Section 2.07, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) connected therewith.

Every replacement Security is an additional obligation
of the Company only as provided in Section 2.08.

Section 2.08   Outstanding
Securities.

Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those converted, those cancelled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not
outstanding.  Except to the extent
provided in Section 2.09, a
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates holds the Security.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, or a court
holds, that the replaced Security is held by a “protected purchaser,” as that
term is defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds on
an Option Purchase Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or
Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay the aggregate Option Purchase Price,
Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, as
the case may be, with respect to all Securities to be redeemed, purchased or
paid upon Purchase at Holder’s Option, Redemption, Repurchase Upon Fundamental
Change or maturity, as the case may be, then (unless there shall be a Default
in the payment of such aggregate Option Purchase Price, Redemption Price,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount), except as otherwise
provided herein, on and after such date such Securities shall be deemed to be
no longer outstanding, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue, and
such Securities shall be deemed paid whether or not such Securities are
delivered to the Paying Agent. 
Thereafter, all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate
with respect to such Securities, other than the right to receive the Option
Purchase Price, Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or
principal amount, as the case may be, in accordance with this Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this paragraph, a Holder shall be entitled to convert a Security on or prior to
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date.

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If a Security is converted in accordance with Article
X, then, from and after the time of such conversion on the Conversion Date,
such Security shall cease to be outstanding, and interest, if any, shall cease
to accrue on such Security unless there shall be a Default in the payment or
delivery of the consideration payable hereunder upon such conversion.

Section 2.09   Securities
Held by the Company or an Affiliate.

In determining whether the Holders of the required
aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction,
waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that, for
the purposes of determining whether a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be considered to be outstanding for purposes of this Section 2.09 if the pledgee
establishes, to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to concur
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not, and is not acting
at the direction or on behalf of, the Company, any other obligor on the
Securities, an Affiliate of the Company or an affiliate of any such other
obligor.  In the event of a dispute as to
whether the pledgee has established the foregoing, the Trustee may rely on the
advice of counsel or on an Officer’s Certificate.

Section 2.10   Temporary
Securities.

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order,
authenticate temporary Securities. 
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities.  Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of
a Company Order, shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.  Until so
exchanged, each temporary Security shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities, and such temporary
Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.11  
Purchase and Cancellation.

The Company may, to the extent permitted by law,
purchase Securities in the open market or by tender offer at any price or by
private agreement.  The Company may, at
its option, and to the extent permitted by law, reissue, resell or surrender to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities the Company purchases in this
manner.  Securities surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and shall be promptly
cancelled.

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the
Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion.  The Trustee shall promptly cancel all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or
cancellation in accordance with its customary procedures.  The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or that any Securityholder has converted pursuant to Article X.  All
cancelled Securities held by the Trustee

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shall be destroyed, and certification of their destruction
shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Company.

Any Securities or shares of Common Stock issued upon
the conversion of Securities that are purchased or owned by the Company or any
Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Affiliate unless
registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results
in such Securities or shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer
being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities
Act).

Section 2.12   Defaulted
Interest.

If and to the extent the Company defaults in a payment
of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay in cash the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent not prohibited by applicable
statute or case law, interest on such defaulted interest at the rate provided
in the Securities.  The Company may pay
the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to the
persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent special record date.  The Company shall fix such record date and
payment date.  At least fifteen (15)
calendar days before the record date, the Company shall deliver to
Securityholders a notice that states the record date, payment date and amount
of interest to be paid.  Upon the due
payment in full, interest shall no longer accrue on such defaulted interest
pursuant to this Section 2.12.

Section 2.13   CUSIP
Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more
“CUSIP” numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices
of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that no representation
is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of
the CUSIP numbers printed on the notice or on the Securities; provided further, that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and
the effectiveness of any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in, or
omission of, such CUSIP numbers.  The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

Section 2.14   Deposit
of Moneys.

Prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each
interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Option Purchase Date or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall have deposited with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall have
segregated and shall hold in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money,
in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to make cash payments,
if any, due on such interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date,
Option Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be,
in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the
Holders on such interest payment date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Option
Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be.

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Section 2.15   Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Securities.

(a)           The Global
Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or
the nominee of the Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian
for the Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.17.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Participants”) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the
Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and
the Depositary may be treated by the Company and the Trustee and any agent of
the Company and the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for
all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and Participants, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
Holder of any Security.

(b)           In addition,
Physical Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners, as
identified by the Depositary, in exchange for their beneficial interests in
Global Securities only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that the
Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for any Global
Security (or the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under
Section 17A of the Exchange Act) and, in either case, a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of such
notice or cessation or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(c)           In connection with
the transfer of a Global Security in its entirety to beneficial owners pursuant
to Section 2.15(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall upon written instructions from the Company authenticate and deliver, to
each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.

(d)           The Holder of any
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including
Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

Section 2.16   Special
Transfer Provisions.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, but except as provided in Section 2.15(b), a Global Security
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices
and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this
Section 2.16 for the period required by the TIA and the Exchange Act.  The Company shall have the right to inspect
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all such letters, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Registrar.

Section 2.17   Restrictive
Legends.

Each Global Security shall bear the legend as set
forth in Exhibit B.

Section 2.18   Ranking.

The indebtedness of the Company arising under or in
connection with this Indenture and every outstanding Security issued under this
Indenture from time to time constitutes and will constitute a senior unsecured
obligation of the Company, ranking equally with other existing and future
senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company and ranking senior to any existing
or future subordinated indebtedness of the Company.

ARTICLE
III.

REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE

Redemption, purchase or repurchase, as the case may
be, of the Securities, as permitted by any provision of this Indenture, shall
be made:

(i)            with respect to a
repurchase at the Company’s option, in accordance with Sections 3.01 to 3.07 (a
“Redemption”);

(ii)           with respect to a
repurchase at the Holder’s option, in accordance with Section 3.08 (a “Purchase at Holder’s Option”); and

(iii)          with respect to any
repurchase upon a Fundamental Change, in accordance with Section 3.09 (a “Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change”).

The Company shall comply with all federal and state
securities laws, and the applicable laws of any foreign jurisdiction, in
connection with any offer to sell or solicitations of offers to buy Securities
pursuant to this Article III, including, to the extent applicable, complying
with the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act and
filing a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act or
other applicable laws.

Section 3.01   Right
of Redemption.

The Company shall have the right, at the Company’s
option, at any time, and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after November
15, 2011, to redeem all or any part of the Securities at a price payable in
cash equal to the Redemption Price; provided,
however, that in no event shall any Redemption Date be a Legal
Holiday; provided, further, that
if the Redemption Date with respect to a Security is after the close of
business on a record date for the payment of an installment of interest and on
or before the related interest payment date, then accrued and unpaid interest
to, but excluding, such interest payment date shall be paid, on such interest
payment date, to the Holder of record of such Security (without any surrender
of such Security by such Holder) at the close of business on such record date, the
Redemption Price

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shall be equal to the principal amount of Securities
subject to Redemption and the Holder surrendering such Security for Redemption
shall not be entitled to any interest (unless such Holder was also the Holder
of record of such Security at the close of business on such record date); provided, further, that the Company shall make at least 10
semi-annual interest payments (including the interest payments on May 15, 2007
and November 15, 2011) in the full amount required by this Indenture with
respect to the Securities prior to redeeming any Securities pursuant to this
Section 3.01.

Securities in denominations larger than $1,000
principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of
$1,000 principal amount.

Section 3.02   Notices
to Trustee.

If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to
Section 3.01, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date, the
applicable provision of this Indenture pursuant to which the Redemption is to
be made and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, which
notice shall be provided to the Trustee by the Company at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the delivery, in accordance with Section 3.04, of the notice
of Redemption (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee).

Section 3.03   Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.

If the Company has elected to redeem less than all the
Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, the Trustee shall, within five (5)
Business Days after receiving the notice specified in Section 3.02, select
the Securities to be redeemed by lot, on a pro
rata basis or in accordance with any other method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable
legal requirements).  The Trustee shall
make such selection from Securities then outstanding and not already to be
redeemed by virtue of having been previously called for Redemption.  The Trustee may select for Redemption
portions of the principal amount of Securities that have denominations larger
than $1,000 principal amount.  Securities
and portions of them the Trustee selects for Redemption shall be in amounts of
$1,000 principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
in writing of the Securities selected for Redemption and the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.

The Registrar need not register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities that have been selected for Redemption, except the
unredeemed portion of the Securities being redeemed in part.

Section 3.04   Notice
of Redemption.

At least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60)
days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered,
by first-class mail or electronic transmission a notice of Redemption to each
Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed, at the address of such Holder
appearing in the security register.

The notice shall identify the Securities and the
aggregate principal amount thereof to be redeemed pursuant to the Redemption
and shall state:

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(i)            the Redemption Date;

(ii)           the Redemption
Price;

(iii)          the Conversion Rate
and the Conversion Price;

(iv)          the names and
addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(v)           that the right to
convert the Securities called for Redemption will terminate at the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless there
shall be a Default in the payment of the Redemption Price payable as provided
in this Indenture upon Redemption;

(vi)          that Holders who
want to convert Securities must satisfy the requirements of Article X;

(vii)         that Securities
called for Redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
Redemption Price payable as herein provided upon Redemption;

(viii)        that, unless there
shall be a Default in the payment of the Redemption Price payable as herein
provided upon Redemption (including, where the Redemption Date is after a
record date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the
related interest payment date, the payment, on such interest payment date, of
accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such interest payment date to
the Holder of record at the close of business on such record date), interest on
Securities called for Redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption
Date, except as otherwise provided herein, and all rights of the Holders of
such Securities shall terminate on and after the Redemption Date, other than
the right to receive, upon surrender of such Securities and in accordance with
this Indenture, the amounts due hereunder on such Securities upon Redemption
(and the rights of the Holder(s) of record of such Securities to receive, on
the applicable interest payment date, accrued and unpaid interest in accordance
herewith in the event the Redemption Date is after a record date for the
payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related interest
payment date); and

(ix)           the CUSIP number or
numbers, as the case may be, of the Securities.

The right, pursuant to Article X, to convert
Securities called for Redemption shall terminate at the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless there shall
be a Default in the payment of the Redemption Price payable as herein provided
upon Redemption.

At the Company’s request, upon reasonable prior
notice, the Trustee shall deliver the notice of Redemption in the Company’s
name and at the Company’s expense; provided,
however, that the form and content of such notice shall be prepared
by the Company.

Section 3.05   Effect
of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of Redemption is delivered, Securities
called for Redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the
specified Redemption Price and, on and after

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such Redemption Date (unless there shall be a Default
in the payment of such Redemption Price), except as otherwise provided herein,
such Securities shall cease to bear interest, and all rights of the Holders of
such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive such Redemption
Price upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent.

If any Security shall not be fully and duly paid in
accordance herewith upon Redemption, the Redemption Price shall, until paid,
bear interest at the rate borne by such Security on the principal amount of
such Security, and such Security shall continue to be convertible pursuant to
Article X.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no
Securities may be redeemed by the Company if the principal amount of the
Securities has been accelerated (other than as a result of a failure to pay the
relevant Redemption Price), and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or
prior to the relevant Redemption Date. 
The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof
any Securities held by it during the continuance of such an acceleration.

Section 3.06   Deposit
of Redemption Price.

Prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time on the
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall have segregated and shall hold
in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately
available on the Redemption Date, sufficient to pay the consideration payable
as herein provided upon Redemption with respect to all Securities to be
redeemed on that date.  The Paying Agent
shall return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money not required for
that purpose.

Section 3.07   Securities
Redeemed in Part.

Any Security to be submitted for Redemption only in
part shall be delivered pursuant to Section 3.05 (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 its attorney duly authorized in writing with a medallion guarantee),
and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a
new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination(s) as requested by
such Holder, of the same tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to the
portion of such Security not submitted for Redemption.

If any Security selected for partial Redemption is
converted in part, the principal of such Security subject to Redemption shall
be reduced by the principal amount of such Security that is converted.

Section 3.08   Purchase
of Securities at Option of the Holder.

(a)           At the option of the
Holder thereof, Securities (or portions thereof that are integral multiples of
$1,000 in principal amount) shall be purchased by the Company pursuant to this
Section 3.08 on November 15, 2011, November 15, 2016 and November 15, 2021
(each, an

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“Option Purchase Date”), at a purchase
price, payable in cash, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount
of the Securities (or such portions thereof) to be so purchased, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Option Purchase
Date (the “Option Purchase Price”)
(provided, that if such Option
Purchase Date is after the close of business on a record date for the payment
of an installment of interest and on or before the related interest payment
date, then accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such interest payment
date shall be paid, on such interest payment date, to the Holder of record of
such Securities (without any surrender of such Securities by such Holder) at
the close of business on such record date, the Option Purchase Price shall be
equal to the principal amount of Securities subject to Purchase at Holder’s
Option and the Holder surrendering such Security for repurchase shall not be
entitled to any interest (unless such Holder was also the Holder of record of
such Security at the close of business on such record date), upon:

(i)            delivery to the
Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent
designated by the Company for such purpose in the Option Purchase Notice, by
such Holder, at any time from the opening of business on the date that is
twenty (20) Business Days prior to the applicable Option Purchase Date until
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Option Purchase Date, of a Purchase Notice, in the form set forth in the
Securities or any other form of written notice substantially similar thereto,
in each case, duly completed and signed, with appropriate signature guarantee,
stating:

(A)          the certificate number(s) of the
Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, if such Securities
are Physical Securities;

(B)           the principal amount of Securities to
be purchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and

(C)           that such principal amount of
Securities are to be purchased as of the applicable Option Purchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in Section 3.08 of this
Indenture; and

(ii)           delivery to the
Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent
designated by the Company for such purpose in the Option Purchase Notice, at
any time after delivery of such Purchase Notice, of such Securities (together
with all necessary endorsements), such delivery being a condition to receipt by
the Holder of the Option Purchase Price therefor payable as herein provided
upon Purchase at Holder’s Option (provided,
however, that the Holder of record of such Securities on the record
date immediately preceding such Option Purchase Date need not surrender such
Securities in order to be entitled to receive, on the relevant interest payment
date, the accrued and unpaid interest due thereon).

