Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

 
  

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC. 

Issuer 
 and 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION 
 Trustee

  
  

INDENTURE 

Dated as of                    

 
  

SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES 
  

 
  

 
  

 PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC. 

CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO 

SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318, INCLUSIVE, OF THE 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939: 
  

					
	Trust Indenture	  	 	 
	 Act Section
	  	Indenture Section	 
	 §310(a)(1)
	  	 	609	  
	 (a)(2)
	  	 	609	  
	 (a)(3)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (a)(4)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (b)
	  	 	608; 610	  
	 §311(a)
	  	 	613	  
	 (b)
	  	 	613	  
	 §312(a)
	  	 	701; 702	  
	 (b)
	  	 	702	  
	 (c)
	  	 	702	  
	 §313(a)
	  	 	703	  
	 (b)
	  	 	703	  
	 (c)
	  	 	703	  
	 (d)
	  	 	703	  
	 §314(a)
	  	 	704	  
	 (a)(4)
	  	 	1004	  
	 (b)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (c)(1)
	  	 	102	  
	 (c)(2)
	  	 	102	  
	 (c)(3)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (d)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (e)
	  	 	102	  
	 §315(a)
	  	 	601, 603	  
	 (b)
	  	 	602	  
	 (c)
	  	 	601	  
	 (d)
	  	 	601	  
	 (e)
	  	 	514	  
	 §316(a)
	  	 	101	  
	 (a)(1)(A)
	  	 	502; 512	  
	 (a)(1)(B)
	  	 	513	  
	 (a)(2)
	  	 	Not Applicable	  
	 (b)
	  	 	508	  
	 (c)
	  	 	104	  
	 §317(a)(1)
	  	 	503	  
	 (a)(2)
	  	 	504	  
	 (b)
	  	 	1003	  
	 §318(a)
	  	 	107	  

  

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

  
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
			
		  	ARTICLE I	  			
		  	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	  			
			
	 Section 101.
	  	Definitions	  	 	1	  
	 Section 102.
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	  	 	9	  
	 Section 103.
	  	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	  	 	9	  
	 Section 104.
	  	Acts of Holders; Record Dates	  	 	10	  
	 Section 105.
	  	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company	  	 	11	  
	 Section 106.
	  	Notice to Holders; Waiver	  	 	12	  
	 Section 107.
	  	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	12	  
	 Section 108.
	  	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	  	 	12	  
	 Section 109.
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	 	13	  
	 Section 110.
	  	Separability Clause	  	 	13	  
	 Section 111.
	  	Benefits of Indenture	  	 	13	  
	 Section 112.
	  	Governing Law	  	 	13	  
	 Section 113.
	  	Legal Holidays	  	 	13	  
	 Section 114.
	  	Submission to Jurisdiction	  	 	13	  
	 Section 115.
	  	Language of Notices, Etc.	  	 	14	  
	 Section 116.
	  	Interest Limitation	  	 	14	  
	 Section 117.
	  	No Personal Liability of Officers, Directors, Employees or Shareholders	  	 	14	  
	 Section 118.
	  	Applicability of Depositary	  	 	15	  
			
		  	ARTICLE II	  			
		  	SECURITY FORMS	  			
			
	 Section 201.
	  	Forms Generally	  	 	15	  
	 Section 202.
	  	Form of Face of Security	  	 	15	  
	 Section 203.
	  	Form of Reverse of Security	  	 	18	  
	 Section 204.
	  	Global Securities	  	 	23	  
	 Section 205.
	  	Form of Trustee’s Certificate and Authorization	  	 	24	  
			
		  	ARTICLE III	  			
		  	THE SECURITIES	  			
			
	 Section 301.
	  	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	  	 	24	  
	 Section 302.
	  	Denominations	  	 	27	  
	 Section 303.
	  	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	  	 	27	  
	 Section 304.
	  	Temporary Securities	  	 	30	  
	 Section 305.
	  	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	 	30	  
	 Section 306.
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	  	 	32	  
	 Section 307.
	  	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	  	 	32	  
	 Section 308.
	  	Persons Deemed Owners	  	 	34	  
	 Section 309.
	  	Cancellation	  	 	34	  

  
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	 	  	 	  	Page	 
			
	 Section 310.
	  	 Computation of Interest
	  	 	34	  
	 Section 311.
	  	 CUSIP Numbers
	  	 	35	  
	
	 ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	   

  

			
	 Section 401.
	  	 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 402.
	  	 Application of Trust Money
	  	 	36	  
	
	 ARTICLE V

REMEDIES
	   

  

			
	 Section 501.
	  	 Events of Default
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 502.
	  	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	 	37	  
	 Section 503.
	  	 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	  	 	38	  
	 Section 504.
	  	 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	39	  
	 Section 505.
	  	 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	  	 	39	  
	 Section 506.
	  	 Application of Money Collected
	  	 	40	  
	 Section 507.
	  	 Limitation on Suits
	  	 	40	  
	 Section 508.
	  	 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	 	41	  
	 Section 509.
	  	 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	 	41	  
	 Section 510.
	  	 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	 	41	  
	 Section 511.
	  	 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	 	41	  
	 Section 512.
	  	 Control by Holders
	  	 	41	  
	 Section 513.
	  	 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	42	  
	 Section 514.
	  	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	42	  
	
	 ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE
	   

  

			
	 Section 601.
	  	 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	  	 	43	  
	 Section 602.
	  	 Notice of Defaults
	  	 	44	  
	 Section 603.
	  	 Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	 	44	  
	 Section 604.
	  	 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	  	 	47	  
	 Section 605.
	  	 May Hold Securities
	  	 	47	  
	 Section 606.
	  	 Money Held in Trust
	  	 	47	  
	 Section 607.
	  	 Compensation and Reimbursement
	  	 	48	  
	 Section 608.
	  	 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
	  	 	48	  
	 Section 609.
	  	 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	  	 	49	  
	 Section 610.
	  	 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	  	 	49	  
	 Section 611.
	  	 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	  	 	50	  
	 Section 612.
	  	 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	  	 	52	  

  
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	 Section 613.
	  	 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
	  	 	52	  
	 Section 614.
	  	 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	  	 	52	  
			
		  	ARTICLE VII	  			
		  	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY	  			
			
	 Section 701.
	  	 The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 702.
	  	 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 703.
	  	 Reports by Trustee
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 704.
	  	 Reports by the Company
	  	 	55	  
	 Section 705.
	  	 Calculation of Original Issue Discount
	  	 	55	  
			
		  	ARTICLE VIII	  			
		  	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	  			
			
	 Section 801.
	  	 The Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	  	 	55	  
	 Section 802.
	  	 Successor Substituted
	  	 	56	  
			
		  	ARTICLE IX	  			
		  	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	  			
			
	 Section 901.
	  	 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	  	 	56	  
	 Section 902.
	  	 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
	  	 	57	  
	 Section 903.
	  	 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	58	  
	 Section 904.
	  	 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 905.
	  	 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 906.
	  	 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	  	 	59	  
			
		  	ARTICLE X	  			
		  	COVENANTS	  			
			
	 Section 1001.
	  	 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 1002.
	  	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 1003.
	  	 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
	  	 	60	  
	 Section 1004.
	  	 Statement by Officers as to Default
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 1005.
	  	 Waiver of Certain Covenants
	  	 	61	  
			
		  	ARTICLE XI	  			
		  	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	  			
			
	 Section 1101.
	  	 Applicability of Article
	  	 	62	  

  
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	 Section 1102.
	  	 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	  	 	62	  
	 Section 1103.
	  	 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed
	  	 	62	  
	 Section 1104.
	  	 Notice of Redemption
	  	 	63	  
	 Section 1105.
	  	 Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	 	64	  
	 Section 1106.
	  	 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	  	 	64	  
	 Section 1107.
	  	 Securities Redeemed in Part
	  	 	64	  
			
		  	ARTICLE XII	  			
		  	SINKING FUNDS	  			
			
	 Section 1201.
	  	 Applicability of Article
	  	 	65	  
	 Section 1202.
	  	 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
	  	 	65	  
	 Section 1203.
	  	 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
	  	 	65	  
			
		  	ARTICLE XIII	  			
		  	DEFEASANCE	  			
			
	 Section 1301.
	  	 Applicability of Article
	  	 	66	  
	 Section 1302.
	  	 Legal Defeasance
	  	 	66	  
	 Section 1303.
	  	 Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	68	  
	 Section 1304.
	  	 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities
	  	 	69	  
	 Section 1305.
	  	 Repayment to the Company
	  	 	69	  
	 Section 1306.
	  	 Reinstatement
	  	 	70	  
			
		  	ARTICLE XIV	  			
		  	SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES	  			
			
	 Section 1401.
	  	 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt
	  	 	70	  

  
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 INDENTURE dated as
of                     , between PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), having its principal office at
Prosperity Bank Plaza, 4295 San Felipe, Houston, Texas 77027, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890. 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such times and to have such other
provisions as provided in this Indenture. 
 All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 This Indenture (as defined herein) is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act (as defined herein) that are required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions. 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

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

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 

Section 101. Definitions 
 For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (1) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular and, pursuant to Section 301, any such item may, with respect to any particular series of Securities, be amended or modified or
specified as being inapplicable; 
 (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms “cash transaction” and “self-liquidating paper”, as used in Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the rules of the Commission (as defined herein) adopted under the Trust Indenture Act; 

 (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such computation; 

(4) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and 
 (5) except
as the context otherwise provides, the words “Article” and “Section” refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture. 

Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, Article Five, Article Six and Article Ten, are defined in those Articles. 

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104. 

“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders. 

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

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. 
 “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing
requirements and in each case on any Business Day. 
 “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors or the protection of creditors. 
 “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of
the Company, or the executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect thereof. 

  
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 “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Corporate
Secretary of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company or any other authorized officer of the Company or a Person duly authorized by any of them, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Business Day”, when used with respect to any
Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware or the principal Place of Payment are authorized or required by law, executive order or regulation to close. 

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

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

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by
the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President of the Company, and by the Treasurer or Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business relating to this Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. Administrator, or such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company). 
 “Corporation” includes corporations, associations, partnerships (general or limited), limited
liability companies, joint-stock companies and business trusts. 
 “Covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 1303. 
 “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law. 
 “Debt” means any debt for money borrowed. 

“Default” means, with respect to a series of Securities, any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. 

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

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302. 

“Definitive Security” means a Security other than a Global Security or a temporary Security. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301, until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean or include each Person which is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons. 

“Dollar” or “$” means the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. 
 “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 501. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any
statute successor thereto. 
 “Fiscal Year” means, with respect to the Company, each 12-month period beginning on
January 1 and ending on December 31; provided, however, that, with respect to a series of Securities, the first fiscal year will begin on the date such series of Securities is authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The
Company will notify the Trustee in writing if its fiscal year changes. 
 “Global Security” means a Security in global form
that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and is registered in the name of the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof. 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more
than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to
time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and
exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party. 

  
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 “Interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. 
 “Interest Payment Date”, when
used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. 
 “Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration,
notice of redemption or otherwise. 
 “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(3).

 “Officers’ Certificate” of a Person means a certificate signed by any two of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman, the President or a Vice President of the Person, or if such Person is a partnership, of its general partner, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers or such other Persons (as applicable) signing an Officers’ Certificate
given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Person, or if such Person is a partnership, of its general partner. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, which
opinion shall comply with the provisions of Sections 102 and 103. Such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

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

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities or any series of Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities or all Securities of such series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (i)
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for
whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; 

  
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 (iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and 
 (iv) Securities, except to the extent
provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article XIII; 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313, (A) the principal amount of
an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof on such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) the principal amount of any Security denominated in one or more currencies or currency units other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S. dollar
equivalent of such currencies or currency units, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the
U.S. dollar equivalent (as so determined) on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. 
 “Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. 

“Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities,
including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, and any other terms specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities. 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

  
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 “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any
series, means, unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to such series as contemplated by Section 301, the office or agency of the Company in
                     and such other place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest,
if any, on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002. 
 “Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same Debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Registered Security” means any Security which is registered
in the Security Register. 
 “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a Business Day. 

“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to
administer its corporate trust matters and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture. 

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee
shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee. 
 “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305. 
 “Senior Debt” of the Company, unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series as
contemplated by Section 301, means (i) all Debt of the Company, whether currently outstanding or hereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Debt or pursuant to which such Debt is
outstanding, it is provided that such Debt is not superior in right of payment to the Securities or to other Debt which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Securities, and (ii) any modifications, refunding, deferrals, renewals or
extensions of any such Debt or any securities, notes or other evidences of Debt issued in exchange for such Debt; provided that, unless otherwise provided with respect to the 

  
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Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 301, in no event shall “Senior Debt” include (a) Debt of the Company owed or owing to any Subsidiary or any officer, director or
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, (b) Debt to trade creditors or (c) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Company. 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of or within any series means a date fixed
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307. 
 “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to the principal of any Security
or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity
interests entitled, without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof; or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests, considering all
partners’ equity interests as a single class, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or combination thereof. 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed,
except as otherwise provided in Section 905; provided, however, that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 as so amended. 
 “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean each Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States, each of which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof. 
 “Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company, means any vice president of the Company, or when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president of the Trustee. 

“Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the
most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles. 

  
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 Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions  

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with; provided, however, that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by officers of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. 
 Every
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include: 
 (1)
a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 

Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
 Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
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the Company, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous. 
 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 

Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by means of a facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such
electronic transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered (either physically or by means of a facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section. 
 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a
Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders, and a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security. 

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing or the authority of
the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems reasonably sufficient. 
 The ownership,
principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of commencement of such Person’s holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register. 

  
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 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 
 Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents
each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount. 
 If the Company
shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the
determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to
such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date. 
 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 

Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, 
 (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made in writing and actually received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office; Attention: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. Administrator, or at any other address previously furnished in writing by the
Trustee, or 

  
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 (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company, addressed to it at Prosperity Bank Plaza, 4295 San Felipe, Houston, Texas
77027, to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 Section 106.
Notice to Holders; Waiver 
 Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid (if international mail, by air mail), to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed or otherwise given to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security,
where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such
Security (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee), including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary. 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver. 
 In case of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to
give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Company shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. 

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act 

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be. 
 Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 

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

  
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 Section 109. Successors and Assigns 

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

Section 110. Separability Clause 
 In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 111. Benefits of Indenture 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 

Section 112. Governing Law 
 This
Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. 
 Section 113. Legal Holidays 

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

Section 114. Submission to Jurisdiction 

The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or federal court sitting in The City of New
York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture and the Securities of any series, and the Company hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New
York state or federal court. The Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. 

  
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 Section 115. Language of Notices, Etc. 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. 
 Section 116. Interest Limitation

 It is the intention of the Company to conform strictly to all applicable usury laws and any subsequent revisions, repeals or judicial
interpretations thereof. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby would be usurious under any applicable law then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Securities or this Indenture, it is agreed as
follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under applicable law with respect to a Security shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by applicable law, and any excess shall be credited
to the principal amount of such Security (or, if the principal amount of such Security shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Company), to the extent permitted by applicable law; and (ii) in the event that the maturity of any Security is
accelerated or in the event of any redemption of such Security, then such consideration that constitutes interest under applicable law may never include more than the maximum amount allowed by applicable law, and any excess shall be credited to the
principal amount of such Security (or, if the principal amount of such Security shall be paid in full, refunded to the Company), to the extent permitted by applicable law. All calculations made to compute the rate of interest with respect to a
Security for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the maximum amount allowed by applicable law shall be made, to the extent permitted by such applicable law, by allocating and spreading during the period of the full stated term of
such Security all interest any time contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Holder or by the Trustee on behalf of any such Holder in connection therewith so that the amount or rate of interest charged for any and all periods of
time during the term of the Security does not exceed the maximum amount or rate of interest allowed to be charged by law during the relevant period of time. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if at any time applicable laws shall be changed so as
to permit a higher rate or amount of interest to be charged than that permitted prior to such change, then unless prohibited by law, references in this Indenture or any Security to “applicable law” when used in the context of determining
the maximum interest or rate of interest that can be charged shall be deemed to refer to such applicable law as so amended to allow the greater amount or rate of interest. 

The right to accelerate maturity of any Security does not include the right to accelerate any interest which has not otherwise accrued to the
date of such acceleration, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the continuing accrual after acceleration of interest in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Security.

Section 117. No Personal Liability of Officers, Directors, Employees or Shareholders 

Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities hereunder are payable only out of cash flow and assets of the Company. The
Trustee, and each Holder of a Security by its acceptance thereof, will be deemed to have agreed in this Indenture that no director, officer, employee, or shareholder, as such, of the Company, the Trustee, or any Affiliate

  
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of any of the foregoing entities shall have any personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or such Securities by reason of his, her or its status. The
agreements set forth in this Section are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities. 
 Section 118. Applicability of Depositary

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, so long as a series of Securities is a Global Security, the parties hereto will be
bound at all times by the applicable procedures of the Depositary with respect to such series. 
 ARTICLE II 

SECURITY FORMS 
 Section 201. Forms
Generally 
 The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall
be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable laws or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Securities of such series may be listed or traded or of any Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities
of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized Person on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form by the Trustee,
such acceptance to be evidenced by the Trustee’s authentication of Securities in that form. 
 The Definitive Securities shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 

Section 202. Form of Face of Security 

[Insert any legend required by the United States Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.] 

[If a Global Security, as required by Section 204 of this Indenture, insert—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 THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES 

  
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REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.] 

[If applicable, insert—UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] 
 PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.

