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Exhibit 4.4

 

 

ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST

as Issuer

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of July 14, 2006

4.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2036

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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ARTICLE 1

Definitions	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01

	 	Relation to Base Indenture and Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.02

	 	Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 2

Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01

	 	Designation and Amount
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.02

	 	Form of Notes
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.03

	 	Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.04

	 	Reserved
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.05

	 	Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes
	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.06

	 	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions
on Transfer; Depositary
	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.07

	 	Additional Notes; Repurchases
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.08

	 	No Sinking Fund
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.09

	 	Ranking
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 3

Redemption	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01

	 	Right to Redeem
	 	 	12	 
	Section 3.02

	 	Selection of Notes to be Redeemed
	 	 	12	 
	Section 3.03

	 	Notice of Redemption
	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 4

Particular Covenants of the Company	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01

	 	Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	13	 
	Section 4.02

	 	No Limitation on Incurrence of Debt
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 5

Defaults and Remedies	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01

	 	Events of Default
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 6

Supplemental Indentures	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01

	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	14	 
	Section 6.02

	 	Modification and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders
	 	 	14	 
	Section 6.03

	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	15	 

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ARTICLE 7

Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01

	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 8

Exchange of Notes	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01

	 	Exchange
	 	 	15	 
	Section 8.02

	 	Exchange Procedures
	 	 	19	 
	Section 8.03

	 	Reserved
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.04

	 	Adjustment of Exchange Rate
	 	 	23	 
	Section 8.05

	 	Sufficient Shares to be Delivered
	 	 	30	 
	Section 8.06

	 	Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
	 	 	30	 
	Section 8.07

	 	Certain Covenants
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.08

	 	Responsibility of Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.09

	 	Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions
	 	 	32	 
	Section 8.10

	 	Shareholder Rights Plans
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.11

	 	Ownership Limit
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.12

	 	Net Share Settlement Election
	 	 	33	 
	Section 8.13

	 	Registration of Common Shares
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 9

Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01

	 	Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder on Specified Dates
	 	 	34	 
	Section 9.02

	 	Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
ARTICLE 10

Miscellaneous Provisions	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01

	 	Ratification of Base Indenture
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.02

	 	Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.03

	 	Official Acts by Successor Corporation
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.04

	 	Addresses for Notices, Etc
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.05

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.06

	 	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.07

	 	Non-Business Day
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.08

	 	No Security Interest Created
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.09

	 	Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.10

	 	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.11

	 	Execution in Counterparts
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.12

	 	Trustee
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.13

	 	Further Instruments and Acts
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.14

	 	Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.15

	 	Force Majeure
	 	 	43	 

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     THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of July 14, 2006 (the “Third Supplemental
Indenture”), by and between ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST (formerly known Archstone Communities
Trust and prior thereto as Security Capital Pacific Trust and Property Trust of America), a real
estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland having its principal
office at 9200 E. Panorama Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (hereinafter sometimes
called the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor in interest to State Street
Bank and Trust Company), a national banking association having a corporate trust office at 100 Wall
Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, as successor trustee under the Base Indenture (as
defined below)(the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore delivered to the Trustee an indenture dated as of February
1, 1994 (the “Base Indenture”) by and between Property Trust of America (as the Company was
formerly known) and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (as predecessor to State Street Bank
and Trust Company, which became the successor trustee pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture,
as defined below) providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior debt
securities evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness (the “Securities”); and

     WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Base Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any
series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental
to the Base Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of
Securities of any series as provided by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, the terms of the Base Indenture, other than Section 801, Section 1004, Article 12 and
Article 13 thereof, as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture thereto, dated
as of February 2, 1994 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and except as otherwise provided in
this Third Supplemental Indenture, are binding upon the Notes (as defined below) issued pursuant to
this Third Supplemental Indenture (together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental
Indenture, the “Indenture”); and

     WHEREAS, the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture apply only to the Notes (as defined
below), which Notes shall be subject to additional issuances at the discretion of the Company
pursuant to Section 2.07; and

     WHEREAS, the second supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture, dated as of August 2, 2004
(the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), does not apply to the Notes (as defined below); and

     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of
its 4.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2036 (hereinafter referred to as the

 

 

“Notes”), initially in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $575,000,000, and in order
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered, the Company and the board of trustees of Archstone-Smith Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust (“Archstone-Smith Trust”), on behalf of Archstone-Smith Trust, including in
Archstone-Smith Trust’s capacity as the sole trustee of the Company, have each duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, the Notes (including the certificate of authentication to be borne by the Notes), a
form of Put Right Repurchase Notice, a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, a form of
Exchange Notice and a form of assignment and transfer are to be substantially in the forms
hereinafter provided for; and

     WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized Authenticating Agent, as in this
Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute
these presents a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and
acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes
(except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

     Section 1.01 Relation to Base Indenture and Supplemental Indentures.

     (a) This Third Supplemental Indenture shall constitute an Integral part of the Base Indenture.

     (b) Section 801, Section 1004, Article 12 and Article 13 of the Base Indenture shall not apply
to the Notes, and the Second Supplemental Indenture shall not apply to the Notes;

     Section 1.02 Definitions. For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

     (a) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the Base Indenture;

     (b) Terms defined both herein and in the Base Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them herein;

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     (c) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the
corresponding Articles and Sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

     (d) All other terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture, which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date
of the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,”
and words of similar import refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the
plural as well as the singular.

     “Additional Settlement Consideration” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(k).

     “Additional Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(g).

     “Archstone-Smith Trust” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

     “Base Indenture” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

     “Board of Trustees” means the board of trustees of Archstone-Smith Trust, acting on behalf of
Archstone-Smith Trust as the sole trustee of the Company.

     “Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

     “Common Shares” means, subject to Section 8.06, the common shares of beneficial interest of
Archstone-Smith Trust, par value $0.01 per share, at the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture
or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof
and that have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Archstone-Smith Trust and that
are not subject to redemption by Archstone-Smith Trust; provided that if at any time there shall be
more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be
substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all
such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all
such reclassifications.