If such Securities are held in book-entry form through
the Depositary, the Purchase Notice shall comply with applicable procedures of
the Depositary.

Upon delivery of Physical Securities to the Company
(if it is acting as its own Paying Agent) or such Paying Agent, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive, upon request, from the Company or such Paying
Agent, as the case may be, a nontransferable receipt of deposit evidencing such
delivery.

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any
Holder that has delivered the Purchase Notice contemplated by this
Section 3.08(a) to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent)
or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Option
Purchase Notice shall have the right to withdraw such Purchase Notice by
delivery, at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Option Purchase Date, of a written notice
of withdrawal to the Company (if acting as its own Paying Agent) or the Paying
Agent, which notice shall contain the information specified in
Section 3.08(b)(viii).

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of
the receipt by it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.

(b)           The Company shall
give notice (the “Option Purchase Notice”)
on a date not less than twenty (20) Business Days prior to each Option Purchase
Date to each Holder at its address shown in the register of the Registrar and
to each beneficial owner as required by applicable law.  Such notice shall state:

(i)            the Option Purchase
Price and the Conversion Rate;

(ii)           the Conversion Rate
then applicable to the Securities;

(iii)          the names and
addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(iv)          that Securities with
respect to which a Purchase Notice is given by a Holder may be converted
pursuant to Article X, if otherwise convertible in accordance with Article X, only
if such Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this
Section 3.08 or if there shall be a Default in the payment of such Option
Purchase Price payable as herein provided upon Purchase at Holder’s Option;

(v)           that Securities
(together with any necessary endorsements) must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect payment of the Option Purchase Price payable as herein
provided upon Purchase at Holder’s Option;

(vi)          that the Option
Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Purchase Notice has been given
and not withdrawn will be paid as promptly as practicable, but in no event
later than the later of such Option Purchase Date or the time of delivery of
the Security as described in clause (v) above;

(vii)         the procedures the
Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.08 (including
the name and address of the Paying Agent) and a brief description of those
rights;

(viii)        that a Holder will
be entitled to withdraw its election in the Purchase Notice if the Company (if
acting as its own Paying Agent) or the Paying Agent receives, at any time prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Option Purchase Date, or such longer period as may be required by law, a
letter, telegram or facsimile transmission (with confirmation of good
transmission thereof) setting forth (A) the name of such Holder, (B) a
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Securities purchased by the Company on such Option Purchase Date
pursuant to a Purchase at Holder’s Option, (C) the certificate number(s) of
such Securities to be so withdrawn, if such Securities are Physical Securities,
(D) the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder to be so withdrawn,
which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and (E) the
principal amount, if any, of the Securities of such Holder that remain subject
to the Purchase Notice delivered by such Holder in accordance with this
Section 3.08, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;

(ix)           that on and after
the applicable Option Purchase Date (unless there shall be a Default in the
payment of the Option Purchase Price as herein provided upon a Purchase at
Holder’s Option), interest on Securities subject to Purchase at Holder’s Option
will cease to accrue, and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall
terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance herewith, the Option
Purchase Price payable as herein provided upon a Purchase at Holder’s Option;
and

(x)            the CUSIP number or
numbers, as the case may be, of the Securities.

At the Company’s request, upon reasonable prior
notice, the Trustee shall deliver such Option Purchase Notice in the Company’s
name and at the Company’s expense; provided,
however, that the form and content of such Option Purchase Notice
shall be prepared by the Company.

No failure of the Company to give an Option Purchase
Notice shall limit any Holder’s right pursuant hereto to exercise its rights to
require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Securities pursuant to a Purchase
at Holder’s Option.

(c)           Subject to the
provisions of this Section 3.08, the Company shall pay, or cause to be
paid, the Option Purchase Price with respect to each Security subject to
Purchase at Holder’s Option to the Holder thereof as promptly as practicable,
but in no event later than the later of the applicable Option Purchase Date and
the time such Security (together with all necessary endorsements) is
surrendered to the Paying Agent.

(d)           Prior to 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time on the applicable Option Purchase Date, the Company shall
deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, shall have segregated and shall hold in trust in accordance with
Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately available on the applicable
Option Purchase Date, sufficient to pay the Option Purchase Price with respect
to all of the Securities that are to be purchased by the Company on such Option
Purchase Date pursuant to a Purchase at Holder’s Option.  The Paying Agent shall return to the Company,
as soon as practicable, any money not required for that purpose.

(e)           Once the Purchase
Notice has been duly delivered in accordance with this Section 3.08, the
Securities to be purchased pursuant to the Purchase at Holder’s Option shall,
on the applicable Option Purchase Date, become due and payable in accordance
herewith, and, on and after such date (unless there shall be a Default in the
payment of the Option Purchase Price payable as herein provided upon a Purchase
at Holder’s Option), such Securities shall cease to

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bear interest,
and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than
the right to receive, in accordance herewith, the Option Purchase Price.

(f)            Securities with
respect to which a Purchase Notice has been duly delivered in accordance with
this Section 3.08 may be converted pursuant to Article X, if otherwise
convertible in accordance with Article X, only if such Purchase Notice has been
withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.08 or if there shall be a
Default in the payment of the Option Purchase Price payable as herein provided
upon a Purchase at Holder’s Option.

(g)           If any Security
subject to Purchase at Holder’s Option shall not be paid in accordance
herewith, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Security
shall, until paid, bear interest, payable in cash, at the rate borne by such
Security on the principal amount of such Security, and if such Security is
otherwise convertible pursuant to Article X, it shall continue to be
convertible pursuant to Article X.

(h)           Any Security which
is to be submitted for Purchase at Holder’s Option only in part shall be delivered
pursuant to this Section 3.08 (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 its attorney duly authorized in writing, with a medallion
guarantee), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder, of the same tenor and in aggregate principal amount
equal to the portion of such Security not submitted for Purchase at Holder’s
Option.

(i)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no Securities may
be purchased by the Company on an Option Purchase Date if the principal amount
of the Securities has been accelerated (other than as a result of a failure to
pay the relevant Option Purchase Price), and such acceleration has not been
rescinded, on or prior to the relevant Option Purchase Date.  The
Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any
Securities held by it during the continuance of such an acceleration.

Section 3.09   Repurchase
at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change.

(a)           In the event any
Fundamental Change shall occur, each Holder of Securities shall have the right
(the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”),
at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such
Holder’s Securities (or portions thereof that are integral multiples of $1,000
in principal amount), on a date selected by the Company (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”), which
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date shall be no later than thirty five (35)
days, nor earlier than twenty (20) days, after the date the Fundamental Change
Notice (as defined below) is delivered in accordance with Section 3.09(b),
at a price, payable in cash, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
principal amount of the Securities (or portions thereof) to be so repurchased,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price”) (provided,
that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after the close
of business on a record date for the payment of an installment of interest and
on or before the related interest payment date, then the accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to, but

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excluding,
such interest payment date shall be paid, on such interest payment date, to the
Holder of record of such Securities at the close of business on such record
date (without any surrender of such Securities by such Holder), the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to the principal amount of Securities
subject to Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and the Holder surrendering such
Securities for repurchase shall not be entitled to any such accrued and unpaid
interest unless such Holder was also the Holder of record of such Securities at
the close of business on such record date), upon:

(i)            delivery to the
Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent
designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, no
later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, of a Purchase Notice, in the form set forth
in the Securities or any other form of written notice substantially similar
thereto, in each case, duly completed and signed, with appropriate signature
guarantee, stating:

(A)          the certificate number(s) of the
Securities which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, if such Securities
are Physical Securities;

(B)           the principal amount of Securities to
be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and

(C)           that such principal amount of
Securities are to be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified
in Section 3.09 of this Indenture; and

(ii)           delivery to the
Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent
designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, at
any time after the delivery of such Purchase Notice, of such Securities
(together with all necessary endorsements), such delivery being a condition to
receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor
payable as herein provided upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (provided, however, that the Holder of
record of such Securities on the record date immediately preceding such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date need not surrender such Securities in order
to be entitled to receive, on the relevant interest payment date, the accrued
and unpaid interest due thereon).

If such Securities are held in book-entry form through
the Depositary, the Purchase Notice shall comply with applicable procedures of
the Depositary.

Upon delivery of Physical Securities to the Company
(if it is acting as its own Paying Agent) or such Paying Agent, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive, upon request, from the Company or such Paying
Agent, as the case may be, a nontransferable receipt of deposit evidencing such
delivery.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any
Holder that has delivered the Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.09(a) to the Company
(if it is acting as its own Paying Agent) or to a Paying Agent designated by
the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice shall have the
right to withdraw such Purchase Notice by delivery, at any time prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the

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Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, of a written
notice of withdrawal to the Company (if acting as its own Paying Agent) or the
Paying Agent, which notice shall contain the information specified in
Section 3.09(b)(xi).

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of
the receipt by it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.

(b)           Within twenty (20) days
after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to all Holders of the Securities at their addresses
shown in the register of the Registrar, and to beneficial owners as required by
applicable law, a notice (the “Fundamental
Change Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right arising as a result thereof.  The Company shall deliver a copy of the
Fundamental Change Notice to the Trustee and shall publicly announce, through a
reputable national newswire service, and publish on the Company’s website, such
Fundamental Change Notice.

Each Fundamental Change Notice shall state:

(i)            the events causing
the Fundamental Change;

(ii)           the date of such
Fundamental Change;

(iii)          the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date;

(iv)          the last date by
which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right must be exercised;

(v)           the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price;

(vi)          the names and
addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(vii)         a description of the
procedures which a Holder must follow to exercise the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right;

(viii)        that, in order to
exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right, the Securities (together with
all necessary endorsements) must be surrendered for payment of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price payable as herein provided upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental
Change;

(ix)           that the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Purchase
Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid as promptly as
practicable, but no later than the later of such Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date and the time of delivery of the Security (together with all necessary
endorsements) as described in clause (viii) above;

(x)            that on and after
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (unless there shall be a Default in the
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payable as herein provided
upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change), interest on Securities subject to

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Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change will cease to accrue, and all rights
of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to
receive, in accordance herewith, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
payable as herein provided upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change;

(xi)           that a Holder will
be entitled to withdraw its election in the Purchase Notice if the Company (if
acting as its own Paying Agent), or the Paying Agent receives, prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, or such longer period as may be required by law, a
letter, telegram or facsimile transmission (receipt of which is confirmed and
promptly followed by a letter) setting forth (A) the name of such Holder, (B) a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have Securities
purchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to
a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, (C) the certificate number(s) of
such Securities to be so withdrawn, if such Securities are Physical Securities,
(D) the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder to be so withdrawn,
which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and (E) the
principal amount, if any, of the Securities of such Holder that remain subject
to the Purchase Notice delivered by such Holder in accordance with this
Section 3.09, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;

(xii)          the Conversion Rate
and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that will result from such
Fundamental Change;

(xiii)         that Securities
with respect to which a Purchase Notice is given by a Holder may be converted
pursuant to Article X, if otherwise convertible in accordance with Article X,
only if such Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this
Section 3.09 or if there shall be a Default in the payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payable as herein provided upon Repurchase
Upon Fundamental Change; and

(xiv)        the CUSIP number or
numbers, as the case may be, of the Securities.

At the Company’s request, upon reasonable prior
notice, the Trustee shall deliver such Fundamental Change Notice in the Company’s
name and at the Company’s expense; provided,
however, that the form and content of such Fundamental Change Notice
shall be prepared by the Company.

No failure of the Company to give a Fundamental Change
Notice shall limit any Holder’s right pursuant hereto to exercise a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Right.

(c)           Subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.09, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price with respect to each Security as to which the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right shall have been exercised to the Holder
thereof as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the later of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time such Security (together with
all necessary endorsements) is surrendered to the Paying Agent.

(d)           Prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City
time on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, shall have
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Section 2.04) money, in funds
immediately available on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, sufficient to
pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payable as herein provided upon
Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change with respect to all of the Securities that
are to be repurchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.  The Paying Agent shall return to the Company,
as soon as practicable, any money not required for that purpose.

(e)           Once the Fundamental Change Notice
and the Purchase Notice have been duly given in accordance with this
Section 3.09, the Securities to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase
Upon Fundamental Change shall, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
become due and payable in accordance herewith, and, on and after such date
(unless there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price payable as herein provided upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change),
such Securities shall cease to bear interest, and all rights of the Holders of
such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance
herewith, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(f)            Securities with respect to which a
Purchase Notice has been duly delivered in accordance with this
Section 3.09 may be converted pursuant to Article X, if otherwise
convertible in accordance with Article X, only if such Purchase Notice has been
withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.09 or if there shall be a
Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payable as
herein provided upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

(g)           If any Security shall not be paid
upon surrender thereof for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the principal
of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Security shall, until paid, bear
interest, payable in cash, at the rate borne by such Security on the principal
amount of such Security, and if such Security is otherwise convertible pursuant
to Article X, it shall continue to be convertible pursuant to Article X.

(h)           Any Security which is to be submitted
for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change only in part shall be delivered pursuant
to this Section 3.09 (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 its attorney
duly authorized in writing, with a medallion guarantee), and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to
the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or
Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, of the
same tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of such
Security not duly submitted for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

(i)            Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, no Securities may be
purchased by the Company on a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated (other than as a result of a failure to pay the
relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), and
such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the relevant
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.  The Paying Agent will
promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities held by it
during the continuance of such an acceleration.

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(j)            As used herein and in the
Securities, a “Fundamental Change”
shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of either a “Change in
Control” or a “Termination of Trading.”