 [TITLE OF SECURITY] 
  

			
	NO.	  	U.S.$

 [CUSIP No.             ] 

PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC., a Texas corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             , or registered assigns, the principal sum of
            United States Dollars [state other currency] on             [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert—, and to pay interest thereon from            , or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
            and             in each year, commencing             , at
the rate of     % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert—, and at the rate of     % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any
overdue installment of interest]. [If applicable, insert—The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of interest payable for any partial period shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any partial month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A
“Business Day” shall mean, when used with respect to any Place of 

  
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Payment, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the State of Delaware or any applicable Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.] The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the             or
            (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of this series may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, all as more fully
provided in such Indenture. 
 [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—The principal of this Security shall
not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of     %
per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal
that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such
interest shall also be payable on demand.] 
 [If a Global Security, insert—Payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [if
applicable, insert—any such] interest on this Security will be made by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account in             designated by the Holder in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [state other currency].] 

[If a Definitive Security, insert—Payment of the principal of [(and premium, if any)] and [if applicable, insert—any such] interest
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in             , [in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts] [state other currency] [or subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such
Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of             in             and
            in             , or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by [United States Dollar] [state
other currency] check drawn on, or transfer to a [United States Dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in             (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received
proper transfer instructions in writing at least             days prior to the payment date)] [if applicable, insert— 

  
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; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check mailed to the addresses of the Persons
entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United States Dollar] [state other currency] account maintained by the payee with a bank in
            [state other place of payment] (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions in writing by the Record Date prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date)].] 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

Dated:             

 

			
	PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

			
	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

 Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture dated as of             (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which
different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking,
purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable,
insert—, limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$            ]. 

[If applicable, insert—The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice
by mail, [if applicable, insert—(1) on in any year 

  
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commencing with the year             and ending with the year
            through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert—on or after
            ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable,
insert—on or before             ,    %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
            of the years indicated, 
  

							
	 Year
	  	 Redemption Price
	  	 Year
	  	 Redemption Price

		  		  		  	
		  		  		  	

 and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together in the case of any
such redemption [if applicable, insert—(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 

[If applicable, insert—The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice
by mail, (1) on             in any year commencing with the year             and ending with the year
            through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert—on or after             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption
Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
            of the years indicated, 
  

					
	 Year
	  	 Redemption Price for

Redemption Through
 Operation of the
Sinking
 Fund
	  	 Redemption Price for

Redemption
 Otherwise Than

Through Operation

of the Sinking Fund

		  		  	
		  		  	
		  		  	

 and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together in the case of any
such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 

[If applicable, insert—The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
            in each year beginning with the year             and ending with the year
            of [if applicable,—not less than $             (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not

  
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more than] $             aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the
Company otherwise than through [if applicable,—mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable,—mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable,—in the inverse order in
which they become due].] 
 [If the Security is subject to redemption in part of any kind, insert—In the event of redemption of this
Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] 

[If applicable, insert—The Securities of this series are not redeemable prior to Stated Maturity.] 

[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert—If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] 

[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert—If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to—insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (1) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable, and (2) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of not less than
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all affected series (voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of any series then Outstanding to waive past defaults under the Indenture with respect to such series and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall

  
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have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or [any premium or] interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holder, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and [any premium and] interest on this Security at the times, place(s) and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed, except for Section 115 of the Indenture (which limits interest to the maximum amount permissible by law), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. 

[If a Global Security, insert—This Global Security or portion hereof may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities of this series except
in the limited circumstances provided in the Indenture. 
 The holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled
to receive physical delivery of Definitive Securities except as described in the Indenture and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture.] 

[If a Definitive Security, insert—As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [if applicable, insert — any place where the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security are payable] [if applicable, insert—                    ] [, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto
and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of
                     in                      and
in                      or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate]], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.] 
 The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S.$             [state other currency] and any integral multiple of
U.S.$             [state other currency] in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

  
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 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 Prior to
due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This
Security is subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt, to the extent provided in the Indenture. 
 Obligations of the Company under
the Indenture and the Securities thereunder, including this Security, are payable only out of cash flow and assets of the Company. The Trustee, and each Holder of a Security by its acceptance hereof, will be deemed to have agreed in the Indenture
that no director, officer, employee, or shareholder, as such, of the Company, the Trustee, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing entities shall have any personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture or such
Securities by reason of his, her or its status. 
 The Indenture contains provisions that relieve the Company from the obligation to comply
with certain restrictive covenants in the Indenture and for satisfaction and discharge at any time of the entire indebtedness upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

[If a Definitive Security, insert as a separate page— 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
                     (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Assignee) the within instrument of PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC., and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint                      Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the within-named Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises. 
 Please Insert Social Security or 

Other Identifying Number of Assignee: 
  

							
	 Dated:
	 	  
	 	  
	 	 (Signature)

  
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 Signature Guarantee: 

(Participant in a Recognized Signature 

Guaranty Medallion Program) 

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.] 
 Section 204. Global Securities 

Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED,
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING,
EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
 If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding Clause (9) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and
may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as the
case may be, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any reduction or increase in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such
Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in a Company Order. Subject to the provisions of Sections 303, 304 and 305, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not
be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel). 
 The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a
Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) with regard to the reduction or increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303. 

  
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 Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate and Authorization 

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

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

			
	 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

	 As Trustee

		
	By:	 	 
		 	Authorized Signatory

 ARTICLE III 

THE SECURITIES 
 Section 301. Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series 
 The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited. 
 The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution (and, subject to Section 303, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board Resolution, in an Officers’ Certificate or Company Order setting forth, or determining the manner of, such establishment) or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, 
 (1) the form
and title of the Securities of the series including CUSIP numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series); 

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities
which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); 
 (3) the Person to
whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; 

  
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 (4) the date or dates on which the Securities will be issued and on which the
principal of, and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof; 
 (5)
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determination thereof, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method of determination
thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; 

(6) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices, and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served; 
 (7) the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise, if the Company is to have that option; 

(8) the obligation, if any, and the option, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 
 (9) if
other than minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; 

(10) whether payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be
without deduction for taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders of the series; 
 (11) the currency,
currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be denominated, payable, redeemable or purchasable if other than the currency of the United States of America and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101; 

(12) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; 

  
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 (13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made; 

(14) the right, if any, of the Company to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment periods and specify the
duration of such extension, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and whether and under what circumstances additional interest on amounts deferred shall be payable; 

(15) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504 or the method of determination thereof; 

(16) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities (and whether in temporary or permanent global form) and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 305 in which any such
Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered; 

(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 501 or the covenants of
the Company set forth in Article X pertaining to the Securities of the series; 
 (18) if and the terms and conditions upon
which any Securities of the series may be converted into or exchanged for securities, which may include, without limitation, capital stock, of any class or series of the Company; 

(19) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, including, but not limited to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities of that series are payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined; 
 (20) if other than as provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner
in which such series of Securities may be defeased or discharged; 
 (21) if other than the Trustee, the identity of any
other trustee, the Security Registrar and any Paying Agent; 

  
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 (22) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to the transfer or
exchange of the Securities; and 
 (23) any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(3)). 
 All Securities of any one series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. 

Any such Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate referred to above with respect to Securities of any series filed with the Trustee on
or before the initial issuance of the Securities of such series shall be incorporated herein by reference with respect to Securities of such series and shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of the Indenture for all purposes relating to Securities
of such series as fully as if such Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate were set forth herein in full. 
 All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities and issuances of additional
Securities of such series or for the establishment of additional terms with respect to the Securities of such series. 
 If any of the terms
of the series are established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at
or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the series. 

With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate may provide general
terms for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order, or that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more of the Company’s
agents designated in an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with a Company Order. 
 Section 302. Denominations 

The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in such minimum denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified minimum denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof. 
 Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company and need not be attested. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. 

  
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 Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities. 
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of
any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without
limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, thereafter promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order
delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections
201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to any Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 102, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating, 

(1) the form and terms (or the manner of determining the terms) of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form or forms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 

(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will
be, established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel (which conditions are reasonably acceptable to the Trustee); 

(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject
to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, which conditions are reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture,
equally and ratably with all other Securities, if any, of such series Outstanding; and 

  
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 (4) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; 

and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities created by an indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all conditions
precedent to the execution of the supplemental indenture with respect to that series of Securities have been complied with, the Company has the power to execute and deliver any such supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary action for those
purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws and legal principles affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable principles, whether applied in an action at
law or in equity). 
 If such form or forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel or Board Resolution or supplemental indenture otherwise required pursuant
to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. 

With respect to Securities of a series not to be originally issued at one time, the Trustee may rely upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series and any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers’ Certificate shall be true and correct as if made on such date. 

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued
and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 for all purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 304. Temporary Securities 

Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of the documents required by Section
303, together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
Definitive Securities of like series in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities. 
 If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause Definitive Securities of that series to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securities of such series and tenor. 