     “Common Units” means the Class A-1 common units of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per
unit, of the Company.

     “Company” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble, and subject to the provisions of
Article 7, shall include its successors and assigns.

     “Company Put Right Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01(c).

     “Company Put Right Notice Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01(c).

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     “Daily Exchange Value” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the
Observation Period, one-twentieth (1/20) of the product of (a) the applicable Exchange Rate and (b)
the Daily VWAP of the Common Shares (or the Reference Property, if applicable) on such day.

     “Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 20 Trading Days during the Observation Period,
shall consist of:

     (i) cash in an amount equal to the Specified Percentage, multiplied by the
Daily Exchange Value relating to such day or equal to the Specified Amount (or, if
the Company makes the Net Share Settlement Election, cash in an amount equal to not
less than the lower of $50 and the Daily Exchange Value relating to such day); and

     (ii) a number of Common Shares equal to (x) the difference between such Daily
Exchange Value and the Specified Amount (to the extent that the Specified Amount is
greater than zero), divided by (y) the Daily VWAP of the Common Shares for such day.

     “Daily VWAP” for each Common Share means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during
the Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page [ASN<equity> AQR] in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is
unavailable, the market value of one Common Share on such Trading Day as the Board of Trustees
determines in good faith using a volume-weighted method).

     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form, the person specified in the Base Indenture as the Depositary with respect to such Notes,
until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

     “Distributed Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.04(c).

     “Dividend Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.04(d).

     “Effective Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(g)(ii).

     “Event of Default” means, with respect to the Notes, any event specified in Section 5.01,
continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of notice, if any, therein
designated.

     “Ex-Dividend Date” means, (a) with respect to Section 8.01(e), the first date upon which a
sale of a Common Share does not automatically transfer the right to receive the relevant dividend
from the seller of the Common Shares to its buyer, and (b) in all other cases, with respect to any
issuance or distribution on the Common Shares or any other equity security, the first date on which
the Common Shares or such other equity security trade on the applicable exchange or in the
applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

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

     “Exchange Agent” shall mean the Trustee or any successor office or agency where the Notes may
be surrendered for exchange.

     “Exchange Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

     “Exchange Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(a).

     “Exchange Price” means as of any date $1,000 divided by the Exchange Rate as of such date.

     “Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(a).

     “Exchange Trigger Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(c).

     “First Supplemental Indenture” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

     “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to occur upon the consummation of any transaction or
event (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger,
combination, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which more than
50% of the Common Shares are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitutes solely the
right to receive, consideration which is not at least 90% common equity (or American Depositary
Shares representing shares of common equity) that is: (a) listed on, or immediately after the
consummation of such transaction or event, will be listed on, a United States national securities
exchange, or (b) approved, or immediately after such transaction or event will be approved, for
quotation on the Nasdaq Global Market or any similar United States system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices.

     “Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).

     “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(a).

     “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(a)(i).

     “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(a).

     “Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

     “Indenture” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

     “Interest Payment Date” means January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15,
2007.

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     “Last Reported Sale Price” means, with respect to the Common Shares or any other security for
which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined, on any date, the closing sale price per share
of the Common Shares or unit of such other security (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the
average last bid and the average last ask prices) on such date as reported in composite
transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Shares or such other
security is traded or, if the Common Shares or such other security are not listed on a U.S.
national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market. If the Common
Shares or such other security are not listed for trading on a United States national or regional
securities exchange and not reported by the Nasdaq Global Market on the relevant date, the Last
Reported Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid price per Common Share or such other security in
the over-the-counter market on the relevant date, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or
similar organization. If the Common Shares or such other security is not so quoted, the Last
Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the
Common Shares or such other security on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally
recognized independent investment banking firms selected from time to time by the Board of Trustees
for that purpose. The Last Reported Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended
or after hours trading.

     “Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence for more than a one-half hour
period in the aggregate on any scheduled Trading Day for the Common Shares of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the
applicable stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in any options, contracts or future
contracts relating to the Common Shares, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any
time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

     “Maturity Date” means July 15, 2036, unless the Notes are earlier repurchased, exchanged or
redeemed.

     “Measurement Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(b).

     “Merger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.06.

     “Net Share Settlement Election” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.12.

     “Noteholder” or “Holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms, means any person in
whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Security Register.

     “Notice of Exchange” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(c).

     “Observation Period” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including
the second Trading Day after the related Exchange Date in respect of such Note.

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

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     “Put Right Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(b).

     “Put Right Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(b)(i).

     “Put Right Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(b).

     “Record Date,” with respect to the payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.03, and with respect to Section 8.04, shall have the
meaning specified in Section 8.04(f).

     “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c).

     “Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.06(b).

     “Second Supplemental Indenture” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

     “Securities” shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.

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

     “Specified Amount” and “Specified Percentage” mean the aggregate principal amount of Notes, or
percentage thereof, respectively, for which the Company elects to pay cash pursuant to Section 8.01
and Section 8.12 herein; provided that the Company may provide that the Specified Amount or
Specified Percentage for any Trading Day will not be in excess of the Daily Exchange Value.

     “Spin-Off” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.04(c).

     “Share Price” means the price paid per Common Share in connection with a Fundamental Change
pursuant to which Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate as set forth in Section
8.01(e)(ii), which shall be equal to (i) if Holders of Common Shares receive only cash in such
Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per Common Share and (ii) in all other cases, the average
of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the five consecutive Trading Day period
ending on the Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change.

     “Third-Party Financial Institution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(b).

     “Third Supplemental Indenture” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble.

     “Trading Day” means a day during which (i) trading in Common Shares generally occurs, (ii)
there is no Market Disruption Event and (iii) a Last Reported Sale Price for Common Shares (other
than a Last Reported Sale Price referred to in the next to last sentence of such definition) is
available for such day; provided that if the Common Shares is not admitted for trading or quotation
on or by any exchange, bureau or other organization referred to in the

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definition of Last Reported Sale Price (excluding the next to last sentence of that
definition), Trading Date shall mean any Business Day.