(i)            A “Change
in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as:

(A)          any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total outstanding voting power of the Company’s Voting
Stock; or

(B)           there
occurs a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the property or assets of the Company to any “person” or “group”
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or
disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act; or

(C)           the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another person or any person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, unless either:

(1)           the
persons that “beneficially owned” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock
immediately prior to such consolidation or merger “beneficially own,” directly
or indirectly, immediately after such consolidation or merger, shares of the
surviving or continuing corporation’s Voting Stock representing at least a
majority of the total outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of the
surviving or continuing corporation in substantially the same proportion as
such ownership immediately prior to such consolidation or merger; or

(2)           both
of the following conditions are satisfied (a transaction that satisfies both of
the conditions set forth in this clause (2), a “Listed Stock Business Combination”):  (x) at least ninety percent (90%) of the
consideration (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to
statutory appraisal rights) in such consolidation or merger consists of common
stock and any associated rights traded or quoted on a U.S. national securities
exchange (or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in
connection with such consolidation or merger), and, (y) as a result of such
consolidation or merger, the Securities become convertible into cash and the
Daily Share Amount, if any, which shall be payable at the Company’s option in
cash, shares of such common stock and associated rights or a combination
thereof; or

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(D)          the
following persons cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors:

(1)           individuals
who on the Issue Date constituted the Board of Directors; and

(2)           any
new directors whose election to the Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by at least a majority of
the directors of the Company then still in office who either were directors of
the Company whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved or were directors of the Company on the Issue Date; or

(E)           the
Company is liquidated or dissolved or the holders of the Company’s Capital
Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.

(ii)           A “Termination
of Trading” shall be deemed to occur if the Common Stock (or other
common stock into which the Securities are then convertible) is neither listed
for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange nor approved for trading on
an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

Section 4.01   Payment of Securities.

The Company shall pay all
amounts due with respect to the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities and this Indenture. 
All such amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying
Agent holds (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, the Company has
segregated and holds in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) on that
date money sufficient to pay the amount then due with respect to the Securities
(unless there shall be a Default in the payment of such amounts to the
respective Holder(s)).  The Company will
pay, in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts, all amounts due in cash with respect
to the Securities, which amounts shall be paid (A) in the case of a Global Security,
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by
the Depositary or its nominee; (B) in the case of a Physical Security that is
held by a Holder of more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in aggregate
principal amount of Securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account specified by such Holder or, if such Holder does not specify an
account, by mailing a check to the address of such Holder set forth in the
register of the Registrar; and (C) in the case of a Physical Security that is
held by a Holder of five million dollars ($5,000,000) or less in aggregate
principal amount of Securities, by mailing a check to the address of such
Holder set forth in the register of the Registrar.

The Company shall pay, in
cash, interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Securities.

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Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, an office or agency (which may be an
office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, payment or conversion.  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,
or fail to cause to maintain, any such required office or agency or shall fail
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and
surrenders may be made or served at the applicable Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee.  The Company shall maintain,
or cause to be maintained, an office or agency where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served,
provided that such office or agency may instead be at the principal office of
the Company located in the United States.

The Company hereby
designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as an agency of the
Company in accordance with Section 2.03.

Section 4.03   Annual Reports.

The Company shall comply
with the provisions of TIA § 314(a), including but not limited to, furnishing
to the Trustee copies of the Company’s annual report to shareholders,
containing audited financial statements and any other financial reports the
Company furnishes to its shareholders.

Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate.

The Company shall deliver
to the Trustee, within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, or, if earlier, by the date the Company is, or would be,
required to file with the SEC the Company’s annual report (whether on Form 10-K
under the Exchange Act or another appropriate form) for such fiscal year, a
certificate of two (2) or more Officers, in the form required by
Section 14.05 stating whether or not the signatories to such certificate
have actual knowledge of any Default or Event of Default by the Company in
performing any of its obligations under this Indenture or the Securities.  If such signatories do know of any such
Default or Event of Default, then such certificate shall describe the Default
or Event of Default and its status.

Section 4.05   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

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

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Section 4.06   Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article V, the
Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of
each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational
documents of the Company and of each Subsidiary, and the rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the
corporate existence of any Subsidiary, if in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors (i) such preservation or existence is not material to the
conduct of business of the Company and (ii) the loss of such right, license or
franchise or the dissolution of such Subsidiary does not have a material
adverse impact on the Holders.

Section 4.07   Notice of Default.

Upon the Company becoming
aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, the Company shall
give prompt written notice of such Default or Event of Default, and any
remedial action proposed to be taken, to the Trustee.

Section 4.08   Further Instruments And Acts.

Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

Section 4.09   Payment of Taxes And Other Claims.

The Company shall pay or
discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may become
delinquent, all taxes, assessments, and governmental charges required to be
paid by the Company or any Subsidiary and all stamp taxes and other duties, if
any, which may be imposed by the United States or any political subdivision
thereof or therein in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange,
conversion, redemption or repurchase of any Notes or with respect to this
Indenture; 
provided  that, the
Company, or the relevant Subsidiary, shall not be required to pay or discharge
or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, or charge if the
amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings.

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01   When Company may Merge, Etc.

The Company shall not
consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the
Company to, another person, whether in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, unless (i) such other person is a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
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supplemental indenture
all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of
transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall exist.

The Company shall deliver
to the Trustee prior to the consummation of any such proposed transaction an
Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel (which
may rely upon such Officer’s Certificate as to the absence of Defaults and
Events of Default) stating that such proposed transaction and such supplemental
indenture will, upon consummation, comply with this Indenture.

Section 5.02   Successor Substituted.

Upon any consolidation,
merger or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the property or assets of the Company, the successor
person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and, except in the case of a lease, be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, and shall assume every duty and obligation
of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
had been named as the Company herein. 
When the successor assumes all obligations of the Company hereunder,
except in the case of a lease, all obligations of the predecessor shall
terminate.

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01   Events of Default.

An “Event of Default” occurs if:

(i)            the Company fails to pay the principal
of, or premium, if any, on, any Security when the same becomes due and payable,
whether on the Maturity Date, upon Redemption, on an Option Purchase Date with
respect to a Purchase at Holder’s Option, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date with respect to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise;

(ii)           the Company fails to pay an
installment of interest on any Security when due, if such failure continues for
thirty (30) days after the date when due;

(iii)          the Company fails to satisfy its conversion
obligations upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion rights pursuant hereto;

(iv)          the Company fails to timely provide a
Fundamental Change Notice or an Option Purchase Notice, as required by the
provisions of this Indenture, or fails to timely provide any notice pursuant
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(v)           the Company fails to comply with any
other term, covenant or agreement set forth in the Securities or this Indenture
and such failure continues for the period, and after the notice, specified
below in the last paragraph of this Section 6.01;

(vi)          the Company fails to comply with its
obligations set forth in Article V;

(vii)         the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
defaults in the payment when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace
period, of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, Indebtedness for
money borrowed, in the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of twenty
million dollars ($20,000,000) or more, or the acceleration of Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for money borrowed in such aggregate
principal amount or more so that it becomes due and payable prior to the date
on which it would otherwise become due and payable and such default is not
cured or waived, or such acceleration is not rescinded, within sixty (60) days
after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, each in accordance with
this Indenture;

(viii)        the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
fails, within sixty (60) days, to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any
judgments or orders for the payment of money the total uninsured amount of which
for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exceeds twenty million dollars ($20,000,000),
which are not stayed on appeal;

(ix)           the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that in the aggregate
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to, or
within the meaning of, any Bankruptcy Law, insolvency law, or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect or otherwise, either:

(A)          commences
a voluntary case,

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

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

(D)          makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

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

(A)          is
for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any
group of Subsidiaries that in the aggregate would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding, or adjudicates
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries
of the Company that in the aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary
of the Company insolvent or bankrupt,

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(B)           appoints
a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group
of Subsidiaries of the Company that in the aggregate would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries that in the aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of
the Company, as the case may be, or

(C)           orders
the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that in the aggregate
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company,

and, in the case of each
of the foregoing clauses (A),
(B) and (C) of this Section 6.01(x),
the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least thirty (30)
consecutive days.

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

A Default under clause
(v) above is not an Event of Default until (I) the Trustee notifies the
Company, or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding notify the Company and the
Trustee in writing, of the Default and (II) the Default is not cured within
ninety (90) days after receipt of such notice. 
Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and
state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.”
If the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities request the Trustee to give such notice on
their behalf, the Trustee shall do so. 
When a Default is cured, it ceases to exist for all purposes under this
Indenture.

Section 6.02   Acceleration.

If an Event of Default
(excluding an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x)
with respect to the Company (but including an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(ix) or (x) solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of
the Company or any group of Subsidiaries of the Company that in the aggregate
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company)) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least
twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the
Securities to be immediately due and payable in full.  Upon such declaration, the principal of, and
any accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities shall be due and payable
immediately.  If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(ix)
or (x) with respect to the
Company (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) solely with respect to a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any group of Subsidiaries of the
Company that in the aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the
Company) occurs, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the
Securities shall ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder.  The Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding
by written notice to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its
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rescission would not
conflict with any order or decree, (B) all existing Events of Default, except
the nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of
the acceleration, have been cured or waived and (C) all amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 7.07 have been paid.

Section 6.03   Other Remedies.

Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such Event of
Default, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in
equity to collect the payment of amounts due with respect to the Securities or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this
Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain
a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding.  A
delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  All remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults.

Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may, by notice to
the Trustee, waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences,
other than (A) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security, or in the payment of the
Redemption Price, the Option Purchase Price or the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price (payable as herein provided, upon Redemption, Purchase at
Holder’s Option or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change), (B) a Default or Event
of Default arising from a failure by the Company to convert any Securities in
accordance with this Indenture or (C) any Default or Event of Default in
respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities which, under
Section 9.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each outstanding Security affected. 
When a Default or an Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases
to exist for all purposes under this Indenture. 
This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of TIA § 316(a)(1)(B), and, as
permitted by the TIA, TIA § 316(a)(1)(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture.

Section 6.05   Control by Majority.

The Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it.  However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability
unless the Trustee is offered indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it; provided that the Trustee may take any
other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.  This Section 6.05 shall
be in lieu of TIA § 316(a)(1)(A), and, as permitted by the TIA, TIA §
316(a)(1)(A) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture.

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Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits.

Except as provided in
Section 6.07, a Securityholder may not institute any proceeding under this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other
remedy under this Indenture unless:

(i)            the Holder gives to the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(ii)           the Holders of at least twenty five
percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(iii)          such Holder or Holders offer and, if
requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to or of the Trustee in
connection with pursuing such remedy;

(iv)          the Trustee does not comply with the
request within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity; and

(v)           during such sixty (60) day period,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

A Securityholder may not
use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder or to
obtain a preference or priority over another Securityholder.

Section 6.07   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of all
amounts due with respect to the Securities, on or after the respective due
dates as provided herein, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.

Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to convert the Security in
accordance with this Indenture, or to bring suit for the enforcement of such
right, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

Section 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(i)
or (ii) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of
an express trust against the Company for the whole amount due with respect to
the Securities, including any unpaid and accrued interest and interest on
overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount
as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensate expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee;
its agents and counsel.

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Section 6.09   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee may file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or
its creditors or properties.

The Trustee may collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any 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 the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07.

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

Section 6.10   Priorities.

If the Trustee collects
any money pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money in the
following order:

First:                                             to the
Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

Second:                             to Securityholders for all
amounts due and unpaid on the Securities, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities; and

Third:                                        the balance, if
any, to the Company.

The Trustee, upon prior
written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment by it to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.  At least fifteen (15) days before each such
record date, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder and the Company a written
notice that states such record date and payment date and the amount of such
payment.

Section 6.11   Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its
discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit other than
the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in
its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section 6.11 does not apply to a
suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07

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or a suit by Holders of
more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities.

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01   Duties of Trustee.

(a)           If an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, 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 person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b)           The Trustee, except during the
continuance of an Event of Default:

(i)            need perform only those duties that
are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii)           in the absence of bad faith, willful
misconduct or negligence on its part, 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 which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical
calculations or other facts stated therein).

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

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

(ii)           the Trustee shall be not liable with
respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance
with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d)           Every provision of this Indenture
that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this
Section 7.01.

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

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Section 7.02   Rights of Trustee.

(a)           Subject to Section 7.01, the
Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or
matter stated in the document; if, however, the Trustee shall determine to make
such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled during normal
business hours of the Company to examine the relevant books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney upon reasonable
prior notice.

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or refrains
from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of
Counsel.  The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
No such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be at the
expense of the Trustee.

(c)           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 shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

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

(e)           The Trustee may act through agents or
attorneys, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

(f)            The Trustee shall not be liable for
any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith which it believes
to be authorized or within its discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture.

(g)           The Trustee (except with respect to
Section 6.01) shall not have any duty to inquire as to the performance of
the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article IV.  In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have knowledge of a Default, Event of Default, Fundamental Change,
Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Public Acquirer Fundamental Change except any
Default, Event of Default, Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change or
Public Acquirer Fundamental Change of which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual
knowledge.  Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Trustee may, in the absence of such actual knowledge or receipt of
such written notification, conclusively assume that there is no Default, Event
of Default, Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change.  Delivery of
reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Article IV (other than Sections 4.04 and 4.07) is for informational purposes
only and the receipt by the Trustee of the foregoing shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which each of the Trustee is entitled to rely on
Officer’s Certificates).

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(h)           The Trustee shall not be under any
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested 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, security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, as applicable, against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction.

(i)            The rights, privileges, protections,
immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation, its
right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee
in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.

(j)            The Trustee may request that the
Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals
and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any
person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person
specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not
superseded.

(k)           The Trustee shall not be required to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability for the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights
or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of
such funds or reasonably adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it.

(l)            The Trustee shall not have any duty
(i) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Indenture or any
Indenture referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation
statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any
such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or
redepositing of any thereof or (ii) to see to any insurance.

(m)          The rights of the Trustee to perform
any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a
duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable other than for its negligence or
willful misconduct in the performance of such act.

(n)           The Trustee shall not be required to
give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the powers granted
hereunder.

Section 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same
rights the Trustee would have if it were not Trustee.  The Trustee, however, must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.04   Disclaimer of the Trustee.

The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities; the Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the

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proceeds from the
Securities; and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of
Default occurs and is continuing as to which the Trustee has received notice
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, or as to which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge, then the Trustee shall
deliver to each Holder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within
thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice or after acquiring such
knowledge, as applicable, unless such Default or Event of Default has been
cured or waived; provided, however,
that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of any
amounts due with respect to any Security or an Event of Default arising from a
failure by the Company to convert any Securities in accordance with this
Indenture, the Trustee may withhold such notice if, and so long as it in good
faith determines that, withholding such notice is in the best interests of
Holders.