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange 

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of
Payment a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Company shall, prior to the issuance of any Securities hereunder, appoint the Trustee as the initial “Security
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may at any time replace such Security Registrar, change such office or agency or act as its own Security Registrar. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change of the Security Registrar or of the location of such office or agency. At all reasonable times the Security Register shall be available for inspection by the Trustee. 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 1002 for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. 
 At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such 

  
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office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

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

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

Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series (or of any
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of delivery of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at
the close of business on the day of such delivery, or (2) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security may
be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such transfer may be registered, except as provided in this
paragraph. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security shall be a Global Security, except as provided in this paragraph. If (1) (A) the Depositary for a Global
Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and (B) a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days, (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities of such series and the Security Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue certificated securities in lieu of all or a portion
of the Global Securities of such series (in which case the Company shall deliver certificated securities within 30 days of such request) or (3) the Company determines in its sole discretion that Securities of a series issued in global form shall no
longer be represented by a Global Security, then such Global Security may be exchanged by such Depositary for Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, registered in
the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security or portion thereof may be registered to, such Persons as such Depositary shall direct. 

  
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 Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the
Trustee to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. 
 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (1) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (2) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of which such new Security was issued presents
for payment or registration such original Security, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon
the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith. 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
 Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any
series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for any mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 
 Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved 

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
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 Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: 
 (1)
The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment
(which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). 

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Subject to
the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security, shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and
to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 

  
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 For each series of Securities, the Company shall, prior to 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on each
payment date for principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, deposit with the Trustee money in immediately available funds sufficient to make cash payments due on the applicable payment date. 

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners 

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, prior to due presentment of a Security
for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary. 
 No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall
have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. 
 Section 309. Cancellation 

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall,
if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not
issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures. The Company by Company Order may direct the Trustee to deliver to the Company a certificate of such disposal. 

Section 310. Computation of Interest 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the number of days elapsed in any
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 Section 311. CUSIP Numbers 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (in addition to the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
“CUSIP” numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such “CUSIP” numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers. 

ARTICLE IV 
 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE 
 Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of any series specified in such Company
Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon receipt of such Company Request, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities, when 

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

 (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 

(i) have become due and payable, 

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or 

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, 
 and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for this purpose an amount of money in the currency or currency units in which such Securities are payable sufficient to pay and discharge

  
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the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; 
 (2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such Securities; and 

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied with. 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, (i) the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and the right of the Trustee to resign under Section 610 shall survive, and (ii) if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Company and/or the Trustee under Sections 402, 606, 701 and 1002 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive. 

Section 402. Application of Trust Money 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. 

ARTICLE V 
 REMEDIES 

Section 501. Events of Default 

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body): 
 (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article XIV hereof); or 

  
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 (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article XIV hereof); or 

(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any term, covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
term, covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 

(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to
the entry of any order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding, (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 
 (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for
relief against the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in
effect for 90 days; or 
 (6) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities
of that series. 
 Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. 
 At any time after such a
declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if 

  
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 (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in
the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) 

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series, 

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, 
 (C) to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and 

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel; 
 and 

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

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

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

The Company covenants that if 

(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable
and such default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article XIV hereof), or 

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof (whether
or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article XIV hereof), 
 the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and
premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 

  
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 If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name
and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company, or any other obligor
upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 
 Section 504.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 
 In case of any pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company, or any other obligor upon the Securities, their property or their creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607. 
 No provision of this Indenture
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; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of
a creditors’ or other similar committee. 
 Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities 

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

  
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 Section 506. Application of Money Collected 

Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date
or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; 

SECOND: Subject to Article XIV, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and
any premium and interest, respectively; and 
 THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons entitled
thereto. 
 Section 507. Limitation on Suits 

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture or a Security, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless 
 (1)
such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; 

(2) Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; 
 (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer and, if requested, provision of security or indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; 
 it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. 

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

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional,
to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
 Section 509.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies 
 If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under
this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the
Trustee and Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. 

Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 
 Section 512. Control by Holders 

Subject to the provisions of Section 603, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising 

  
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any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that 

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; 

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and 

(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee in good faith shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable law. 

(4) the Trustee need not take any action which is reasonably likely to impose on it any personal liability or be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not consenting. 
 Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of Holders of all the Securities
of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except 
 (1) a continuing
default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or 
 (2) a default in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 Section 514.
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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to
the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
instituted by the Trustee, in any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series to which the suit relates, or in any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity expressed by such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
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 ARTICLE VI 

THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 601. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities 
 (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities, 

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to Securities of such series, 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 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 be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture. 

(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to the Securities of such series such 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 such
person’s own affairs. 
 (c) No provisions of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that 
 (1) this Subsection shall
not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section; 
 (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders or a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and 

  
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 (4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. 

Section 602. Notice of Defaults 
 If a
Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of all uncured
or unwaived Defaults known to it; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in payment on the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding the notice if and so long as the board of directors, the
executive committee or a trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the Trustee determine in good faith that withholding such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, further, however, that,
in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(3) with respect to the Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 90 days after the occurrence thereof. 

The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default, except a Default under Sections 501(1) or 501(2)
herein, unless the Trustee shall have received from the Company or from any Holder written notice thereof at its Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Securities in this Indenture. In the absence of any such notice, the Trustee may
conclusively assume that no such Default exists. 
 Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee 

Subject to the provisions of Section 601: 

(1) Prior to the time when the occurrence of an Event of Default becomes known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to a series of Securities that may have occurred: 

(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
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 (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided, however,
that in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face
to the requirements of this Indenture (but the Trustee need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated herein); and 

(C) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 
 (2) The Trustee
may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 
 (3) Any request or
direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 303, which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution. 

(4) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may require and, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon either or both of a Board Resolution and an
Officers’ Certificate and, if reasonably required, an Opinion of Counsel. 
 (5) The Trustee may consult with counsel
and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon. 

(6) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 

  
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 (7) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business
hours to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney. 
 (8) The Trustee may
execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder. 
 (9) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of
Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event that is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Securities
and this Indenture. 
 (10) 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. 

(11) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties and the Trustee shall not be
answerable for other than its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct with respect to such permissive rights. 

(12) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to such Securities. 
 (13) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 

(14) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ 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 Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as
so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded. 

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

(16) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this
Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics;
riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action. 

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

Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in any
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied by it to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. 
 Section 605. May Hold Securities 

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. 
 Section 606. Money Held in Trust 

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

  
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 Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement 

The Company agrees: 

(1) to pay to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder as shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee in writing (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 

(2) to reimburse the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and 
 (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or
any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on its own part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and counsel, including without limitation, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Trustee’s enforcement of its rights to
payment and indemnification under this Section 607) of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. 

The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. 
 Without limiting
any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(4) or Section 501(5), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, termination or discharge of this
Indenture and the defeasance of the Securities. The indemnification provided in this Section 607 shall extend to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee. 

Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate
such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. 

  
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 Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility 

There shall at all times be one or more Trustees hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, at least one of which shall be a
Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1) to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus required by the Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in
its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article. 
 Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor 

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 
 The Trustee may resign
at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation or the delivery of an Act of removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series. 
 The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by either (i) the
Company, by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, provided, that contemporaneously therewith (x) the Company immediately appoints a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series meeting the requirements of
Section 609 hereof and (y) the terms of Section 611 hereof are complied with in respect of such appointment (the Trustee being removed hereby agreeing to execute the instrument contemplated by Section 611(2) hereof, if applicable, under
such circumstances), and provided, further, that no Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and then be continuing at such time; or (ii) the Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 If at any time: 

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b) after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 

  
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 (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or
of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Company, acting
pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may,
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause,
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 

The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor 

(1) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee
so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall

  
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become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to any claim by such retiring Trustee for compensation and reimbursement as provided for in
Section 607. 
 (2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute, acknowledge and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (A) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (B) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (C)
shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Trustees as co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and
upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company, or any
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 
 (3) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be. 

(4) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
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 Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee
had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name or
that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 

Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or any such other obligor. 
 Section 614.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent 
 The Trustee (upon notice to the Company) may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which
may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue (in accordance with
procedures acceptable to the Trustee) and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such
reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in

  
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its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. 
 Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent
may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all
of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of such Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent. 
 An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be
acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. 
 The
Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this Section. 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form: 

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

					
		 	 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

As Trustee

			
	Date:	 	 By:
	 	  

		 		 	 as Authenticating Agent

			
		 	 By:
	 	  

		 		 	 Authorized Officer

  
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 ARTICLE VII 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY 

Section 701. The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders 

If the Trustee is not the Security Registrar, the Trustee may request in writing a list from the Company, in such form and as of such date as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee. 
 Section 702.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders 
 The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 The rights of the Holders to
communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. 

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authentication Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Trust Indenture Act
Section 312(b). 
 Section 703. Reports by Trustee 

Within 60 days after [            ] of each year commencing with the first
[            ] after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities in the manner and to the extent provided in
Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such [            ] which meets the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). 

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of the listing of the Securities on any stock exchange. In the event that, on any such reporting date, no events have occurred
under the applicable sections of the Trust Indenture Act within the 12 months preceding such reporting date, the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports. 

  
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 Section 704. Reports by the Company 

The Company shall: 
 (1) file
with the Trustee and furnish to Holders, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the
foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required
to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission and furnish to Holders, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations; and 
 (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission and furnish to Holders, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to
time by such rules and regulations. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any of the information required by this Section 704 is
filed by the Company with the Commission and publicly available on the Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor system thereto), then such information shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine if such filing has occurred.  
 Section 705. Calculation of Original Issue
Discount 
 The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly following the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the
amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year. 