     “Trading Price” with respect to the Notes, on any date of determination, means the average of
the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Trustee for $2.0 million principal amount of
Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three
independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided that if
three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but two such bids are obtained, then
the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by
the Trustee, that one bid shall be used. If the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid
for $2.0 million principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares and the Exchange Rate.

     “Trigger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.04(c).

     “Trustee” shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble until a successor trustee shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall
initially serve as the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.

     “Trust Indenture Act” refers to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

ARTICLE 2

Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes

     Section 2.01 Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “4.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due
2036.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Third Supplemental Indenture is initially limited to $575,000,000, subject to Section 2.07 and
except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for,
or in lieu of other Notes pursuant Section 2.06, Section 8.02 and Section 9.02 hereof and Sections
303,304, 305, 306, 906 and 1107 of the Base Indenture.

     Section 2.02 Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes
shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A.

     Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
notations, legends or endorsements as the officers executing the same may approve (execution
thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

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     The Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the Outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
repurchases, exchanges, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of the Global
Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of Outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this
Indenture. Payment of principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Global Note shall be made
to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a Record Date or other means of
determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

     The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto are
incorporated herein and shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Third
Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.

     Section 2.03 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date
specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

     The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Security
Register at the Close of Business on any Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date
shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be
payable at the office of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall
initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company shall pay interest (i) on any Notes
in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in
the Security Register (or upon written application by such Person to the Security Registrar not
later than the relevant record date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such
Person’s account within the United States, if such Person is entitled to interest on an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $1,000,000) or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The term “Record
Date” with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall mean the January 1 or July 1 preceding the
applicable January 15 or July 15 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

     Section 2.04 Reserved.Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name
and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman or Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, President, any of its Executive or Senior Vice
Presidents, Managing Director, or any of its Vice Presidents (whether or not designated by a number
or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”).

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     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental
Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication,
together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further
action by the Company hereunder.

     Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee
(or an Authenticating Agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 611 of the Base
Indenture), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Third Supplemental Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an Authenticating Agent) upon
any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of
this Third Supplemental Indenture.

     In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be
such officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date
of the execution of such Note, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of
the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

     Section 2.06 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer;
Depositary.

     (a) The Company shall provide for the registration of transfers or exchange of the Notes in
the Security Register. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Security
Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in
this Section 2.06, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may
be required by this Third Supplemental Indenture (if any).

     Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes
which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding.

     All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or
exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any
co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Noteholder thereof or his
attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.

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     No service charge shall be charged to the Noteholder for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection therewith.

     None of the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any co-registrar shall be required
to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes surrendered for exchange or, if a portion of
any Note is surrendered for exchange, such portion thereof surrendered for exchange or (b) any
Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn), in accordance with
Article 9 hereof.

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

     (b) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless
otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in global form
(each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note, which does not involve the
issuance of a definitive Note, shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the
Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

     Section 2.07 Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, without the consent of the Noteholders and
notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen the Notes and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same
terms and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes initially issued hereunder in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount, which will form the same series with the Notes initially issued
hereunder, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued unless fungible with the Notes
initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company may also from time to
time repurchase the Notes in open market purchases or negotiated transactions without prior notice
to Noteholders.

     Section 2.08 No Sinking Fund. The provisions of Article Twelve of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to
the Notes. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

     Section 2.09 Ranking. The Notes constitute a senior unsecured general obligation of the Company, ranking equally
with other existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and
ranking senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of the Company that is expressly made
subordinate to the Notes by the terms of such indebtedness.

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ARTICLE 3

Redemption

     Section 3.01 Right to Redeem.

     (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Base Indenture, as modified by this Third
Supplemental Indenture, to the contrary, the Company may redeem the Notes at any time, in whole but
not in part, in order to preserve the status of Archstone-Smith Trust as a real estate investment
trust under the Code.

     (b) The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes from time to time in whole or in part on
or after July 18, 2011 if the Company has made at least 10 semi-annual interest payments (including
the interest payments on January 15, 2007, and July 15, 2011) in the full amount required by this
Indenture; provided that the Company may not provide notice of a redemption of Notes at the
Company’s option that specifies that the Company will settle exchanges of Notes prior to such
redemption in cash, Common Shares or a combination thereof unless, at the time of such notice, the
Company has available to it sufficient registered Common Shares to satisfy its Exchange Obligation
in respect of the Notes to be redeemed.

     (c) Any redemption of Notes shall be at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date (the “Redemption Price”); provided, however, that the Company may deduct from such Redemption
Price any amount required to be deducted and withheld under applicable law.

     Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to be Redeemed.

     (a) The provisions of Section 1103 of the Base Indenture shall govern the selection of Notes
to be redeemed by the Trustee; provided, however, that if less than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes of that series Outstanding and not
previously called for redemption, by lot, or in its discretion, on a pro rata basis.

     (b) If any Note selected for partial redemption is exchanged in part before termination of the
exchange right with respect to the portion of the Note so selected, the exchanged portion of such
Note shall be deemed to be part of the portion selected for redemption. Notes which have been
exchanged subsequent to the Trustee commencing selection of Notes to be redeemed but prior to
redemption of such Notes shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such
selection.

     Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. The provisions of Section 1104 of the Base Indenture shall govern notices of
redemption of the Notes; provided, however, that in addition to the information specified in
Section 1104 of the Base Indenture, notices of redemption of the Notes shall also state:

     (a) the then-current Exchange Price;

     (b) the name and address of the Exchange Agent; and

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     (c) that Holders who wish to exchange Notes must surrender such Notes for exchange no later
than the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date and
must satisfy the other requirements set forth herein.