Section 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders.

Within sixty (60) days
after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2007, the Trustee shall deliver to
each Securityholder if required by TIA § 313(a) a brief report dated as of such
May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(c). 
In such event, the Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b) and
TIA  § 313(d).

A copy of each report at
the time of its delivery to Securityholders shall be delivered by first class
mail or electronic transmission to the Company and filed by the Trustee with
the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are
listed.  The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee of the listing or delisting of the Securities on or from any
stock exchange.

Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity.

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

The Company shall
indemnify the Trustee and any of its officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim
or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and taxes
other than those based upon the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the
performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the
Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties hereunder.  The Company need not pay any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnification.  The Company
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not reimburse any expense
or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee.

Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, to the extent permitted by the TIA, in no event shall
the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or damages
of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, lost profits), even if
the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such losses or damages and
regardless of the form of action.

To secure the Company’s
payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, except that held in trust to pay amounts
due on particular Securities.

The indemnity obligations
of the Company with respect to the Trustee provided for in this
Section 7.07 shall survive any resignation or removal of the Trustee.

When the Trustee incurs
expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(ix) or (x) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal
of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only
upon such successor’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

The Trustee may resign by
so notifying the Company in writing thirty (30) Business Days prior to such
resignation.  The Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing with 30 days
notice and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent.  The Company may remove the Trustee if:

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

(ii)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or
an insolvent;

(iii)                               a receiver or other
public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv)          the Trustee becomes incapable of
acting.

If the Trustee resigns or
is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee, for any reason, the
Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

If a successor Trustee
does not take office within thirty (30) days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee may, at the Company’s expense, and the
Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal
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outstanding Securities
may, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to
comply with Section 7.10, the Company or any Holder may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor Trustee.

Each successor Trustee
shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee
and to the Company.  Thereupon, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture.  The successor
Trustee shall deliver a notice of its succession to Securityholders.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.07.

Section 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

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

Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification.

There shall at all times
be a Trustee hereunder, which (A) is an entity organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, (B) is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, (C) is subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and (D) has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition.  The Trustee shall comply with TIA §
310(b).  Nothing in this Indenture shall
prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the
penultimate paragraph of TIA § 310(b).

Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company.

The Trustee shall comply
with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §
311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII.

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 8.01   Termination of the Obligations of the
Company.

This Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect if (a) either (i) all outstanding Securities
(other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities
have become due and payable on the Maturity Date or upon Purchase at Holder’s
Option, Redemption or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, and in any case the
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due date, with the Paying
Agent (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash in
money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts, sufficient to pay all amounts due and
owing on all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to
Section 2.07 hereof) on the Maturity Date or an Option Purchase Date,
Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be; (b)
the Company pays to the Trustee all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; (c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities
shall exist on the date of such deposit; (d) such deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this
Indenture; and (e) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with; provided,
however, that Sections 2.02,
2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17,
3.05, 3.08, 3.09, 4.01, 4.02, 4.05, 4.06, 7.07 and 7.08 and Articles VIII and X
shall survive any discharge of this Indenture until such time as the Securities
have been paid in full and there are no Securities outstanding.

Section 8.02   Application of Trust Money.

The Trustee or Paying
Agent, as applicable, shall hold in trust all money deposited with it pursuant
to Section 8.01 and shall apply such deposited money through the Paying
Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of amounts due on
the Securities.

Section 8.03   Repayment to Company.

The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon
the request of the Company, any excess money held by them at any time.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may
be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money that has been held
by it and has, for a period of two (2) years, remained unclaimed for the
payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the
Securities.  The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any
money held by them for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or any
accrued and unpaid interest on, the notes that remains unclaimed for two (2)
years; provided, however, that
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may (in no event later than five (5) days after the Company requests
repayment pursuant to this Section 8.03), at the expense of the Company,
cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
New York or cause to be delivered to each Holder, notice stating that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than thirty (30) days from the date of such publication or mailing,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.  After payment to the Company,
Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee
and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to
applicable law, cease.

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Section 8.04   Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Sections 8.01 and 8.02 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
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities shall be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 8.02 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Sections 8.01 and 8.02; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment
of amounts due with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, then the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders.

The Company, with the
consent of the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities
without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder:

(i)            to evidence the assumption of the
Company’s Obligations under this Indenture or the Securities by a successor
upon the Company’s consolidation or merger or the sale, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
property or assets in accordance with this Indenture;

(ii)           to give effect to an election, in
accordance with and pursuant to such Section 10.14(e), by the Company to
make an Acquirer Stock Conversion Right Adjustment with respect to a Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change;

(iii)          to make adjustments in accordance with
this Indenture to the right to convert the Securities upon certain
reclassifications or changes in the Common Stock and certain consolidations,
mergers and binding share exchanges upon the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition of all or substantially all the Company’s property or
assets pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.11;

(iv)          to secure the obligations of the
Company in respect of the Securities;

(v)           to add to the covenants of the
Company described in this Indenture for the benefit of Securityholders or to
surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

(vi)          to make provisions with respect to
adjustments to the Conversion Rate as required by this Indenture or to increase
the Conversion Rate in accordance with this Indenture;

(vii)         to comply with the rules or regulations
of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the
Securities may be listed or traded; or

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(viii)        to add to, change or eliminate any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in
accordance with any amendments to the TIA, provided that such action does not
adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of Securities.

In addition, the Company
and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of
Holders of the Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or
inconsistency in this Indenture in a manner that does not, individually or in
the aggregate with all other modifications made or to be made to the Indenture,
adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.  The Company and the Trustee may also enter
into a supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities
in order to conform this Indenture to the “Description of the notes” contained
in this Prospectus Supplement.

Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders.

The Company, with the
consent of the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities
without notice to any Securityholder but with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities.  Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may, by notice to the
Trustee, waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture
or the Securities without notice to any other Securityholder.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, without the consent of each Holder of each outstanding Security
affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to
Section 6.04, may not:

(i)            change
the stated maturity of the principal of, or the payment date of any installment
of interest on, any Security;

(ii)           reduce
the principal amount of, or any premium or interest on, any Security;

(iii)          change
the place, manner or currency of payment of principal of, or any premium or
interest on, any Security;

(iv)          impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with
respect to, or of the conversion of, any Security;

(v)           modify,
in a manner adverse to Holders, the provisions with respect to the right of
Holders pursuant to Article III to require the Company to purchase Securities on
an Option Purchase Date or to repurchase Securities upon the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change;

(vi)          adversely
affect the right of Holders to convert Securities in accordance with Article X;

(vii)         to
change the ranking of the Securities;

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(viii)        reduce
the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities
whose Holders must consent to a modification to or amendment of any provision
of this Indenture or the Securities;

(ix)           reduce
the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities
whose Holders must consent to a waiver of compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities or a waiver of any Default or Event of Default; or

(x)            modify
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to modification and waiver
(including waiver of a Default or an Event of Default), except to increase the
percentage required for modification or waiver or to provide for consent of
each affected Holder.

Promptly after an
amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.01
or this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such
amendment, supplement or waiver.  Any
failure of the Company to deliver such notice shall not in any way impair or
affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

It shall not be necessary
for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.

Section 9.03   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment, waiver
or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as
then in effect.

Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents.

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

After an amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Securities, it shall
bind every Holder unless such amendment, supplement or waiver makes a change
that requires, pursuant to Section 9.02,
the consent of each Holder affected. 
In that case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder
of a Security who has consented to it and, provided that notice of such
amendment, supplement or waiver is reflected on a Security that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, every subsequent Holder of a
Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holder’s Security.

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Nothing in this
Section 9.04 shall impair the Company’s rights pursuant Section 9.01
to amend this Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any
Securityholder in the manner set forth in, and permitted by, such
Section 9.01.

Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

If an amendment,
supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require
the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation
on the Security as directed and prepared by the Company about the changed terms
and return it to the Holder. 
Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for
the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that
reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.06   Trustee Protected.

The Trustee shall sign
any amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver authorized pursuant to this
Article IX; provided, however,
that the Trustee need not sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article IX that adversely affects the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. 
The Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officer’s Certificate as to
factual matters that any supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver is
permitted or authorized pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 9.07   Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the due execution
and delivery of any supplemental indenture in accordance with this Article IX,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes, and, except as
set forth in Sections 9.02 and 9.04, every Holder of Securities
shall be bound thereby.

ARTICLE X.

CONVERSION

Section 10.01 Conversion Privilege.

(a)           Subject to the provisions of Article
III, the Securities shall be convertible into cash or, at the Company’s option,
cash and shares of Common Stock (if applicable) in accordance with this Article
X and as set forth below if any of the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)            Conversion
Based on Closing Sale Price of Common Stock.  The Securities may be surrendered for
conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash and shares of Common
Stock (if applicable) on any Business Day of a calendar quarter after the
calendar quarter ending December 31, 2006 (and only during such calendar
quarter), if the Closing Sale Price for each of twenty (20) or more Trading
Days in a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the last
Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds one hundred
and thirty percent (130%) of the Conversion Price in effect on the

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last Trading Day of the immediately preceding
calendar quarter.  Solely for purposes of
determining whether the Securities shall have become convertible pursuant to
this Section 10.01(a)(i), the Board of Directors shall, in its good faith
determination, which shall be described in a Board Resolution, make appropriate
adjustments to the Closing Sale Prices and/or such Conversion Price used to
determine whether the Securities shall have become convertible pursuant to this
Section 10.01(a)(i) to account for any adjustments to the Conversion Rate
which shall have become effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate where the Ex-Date of such event occurs, during the period of
thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the
immediately preceding calendar quarter.

(ii)           Conversion
Upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition.  The Securities may be surrendered for
conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash and shares of Common
Stock (if applicable) during the five (5) consecutive Business Days immediately
after any five (5) consecutive Trading Day period (such five (5) consecutive
Trading Day period, the “Note Measurement
Period”) in which the average Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of the Securities was equal to or less than ninety eight percent (98%)
of the average Conversion Value (as defined below) during the Note Measurement
Period (such condition, the “Trading Price
Condition”).  The Bid
Solicitation Agent shall not have any obligation to determine the Trading Price
unless the Company has requested such determination in writing, and the Company
shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder provides the
Company with reasonable written evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of the Securities would be equal to or less than ninety eight percent
(98%) of the Conversion Value.  Upon
receipt of such evidence, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent
in writing to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the
Securities for each of the five (5) successive Trading Days immediately after
the Company receives such written evidence and on each Trading Day thereafter
until the first Trading Day on which the Trading Price Condition is no longer satisfied.  If the Company does not so instruct the Bid
Solicitation Agent after a Holder provides the Company with reasonable written
evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities would
be less than 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price per share of Common
Stock and the Conversion Rate, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Closing
Sale Price per share of Common Stock and Conversion Rate on each Trading Day
that the Company fails to do so.  For
purposes of this paragraph, the “Conversion
Value” per $1,000 principal amount of Securities on a given Trading
Day means the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such
Trading Day and the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day.

(iii)          Conversion
Based on Redemption.  If the
Securities are called for Redemption pursuant to Section 3.01, Holders may
surrender Securities for conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash
and shares of Common Stock (if applicable); provided,
however, that Securities may be surrendered for conversion pursuant
to this paragraph only until the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

(iv)          Conversion
Upon Certain Distributions. 
If the Company takes any action, or becomes aware of any event, that
would require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections
10.05(b), 10.05(c), 10.05(d) or 10.05(e), the Securities may be surrendered for
conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash  and shares of Common Stock (if applicable) beginning
on the date the Company delivers the notice to the Holders as provided in

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Section 10.10 (or, if earlier, the date
the Company is required under this Indenture to deliver such notice) and at any
time thereafter until the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Ex-Date (as defined in Section 10.05(g)) of the applicable
transaction or until the Company announces that such transaction will not take
place.

(v)           Conversion Upon Occurrence
of Certain Corporate Transactions. 
If either:

(A)          a
Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; or

(B)           the
Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, sale
of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets or other
similar transaction, in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be
converted into or exchanged for, or would constitute solely the right to
receive, cash, securities or other property,

then, in each case, the
Securities may be surrendered for conversion into cash or, at the Company’s
option, cash and shares of Common Stock, if applicable, at any time during the
period that begins on, and includes, the date that is thirty (30) Business Days
prior to the date originally announced by the Company as the anticipated
effective date of such transaction and ends on, and includes, the date that is
thirty (30) Business Days after the actual effective date of such transaction; provided, however, that if such
transaction is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, then the Securities may also be
surrendered for conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash and
shares of Common Stock, if applicable, at any time during the Make-Whole
Conversion Period applicable to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and provided, further, that
if such transaction is a Fundamental Change, then the Securities may also be
surrendered for conversion into cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock,
if applicable, at any time until, and including, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date applicable to such Fundamental Change.  The Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Holders, at their addresses appearing in the Security register,
notice of the anticipated effective date of any transaction described clause
(A) or clause (B) above. The Company shall make this delivery at least 30
Business Days before the first anticipated effective date of such transaction.

(vi)          Conversion During
Specified Periods.  The Securities
may be surrendered for conversion into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash
and shares of Common Stock (if applicable) at any time from, and including,
October 15, 2011 to, and including, November 15, 2011 and at any time on or
after November 15, 2024 and before the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, subject to earlier Redemption,
Purchase at Holder’s Option of Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

(b)           The initial Conversion Rate shall be 109.6491
shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities.  The Conversion Rate shall be subject to
adjustment in accordance with Sections 10.05 through 10.14.