ARTICLE VIII 
 CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE 
 Section 801. The Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to, any Person, unless: 
 (1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the
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States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every other covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; 

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the
Company or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; 
 (3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger
or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person,
as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and 

(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. 

Section 802. Successor Substituted 
 Upon
any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and coupons
and may liquidate and dissolve. 
 ARTICLE IX 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 Section 901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders 
 Without the consent of any Holders of Securities, the Company, when authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

  
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 (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities and the assumption by such successor Person of the obligations of the Company hereunder; 
 (2)
to add covenants and Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of such Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or to surrender any right or power conferred by this Indenture upon the Company or to make any change that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder in any
material respect; 
 (3) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any
such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only after there are no such Securities of any series entitled to the benefit of such provision outstanding; 

(4) to establish the forms or terms of the Securities of any series issued hereunder; 

(5) to cure any ambiguity or correct any defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; 

(6) to evidence the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities or
otherwise; 
 (7) to qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; 

(8) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; 

(9) to supplement any provisions of this Indenture necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series
of Securities, provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series; and 

(10) 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. 
 Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided that the Company and the Trustee may not, without the consent
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 (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest, if any, on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any, on or the rate of interest thereon or adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any Security into any other security, or alter the
method of computation of interest; 
 (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Securities required for any such
supplemental indenture or for any waiver provided for in this Indenture; 
 (3) change the Company’s obligation to
maintain an office or agency for payment of Securities and the other matters specified herein; 
 (4) impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Security; 
 (5)
modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of any Security in a manner adverse to the Holder thereof; or 

(6) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the execution of supplemental indentures with the consent of
Holders of Securities which are discussed in this Section or modify any provisions relating to the waiver by Holders of Securities of past defaults and covenants, except to increase any required percentage or to provide that other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby. 
 A supplemental
indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but
it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 
 Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 102, an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall enter into any supplemental indenture which does not adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
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 Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures 

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

Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act 

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

 Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures 

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of
the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Failure to make a notation or issue a
new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of any amendment, supplement or waiver. 
 ARTICLE X 

COVENANTS 
 Section 1001. Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest 
 The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may
be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided, that the Corporate Trust Office shall not be an office or agency of the Company for service of legal process on the Company. 

  
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 The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the
Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency. 
 Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities as contemplated by
Section 301, the Company hereby initially designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent at its office at 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890, as the Company’s office or agency for each such purpose in such city. 
 Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to
Be Held in Trust 
 If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 
 The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it
for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series;
and (3) during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series. 

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

  
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 Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid (or delivered) to the Company upon Company Request, or (if
then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such trust money (or additional Securities) held in trust, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 
 Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default

 The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company ending after the date hereof so
long as any Security is Outstanding hereunder, an Officers’ Certificate as to each such officer’s knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer or signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. 
 Section 1005. Waiver of Certain Covenants 

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision, covenant or condition set forth in Sections 1002 through
1004 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all affected series (voting as one class) shall, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived,
and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. 

A waiver which changes or eliminates any term, provision or condition of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such term, provision or condition, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the
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 ARTICLE XI 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 
 Section 1101.
Applicability of Article 
 Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in
accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. 

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee 

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in
writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed, and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall
enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities (1) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, or (2) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with
such restriction or condition. 
 Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed 

If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such method which the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, and, in the case of Global Securities, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, and which method complies with the rules of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which
the Securities are listed or quoted, and may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of
such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to
less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series. 
 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. 

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

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption 

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed; provided, that any failure to give such notice in the manner set forth herein to the
Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice given to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof. 

All notices of redemption shall state: 

(1) the Redemption Date, 

(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, payable as provided in Section 1106. 

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the identification
(and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, 

(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, payable as provided
in Section 1106, will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, 

(5) the place or places where such Securities, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, 
 (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, 

(7) with respect to any Security of which only a portion is to be redeemed, that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed, and 

(8) the CUSIP number of such Security, if any. 

A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed. Notice of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 

  
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 Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price 

On or prior to 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or,
if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of,
and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date), unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. 

Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date 

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at
the Redemption Price therein specified (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series), together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest set forth in the Security or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, at the Yield to Maturity of such Security. 

Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part 
 Any
Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a temporary Global Security or permanent Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new temporary Global Security or permanent Global Security, respectively.
However, if less than all the Securities of any series with differing issue dates, interest rates and stated maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its sole discretion shall select the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the
Trustee in writing thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant redemption date. 

  
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 ARTICLE XII 

SINKING FUNDS 
 Section 1201. Applicability of
Article 
 The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series. 
 The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided
for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. 
 Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking
Fund Payments with Securities 
 The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption), and (2) apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided, that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. 

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund 

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is
to be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency of which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered and credited. If such Officers’ Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not
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such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated
in Sections 1106 and 1107. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

DEFEASANCE 
 Section 1301. Applicability of
Article 
 The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for Securities of such series. 
 Section 1302. Legal Defeasance 

In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 401, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness on all the Securities of such a series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in Clause (1) below, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in effect
(except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii) rights of Holders
of Securities to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor or on the specified redemption dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the holders to receive
mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, Section 607), (v) the rights, if any,
to convert or exchange the Securities of such series, (vi) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them, and (vii) the obligations
of the Company under Section 1002), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon a Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
“defeasance”): 
 (1) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust, for the purposes of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of Holders of the Securities of such series (A) cash in an amount, or (B) in the case of any series
of Securities the payments on which may only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (C)
a combination thereof, certified to be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (i) the principal and interest and
premium, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal, interest or premium, if any, is due and payable or on any Redemption Date established pursuant to Clause (3) below, and

  
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(ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series; 

(2) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on the fact that (A) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, Holders of
the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at
the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred; 
 (3) If the
Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made; 
 (4) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 
 (5) Such defeasance shall not cause
the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act); 

(6) Such defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
 (7) Such defeasance shall not result in the trust
arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and 

(8) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied with. 
 For this purpose,
such defeasance means that the Company and any other obligor upon the Securities of such series shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire debt represented by the Securities of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
“Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1304 and the rights and obligations referred to in Clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, of the first paragraph of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned. 

  
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 Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance 

The Company and any other obligor shall be released on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in Clause (1) below from its
obligations under Sections 704 and 801 with respect to the Securities of any series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and the Securities of such series shall
thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver, consent or declaration or other action or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with
and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to such Section or by reason of any reference in such Section to
any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such
series shall be unaffected thereby. The following shall be the conditions to application of this Section 1303: 
 (1) The
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of Holders of the
Securities of such series, (A) cash in an amount, or (B) in the case of any series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and
interest at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (i) the principal and interest and premium, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal, interest or premium, if any, is due and payable or on any Redemption Date
established pursuant to Clause (2) below, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series; 

(2) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made; 

(3) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 
 (4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
which shall confirm that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; 

  
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 (5) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act); 

(6) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
 (7) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in
the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and 

(8) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied with. 
 Section 1304. Application by
Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities 
 Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 (and all funds earned on such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations) shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due
thereon for principal and interest; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Subject to Sections 1302 and 1303, the Trustee shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company Order any moneys held by
it at any time, which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amounts required to effect the defeasance with respect to the
Outstanding Securities in question. 
 Section 1305. Repayment to the Company 

The Trustee and any Paying Agent promptly shall pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any money and U.S. Government Obligations
held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of and any interest on the Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amounts required to effect the defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities in
question. 

  
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 The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee
or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303. 

Section 1306. Reinstatement 
 If the
Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U. S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 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 of the applicable series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Indenture until
such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U. S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any
Securities of such series because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the
Paying Agent. 
 ARTICLE XIV 

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES 
 Section 1401.
Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt 
 The payment by the Company of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any
series of Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto relating to such Securities. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed in multiple
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument, all as of the day and year first above written. 

 

			
	PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

  

			
	 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:ex10-1.htm

Exhibit 10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 20, 2016 (“Execution Date”), between Bank of Commerce Holdings (the “Company”) and Redding Bank of Commerce (the “Bank,” and together with the Company referred to as “Employer”), and Randall S. Eslick (hereinafter referred to as “Executive”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous employment agreements between the parties.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ Executive in the capacity hereinafter stated and Executive desires to continue in the employ of Employer in such capacity, for the period and on the terms and conditions set forth herein:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows: 

 

	
1.
	
EMPLOYMENT DUTIES AND AUTHORITY

 

The Employer hereby shall employ Executive as its President and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive shall accept such employment. If elected, Executive shall also serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for no additional compensation. Executive agrees to perform the duties that are customarily performed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of a bank holding company and a state-chartered banking institution and accepts all other duties described herein or as prescribed by the Employer’s Boards of Directors (the “Board”) and agrees to discharge the same faithfully and to the best of his ability and the highest and best standards of the banking industry, in accordance with the policies of the Employer’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, policies and procedures. Executive shall devote his full business time and attention to the business and affairs of Employer for which he is employed and shall perform the duties thereof to the best of his ability. Except as permitted by the prior written consent of the Employer’s Board, Executive shall not directly or indirectly render any services of a business, commercial or professional nature to any other person, firm or corporation, whether for compensation or otherwise, which are in conflict with Employer’s interests. Executive shall have such responsibility and duties and such authority to transact business on behalf of Employer as are customarily incident to the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of a bank holding company and a state-chartered banking institution.