ARTICLE 4

Particular Covenants of the Company

     Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. (a) Section 307 and Section 1001 of the Base Indenture shall
apply to the Notes; provided, however, that, with respect to any Noteholder with an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $1,000,000, at the application of such Holder in writing to the
Security Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, accrued and unpaid interest on such
Holder’s Notes shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Holder’s
account in the United States supplied by such Holder from time to time to the Trustee and Paying
Agent (if different from Trustee); provided further that payment of accrued and unpaid interest
made to the Depositary shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds in accordance
with such wire transfer instructions and other procedures provided by the Depositary from time to
time.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.01(b), a Holder of any Notes at the Close
of Business on a Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Notes on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Notes as of a Record Date that are exchanged
after the Close of Business on such Record Date and prior to the opening of business on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive interest on the principal amount
of such Notes, notwithstanding the exchange of such Notes prior to such Interest Payment Date.
However, a Holder that surrenders any Notes for exchange between the Close of Business on a Record
Date and the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be required to
pay the Company an amount equal to the interest payable by the Company with respect to such Notes
on such Interest Payment Date at the time such Holder surrenders such Securities for exchange,
provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply to a Holder that converts Securities:

     (i) in respect of which the Company has given notice of redemption pursuant to
Section 3.03 on a Redemption Date that is after the relevant Record Date and on or
prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date; or

     (ii) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at
the time of exchange with respect to such Notes.

     Accordingly, a Holder that converts Notes under any of the circumstances described in clauses
(i) or (ii) above will not be required to pay to the Company an amount equal to the interest
payable by the Company with respect to such Notes on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

     Section 4.02 No Limitation on Incurrence of Debt.. The provisions of Section 1004 of the Base Indenture
shall not be applicable to the Notes.

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ARTICLE 5

Defaults and Remedies

     Section 5.01 Events of Default. The provisions of Sections 501(3), (5) and (6) of the Base Indenture shall not
be applicable to the Notes. As contemplated under Section 501(9) of the Base Indenture, the
following events, in addition to the events described in Sections 501(1), (2),(4), (7) and (8) of
the Base Indenture, shall be Events of Default with respect to the Notes:

     (a) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to exchange the Notes into cash,
Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, upon exercise of a
Holder’s exchange right, and such failure continues for a period of 10 days;

     (b) failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with
Section 9.02(b) when due, and such failure continues for a period of two days;

     (c) default by the Company in the payment of an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$50,000,000 on any evidence of indebtedness of the Company or any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument of the Company under which the indebtedness is issued or by which the indebtedness is
secured, such default having occurred after the expiration of any applicable grace period and
having resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of the indebtedness, but only if the
indebtedness is not discharged or the acceleration is not rescinded or annulled; and

     (d) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of one or more judgments, orders or decrees
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount, excluding amounts fully
covered by insurance, in excess of $50,000,000 and such judgments, orders or decrees remain
undischarged, unstayed and unsatisfied in an aggregate amount, excluding amounts fully covered by
insurance, in excess of $50,000,000 for a period of 30 consecutive days.

ARTICLE 6

Supplemental Indentures

     Section 6.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. The provisions of Section 901 of the Base
Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.

     Section 6.02 Modification and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders. The provisions of Section 902 of the Base
Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a
Resolution of the Board of Trustees, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental to this Indenture, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of Notes and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected
thereby, modify this Indenture in any manner specified in Section 902 of the Base Indenture or, in
addition thereto, either of the following:

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     (a) make any change that adversely affects the exchange rights of any Notes; or

     (b) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or Put Right Repurchase
Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes the
Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in
the covenants, definitions or otherwise.

     Section 6.03 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 Notes theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and of any coupon appertaining thereto
shall be bound thereby.

ARTICLE 7

Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease

     Section 7.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Section 801 of the Base Indenture shall not be
applicable to the Notes and in its place and stead the following provision shall be applicable:

     The Company may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its
assets to, or merge with or into any other entity, provided that in any such case, (1) either the
Company, Archstone-Smith Trust or another Person controlled by Archstone-Smith Trust shall be the
continuing entity, or the successor entity, if other than the Company, formed by or resulting from
the transaction shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and such successor entity shall expressly assume the due
and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest
(including any Additional Amounts, if any) on the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture, to be
performed by the Company, in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the
Trustee by such entity; immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result
thereof as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction,
no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become
an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and (3) an Officers’ Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel covering such conditions shall have been delivered to the Trustee. Upon such
consolidation, merger or transfer, the successor entity shall succeed to and may exercise every
right and power of the Company under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 8

Exchange of Notes

     Section 8.01 Exchange.

     (a) Subject to the conditions described in clauses (b) through (f) below and to Section 8.11,
and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 8, a Holder of Notes shall have the right,
at such Holder’s option, to exchange all or any portion (if the portion to be exchanged is

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$1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Notes at any time prior to
the Close of Business on the scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding July 18, 2011 at a rate
(the “Exchange Rate”) of 15.7206 Common Shares (subject to adjustment by the Company as provided in
Section 8.04) per $1,000 principal amount Note (the “Exchange Obligation”) under the circumstances
and during the periods set forth below. On and after July 18, 2011, regardless of the conditions
described in clause (b) through (f) below, upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 8
and subject to Section 8.11 and 8.12, a Noteholder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option,
to exchange all or any portion (if the portion to be exchanged is $1,000 principal amount or an
integral multiple thereof) of such Note at any time prior to the Close of Business on the scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

     (b) A Holder of Notes shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to exchange its Notes
prior to July 18, 2011, during the five Business Day period immediately after any ten consecutive
Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes for each day of such Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on such date and the Exchange Rate on such date, all
as determined by the Trustee (except the Trading Price). The Trustee shall have no obligation to
determine the Trading Price of the Notes. The Company shall request that a third-party nationally
recognized financial institution authorized to do business in the United States of America other
than the Trustee (the “Third-Party Financial Institution”), determine the Trading Price of the
Notes and provide such determination to both the Company and the Trustee in writing; provided that
the Company shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Noteholder or group of
Noteholders representing at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes provides the
Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes
would be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price at such time and the
then-applicable Exchange Rate, at which time the Company shall instruct the Third-Party Financial
Institution to determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on
each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes is
greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price on such date and the
then-applicable Exchange Rate. If the Trading Price condition set forth above has been met, the
Company shall so notify the Noteholders. If at any time after the Trading Price condition set
forth above has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than
98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price on such date and the then-applicable Exchange
Rate, the Company shall so notify the Noteholders.