(c)           Subject to the last sentence of
Section 10.01(a)(v) and Section 10.10, whenever any event described in
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become convertible as provided in this
Article X, the Company shall promptly deliver, in accordance with
Section 14.02, written notice of the convertibility of the Securities to
the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and each Holder and shall, as soon
practicable, but in no event later than the open of business on the second
Business Day following the date the Securities shall become convertible as
provided in this Article X as a result of such event, publicly announce,
through a reputable national newswire service, and publish on the Company’s
website, that the Securities have become convertible.  Such written notice, public announcement and
publication shall include:

(i)            a description of such event;

(ii)           a description of the periods during
which the Securities shall be convertible as provided in this Article X as a
result of such event;

(iii)          the anticipated effective date of such
event, if applicable; and

(iv)          the procedures Holders must follow to
convert their notes in accordance with this Article X, including the name and
address of the Conversion Agent.

A Holder may convert a
portion of the principal amount of a Security if such portion is $1,000
principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount.  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of such
Security.

Section 10.02 Conversion Procedure And Payment Upon
Conversion.

(a)           To convert a Physical Security, a
Holder must (1) complete and sign the Conversion Notice, with appropriate
signature guarantee, on the back of the Security, (2) surrender the Security to
a Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, (4) pay the amount of
interest, if any, the Holder must pay in accordance with Section 10.02(d) and
(5) pay any tax or duty if required pursuant to Section 10.03.  In the case of a Global Security, a
converting Holder must comply with the applicable procedures of the
Depository.  A Holder may convert a
portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal amount or an integral
multiple of $1,000 principal amount. 
Upon conversion of a Holder’s Security, the Company shall deliver,
through the Conversion Agent, to such converting Holder a settlement amount,
per $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, equal to the sum of
the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 Trading Days during such Cash
Settlement Averaging Period (the “Settlement
Amount”).

The “Daily
Settlement Amount” for each of the 20 Trading Days during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period shall consist of (i) the Daily Principal Return and
(ii) the Daily Share Amount; provided, however,
that the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock and shall
instead deliver cash (in addition to any other consideration payable upon such
conversion) in an amount equal to the value of such fraction computed on the
basis of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of
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The Company shall deliver
such Settlement Amount as soon as practicable following the date (the “Conversion Date”) on which such Holder
satisfies all the requirements for such conversion specified above, but in no
event more than three (3) Business Days after the last Trading Day in the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period applicable to such conversion; provided, however, that any Make-Whole
Consideration payable pursuant to Section 10.14 shall be delivered by the
Company within the time period specified in Section 10.14.

(b)           “Cash
Settlement Averaging Period” shall mean, with respect to a Security
that is surrendered for conversion in accordance with this Article X, the
twenty (20) consecutive Trading-Day period that begins on, and includes, the
second (2nd) Trading Day after the day such Security is surrendered for such
conversion.

“Daily Principal Return” shall mean, with
respect to each Trading Day in the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the lesser
of fifty dollars ($50) and the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day.

“Daily Conversion Value” shall mean, with
respect to each Trading Day in the Cash Settlement Averaging Period,
one-twentieth (1/20th) of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on
such Trading Day and (ii) the VWAP Price of Common Stock on such Trading Day.

“Daily Share Amount” shall mean, with
respect to a Trading Day, an amount equal to the following: (i) if the Daily
Conversion Value for such Trading Day is equal to or lesser than fifty dollars
($50), then the Daily Share Amount with respect to such Trading Day shall mean
an amount equal to zero (0); and (ii) if the Daily Conversion Value for such
Trading Day exceeds fifty dollars ($50), then the Daily Share Amount with
respect to such Trading Day shall mean a fraction (a) whose numerator is the
excess of such Daily Conversion Value over fifty dollars ($50) and (b) whose
denominator is the VWAP Price of Common Stock on such Trading Day.

(c)           On and after the last Trading Day of
the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the person in whose name any
certificate representing Net Shares (other than Net Shares comprised of Make-Whole
Consideration), if any, shall be registered shall be treated as a stockholder
of record of the Company, and on and after the relevant Conversion Date, all
rights of the Holder of such Security shall terminate, other than the right to
receive the consideration deliverable upon conversion of such Security as
provided herein.  In the case of Net
Shares comprised of Make-Whole Consideration, on and after the later of (x) the last Trading Day of the relevant
Cash Settlement Averaging Period and (y) the Effective Date of the relevant Make-Whole
Fundamental Change, the person in whose name
any certificate representing such Net Shares, if any, shall be registered shall
be treated as a stockholder of record of the Company.  A Holder of Securities is not
entitled, as such, to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until such Holder
has converted its Securities into shares of Common Stock (to the extent such
Securities are convertible into Shares of Common Stock) or is deemed to be a
stockholder of record of the Company, as provided in this
Section 10.02(c).

(d)           Except as provided in the Securities
or in this Article X, no payment or adjustment will be made for accrued
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Common Stock issued on or prior to
conversion.  Upon the conversion of any
Security, the accrued but unpaid interest attributable to the period from the
Issue Date to the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Securities,
shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed
to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of cash and shares of
Common Stock, if any, in exchange for the Securities being converted pursuant
to the provisions hereof.  If any Holder
surrenders a Security for conversion after the close of business on the record
date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related
interest payment date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the accrued and
unpaid interest payable with respect to such Security on such interest payment
date shall be paid, on such interest payment date, to the Holder of record of
such Security at the close of business on such record date; provided, that such Security, when
surrendered for conversion to the Conversion Agent on behalf of the Company,
must be accompanied by payment in cash of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such interest payment date on the portion of the Security so converted;
provided further, however, that such payment to the Conversion Agent
described in the immediately preceding proviso in respect of a Security
surrendered for conversion shall not be required if such Security is called for
Redemption pursuant to Sections 3.01 through 3.04, or if the Holder converts
Securities pursuant to a Fundamental Change and the Company has specified a
Redemption Date or a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as applicable, in
either case that is after a record date for the payment of an installment of
interest and on or before the related interest payment date; provided further, that, if the Company
shall have, prior to the Conversion Date with respect to a Security, defaulted
in a payment of interest on such Security, then in no event shall the Holder of
such Security who surrenders such Security for conversion be required to pay
such defaulted interest or the interest that shall have accrued on such
defaulted interest pursuant to Section 2.12 or otherwise (it being
understood that nothing in this Section 10.02(d) shall affect the Company’s
obligations under Section 2.12).

(e)           If a Holder converts more than one
Security at the same time, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable
upon such conversion, if any, shall be based on the total principal amount of
all Securities converted.

(f)            Upon surrender of a Security that is
converted in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security
equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered
and the aggregate sum of all Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the twenty
Trading Days during the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period (and not in
respect of each Daily Settlement Amount nor some portion of the Daily
Settlement Amounts for one or some portion of the twenty Trading Days during
the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period).

(g)           If the last day on which a Security
may be converted is a Legal Holiday in a place where a Conversion Agent is
located, the Security may be surrendered to that Conversion Agent on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday.

(h)           The Company may elect to pay cash to
the Holders surrendered for conversion in lieu of all or a portion of the
Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to this Article X.  In such event, by the close of business on
the Business Day prior to the first scheduled Trading Day of the applicable
Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the Company shall specify a percentage of the
Daily Share Amount that shall be settled in cash (the “Cash

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Percentage”) and the
amount of cash that the Company shall pay in respect of each Trading Day in the
applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period will equal the product of: (1) the
Cash Percentage, (2) the Daily Share Amount for such Trading Day and (3) the VWAP
Price of the Common Stock for such Trading Day. 
The number of shares of Common Stock that the Company shall deliver in
respect of each Trading Day in the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period
will be a percentage of the Daily Share Amount equal to 100% minus the Cash Percentage. Upon making a determination that
a percentage of the Daily Share Amount will be settled in cash, the Company
shall promptly notify Holders of such Cash Percentage by notifying the Trustee
(the “Cash Percentage Notice”).  If the Company does not specify a Cash
Percentage by the close of business on the Trading Day prior to the scheduled
first Trading Day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the
Company shall settle 100% of the Daily Share Amount for each Trading Day in the
applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period with shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company shall pay cash in lieu
of fractional shares otherwise issuable upon conversion of Securities.  The Company at its option, may revoke any
Cash Percentage Notice by notifying the Trustee so long as the Company revokes
such notice by the close of business on the Business  Day prior to the first scheduled Trading Day
of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period.

Section 10.03 Taxes on Conversion.

If a Holder converts its
Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or
transfer tax or duty due on the issue, if any, of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion.  However, such Holder shall
pay any such tax or duty which is due because such shares are issued in a name
other than such Holder’s name.  The
Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver a certificate representing the shares of
Common Stock to be issued in a name other than such Holder’s name until the
Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax or duty which will be
due because such shares are to be issued in a name other than such Holder’s
name.

Section 10.04 Company to Provide Stock.

The Company shall at all
times reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or Common Stock
held in its treasury enough shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion, in
accordance herewith, of all of the Securities (assuming a Cash Percentage of 0%
for all such conversions).  The shares of
Common Stock, if any, due upon conversion of a Global Security shall be
delivered by the Company in accordance with the Depositary’s customary
practices.

All shares of Common
Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the Securities shall be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free of preemptive or
similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.

The Company shall comply
with all securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common
Stock upon conversion of Securities and shall list such shares on each national
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is
listed.

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Section 10.05 Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

The Conversion Rate shall
be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a)           If
the Company shall (1) pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock to all holders
of Common Stock, (2) make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to all
holders of Common Stock, (3) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or (4) combine the outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Date or effective date, as
applicable, of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination by the
number of shares of Common Stock that a person who owns only one share of
Common Stock immediately before the Ex-Date or effective date, as applicable,
of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination and who is entitled
to participate in such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination would
own immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, subdivision
or combination.  Any adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 10.05(a) shall become effective at the opening of
business on the Ex-Date or effective date, as the case may be, of such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination.  Other than in the event of a combination, in
no event shall the Conversion Rate be decreased pursuant to this Section
10.05(a).

(b)           If
the Company shall distribute rights or warrants to all or substantially all
holders of Common Stock, entitling them, for a period expiring not more than
sixty (60) calendar days immediately following the record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such rights or
warrants, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per
share that is less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to
Section 10.05(g)) per share of Common Stock on the record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such rights or
warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be increased by multiplying the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the opening of business on the Ex-Date for
such distribution by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the sum of
(I) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the opening of business
on the Ex-Date for such distribution and (II) the aggregate number of shares
(the “Underlying Shares”) of
Common Stock underlying all such issued rights or warrants (whether by
exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise), and (B) the denominator shall be
the sum of (I) number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the opening of
business on the Ex-Date for such distribution and (II) the number of shares of
Common Stock that the aggregate exercise, conversion, exchange or other price
at which the Underlying Shares may be subscribed for or purchased pursuant to
such rights or warrants would purchase at such Current Market Price per share
of Common Stock; provided, however, that no
adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 10.05(b) solely by
reason of a distribution of rights pursuant to a Rights Plan so long as the Company
has complied with the provisions of Section 10.13 with respect to such Rights
Plan and such related distribution.  Such
increase shall become effective at the opening of business on the Ex-Date for
such distribution.  In no event shall the
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(c)           Except
as set forth in the immediately succeeding paragraph, if the Company shall
dividend or distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock
shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any existing or future Subsidiary
(other than Common Stock), evidences of Indebtedness or other assets (other
than dividends or distributions requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate
in accordance with Sections 10.05(d) or 10.05(e)), or shall dividend or
distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities (other than dividends or
distributions of rights or warrants requiring an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate in accordance with Section 10.05(b)), then in each such case the
Conversion Rate shall be increased by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the opening of business on the Ex-Date for such dividend
or distribution by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the Current
Market Price per share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to
Section 10.05(g)) on such Ex-Date and (B) the denominator shall be an
amount equal to (I) such Current Market Price per share of Common Stock less
(II) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board
Resolution), on such Ex-Date, of the portion of the shares of Capital Stock,
evidences of Indebtedness, assets, rights and warrants to be dividended or
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, such increase to become
effective at the opening of business on the Ex-Date for such dividend or
distribution; provided, however, that if such
denominator is equal to or less than zero, then, in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment to the Conversion Rate, adequate provision shall be made so that
each Holder of Securities shall have the right to receive on the date on which
the relevant dividend or distribution is paid to holders of Common Stock, for
each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities, the number of shares of
such Capital Stock, the amount of such Indebtedness or other assets, or the number
of such rights or warrants, as the case may be, that such Holder would have
received in connection with such dividend or distribution had such Holder owned
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Date
for such dividend or distribution.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 10.05(c), if, in a distribution requiring an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the property
distributed by the Company to all Holders of Common Stock consists solely of
Capital Stock, or similar equity interests in, a Subsidiary or other business
unit of the Company, which Capital Stock or interests are, or will be upon
completion of such distribution, listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted on an automated quotation system and Closing Sale Prices for such
Capital Stock or interests are readily available (a “Spin-Off”), then in lieu of adjusting the Conversion Rate in
accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall
be increased by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to
the opening of business on the thirteenth (13th) Trading Day immediately
following the effective date of such Spin-Off by a fraction (I) whose numerator
is the sum of (A) the average of the Closing Sale Prices per share of Common
Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including,
the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following the effective date of such
Spin-Off and (B) the product of (i) the average of the Closing Sale Prices per
share or unit, as applicable, of such Capital Stock or interests (determined as
if such shares or units were shares of Common Stock for purposes of the
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“Closing Sale Price”) for the for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days
commencing on, and including, the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following
the effective date of such Spin-Off and (ii) number of shares or units, as
applicable, of such Capital Stock or interests distributed per share of Common
Stock; and (II) whose denominator is the average of the Closing Sale Prices per
share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days commencing on,
and including, the third (3rd) Trading Day immediately following the effective
date of such Spin-Off.  The average
Closing Sale Prices referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be
subject to appropriate adjustments, in the Company’s good faith determination,
to account for other distributions, stock splits and combinations, stock
dividends, reclassifications and similar events occurring during the relevant
period.  Each adjustment to the
Conversion Rate made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective at the
opening of business on the thirteenth (13th) Trading Day immediately following
the effective date of such Spin-Off.

In no event shall the Conversion Rate be
decreased pursuant to this Section 10.05(c).