 

	
2.
	
TERM

 

Employer hereby employs Executive and Executive hereby accepts employment with Employer for the period of three (3) years (the “Term”) commencing January 6, 2017 (the “Effective Date”) with such Term being subject to prior termination as herein provided; provided, that, on such third anniversary of the Effective Date (such date, a “Renewal Date”) unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the Agreement and the Term shall be deemed to be automatically extended, upon the same terms and conditions, for a period of one (1) year.

 

Where used herein, “Term” shall refer to the entire period of employment of Executive by Employer, whether for the period provided above, or whether terminated earlier as hereinafter provided, or extended by mutual agreement in writing by Employer and Executive.

 

 

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3.
	
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Base Salary. Executive’s salary in effect on the Execution Date of this Agreement shall remain in effect between the Execution Date and December 31, 2016. In consideration for all services to be rendered by Executive to Employer, Employer agrees to pay Executive a base salary of $415,000.00 per year beginning January 1, 2017. Employer’s Board and/or the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Executive Compensation Committee”) shall in its sole and absolute discretion determine any increases in Executive’s base salary annually following an annual performance evaluation. Executive’s salary shall be paid semi-monthly. Employer shall deduct therefrom all taxes which may be required to be deducted or withheld under any provision of the law (including, but not limited to, social security payments and income tax withholding) now in effect or which may become effective anytime during the term of this Agreement.

 

Annual Bonus. For each complete calendar year of the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) pursuant to the Employer’s short-term incentive program, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan. As of the Effective Date, the Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity (“Target Bonus”) shall be set by the Executive Compensation Committee and based on the achievement of performance goals established by the Executive Compensation Committee; provided, that, depending on results, the Executive’s annual bonus may be higher or lower than the Target Bonus, as determined by the Executive Compensation Committee. The Annual Bonus, if any, will be paid within three (3) months after the end of the applicable calendar year. Except as otherwise provided herein, (i) the Annual Bonus will be subject to the terms of the Employer’s short-term incentive program under which it is granted and (ii) in order to be eligible to receive an Annual Bonus, the Executive must be employed by the Employer on January 5th of the year following the applicable calendar year that Annual Bonuses are earned.

 

Equity Awards. For each complete calendar year of the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual long-term incentive award pursuant to the Employer’s long-term incentive program, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, (i) each such award shall be subject to the terms of the Employer’s long-term incentive program under which it is granted and (ii) in order to be eligible to receive the award, the Executive must be employed by the Employer on January 5th of the year following the applicable calendar year that equity awards are earned.

 

Employee Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to participate in any and all other employee benefits and plans that may be developed and adopted by Employer and in which Executive is eligible to participate under the terms of such plans, subject to the Employer’s right to amend or terminate such plans.

 

Fringe Benefits and Perquisites. Employer agrees to provide Executive with an automobile within a predetermined value established from time to time by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Employer. Employer agrees to cover all operating expenses including insurance and maintenance. Executive is entitled to replace such vehicle every three (3) years. Upon termination, for any reason, the Executive will be entitled to purchase the vehicle at the fair market value at that time, as determined by the Employer. Employer agrees to reimburse Executive for all ordinary and customary expenses for entertainment, meals, travel, cellular phone, and incidental business expense in accordance with Employer’s policy. Reasonable costs incurred for professional education, publications, seminars, meetings and special social entertainment shall also be reimbursed in accordance with Employer’s policy. Employer agrees to reimburse Executive for reasonable country club membership dues, in accordance with Employer’s policy.

 

 

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4.
	
INSURANCE

 

Employer agrees to provide Executive with health and life insurance benefits that are now or may hereinafter be in effect for all other full-time employees subject to the eligibility requirements of the plans, subject to Employer’s right to amend or terminate such benefits. Employer may also obtain a “key-man” life insurance policy on the life of Executive which shall be a general asset of the Employer and to which Executive and the Executive’s beneficiary will have no preferred or secured claim.

 

	
5.
	
VACATION

 

Executive shall be entitled to accrue five (5) weeks (200 hours) of vacation during each year, of which at least two (2) weeks (80 hours) must be taken in a consecutive period. Vacation benefits shall accrue in accordance with the Employer’s vacation policy in effect at the applicable time.

 

	
6.
	
TERMINATION

 

Employer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any of the reasons specified in (a) and (b) below, such reasons constituting “Cause,” by serving written notice upon Executive. Employer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any of the reasons specified in (c) and (d) below by serving written notice upon Executive, his conservator, or his estate, as the case may be. Executive shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for any of the reasons specified in (e) below by serving written notice upon Employer:

 

	 	
(a)
	
Breach of, habitual neglect of, failure to perform (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental disability), Executive duties and obligations as President and Chief Executive Officer, including but not limited to the willful failure to comply with any valid and legal directive of the Board or Executive’s violation of a material policy of the Employer. For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Employer. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the advice of counsel for the Employer shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Employer;

 

	 	
(b)
	
Illegal conduct, such as a crime involving moral turpitude, conviction of a felony, or any conduct that is detrimental to the interests or reputation of the Employer;

 

	 	
(c)
	
Physical or mental disability rendering Executive incapable of performing the essential functions of his position, with or without reasonable accommodation; provided, however, that Executive shall, if medically necessary, be entitled to a leave of absence for a consecutive period of 180 days, during which time Executive shall continue to receive his base salary and other benefits, once his accrued sick leave has first been exhausted. If applicable state and federal law require an additional leave of absence beyond the 180 days, Employer shall provide such leave, but Executive shall not be entitled to receive his base salary or any other benefits during such time, except for benefits provided under any long-term disability policy of the Employer as may be in effect from time to time; or by death; 

 

	 	
(d)
	
A determination by Employer’s Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate the employment of Executive for any reason or for no reason. A non-renewal of the Term of this Agreement also constitutes a termination pursuant to this Section 6(d).

 

 

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(e)
	
“Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following, in each case, during the Employment Term without the Executive’s written consent:

 

(i) a material reduction in the Executive’s base salary;

 

(ii) a relocation of the Executive’s principal place of employment by more than 50 miles;

 

(iii) any material breach by the Employer of any material provision of this Agreement; or 

 

(iv) a material adverse change in the Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities (other than temporarily while the Executive is physically or mentally incapacitated or as required by applicable law);

 

provided, however, that Good Reason shall only be deemed to have occurred if: (i) within 90 days after the initial existence of the circumstances constituting Good Reason, Executive provides the Employer with a written notice describing such circumstances, (ii) the Employer fails to cure the circumstances within 30 days after the Employer receives Executive’s notice, and (iii) Executive terminates his employment with the Employer and all affiliates of the Employer within 90 days of the date of Executive’s initial notice.

 

In the event this Agreement is terminated by Employer for Cause, as specified in paragraphs (a) or (b) above, or by Executive for any reason other than as specified in paragraphs (c) or (e), Executive shall not be entitled to any severance pay. In the event this Agreement is terminated for the reason specified in paragraph (c) above, Executive shall be entitled to severance pay in an amount equal to one quarter (1/4) of the Executive’s then Total Compensation Package, which is defined as current annual base salary and the average of the Annual Bonus paid to Executive for services during the preceding three (3) calendar years (or the Executive’s period of employment, if less than three (3) years), calculated as of the date of the Executive’s termination, plus any accrued incentive awards and vacation accrued to, but not taken, as of the date of termination, to be paid in one lump sum. In the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason specified in paragraphs (d) or (e) above, Executive shall be entitled to severance pay in an amount equal to one times (1.0x) the Executive’s then Total Compensation Package plus any accrued incentive awards and vacation accrued to, but not taken, as of the date of the termination, to be paid in one lump sum. In the event this Agreement is terminated for any of the reasons specified above, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from positions that the Executive holds as an officer or member of the Board (or a committee thereof) of the Employer or any of its affiliates immediately. 

 

In the case of termination in (c), (d), or (e) above, the Employer will also make a lump-sum payment to Executive within 60 days of Executive’s termination of employment in an amount equal to the amount necessary to pay Executive’s COBRA premiums for continuation of group health insurance coverage for 18 months based on such premiums in effect on the date of Executive’s termination; provided, that Executive shall not be obligated to use such lump-sum payment exclusively for payment of COBRA premiums.

 

The Total Compensation Package and benefits referenced above are collectively referred to herein as “Severance.” Executive acknowledges and agrees that any Severance provided upon termination is in lieu of all damages, payments and liabilities on account of the early termination of this Agreement and is the sole and exclusive remedy for Executive other than rights, if any, to exercise any of the stock options vested prior to such termination and shall only be paid, within 60 days after his separation from service with Employer, subject to Executive’s execution and delivery to Employer, within such 60-day period, of a complete release of all claims Executive may have against the Employer, its officers, directors, agents, employees, predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates. If the 60-day period referred to in the immediately preceding sentence begins in one calendar year and ends in the following calendar year, then the payment shall be made in the latter calendar year.