     (c) A Holder of Notes shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to exchange Notes during
any calendar quarter after the quarter ended September 30, 2006, and only during such calendar
quarter, if the Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Shares for at least 20 Trading Days during
the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the previous calendar
quarter exceeds 130% of the Exchange Price (the “Exchange Trigger Price”) on such last Trading Day,
which Exchange Price shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with this Article 8. The Company
shall employ a Third-Party Financial Institution to determine at the beginning of each calendar
quarter whether the Notes are exchangeable as a result of the price of Common Shares, and such
Third-Party Financial Institution shall notify the Company and Trustee of its determination.

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     (d) In the event that the Company has delivered a notice of redemption in accordance with
Section 1104 of the Base Indenture and Section 3.03 of this Third Supplemental Indenture to the
Holders of Notes, a Holder of Notes may exchange Notes at any time prior to the Close of Business
on the second Business Day immediately preceding the corresponding Redemption Date; provided,
however, that a Holder who has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a
Note may not exchange such Note until the Holder has withdrawn the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice in accordance with the terms of the Note and this Third Supplemental Indenture.

     (e) (i) In the event that the Company or Archstone-Smith Trust elects to:

     (A) distribute to all or substantially all Holders of Common Shares
rights entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring within 60 days
after the Record Date for such distribution, Common Shares at a price less
than the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares for the Trading Day
immediately preceding the declaration date of such distribution; or

     (B) distribute to all or substantially all Holders of Common Shares,
assets or debt securities of the Company or Archstone-Smith Trust or rights
to purchase the Company’s or Archstone-Smith Trust’s securities, which
distribution has a per share value (as determined by the Board of Trustees)
exceeding 15% of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on the
day immediately preceding the date of declaration of such distribution,

then, in either case, Holders may surrender the Notes for exchange at any time on and after
the date that the Company provides notice to Holders referred to in the next sentence until
the earlier of the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution or the date the Company announces that such
distribution will not take place. The Company shall notify Holders of any distribution
referred to in either clause (A) or clause (B) above and of the resulting exchange right no
later than the tenth Business Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

     (ii) If the Company is a party to any transaction or event that constitutes a
Fundamental Change, a Holder may surrender Notes for exchange at any time from and
after the 30th scheduled Trading Day prior to the anticipated Effective Date of such
transaction or event until the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and, upon
such surrender, the Holder shall be entitled to the increase in the Exchange Rate,
if any, specified in Section 8.01(g). The Company shall give notice to all record
Noteholders and the Trustee no later than 30 scheduled Trading Days prior to the
anticipated Effective Date of such transaction and issue a press release of the
Fundamental Change no later than 45 scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated
effective date of the Fundamental Change.

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     (iii) If Archstone-Smith Trust is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding
share exchange or sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of its properties
and assets, in each case pursuant to which the Common Shares would be converted into
cash, securities and/or other property, then the Holders shall have the right to exchange Notes at any time beginning fifteen
calendar days prior to the date announced by the Company as the anticipated
effective date of the transaction and until and including the date that is fifteen
calendar days after the date that is the effective date of such transaction;
provided such transaction does not otherwise constitute a Fundamental Change to
which the provisions of Section 8.01(e)(ii) shall apply. The Company will notify
Holders of Notes at least 20 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date
of such transaction. If the Board of Trustees determines the anticipated effective
date of the transaction, such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the
Holders.

     (f) The Notes shall be exchangeable at any time beginning on the first Business Day after any
30 consecutive Trading Day period during which Common Shares are not listed on either a U.S.
national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market.

(g) (i) If a Noteholder elects to exchange Notes in connection with a Fundamental Change
that occurs prior to July 18, 2011, the Exchange Rate applicable to each $1,000 principal
amount of Notes so exchanged shall be increased by an additional number of Common Shares
(the “Additional Shares”) as described below. Settlement of Notes tendered for exchange to
which Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate as provided in this subsection
shall be settled pursuant to Section 8.02 below, as applicable. For purposes of this
Section 8.01(g), an exchange shall be deemed to be “in connection with” a Fundamental Change
to the extent that the related exchange notice is delivered during the time period beginning
on the 30th Trading Day prior to the anticipated Effective Date of such Fundamental Change
and ending on the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, inclusive (regardless of
whether the provisions of clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this Section 8.01 shall apply
to such exchange). Such exchange notice shall indicate that the Holder of Notes has elected
to exchange Notes in connection with a Fundamental Change; provided, however, that the
failure to so indicate shall not in any way affect the Exchange Obligation or the right of
such Holder to receive Additional Shares in connection with such exchange.

     (ii) The number of Additional Shares by which the Exchange Rate will be
increased shall be determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A
hereto, based on the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes
effective (the “Effective Date”), and the Share Price; provided, that if the Share
Price is between two Share Price amounts in the table or the Effective Date is
between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares shall be
determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares
set forth for the next higher and next lower Share Price amounts and the two nearest
Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; provided further that if
(1) the Share Price is greater than $85.00 per Common Share (subject to adjustment
in the same manner as set forth in Section 8.04), no Additional Shares will be added
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less than $52.14 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as set forth in Section 8.04), no Additional Shares
will be added to the Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will
the total number of Common Shares issuable upon exchange exceed 19.1791 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to
adjustment in the same manner as set forth in Section 8.04).

     (iii) The Share Prices set forth in the first row of the table in Schedule A
hereto shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Exchange Rate of the Notes is
adjusted. The adjusted Share Prices shall equal the Share Prices applicable
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise
to the Share Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate as
so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares within the table shall be adjusted in
the same manner as the Exchange Rate as set forth in Section 8.04 (other than by
operation of an adjustment to the Exchange Rate by adding Additional Shares).

     Section 8.02 Exchange Procedures.