(d)           If
the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, at any time make a distribution of
cash (excluding any cash that is distributed as part of a distribution
requiring a Conversion Rate adjustment pursuant to Section 10.05(e)) to
all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be
increased by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
opening of business on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution by a
fraction (A) whose numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share of
Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 10.05(g)) on such Ex-Date and
(B) whose denominator shall be an amount equal to (I) such Current Market Price
per share of Common Stock less (II) the amount of the distribution per share of
Common Stock; provided however, that if the
denominator of such fraction shall be equal to or less than zero, in lieu of
the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder
of Securities shall have the right to receive on the date on which the relevant
dividend or distribution is paid to holders of Common Stock, for each $1,000
aggregate principal amount of Securities, the amount of cash that such Holder
would have received in connection with such dividend or distribution had such
Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on
the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. 
An adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this
Section 10.05(d) shall become effective at the opening of business on the Ex-Date
for such dividend or distribution.  In no
event shall the Conversion Rate be decreased pursuant to this
Section 10.05(d).

(e)           If
the Company or any Subsidiary shall distribute cash or other consideration in
respect of a tender offer or exchange offer made by the Company or any
Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common Stock where the sum of the aggregate
amount of such cash distributed and the aggregate fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall
be conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution), as of the Expiration Date
(as defined below), of such other consideration distributed (such sum, the “Aggregate Amount”) expressed as an amount
per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged, and not withdrawn,
pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer as of the Expiration Time (as
defined below) (such

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tendered or exchanged shares of Common Stock, the “Purchased Shares”) exceeds the Closing Sale
Price per share of Common Stock on the first Trading Day immediately succeeding
the last date (such last date, the “Expiration
Date”) on which tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant
to such tender offer or exchange offer (as the same may be amended through the
Expiration Date), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased by multiplying
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the opening of business on
the Business Day immediately following the first Trading Day immediately
succeeding the Expiration Date by a fraction (A) whose numerator is equal to
the sum of (I) the Aggregate Amount and (II) the product of (a) the Closing
Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the first Trading Day immediately
succeeding the Expiration Date and (b) an amount equal to (i) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) at which tenders or
exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer
(including all Purchased Shares) less (ii) the Purchased Shares and (B) whose
denominator is equal to the product of (I) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of the Expiration Time (including all Purchased Shares) and (II)
the Closing Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the first Trading Day
immediately succeeding the Expiration Date.

An increase, if
any, to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.05(e) shall become
effective at the opening of business on the Business Day immediately following
the first Trading Day immediately succeeding the Expiration Date.  In the event that the Company or a Subsidiary
is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender
offer or exchange offer, but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently
prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such
purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be
the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such tender offer or
exchange offer had not been made.  If the
application of this Section 10.05(e) to any tender offer or exchange offer
would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made
for such tender offer or exchange offer under this Section 10.05(e).

(f)            In
addition to the foregoing adjustments in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
above, the Company, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law and
the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Select Market, may
increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least twenty (20)
calendar days or such longer period as may be permitted by law, if the Board of
Directors has made a determination, which determination shall be conclusive,
that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company.  Such Conversion Rate increase shall be
irrevocable during such period.  The
Company shall give notice to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and shall
deliver notice of such increase to each Holder of Securities at such Holder’s
address as the same appears on the registry books of the Registrar, at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such increase commences.

(g)           For
the purpose of any computation under subsections (b), (c) or (d) above of this
Section 10.05, the current market price per share of Common Stock (the “Current Market Price”) on any date (the “Determination Date”) shall be deemed to

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be the average of the Closing Sale Prices for the ten (10) consecutive
Trading Days ending on, and including, the earlier of the Determination Date
and the Ex-Date with respect to the distribution requiring such computation; provided, however, that such Current Market Price per share
of Common Stock shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors, in
its good faith determination (which determination shall be described in a Board
Resolution), to account for any adjustment, pursuant hereto, to the Conversion
Rate that shall become effective, or any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Date of such event occurs, at
any time during the period that begins on, and includes, the first day of such
ten (10) consecutive Trading Days and ends on, and includes, the date when the
adjustment to the Conversion Rate on account of the event requiring the
computation of such Current Market Price becomes effective.

The term “Ex-Date,” (i) when used with respect to any
issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades
the regular way on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which
the Closing Sale Price was obtained without the right to receive such issuance
or distribution, (ii) when used with respect to any subdivision or combination
of shares of Common Stock, means the first date on which the Common Stock
trades the regular way on such exchange or in such market after the time at
which such subdivision or combination becomes effective, and (iii) when used
with respect to any tender offer or exchange offer means the first date on
which the Common Stock trades the regular way on such exchange or in such
market after the expiration time of such tender offer or exchange offer (as it
may be amended or extended).

Section 10.06 No Adjustment.

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in Section 10.05, no adjustment in the Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.05 shall be required until cumulative adjustments
amount to one percent (1%) or more of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or,
if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate); provided, however, that any adjustments to the Conversion
Rate which by reason of this Section 10.06 are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment to
the Conversion Rate; provided further,
that if the Company shall deliver a notice of Redemption pursuant to
Section 3.04, or if a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change
occurs, or if the Securities shall become convertible pursuant to
Section 10.01(a)(iv) or
Section 10.01(a)(v), then,
in each case, any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that have been, and at
such time remain, deferred pursuant to this Section 10.06 shall be given
effect, and such adjustments, if any, shall no longer be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment to the Conversion Rate; provided, further, that the Company shall make such carried
forward adjustments regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than
1% within one year of the first such adjustment carried forward, and on the
Maturity Date.  All calculations under
this Article X shall be made to
the nearest cent or to the nearest one-millionth of a share, as the case may
be.

Rights, options or
warrants distributed by the Company that until the occurrence of a specified
event or events (“Trigger Event”):
(i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (ii) are not
exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common
Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this

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Section 10.05 (and no
adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.05 will be required)
until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights,
options and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an
appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be
made under Section 10.05(c).  Upon the
expiration, termination or redemption of any such rights, options or warrants
without the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate
then in effect shall be adjusted immediately to the Conversion Rate that would
have been in effect at the time of such expiration, termination or redemption
had such rights, options or warrants, to the extent outstanding immediately
prior to such expiration, termination or redemption, never been issued.

If any dividend or
distribution is declared and the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to
Section 10.05 on account of such dividend or distribution, but such
dividend or distribution is thereafter not paid or made, the Conversion Rate
shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect
had such dividend or distribution not been declared.

No
adjustment to the Conversion Rate in connection with an transaction described
in Sections 10.05(a) through 10.05(e) if the Company makes provision for each
Holder of Securities to participate in the transaction without conversion at
the same time as holders of the Common Stock as if each such Holder of
Securities held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate
in effect on the Ex-Date or effective date, as the case may be, for such
transaction multiplied by the principal amount
(expressed in thousands) of Securities held by such Holder.

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, the Conversion Rate will not be increased, including
pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section 10.14, to the extent that the
resulting increase will cause the Conversion Rate to exceed 156.24 shares per
$1,000 principal amount of Securities (the “Adjustment
Cap”). The Adjustment Cap shall be adjusted in the same manner in
which, and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted under
this Indenture.

Section 10.07 Other Adjustments.

In the event that, as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 10.05 hereof, the Holder
of any Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to
receive any shares of Capital Stock other than shares of Common Stock,
thereafter such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any Security
shall be subject to adjustment, including the Conversion Rate with respect
thereto, from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in this
Article X.

Section 10.08 Adjustments for Tax Purposes.

Except as prohibited by
law the Company may (but is not obligated to) make such increases in the
Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 10.05 hereof, as
it determines to be advisable in order that any Common Stock dividend,
subdivision of shares of Common Stock, distribution of rights to purchase Common
Stock or securities or distribution of

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securities convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock made by the Company or to its
stockholders will not be taxable to the recipients thereof or in order to
diminish any such taxation.

Section 10.09 Notice of Adjustment.

Whenever the Conversion
Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly deliver to Holders at the
addresses appearing on the Registrar’s books a notice of the adjustment and
file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent an Officer’s Certificate briefly
stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of computing it.  The certificate shall be conclusive evidence
of the correctness of such adjustment.

Section 10.10 Notice of Certain Transactions.

In the event that:

(1)                                  the
Company takes any action, or becomes aware of any event, which would require an
adjustment in the Conversion Rate,

(2)                                  the
Company takes any action that would require a supplemental indenture pursuant
to Section 10.11, or

(3)                                  there
is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company,

the Company shall deliver
to Holders at the addresses appearing on the Registrar’s books, and the Trustee
and the Conversion Agent, a written notice stating the proposed record,
effective or expiration date, as the case may be, of any transaction referred
to in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 10.10.  The Company shall deliver such notice at
least twenty thirty (30) Business Days before the anticipated effective date or
Ex-Date of such event; provided, however,
failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
validity of any transaction referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3)
of this Section 10.10.

Section 10.11 Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations,
Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege.

Except as provided in
Section 10.14(e), if any of the following shall occur, namely: (i) any
reclassification or change in the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
Securities (other than a change only in par value, or from par value to no par
value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination of Common Stock), (ii) any consolidation, merger or binding share
exchange to which the Company is a party other than a merger in which the
Company is the continuing Person and which does not result in any
reclassification of, or change (other than a change in name, or par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a
result of a subdivision or combination) in, the Common Stock or (iii) any sale,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the property or assets of the Company or consummation of a similar transaction,
in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into or
exchanged for, or would constitute solely the right to receive, cash,
securities or other property, then the Company or such successor or purchasing
Person, as the case may be, shall execute and

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deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee providing
that, at and after the effective time of such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease,
conveyance or disposition, the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall
have the right to convert such Security (if otherwise convertible pursuant to this
Article X) into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property
(collectively, “Reference Property”)
receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding
share exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance, disposition or similar
transaction by a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
product of the principal amount of such Security (expressed in thousands) and
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease,
conveyance, disposition or similar transaction (assuming, if holders of Common
Stock shall have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to receive
pursuant to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding share
exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition, that the Collective
Election shall have been made with respect to such election); provided, however, that at and after the
effective time of such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding
share exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition, the Principal
Return payable hereunder upon conversion of such Security shall continue to be
payable in cash, the Daily Conversion Value and each Daily Share Amount shall
be calculated based on the fair value of the Reference Property instead of the VWAP
Price per share of Common Stock and the Daily Share Amount shall be payable, at
the Company’s option in cash, Reference Property or a combination thereof
pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 10.02.  If holders of Common Stock shall have the
opportunity to elect (the “Collective Election”)
the form of consideration to receive pursuant to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease,
conveyance or disposition, then the Company shall make adequate provision to
give Holders, treated as a single class, a reasonable opportunity to elect the
form of such consideration for purposes of determining the composition of the
Reference Property referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, and once
such election is made, such election shall apply to all Holders after the
effective time of such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding
share exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition.  Such Collective Election shall be determined
based on the weighted average of the elections made by Holders of the
Securities who participate in such determination, shall be subject to any
limitations to which all of the holders of Common Stock are subject, such as pro rata reductions applicable to any portion of the
consideration payable in such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition, and
shall be conducted in such a manner as to be completed by the close of business
on the actual effective date of such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or
disposition.  The supplemental indenture
referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall provide for
adjustments, including with respect to the Conversion Rate, which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Article X.  The foregoing, however, shall
not in any way affect the right a Holder of a Security may otherwise have,
pursuant to Section 10.05(c) or Section 10.13, to receive rights or
warrants upon conversion of a Security. 
If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, binding share
exchange, sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition, the stock or other
securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of
Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a
Person other than the successor or purchasing Person,

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as the case may be, in
such consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, sale, transfer, lease,
conveyance or disposition, then such supplemental indenture shall also be
executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to
protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of
Directors in good faith shall reasonably determine necessary by reason of the
foregoing (which determination shall be described in a Board Resolution).  The provisions of this Section 10.11
shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, binding share
exchanges, sales, transfers, leases, conveyances or dispositions.

In the event the Company
shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 10.11, the
Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent an
Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount
of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by
Holders of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any
such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange,
sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and any adjustment to be made
with respect thereto.

Section 10.12 Disclaimer of the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent.

Neither of the Trustee
nor the Conversion Agent shall have any duty to determine when an adjustment
under this Article X should be made, how it should be made or what such
adjustment should be, but each may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, the
Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file
with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent pursuant to Section 10.09
hereof.  Neither of the Trustee nor the
Conversion Agent makes any representation as to the validity or value of any
securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities, and none of them
shall be responsible for the failure by the Company to comply with any
provisions of this Article X.

Neither of the Trustee
nor the Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the
correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to Section 10.11, but each of them may accept as conclusive
evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel and the Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto which the
Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.11
hereof.

Section 10.13 Rights Distributions Pursuant to
Stockholders’ Rights Plans.

Upon conversion, the
Holders of Securities shall also receive, to the extent they receive shares of
Common Stock, the associated rights under the rights agreement, dated as of
August 6, 2002, between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Co.
or any future shareholder rights plan the Company may establish (a “Rights Plan”), unless prior to such conversion, such rights
have separated from the Common Stock, in which case upon such separation, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05(c), subject to
readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such
rights.

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Section 10.14 Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in
Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes.

(a)           Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Conversion Rate applicable to each Security that is
surrendered for conversion, in accordance with this Article X, at any time
during the period (the “Make-Whole Conversion
Period”) that begins on, and includes, the date that is thirty (30) Business
Days prior to the date originally announced by the Company as the anticipated
effective date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (which anticipated effective
date the Company shall disclose, in good faith, in the written notice, public
announcement and publication referred to in Section 10.14(d)) and ends on,
and includes, the date that is thirty (30) Business Days after the actual
effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (or, if such Make-Whole
Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change, to, and including, the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date applicable to such Fundamental Change) shall
be increased to an amount equal to the Conversion Rate that would, but for this
Section 10.14, otherwise apply to such Security pursuant to this Article
X, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole
Applicable Increase; provided, however,
that such increase to the Conversion Rate shall not apply if either:

(i)            such Make-Whole Fundamental Change
constitutes a Public Acquirer Fundamental Change with respect to which the
Company shall have duly made, and given full effect to, an election, pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 10.14(e), to make an Acquirer Stock
Conversion Right Adjustment; or

(ii)           such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is
announced by the Company but shall not be consummated.