 

 

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If upon termination of employment Executive chooses to arbitrate any claims pursuant to Section 18, Executive shall be deemed to have waived Executive’s right, if any, to Severance.

 

Termination of the Executive’s employment shall not be deemed to be for Cause, as specified in paragraphs (a) or (b) above, unless and until the Board delivers to the Executive a written notice finding that the Executive has engaged in the conduct described in any of paragraphs (a) or (b) above. Executive shall give 90 days’ prior notice, in writing, to Employer in the event Executive resigns or voluntarily terminates employment or takes early retirement.

 

	
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CHANGE IN CONTROL BENEFITS

 

In the event there is a Change in Control, as defined below, and the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Employer without Cause (other than on account of the Executive’s death or disability), in each case within twelve (12) months either (a) after Executive’s employment has terminated or (b) following a Change in Control, the Executive shall be entitled to be paid, in a single lump sum, severance equal to two times (2.0x) the Executive’s then Total Compensation Package as of the date of the Executive’s termination, provided; that, in the event the Executive’s employment has terminated and Executive has been paid a severance benefit under Section 6 of this Agreement, such change in control benefit under this Section 7 shall be reduced by the amount of the severance benefit previously paid. Executive acknowledges and agrees that such payment is in lieu of all damages, payments and liabilities on account of the early termination of this Agreement and is the sole and exclusive remedy for Executive (other than rights, if any, to exercise any of the stock options vested prior to such termination), and shall only be paid, within 60 days after his separation from service with Employer, subject to Executive’s execution and delivery to Employer, within such 60-day period, of a complete release of all claims Executive may have against the Employer, its officers, directors, agents, employees, predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates. If the 60-day period referred to in the immediately preceding sentence begins in one calendar year and ends in the following calendar year, then the payment shall be made in the latter calendar year. If upon termination of employment Executive chooses to arbitrate any claims pursuant to Section 18, Executive shall be deemed to have waived Executive’s right, if any, to severance.

 

“Change in Control” means a change in the ownership or effective control or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Bank or Company, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); provided, however that (i) an internal reorganization of the Bank or (ii) the placement of the Bank into receivership or conservatorship by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall not constitute a “Change in Control.”

 

Excess Parachute Payment. If any of the payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive (including, without limitation, any payment or benefits received in connection with a Change in Control or the Executive’s termination of employment, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement, or agreement or otherwise) (all such payments collectively referred to herein as the “280G Payments”) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would, but for this Section 7, be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then such 280G Payments shall be reduced in a manner determined by the Employer (by the minimum possible amounts) that is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A until no amount payable to the Executive will be subject to the Excise Tax. If two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but are payable at different times, the amounts shall be reduced (but not below zero) on a pro rata basis.

 

 

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Resignation of All Other Positions. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason, the Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions that the Executive holds as an officer or member of the Board (or a committee thereof) of the Employer or any of its affiliates.

 

	
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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND NONDISCLOSURE

 

	 	
(a)
	
Confidential Information. Employer has and will develop and own certain Confidential Information, which has a great value in its business. Employer also has and will have access to Confidential Information of its Customers.

 

“Customers” shall mean any persons or entities for whom Employer performs services or from whom Employer obtains information. Confidential Information includes information disclosed to Executive during the course of his employment and information developed or learned by Executive during the course of his employment.

 

Confidential Information is broadly defined and includes all information which has or could have commercial value or other utility in Employer’s business or the businesses of Employer’s Customers. Confidential Information also includes all information which could be detrimental to the interests of Employer or its Customers if it were disclosed.

 

By example and without limitation, Confidential Information includes all information concerning loan information, Customer data, including but not limited to Customer and supplier identities, Customer characteristics or agreements and Customer lists, applicant data, employment categories, job classifications, employment histories, job analyses and validations, preferences, credit history, agreements, and any personally identifiable information related to Customers; any information provided to Executive by a Customer, including but not limited to electronic information, documents, software, and trade secrets; historical sales information; advertising and marketing materials and strategies; financial information related to Employer, Customers, Customer’s employees or any other party; labor relations strategies; research and development strategies and results, including new materials research; pending projects and proposals; production processes; scientific or technological data, formulae and prototypes; employee data; pricing and product information; computer data information; inventory levels and products; supplier information and data; testing techniques; processes; formulas; trade secrets; inventions; discoveries; improvements; specifications; data, know-how, and formats; marketing plans; pending projects and proposals; business plans; computer processes; computer programs and codes; technological data; strategies; forecasts; budgets; and projections. 

 

	 	
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Protection of Confidential Information. Executive agrees that at all times during and after his employment by Employer, Executive will keep confidential and not disclose to any third party or make any use of the Confidential Information of Employer or its Customers, except for the benefit of Employer or its Customers and in the course of his employment. In the event Executive is required by law to disclose such information described in this paragraph, Executive will provide Employer and its legal counsel with immediate notice of such request so that Employer may consider seeking a protective order. For purposes of this Agreement, the disclosure of any Confidential Information, at any time except as required by law, shall be considered to be “unfair competition.” Executive also agrees not to remove or permit the removal of Confidential Information from Employer’s place of business without the express written authorization of an officer (other than himself) of Employer or its authorized representative. Executive acknowledges that he is aware that the unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information of Employer or its Customers may be highly prejudicial to their interests, an invasion of privacy, and an improper disclosure of trade secrets and financial information in violation of state and federal law. 

 

 

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Return of Property. In the event Executive’s employment with Employer is terminated (voluntarily or otherwise), Executive agrees to inform Employer of all Employer property, documents and other data relating to his employment which is in his possession and control and to deliver promptly all such property, documents and data to Employer.

 

	 	
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Sanctions for Unauthorized Taking of Trade Secrets. Executive understands that taking of Employer’s trade secrets is a crime under California Penal Code section 449(c) and could also result in civil liability under California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Civil Code sections 3426-3426.11) and that willful misappropriation may result in an award against Executive of triple the amount of the Employer’s damages and Employer’s attorney fees for collecting such damages.

 

	 	
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Notice of Immunity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:

 

	 	
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The Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for any disclosure of a trade secret that: (A) is made (1) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (2) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding.

 

	 	
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If the Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose the Employer’s trade secrets to the Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the Executive: (A) files any document containing trade secrets under seal; and (B) does not disclose trade secrets except pursuant to court order.

 

	 	
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Injunctive Relief. Executive acknowledges that breach of this Section may cause Employer irreparable harm for which money is inadequate compensation. Executive therefore agrees that Employer will be entitled to injunctive relief consistent with Section 18 below, without the necessity of posting a bond, to enforce this Section and this Agreement, in addition to damages and other available remedies, and Executive consents to such injunctive relief in accordance with Section 18 below.

 

	 	
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Solicitation of Bank Customers. Executive agrees that in the event his employment with the Bank shall terminate for any reason, he shall not, for a period of one (1) year, make known to, or call on, solicit or take away, or attempt to call on, solicit or take away on behalf of any person, firm or corporation which is in competition, either directly or indirectly, with the Bank, any existing Customers of the Bank or individuals or entities with whom the Bank is negotiating for the Bank’s services. This provision may be enforced either through injunctive relief in accordance with Section 18 below or specific performance of this Agreement by the Bank. In the event of a Change in Control, Executive shall be unconditionally released from all of his duties and obligations under this paragraph.

 

 

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INDEMNIFICATION

 

To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and the Company’s and the Bank’s bylaws (as may be amended from time to time), Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless Executive in the event that the Executive is made a party or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (a “Proceeding”), other than any Proceeding initiated by the Executive or the Employer related to any contest or dispute between the Executive and the Employer or any of its affiliates with respect to this Agreement or the Executive’s employment hereunder, by reason of the fact that the Executive is or was a director or officer of the Company or the Bank, or any affiliate of the Company or the Bank, from and against any liabilities, costs, claims, expenses, judgments, fines, or settlements, including all costs and expenses incurred in defense of any Proceeding (including attorneys’ fees). Costs and expenses incurred by the Executive in defense of such Proceeding (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) shall be paid by the Employer in advance of the final disposition of such litigation upon receipt by the Employer of: (i) a written request for payment; (ii) appropriate documentation evidencing the incurrence, amount, and nature of the costs and expenses for which payment is being sought; and (iii) an undertaking adequate under applicable law made by or on behalf of the Executive to repay the amounts so paid if it shall ultimately be determined that the Executive is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company or the Bank under this Agreement.

 

Employer or any successor to the Employer shall purchase and maintain, at its own expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage to the Executive on terms that are no less favorable than the coverage provided to other directors and similarly situated executives of the Employer.

 

	
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CLAWBACK PROVISIONS.

 

The Executive agrees that any compensation provided by the Employer to Executive is subject to recoupment or clawback under any applicable clawback or recoupment policy that is generally applicable to the Company’s executives, as may be in effect from time to time, or as required by law.