     (a) Subject to Section 8.02(b) and Section 8.12, the Company will satisfy the Exchange
Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered for exchange in
cash, fully paid Common Shares or a combination thereof, as applicable, by delivering, on the third
Trading Day immediately following the last day of the related Observation Period, cash, Common
Shares or a combination thereof, as applicable, equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts
for each of the 20 Trading Days during the related Observation Period; provided that (i) the
Company will deliver cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares as set forth pursuant to clause (k)
below; (ii) if the Company elects to settle an exchange of notes only in Common Shares, such
settlement will occur as soon as practicable after the Company notifies the Holders of the Notes
that it has chosen such method of settlement, but in any event within three Business Days of the
relevant Exchange Date; and (iii) the Company will inform exchanging Holders by notice to the
Trustee no later than two Trading Days beginning on and including the Exchange Date if the Company
elects to pay cash upon exchange of the Notes and will specify in such notice the amount or
percentage of Notes for which cash will be paid; provided that the Company may provide that the
Specified Amount or Specified Percentage for any Trading Day will not be in excess of the Daily
Exchange Value. The Daily Settlement Amounts shall be determined by the Company promptly following
the last day of the Observation Period.

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 8.02(a), the Company shall satisfy the Exchange Obligation with
respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for exchange to which Additional Shares
shall be added to the Exchange Rate as set forth in Section 8.01(g) pursuant to this clause (b).

     (i) If the last day of the applicable Observation Period related to Notes
surrendered for exchange is prior to the third Trading Day preceding the Effective
Date of the Fundamental Change, the Company will satisfy the related Exchange
Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for

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exchange as described in Section 8.02(b)(ii) by delivering the amount of cash,
Common Shares or a combination thereof, as applicable (based on the Exchange Rate,
but without regard to the number of Additional Shares to be added to the Exchange
Rate pursuant to Section 8.01(g)) on the third Trading Day immediately following the
last day of the applicable Observation Period. As soon as practicable following the
Effective Date of the Fundamental Change, the Company will deliver the increase in
such amount of cash and Reference Property deliverable in lieu of Common Shares, if
any, as if the Exchange Rate had been increased by such number of Additional Shares
during the related Observation Period (and based upon the related Daily VWAP prices
during such Observation Period). If such increased amount of cash and shares, if
any, results in an increase to the amount of cash to be paid to Holders, the Company
will pay such increase in cash, and if such increased amount results in an increase
to the number of Common Shares, the Company will deliver such increase by delivering
Reference Property based on such increased number of shares.

     (ii) If the last day of the applicable Observation Period related to Notes
surrendered for exchange is on or following the third scheduled Trading Day
preceding the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, the Company will satisfy
the Exchange Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes
tendered for exchange as described in Section 8.01(e)(i) (based on the Exchange Rate
as increased by the Additional Shares pursuant to Section 8.01(g) above) on the
later to occur of (x) the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change and (y) the third
Trading Day immediately following the last day of the applicable Observation Period.

     (c) Before any holder of a Note shall be entitled to exchange the same as set forth above,
such holder shall (1) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in
effect at that time and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest
Payment Date to which such holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 8.02(i) and, if required,
pay all taxes or duties, if any, and (2) in the case of a Note issued in certificated form, (a)
complete and manually sign and deliver an irrevocable written notice to the Exchange Agent in the
form on the reverse of such certificated Note (or a facsimile thereof) (a “Notice of Exchange”) at
the office of the Exchange Agent and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Notes
to be exchanged and the name or names (with addresses) in which such holder wishes the certificate
or certificates for any Common Shares, if any, to be delivered upon settlement of the Exchange
Obligation to be registered, (b) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank
(and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Exchange
Agent, (c) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to
which such holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 8.02(i), and (d) if required, pay all
taxes or duties, if any. A Note shall be deemed to have been exchanged immediately prior to the
Close of Business on the date (the “Exchange Date”) that the Holder has complied with the
requirements set forth in this Section 8.02(c).

     No Notice of Exchange with respect to any Notes may be tendered by a holder thereof if such
holder has also tendered a Put Right Repurchase Notice or a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
and not validly withdrawn such Put Right Repurchase Notice or Fundamental

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Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 9.01 or 9.02, as the case may be.

     If more than one Note shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same holder, the
Exchange Obligation with respect to such Notes, if any, that shall be payable upon exchange shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions
thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.

     (d) Delivery of the amounts owing in satisfaction of the Exchange Obligation shall be made by
the Company in no event later than the date specified in Section 8.02(a), except to the extent
specified in Section 8.02(b). The Company shall make such delivery by paying the cash amount owed
to the Exchange Agent or to the Holder of the Note surrendered for exchange, or such Holder’s
nominee or nominees, and by issuing, or causing to be issued, and delivering to the Exchange Agent
or to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer
through the Depositary for the number of full Common Shares to which such Holder shall be entitled
as part of such Exchange Obligation (together with any cash in lieu of fractional shares).

     (e) In case any Note shall be surrendered to the Trustee for partial exchange (along with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsements from such Holder, or written instruments
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his attorney-in-fact), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to such
Holder, a new Note or Notes containing identical terms and conditions to the Outstanding Notes in
authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unexchanged portion of the
surrendered Note.

     (f) If a Holder submits a Note for exchange, the Company shall pay all documentary, stamp and
other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any political subdivision
thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to the issuance of Common Shares, if
any, upon the exchange. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax that is due because the Holder
requests any Common Shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Exchange Agent
may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Shares being issued in a name other
than the Holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due
because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Exchange Agent may
refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Shares being issued in a name other than
the holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due
because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the holder’s name. Nothing herein shall
preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations.

     (g) Except as provided in Section 8.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any
shares issued upon the exchange of any Note as provided in this Article.

     (h) Upon the exchange of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Custodian at the
direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in

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the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any
exchange of Notes effected through any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee.

     (i) Upon exchange, a Noteholder will not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and
unpaid interest, except as set forth below. The Company’s settlement of its Exchange Obligation as
described above shall be deemed to satisfy its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note
and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Exchange Date. As a result, accrued and
unpaid interest to, but not including, the Exchange Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather
than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if Notes are
exchanged after the Close of Business on a Record Date, Holders of such Notes as of the Close of
Business on the Record Date will receive the interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the exchange. Notes surrendered for exchange during the period from the Close
of Business on any regular Record Date to the opening of business on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on the Notes
so exchanged; provided, however, that no such payment need be made (1) if the Company has called
the Notes for redemption or (2) to the extent of any overdue interest existing at the time of
exchange with respect to such Note. Except as described above, no payment or adjustment will be
made for accrued interest on exchanged Notes.