The additional
consideration payable hereunder on account of any Make-Whole Applicable
Increase with respect to a Security surrendered for conversion is herein
referred to as the “Make-Whole Consideration.”

(b)           As used herein, “Make-Whole Applicable Increase” shall mean, with respect to
a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the amount, set forth in the following table,
which corresponds to the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change
(the “Effective Date”) and the Applicable
Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

Number of
additional shares (per $1,000 principal amount of notes)

 

	
  

  	
   

  	
  Effective Date

  
	
  Applicable
  Price

  	
   

  	
  November

  14, 2006

  	
   

  	
  November

  15, 2007

  	
   

  	
  November

  15, 2008

  	
   

  	
  November

  15, 2009

  	
   

  	
  November

  15, 2010

  	
   

  	
  November

  15, 2011

  
	
  $6.40

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  	
   

  	
  46.60

  
	
  $7.50

  	
   

  	
  35.77

  	
   

  	
  36.77

  	
   

  	
  34.87

  	
   

  	
  32.40

  	
   

  	
  29.02

  	
   

  	
  23.68

  
	
  $10.00

  	
   

  	
  20.44

  	
   

  	
  20.45

  	
   

  	
  18.15

  	
   

  	
  15.07

  	
   

  	
  10.59

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $12.50

  	
   

  	
  13.09

  	
   

  	
  12.89

  	
   

  	
  10.87

  	
   

  	
  8.29

  	
   

  	
  4.91

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $15.00

  	
   

  	
  9.06

  	
   

  	
  8.89

  	
   

  	
  7.27

  	
   

  	
  5.31

  	
   

  	
  3.03

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $17.50

  	
   

  	
  6.62

  	
   

  	
  6.54

  	
   

  	
  5.27

  	
   

  	
  3.81

  	
   

  	
  2.25

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $20.00

  	
   

  	
  5.03

  	
   

  	
  5.03

  	
   

  	
  4.04

  	
   

  	
  2.94

  	
   

  	
  1.83

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $22.50

  	
   

  	
  3.94

  	
   

  	
  4.00

  	
   

  	
  3.22

  	
   

  	
  2.38

  	
   

  	
  1.55

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $25.00

  	
   

  	
  3.14

  	
   

  	
  3.26

  	
   

  	
  2.64

  	
   

  	
  1.99

  	
   

  	
  1.33

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $27.50

  	
   

  	
  2.54

  	
   

  	
  2.70

  	
   

  	
  2.21

  	
   

  	
  1.69

  	
   

  	
  1.16

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $30.00

  	
   

  	
  2.08

  	
   

  	
  2.27

  	
   

  	
  1.86

  	
   

  	
  1.45

  	
   

  	
  1.02

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $32.50

  	
   

  	
  1.71

  	
   

  	
  1.92

  	
   

  	
  1.59

  	
   

  	
  1.25

  	
   

  	
  0.90

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $35.00

  	
   

  	
  1.41

  	
   

  	
  1.64

  	
   

  	
  1.37

  	
   

  	
  1.09

  	
   

  	
  0.79

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $37.50

  	
   

  	
  1.17

  	
   

  	
  1.41

  	
   

  	
  1.18

  	
   

  	
  0.95

  	
   

  	
  0.70

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $40.00

  	
   

  	
  0.97

  	
   

  	
  1.21

  	
   

  	
  1.02

  	
   

  	
  0.83

  	
   

  	
  0.63

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $42.50

  	
   

  	
  0.80

  	
   

  	
  1.05

  	
   

  	
  0.89

  	
   

  	
  0.73

  	
   

  	
  0.56

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  
	
  $45.00

  	
   

  	
  0.66

  	
   

  	
  0.91

  	
   

  	
  0.78

  	
   

  	
  0.65

  	
   

  	
  0.50

  	
   

  	
  0.00

  

 

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provided, however,
that (x) if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change
is between two (2) Applicable Prices listed in the table above under the column
titled “Applicable Price,” or if the actual Effective Date of such Make-Whole
Fundamental Change is between two Effective Dates listed in the table above in
the row immediately below the title “Effective Date,” then the Make-Whole
Applicable Increase for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be determined
by linear interpolation between the Make-Whole Applicable Increases set forth
for such two Applicable Prices, or for such two Effective Dates based on a
three hundred and sixty five (365) day year, as applicable; and (y) if the
actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is greater than $45.00
per share (the “Make-Whole Cap”) (subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 10.14(b)(i)), or if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole
Fundamental Change is less than $6.40 (the “Make-Whole
Floor”) per share (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 10.14(b)(i)), then
the Make-Whole Applicable Increase shall be equal to zero (0).

(i)            If an event occurs that requires,
pursuant to this Article X (other than solely pursuant to this Section 10.14),
an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then, on the date and at the time such
adjustment is so required to be made, each price set forth in the table above
under the column titled “Applicable Price”, as well as the Make-Whole Cap and Make-Whole
Floor, shall be deemed to be adjusted so that such price, at and after such
time, shall be equal to the product of (1) such price as in effect immediately
before such adjustment to such price and (2) a fraction whose numerator is the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately before such adjustment to the Conversion
Rate and whose denominator is the Conversion Rate to be in effect, in
accordance with this Article X, immediately after such adjustment to the
Conversion Rate.

(ii)           If the Company is required to
increase the Conversion Rate by the Make-Whole Applicable Increase as a result
of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, Securities surrendered for conversion will
be settled in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.14(b)(ii)
(subject in all respects to the provisions set forth in Section 10.02).  If the last Trading Day of the applicable
Cash Settlement Averaging Period related to Securities surrendered for
conversion is prior to the third scheduled Trading Day preceding the
anticipated effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will
settle such conversion as set forth in Section 10.02 by delivering the amount
of consideration due, based on the Conversion Rate prior to adjustment for the
Make-Whole Applicable Increase, on the third Trading Day immediately following
the last day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period.  As soon as practicable following the Effective
Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will deliver the Make-Whole
Consideration in the form of cash and shares of the Common Stock or Reference Property
deliverable in lieu of shares of Common Stock, if

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any, as the case may be, as if the Conversion
Rate had been increased by the Make-Whole Applicable Increase during the
related Cash Settlement Averaging Period (and based upon the relevant daily VWAP
Prices during such Cash Settlement Averaging Period).  If such Make-Whole Applicable Increase results
in an increase to the amount of cash to be paid to Holders, the Company will
pay such Make-Whole Applicable Increase in cash, and if such Make-Whole Applicable
Increase results in an increase to the number of shares of Common Stock to be
delivered to Holders, the Company will deliver such increase by delivering
shares of Common Stock or Reference Property based on such Make-Whole
Applicable Increase.  If the last Trading
Day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period related to Securities
surrendered for conversion is on or following the third scheduled Trading Day
preceding the anticipated effective date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change,
the Company will settle such conversion as set forth in Section 10.02 on the
later to occur of (i) the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change
and (ii) the third Trading Day immediately following the last Trading Day of
the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period.

(iii)          Each Make-Whole Applicable Increase
amount set forth in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner in
which, and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is to be adjusted
pursuant to Section 10.01 through Section 10.13.

(c)           As used herein, “Applicable Price” shall have the following meaning with
respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (I) if such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change constitutes a Common Stock Change Make-Whole Fundamental Change and the
consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to
statutory appraisal rights) for the Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change consists solely of cash, then the “Applicable Price” with respect to
such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be equal to the cash amount paid per
share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (II) in all
other circumstances, the “Applicable Price” with respect to such Make-Whole
Fundamental Change shall be equal to the average of the Closing Sale Prices per
share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately
preceding the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, which
average shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors, in its good
faith determination (which determination shall be described in a Board
Resolution), to account for any adjustment, pursuant hereto, to the Conversion
Rate that shall become effective, or any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Date of such event occurs, at
any time during such five (5) consecutive Trading Days.

(d)           At least thirty (30) Business Days before
the first anticipated effective date of each proposed Make-Whole Fundamental
Change, the Company shall deliver to each Holder, in accordance with
Section 14.02, written notice of, and shall publicly announce, through a
reputable national newswire service, and publish on the Company’s website, the
anticipated effective date of such proposed Make-Whole Fundamental Change.  Each such notice, announcement and
publication shall also state (I) that the Company either (A) has elected, in
accordance with Section 10.14(e), to make an Acquirer Stock Conversion
Right Adjustment with respect to such

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Make-Whole Fundamental Change in lieu of
increasing the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.14(a) or (B) has
elected not to make an Acquirer Stock Conversion Right Adjustment with respect
to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (II) if the Company has elected not
to make such Acquirer Stock Conversion Right Adjustment with respect to such
Make-Whole Fundamental Change, that, in connection with such Make-Whole
Fundamental Change, the Company shall increase, in accordance herewith, the
Conversion Rate applicable to Securities entitled as provided herein to such
increase (along with a description of how such increase shall be calculated and
the time periods during which Securities must be surrendered in order to be
entitled to such increase).  No later
than the third Business Day after the Effective Date of each Make-Whole
Fundamental Change, the Company shall deliver, in accordance with
Section 14.02, written notice of, and shall publicly announce, through a
reputable national newswire service, and publish on the Company’s website, such
Effective Date and the Make-Whole Applicable Increase applicable to such
Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 10.14, if the Company shall make any delivery,
announcement or publication referred to in Section 10.14(d) in respect of a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change that shall also constitute a Public Acquirer Fundamental
Change, then the Company shall have the right to, in lieu of increasing the
Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.14(a) in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, cause
the right to convert the Securities in accordance with this Article X to change
such that, from and after the effective time of such Public Acquirer
Fundamental Change, the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the
right to convert such Security (if otherwise convertible pursuant to this
Article X) solely into shares of the Public Acquirer Common Stock applicable to
such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change (except that, at and after such effective
time, the Principal Return payable hereunder upon conversion of such Security
shall continue to be payable in cash, the Daily Conversion Value and each Daily
Share Amount shall be calculated by reference to the VWAP Price per share of
such Public Acquirer Common Stock as opposed to the VWAP Price per share of the
Common Stock and each Daily Share Amount shall be payable, at the Company’s
option, in cash, Public Acquirer Common Stock (instead of Common Stock), or a
combination thereof pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 10.02), at an initial Conversion Rate (which shall take effect at
such effective time, but which shall thereafter be subject to adjustment in the
same manner in which, and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is
to be adjusted pursuant to this Article X) equal to the Conversion Rate in
effect immediately before such effective time multiplied by a fraction (I)
whose numerator is the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, which determination shall be described in a Board
Resolution), as of such effective time of such Public Acquirer Fundamental
Change, of the cash, securities and other property paid or payable pursuant to
such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change per share of Common Stock and (II)
whose denominator is the average of the Closing Sale Prices per share of such
Public Acquirer Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive trading days
commencing on, and including, the trading day immediately after the Effective Date
of such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change, which average shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors, in its good faith
determination (which determination shall be described in a Board Resolution),
to account for any event that, assuming such Public Acquirer Common Stock were
Common Stock, would require, pursuant hereto, an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate to become effective, or any such event whose Ex-Date occurs, at any time
during such five (5) consecutive trading days. 
Any such change in the right to convert the Securities in accordance
with this Section 10.14(e) is herein referred to as an “Acquirer Stock Conversion Right Adjustment.”

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If the Company shall have
elected, in accordance with this Section 10.14(e), to make an Acquirer
Stock Conversion Right Adjustment with respect to a Public Acquirer Fundamental
Change, then:

(i)            the Company shall cause there to be
executed and delivered to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which supplemental indenture shall (a)
give due effect to such election in accordance with this Section 10.14(e),
including, without limitation, evidencing a binding and enforceable obligation
of the issuer of the applicable Public Acquirer Common Stock to satisfy the right
of Holders to convert Securities in accordance with this Article X and this
Section 10.14(e); (b) be executed by, without limitation, such issuer; (c)
which supplemental indenture shall provide for such adjustments, including with
respect to the Conversion Rate, and contain such additional provisions to
protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities, as the Board of
Directors in good faith shall reasonably determine (which determination shall
be described in a Board Resolution); and (d) be in full force and effect no
later than the effective time of such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change;

(ii)           the Company shall promptly file with
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the reasons for such
supplemental indenture, the nature of the change in the conversion right
pursuant to such Acquirer Stock Conversion Right Adjustment and the Conversion
Rate as adjusted therefor;

(iii)          the provisions of Section 10.11
shall not apply to such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change, provided such Public Acquirer Fundamental
Change shall have been duly given effect in accordance with this
Section 10.14(e); and

(iv)          such election shall be irrevocable
with respect to such Public Acquirer Fundamental Change and shall be deemed to
have been made at the time the Company shall, with respect to such Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change, deliver the first notice, or make the first public
announcement or publication, whichever shall occur earlier, referred to in
Section 10.14(d) (it being understood that the Company shall discharge its
obligations hereunder in good faith in determining whether an announced
transaction and a completed transaction are deemed, for purposes of this clause
(iv), to be the same Public Acquirer Fundamental Change despite differences in
the announced terms and the terms as such transaction was consummated); provided, however, that the Company shall
not be obligated to give effect to such an election with respect to a Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change that has been announced by the Company but that shall
not be consummated.

For avoidance of doubt,
any change in the right of Holders, made pursuant to this
Section 10.14(e), to convert Securities shall apply to all Holders.

(f)            For avoidance of doubt, the
provisions of this Section 10.14 shall not affect or diminish the Company’s
other obligations, if any, under this Indenture with respect to a Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

(g)           Nothing in this Section 10.14
shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to
Section 10.05 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Public
Acquirer Fundamental Change.

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ARTICLE
XI.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE
XII.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE
XIII.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE
XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 14.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

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

Section 14.02 Notices.

Any notice or
communication by the Company or the Trustee to one another shall be deemed to
be duly given if made in writing and delivered:

(a)           by hand (in which case such notice
shall be effective upon delivery);

(b)           by facsimile (in which case such
notice shall be effective upon receipt of confirmation of good transmission
thereof); or

(c)           by overnight delivery by a nationally
recognized courier service (in which case such notice shall be effective on the
Business Day immediately after being deposited with such courier service),

in each case to the other
party’s address or facsimile number, as applicable, set forth in this
Section 14.02.  Each of the Company
and the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different
addresses or facsimile numbers for subsequent notices or communications.