 

	
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NOTICES

 

Any notice, request, demand, or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be properly given when personally served in writing, when deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, or when communicated to a public telegraph company for transmittal, addressed as follows:

 

	 	
To Employer:
	
Bank of Commerce Holdings
Redding Bank of Commerce 
1901 Churn Creek Road
Redding, California 96002
Attention: Board of Directors

 

	 	
To Executive:
	
Randall S. Eslick 
1901 Churn Creek Road
Redding, California 96002

 

Any party hereto may change its or his address for purposes of this Section by giving notice in accordance herewith.

 

	
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BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

 

	
13.
	
APPLICABLE LAW

 

This Agreement is made and entered into in the State of California, and the laws of said State shall govern the validity and interpretation hereof.

 

 

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14.
	
CAPTIONS AND PARAGRAPH HEADINGS

 

Captions and paragraph headings used herein are for convenience only and are not a part of this Agreement and shall not be used in construing it.

 

	
15.
	
INVALID PROVISIONS

 

Should any provision of this Agreement for any reason be declared invalid, void, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity and binding effect of any remaining portions shall not be affected, and the remaining portions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with said provision eliminated.

 

	
16.
	
ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement and the Salary Continuation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time, between Executive and Employer contain the entire Agreement of the parties and, in consideration for the Employer to enter into this Agreement, supersede any and all other agreements, either oral or in writing, between the parties hereto with respect to the employment of Executive by Employer, except to the extent that it is contemplated that Executive and Employer may enter into one or more agreements relating to equity-based compensation. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no representations, promises, or agreements, oral or otherwise, have been made by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, which is not embodied herein, and that no other agreement, statement, or promise not contained in this Agreement shall be valid or binding. This Agreement may not be modified or amended by oral agreement, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the Employer and Executive.

 

	
17.
	
NEGOTIATION — MEDIATION

 

The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve promptly any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to this contract or any claimed breach thereof by direct negotiation between principals of the parties who have authority to settle the controversy. To facilitate such negotiations, it is agreed that a disputing party shall give the other party written notice of the dispute providing reasonable particularity with respect to all issues deemed to be controverted or disputed. Within ten (10) days after such notice is given, the principals of the parties shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as those individuals reasonably deem necessary, to exchange relevant information and attempt to resolve all disputes.

 

If the disputes have not been resolved within 30 days after the disputing party gives notice, or if the party receiving notice declines to meet, either party may initiate mediation of the controversy, claim or dispute in accordance with the following mediation provisions. Upon failure of the negotiations as set forth above, the parties to this contract agree to mediate any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of this contract or relating to the work undertaken pursuant to this contract prior to resorting to arbitration as hereinafter provided. Mediation is a process in which parties attempt to resolve a dispute by submitting it to an impartial, neutral mediator who is authorized to facilitate the resolution of the dispute, but who is not empowered to impose a settlement on the parties.

 

The parties shall attempt to mutually agree upon an impartial mediator, which mediator shall be appointed jointly and compensated equally by the parties. In the event the parties are unable to agree on an impartial mediator, then and in that event each party shall submit to the other a list with two (2) names of retired judges who will mediate in Shasta County and who have no ongoing professional or business relationship with either of the parties.

 

 

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From the lists, the parties shall, in turn, beginning with the Executive, cross unacceptable names from the list until such time as a potential mediator remains. The potential remaining mediator shall then be contacted to determine if he/she is available and willing to act as mediator. Should none of the original list of mediators be available, new lists shall be prepared and the process again undertaken. 

 

Following mediation or in the event that for any reason no mediation has been held, all disputes, controversies or claims shall be resolved by binding arbitration as hereinafter set forth. If a party commences an arbitration or court action based on a dispute or claim as to which this section applies, without first attempting to resolve the matter through mediation, then and in that event, such party shall not be entitled to recover attorney’s fees, costs or expert fees, even if they would otherwise be available to that party in any such arbitration or court action.

 

	
18.
	
ARBITRATION

 

	 	
(a)
	
Agreement to Arbitrate. To resolve employment disputes in an efficient and cost-effective manner, Employer and Employee agree that any and all claims arising out of or related to Employee’s employment that could be filed in a court of law, including but not limited to, claims of unlawful harassment or discrimination, wrongful demotion, defamation, wrongful discharge, failure to pay wages, breach of contract, or invasion of privacy, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration, and not to any other forum. This agreement also covers any dispute between Employee and any other person or entity that is or was affiliated with Employer, including supervisors, managers, officers, directors, agents, and representatives, in which Employee seeks to hold Employer liable on account of the other person or entity’s conduct.

 

	 	
(b)
	
Initiation of Arbitration. The arbitration process shall be initiated by delivering a written request for arbitration to the other party within the time limits that would apply to the filing of a civil complaint in court. A late request will be void. No claim should be submitted to arbitration without first attempting to resolve the matter informally and exhausting Employer’s internal procedures.

 

	 	
(c)
	
Arbitration Procedures. The arbitration shall take place at a mutually agreed-upon location in Shasta County, California. If Employer and Employee are unable to agree upon a neutral arbitrator, they shall obtain a list of arbitrators from a neutral dispute resolution service, and strike names alternately until one arbitrator remains. The arbitrator shall conduct the arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in the most recent version of the American Arbitration Association’s Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, except to the extent that any such rule or procedure would invalidate the enforceability of this agreement to arbitrate, and to the extent that administration of such rules require the arbitration to be administered by the American Arbitration Association. Regardless of the outcome, Employer shall pay all the costs that are unique to the arbitration forum. The American Arbitration Association modifies its rules from time to time consistent with applicable law and to create an efficient and effective arbitration forum. Therefore, the rules governing this agreement to arbitrate may change from time to time. Both parties agree to be bound by these rules as they may be in effect from time to time, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. A copy of the rules may be found at www.adr.org.

 

	 	
(d)
	
Authority of Arbitrator and Award. The arbitrator shall determine the prevailing party in the arbitration. Costs and attorneys’ fees shall be awarded to the prevailing party in accordance with the same legal standards that would apply had the action been filed in court. The arbitrator shall have the authority to order any legal or equitable remedy that would be available in a civil or administrative action on the claim. The arbitrator shall prepare a brief written decision that includes the essential findings and conclusions upon which the award is based.

 

 

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(e)
	
Additional Proceedings. The parties understand and agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the Federal Arbitration Act and the applicable laws of the State of California. This arbitration shall be the exclusive means of resolving any claim arising out of Employee’s employment, and no action will be filed in any court or other forum. However, nothing in this Agreement will affect National Labor Relations Board, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proceedings, petitions for judicial review of a decision issued after an administrative hearing, or the ability of either party to seek injunctive relief consistent with Federal Arbitration Act and California Code of Civil Procedure sections 1281.8 and 527, or any successor statutes.

 

19.     IRC SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE

 

The severance payments and other benefits under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code by reason of all payments under this Agreement being "short-term deferrals" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4). All provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with preserving this exemption. If Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, and U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A Rules”), then any amounts subject to the Section 409A rules that are otherwise required to be paid to him upon his separation from service (as defined in the Section 409A Rules) shall not be paid until the date that is six (6) months after the date of his separation from service or, if earlier, the date of his death. To the extent that this Agreement provides for the reimbursement of specified expenses incurred, such reimbursement will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (or other applicable plan or policy), but in no event later than the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided by the Company in any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses or in-kind benefits to be reimbursed or provided in any other year.

 

20.     ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

 

In the event of litigation, arbitration or any other action or proceeding between the parties to interpret or enforce this Agreement or any part thereof or otherwise arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs related to any such action or proceeding and its reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and expert witnesses incurred by such party in connection with any such action or proceeding. The prevailing party shall be deemed to be the party which obtains substantially the relief sought by final resolution, compromise or settlement, or as may otherwise be determined by order of a court of competent jurisdiction in the event of litigation, an award or decision of one or more arbitrators in the event of arbitration, or a decision of a comparable official in the event of any other action or proceeding.

 

EXECUTIVE AND EMPLOYER AGREE THAT BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, EXECUTIVE AND EMPLOYER KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE THEIR RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY A JUDGE OR JURY. THE EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HE HAS FULLY READ, UNDERSTANDS AND VOLUNTARILY ENTERS INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY OF HIS CHOICE BEFORE SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT.

 

 

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

 

EMPLOYER:

 

 

	BANK OF COMMERCE HOLDINGS	 	 	REDDING BANK OF COMMERCE	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
/s/ Lyle L. Tullis
	
 
	
 
	
/s/ Lyle L. Tullis
	
 

	
Name:  Lyle L. Tullis
	
 
	
 
	
Name:  Lyle L. Tullis
	
 

	
Title:    Chairman of the Board
	
 
	
 
	
Title:    Chairman of the Board
	
 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE:

 

RANDALL S. ESLICK

 

 

 

	
/s/ Randall S. Eslick
	
 
	
 
	 	
 

	
Randall S. Eslick
	
 
	
 
	 	
 

	 	
 
	
 
	 	
 

 

 

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