     (j) The Person in whose name the certificate for any Common Shares issued upon exchange is
registered shall be treated as a Holder of such Common Shares of record on and after the Exchange
Date; provided, however, that no surrender of Notes on any date when the share transfer books of
the Company shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to
receive the Common Shares upon such exchange as the record Holder or Holders of such Common Shares
on such date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to
receive such Common Shares as the record Holder or Holders thereof for all purposes at the Close of
Business on the next succeeding day on which such share transfer books are open; such exchange
shall be at the Exchange Rate in effect on the date that such Notes shall have been surrendered for
exchange, as if the share transfer books of the Company had not been closed. Upon exchange of
Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Noteholder.

     (k) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes, no Holder of Notes shall be entitled to
exchange such Notes for Common Shares if and to the extent that the Company has not received such
Common Shares from Archstone-Smith Trust. If the Company is unable to deliver shares to any Holder
of Notes as described above, the Company will at the Company’s option either pay cash to such
Holder in lieu of the Common Shares otherwise deliverable, or issue to such Holder a number of the
Company’s Common Units equal to the shortfall in the number of Common Shares otherwise deliverable,
with such Common Units having all the rights and privileges provided in the Company’s declaration
of trust as in effect on the date of issuance of such Common Units including the right by, and at
Archstone-Smith Trust’ election, to have such units redeemed for cash in an amount equal to the
fair market value of an equal number of Common Shares or for an equal number of Common Shares.

     If the Company elects to deliver (x) Common Shares pursuant to clause (ii)(B) of the
definition of “Daily Settlement Amount” and such Common Shares constitute “Restricted

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Securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (y) the Company’s Common Units in lieu of Common
Shares pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall issue to the Holder an
additional 0.03 Common Shares or 0.03 shares of the Company’s Common Units, as applicable, for each
Common Share that would otherwise have been due upon exchange (the “Additional Settlement
Consideration”). Any Additional Settlement Consideration shall be delivered at the time of the
delivery of the Common Shares that would otherwise have been due upon exchange.

     (l) No fractional Common Shares shall be issued upon exchange of any Note or Notes. If more
than one Note shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares that shall be issued upon exchange thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any
fractional Common Share that would otherwise be issued upon exchange of any Note or Notes (or
specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction
(calculated to the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common
Shares on the last day of the applicable Observation Period.

     Section 8.03 Reserved.

     Section 8.04 Adjustment of Exchange Rate. The Exchange Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company
as follows:

     (a) In case Archstone-Smith Trust shall issue Common Shares as a dividend or distribution to
Holders of the outstanding Common Shares, or shall effect a subdivision into a greater number of
Common Shares or combination into a lower number of Common Shares, the Exchange Rate shall be
adjusted based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	ER’ = ER0      x  	 	OS’	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	OS0	 	 	 	 

where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such event;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such event;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	OS0

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior
to such event; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	OS’

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after
such event.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day following the Record Date fixed for such determination. If any dividend or
distribution of the type described in this Section 8.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or
the outstanding Common Shares are not subdivided or combined, as the case may be, the Exchange Rate
shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Trustees determines not to
pay such dividend or distribution, or subdivide or combine the outstanding

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Common Shares, as the case may be, to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination had not been declared.

     (b) In case Archstone-Smith Trust shall issue to all or substantially all Holders of its
outstanding Common Shares rights, warrants or convertible securities entitling them (for a period
expiring within sixty (60) calendar days after the issuance thereof) to subscribe for or purchase
Common Shares at a price per share less than the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on
the Business Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Exchange Rate
shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 ER’
= ER0   x
	 	OS0 + X
 

OS0 + Y
	 	 

where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such event;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such event;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	OS0

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior
to such event;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	X

	 	=
	 	 the total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such
rights, warrants or convertible securities; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Y

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares equal to the aggregate price
payable to exercise such rights, warrants or convertible
securities divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of Common Shares over the ten consecutive Trading
Day period ending on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Record Date (or, if later, the Ex-Dividend Date) for
the issuance of such rights, warrants or convertible
securities.

Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights, warrants or convertible
securities are issued and shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the Business Day following the date fixed for such determination. If such rights, warrants or
convertible securities are not so exercised prior to their expiration, the Exchange Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such
distribution had not been fixed.

     In determining whether any rights, warrants or convertible securities entitle the Holders to
subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at less than such Last Reported Sale Price, and in
determining the aggregate offering price of such Common Shares, there shall be taken into account
any consideration received by Archstone-Smith Trust for such rights, warrants or convertible
securities and any amount payable on exercise or exchange thereof, the value of such consideration,
if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Trustees.

     (c) In case Archstone-Smith Trust shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or
substantially all Holders of its Common Shares any class of beneficial interest of Archstone-Smith
Trust (other than Common Shares as covered by Section 8.04(a)), evidences of its indebtedness or
other assets or property of Archstone-Smith Trust (including securities, but

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excluding dividends, distributions, rights and warrants covered by Section 8.04(a), Section 8.04(b) or Section 8.04(d)
and distributions described below in this paragraph (c) with respect to Spin-Offs) (any of such
shares of beneficial interest, indebtedness, or other asset or property hereinafter in this Section
8.04(c) called the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case the Exchange Rate shall be
adjusted based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 ER’
= ER0   x
	 	SP0
 

SP0 — FMV
	 	 

where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SP0

	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares
over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Record Date for such distribution
(or, if earlier, the Ex-Dividend Date); and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	FMV

	 	=
	 	the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Trustees) of
the shares of beneficial interest, evidences of indebtedness,
assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding
Common Share on the Record Date for such distribution (or, if
earlier, the Ex-Dividend Date).