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Any notice or
communication to a Holder shall be delivered to its address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar.  Failure
to deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or
communication is delivered in the manner provided above, it is duly given,
whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company delivers a
notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the
same time.  If the Trustee is required,
pursuant to the express terms of this Indenture or the Securities, to deliver a
notice or communication to Holders, the Trustee shall also deliver a copy of
such notice or communication to the Company.

All notices or
communications shall be in writing.

The Company’s address is:

EarthLink,
Inc. 

1375 Peachtree Street

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attention:          Chief
Financial Officer

Facsimile:          (404)
892-7616

Phone:               
(404) 815-0770

The Trustee’s address is:

Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A.

Corporate Trust Services

MAC
N9303-120

Sixth
Street and Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Attention:  EarthLink Account Manager

Section 14.03 Communication By Holders With Other Holders.

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

Section 14.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

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

(i)            an Officer’s Certificate stating
that, in the opinion of the signatories to such Officer’s Certificate, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with; and

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

Each signatory to an
Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel may (if so stated) rely,
effectively, upon an Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officer’s
Certificate or certificates of public officials as to factual matters if such
signatory reasonably and in good faith believes in the accuracy of the document
relied upon.

Section 14.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each Officer’s
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

(ii)           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;

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

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

Section 14.06 Rules By Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders.  The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion
Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their
respective functions.

Section 14.07 Legal Holidays.

A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the City of
New York, in the State of New York or in the city in which the Trustee
administers its corporate trust business. 
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may
be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday,
and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the additional period of time.

A “Business Day” is a day other than a Legal
Holiday.

Section 14.08 Duplicate Originals.

The parties may sign any
number of copies of this Indenture.  Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.  Delivery of an

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executed counterpart by
facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
thereof.

Section 14.09 Governing Law.

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, SHALL GOVERN THIS
INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES.

Section 14.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

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

Section 14.11 Successors.

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

Section 14.12 Separability.

In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby and a Holder shall have no claim
therefor against any party hereto.

Section 14.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

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

Section 14.14 Calculations in Respect of the Securities.

The Company and its
agents shall make all calculations under this Indenture and the Securities
(including, without limitation, the Trading Price, the Closing Sale Price, the
Current Market Price, the Daily Principal Returns, the Daily Conversion Values,
the Daily Share Amount, the Conversion Price and any adjustments to the
Conversion Rate pursuant hereto and the amount of interest payable on the Securities)
in good faith.  In the absence of
manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all
Holders.  The Company shall provide a
copy of such calculations to the Trustee as required hereunder, and, absent
such manifest error, each of the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the
accuracy of any such calculation without independent verification.  Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent
shall have any obligation to calculate or determine or verify the calculation
or determination of the Trading Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Current
Market Price, the Conversion Rate, the Conversion Price, the Daily Principal
Return, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Share Amount.

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Section 14.15 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders.

None of the Company’s
past, present or future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as
such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture or the Securities or for any claim based on, or in respect or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. 
By accepting a Security, each holder waives and releases all such
liability.  This waiver and release is part
of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

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

	
  

  	
   

  	
  EARTHLINK, INC.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ Kevin M. Dotts

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Kevin M. Dotts

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   /s/ Lynn M. Steiner

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Lynn M. Steiner

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: 

  	
  Vice President

  	
   

  
						

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

[Face of Security]

EARTHLINK,
INC.

Certificate No.

[INSERT GLOBAL SECURITY
LEGEND, AS REQUIRED]

3.25% Convertible Senior
Note due 2026

CUSIP No. 270321 AA 0

EarthLink, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered
assigns, the principal sum of                                
dollars ($                         )
on November 15, 2026 and to pay interest thereon, as provided on the reverse
hereof, until the principal and any unpaid and accrued interest are paid or
duly provided for.

Interest Payment Dates: May
15 and November 15, with the first payment to be made on May 15, 2007.

Record Dates: May 1 and November
1.

The provisions on the
back of this certificate are incorporated as if set forth on the face hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
EarthLink, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly signed.

	
  

  	
  EARTHLINK, INC.

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Kevin M. Dotts

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

  Officer

  

 

Dated:  November 17, 2006

CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION

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

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Authenticating Agent

	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Authorized Signatory

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Dated: November 17, 2006

  

 

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]

EARTHLINK,
INC.

3.25%
Convertible Senior Note due 2026

1.             Interest. 
EarthLink, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of
this Security at the rate per annum shown above until November 15, 2011, and at
a rate of 3.50% per annum thereafter. 
The Company will pay interest, payable semi-annually in arrears, on May
15 and November 15 of each year, with the first payment to be made on May 15,
2007.  Interest on the Securities will
accrue on the principal amount from, and including, the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid,
from, and including, November 17, 2006, in each case to, but excluding, the
next interest payment date or Maturity Date, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Maturity
Date, the Company shall pay any accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder to
whom it pays the principal amount payable on the Maturity Date, instead of to
the Holder of record on the record date corresponding to the interest payment
that falls on the Maturity Date.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2.             Maturity. 
The Securities will mature on November 15, 2026.

3.             Method of Payment.  Except as provided in the Indenture (as
defined below), the Company will pay interest on the Securities to the persons
who are Holders of record of Securities at the close of business on the record
date set forth on the face of this Security next preceding the applicable
interest payment date.  Holders must
surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect the principal amount, Redemption
Price, Option Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the
Securities, plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, payable
as herein provided upon Redemption, Purchase at Holder’s Option or Repurchase
Upon Fundamental Change, as the case may be. 
The Company will pay, in money of the United States that at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, all amounts
due in cash with respect to the Securities, which amounts shall be paid (A) in
the case this Security is a Global Security, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by the Depositary or its nominee; (B)
in the case this Security is a Physical Security and is held by a Holder of
more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of
Securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account
within the United States of America specified by such Holder or, if such Holder
does not specify an account, by mailing a check to the address of such Holder
set forth in the register of the Registrar; and (C) in the case this Security
is a Physical Security and is held by a Holder of five million dollars
($5,000,000) or less in aggregate principal amount of Securities, by mailing a
check to the address of such Holder set forth in the register of the
Registrar.  If a payment date is a Legal
Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on
that payment for the additional period of time.

4.             Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent.  Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying Agent,
Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent and

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Conversion Agent. 
The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation
Agent or Conversion Agent without notice.

5.             Indenture. 
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of November
17, 2006 (the “Indenture”) between
the Company and the Trustee.  The terms
of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§
77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”) as
amended and in effect from time to time. 
The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred
to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms.  The Securities are general unsecured senior
subordinate obligations of the Company limited to $225,000,000 aggregate
principal amount ($258,750,000 if the Underwriters have elected to exercise in
full the Option to purchase up to an additional $33,750,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Securities), except as otherwise provided in the Indenture
(except for Securities issued in substitution for destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen Securities).  Terms used herein
without definition and which are defined in the Indenture have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

6.             Optional Redemption. 
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall have the right, at the Company’s option, at any time, and from
time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after November 15, 2011, to redeem all
or any part of the Securities.

7.             Notice of Redemption.  Notice of Redemption will be delivered at
least thirty (30) calendar days but not more than sixty (60) calendar days
before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its
address appearing in the security register.

8.             Purchase by the Company at the Option of the Holder.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of
each Holder, the Securities held by such Holder on November 15, 2011, November
15, 2016 and November 15, 2021.

9.             Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental
Change.  Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Indenture, in the event of a Fundamental Change, each
Holder of the Securities shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to
require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Securities including any
portion thereof which is $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple
thereof.

10.           Conversion.  Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Securities will be
convertible into cash or, at the Company’s option, cash and shares of Common
Stock based on an initial Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment, of 109.6491
shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities.

11.           Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Securities are in registered form,
without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral
multiples of $1,000 principal amount. 
The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture. 
The Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
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for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but
the Company and the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
certain transfers or exchanges.  The
Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security (i) for a period of twenty (20)
calendar days before selecting, pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Indenture,
Securities to be redeemed or (ii) that has been selected for Redemption or for
which a Purchase Notice has been delivered pursuant to Section 3.08 or
3.09, and not withdrawn, in accordance with the Indenture, except, in the case
of a partial redemption, purchase or repurchase, that portion of Securities not
being redeemed or repurchased.

12.           Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Security may be
treated as the owner of such Security for all purposes.

13.           Merger or Consolidation.  Except as provided in the Indenture, the
Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, transfer,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the property
or assets of the Company to, another person, whether in a single transaction or
series of related transactions.

14.           Amendments, Supplements and Waivers.  Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture
or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities, and certain existing Defaults or Events of Default may be waived
with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then outstanding.  In
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Company, with the consent of
the Trustee, may amend or supplement certain provisions of the Indenture or the
Securities without notice to or the consent of any Securityholder.

15.           Defaults and Remedies. 
If an Event of Default (excluding an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(ix) or (x) of the Indenture with respect to the Company (but
including an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(ix) or (x) of the
Indenture solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any
group of Subsidiaries that in the aggregate would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary of the Company)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to
the Company or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Company and the
Trustee may declare the Securities to be due and payable.  If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(ix) or (x) of the Indenture with respect to the Company
(excluding, for purposes of this sentence, an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(ix) or (x) of the Indenture solely with respect to a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any group of Subsidiaries that in the
aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs, the
principal of, and premium and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the
Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

16.           Trustee’s and Dealings with the Company.  The Trustee and each banking institution, if
any, serving as successor Trustee thereunder, in its individual or any other
capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for,
the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its
Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

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17.           No Recourse Against Others.  No past, present or future director, officer,
employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for
any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation.  Each Holder, by accepting a
Security, waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.

18.           Authentication.  This Security shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent
in accordance with the Indenture.

19.           Governing Law.  The laws
of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law,
shall govern the Securities.

20.           Abbreviations.  Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN
ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH
TO ANY HOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE
INDENTURE.  REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:

EarthLink, Inc. 

1375 Peachtree Street, 

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

I or we assign to

	
  PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

  
	
  OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  (please print or type name and address)

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  the within Security and all rights thereunder, and
  hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Attorney to transfer the Security on the books of
  the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

 

Dated:

NOTICE: The signature on
this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of
the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever and be guaranteed by a guarantor institution
participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such
other guarantee program acceptable to the Registrar.

	
  Signature Guarantee:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

To convert this Security
in accordance with the Indenture, check the box: o

To convert only part of
this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be in multiples
of $1,000):

$

If you want the stock
certificate representing the shares of Common Stock, if any, issuable upon
conversion made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below:

	
   

  
	
  (Insert other person’s soc. sec. or tax I.D.
  no.)

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  (Print or type other person’s name, address and zip
  code)

  

 

	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
  Signature(s):

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of
  this Section)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signatures guaranteed by:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor
  institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program
  or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee).

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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PURCHASE NOTICE

Certificate No. of
Security:

If you want to elect to
have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.08 of
the Indenture, check the box: o

If you want to elect to
have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.09 of
the Indenture, check the box: o

If you want to elect to
have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.08 or Section 3.09 of the Indenture, as applicable, state the principal amount
to be so purchased by the Company:

	
  

  	
   

  	
  $

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (in an integral
  multiple of $1,000)

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
  Signature(s):

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Sign exactly as name(s) appear(s) on the other side
  of this Section)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Signatures guaranteed by:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  (All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor
  institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program
  or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee).

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
								

 

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EXHIBIT B

GLOBAL
SECURITY LEGEND

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  THIS SECURITY IS NOT
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES
OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.16 OF THE
INDENTURE.

 

 B-1Exhibit
4.2

INTERNATIONAL ALUMINUM
CORPORATION

2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

	
  Name of Optionee:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Nature of Option:

   

   ̈            Incentive Stock
  Option

   

   ̈            Nonstatutory Stock
  Option

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Shares Subject to Option:

  	
              
  shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10
  of the Plan (the “Option Shares”).

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Exercise Price: 

  	
  $                                  per share

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date of Grant:

  	
                                      ,
  20    

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting Schedule: Stock Option Becomes Vested and
  Exercisable as to:

  	
                shares
  on                         ,
  20    

                shares
  on                         ,
  20    

                shares
  on                         ,
  20    

                shares
  on                         ,
  20    

                shares
  on                         ,
  20    

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Expiration Date:

  	
                        ,
  20     

  

 

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This Stock Option
Agreement (this “Agreement”) is executed and delivered as of                         ,
200   by and between International Aluminum Corporation, a California
corporation (the “Company”), and the Optionee. 
The Optionee and the Company hereby agree as follows:

1.             The Company, pursuant
to the International Aluminum Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”),
hereby grants to the Optionee an option (the “Option”) to purchase the Option
Shares at the Exercise Price, each as indicated above.

2.             The nature of the
Option is as indicated above.

3.             The Option shall
terminate, subject to the provisions of the Plan, no later than at the close of
business on the Expiration Date indicated above.

4.             The Optionee shall
comply with and be bound by all the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement and in the Plan, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

5.             Any notice by the
Optionee to the Company hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly
given only upon receipt thereof by the Company at its principal offices.  Any notice by the Company to the Optionee shall
be in writing and shall be deemed duly given if mailed to the Optionee at the
address last specified to the Company by the Optionee.

6.             The validity and
construction of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California.

7.             Capitalized terms
used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms
in the Plan.

8.             This Agreement is made under and subject to the provisions of the Plan,
and all of the provisions of the Plan are also provisions of this
Agreement.  If there is a difference or
conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the
Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. 
By signing this Agreement, the Optionee accepts and agrees to all of the
foregoing terms and provisions and to all of the terms and provisions of the
Plan incorporated herein by reference and confirms that he or she has received
a copy of the Plan.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Stock Option Agreement to be
executed by a duly authorized representative and the Optionee has hereunto set
his or her hand as of the date here above first written.

	
   

  	
  INTERNATIONAL ALUMINUM CORPORATION:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  OPTIONEE:

  	
   

  
				

 

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