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day following the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive
such distribution; provided that if the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of
the Distributed Property so distributed applicable to one Common Share is equal to or greater than
SP0 as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so
that each Noteholder shall have the right to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes
upon exchange, the amount of Distributed Property such Holder would have received had such Holder
owned a number of Common Shares equal to the Exchange Rate on the Record Date. If such dividend or
distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Exchange
Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If the
Board of Trustees determines the fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this Section
8.04(c) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in
doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in determining SP0 above.

     With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 8.04(c) where there has been a payment
of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Shares of or other beneficial interests in
Archstone-Smith Trust, or on any class or series of stock of or similar beneficial interest in or
relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit thereof (a “Spin-Off”), the Exchange Rate in effect
immediately before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Record Date fixed for determination of
shareholders entitled to receive the distribution will be increased based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 ER’
= ER0   x
	 	FMV0 + MP0
 

MP0
	 	 

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where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	FMV0

	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the beneficial
interests distributed to Holders of Common Shares applicable to
one Common Share over the first ten consecutive Trading Day period
after the effective date of the Spin-Off; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MP0

	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Shares over
the first ten consecutive Trading Day period after the effective
date of the Spin-Off.

Such adjustment shall occur on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date of the
Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any exchange within the ten Trading Days following any
Spin-Off, references within this paragraph (c) to ten days shall be deemed replaced with such lower
number of Trading Days as have elapsed between such Spin-Off and the Exchange Date in determining
the applicable Exchange Rate.

     Rights or warrants distributed by Archstone-Smith Trust to all Holders of Common Shares,
entitling the Holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Archstone-Smith Trust’s
beneficial interests, including Common Shares (either initially or under certain circumstances),
which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”):
(i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Shares; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are
also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Shares, shall be deemed not to have been
distributed for purposes of this Section 8.04 (and no adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this
Section 8.04 will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such
rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any
is required) to the Exchange Rate shall be made under this Section 8.04(c). If any such right or
warrant, including any such existing rights or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Third
Supplemental Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights or warrants
become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets,
then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of
distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights or warrants with such rights (and a
termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants without exercise by any of the Holders
thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or
warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence)
with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which
an adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this Section 8.04 was made, (1) in the case of any such
rights or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any Holders
thereof, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give
effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash
distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a Holder or Holders
of Common Shares with respect to such rights or warrants (assuming such Holder had retained such
rights or warrants), made to

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all Holders of Common Shares as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (2) in
the case of such rights or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by
any Holders thereof, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not
been issued.

     For purposes of this Section 8.04(c), Section 8.04(a) and Section 8.04(b), any dividend or
distribution to which this Section 8.04(c) is applicable that also includes Common Shares to which
Section 8.04(a) applies or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares to which
Section 8.04(b) applies (or both), shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of
the evidences of indebtedness, assets or shares of beneficial interests other than such Common
Shares or rights or warrants to which Section 8.04(c) applies (and any Exchange Rate adjustment
required by this Section 8.04(c) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made)
immediately followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such Common Shares or such rights or
warrants (and any further Exchange Rate adjustment required by Section 8.04(a) and Section 8.04(b)
with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made), except (A) the Record Date of
such dividend or distribution shall be substituted as “the Record Date” and “the date fixed for
such determination” within the meaning of Section 8.04(a) and Section 8.04(b) and (B) any Common
Shares included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed “outstanding immediately prior
to such event” within the meaning of Section 8.04(a).

     (d) In case Archstone-Smith Trust shall pay a dividend or make a distribution consisting
exclusively of cash to all or substantially all Holders of its Common Shares to the extent that the
aggregate of all such cash dividends or distributions paid in any quarter exceeds the Dividend
Threshold Amount for such quarter, the Exchange Rate shall be adjusted based on the following
formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 ER’
= ER0    x 
	 	SP0 — T
 

SP0 — C
	 	 

where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to
the Record Date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the
Record Date for such distribution;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SP0

	 	=
	 	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
the Common Shares over the period of ten
consecutive Trading Days ending the Business Day
immediately preceding the Record Date (as defined
in clause (f) of this Section) for such
distribution (or, if earlier, the Ex-Dividend date
relating to such distribution); and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	T

	 	=
	 	the dividend threshold amount (“Dividend Threshold
Amount”), which amount shall initially be $0.435
per quarter and which shall be appropriately
adjusted from time to time for any share dividends
on, or subdivisions or combinations of, Common
Shares; provided, that if an Exchange Rate
adjustment is required to be made as a result of a
distribution that is not a quarterly dividend
either in whole or in part, the

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	 	 	 	Dividend Threshold
Amount shall be deemed to be zero; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	C

	 	=
	 	the amount in cash per share that Archstone-Smith
Trust distributes to Holders of Common Shares.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided that if the portion of the cash so
distributed applicable to one Common Share is equal to or greater than SP0 above, in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Noteholder shall have the right
to receive upon exchange of a Note (or any portion thereof) the amount of cash such Holder would
have received had such Holder owned a number of shares equal to the Exchange Rate on the Record
Date. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall again be
adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had
not been declared.

     For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 8.04(d), in the event of any
reclassification of the Common Shares, as a result of which the Notes become exchangeable into more
than one class of Common Shares, if an adjustment to the Exchange Rate is required pursuant to this
Section 8.04(d), references in this Section to one Common Share or Last Reported Sale Price of one
Common Share shall be deemed to refer to a unit or to the price of a unit consisting of the number
of shares of each class of Common Shares into which the Notes are then exchangeable equal to the
number of shares of such class issued in respect of one Common Share in such reclassification. The
above provisions of this paragraph shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications.

     (e) In case Archstone-Smith Trust or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a
tender offer or exchange offer for all or any portion of the Common Shares, to the extent that the
cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Common Share exceeds the Last
Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which
tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended),
the Exchange Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	ER’ = ER0     x
	 	AC + (SP’ x OS’)
  

SP’ x OS  0 
	 	  

where

	 	 	 	 	 
	ER0

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect on the date such
tender or exchange offer expires;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ER’

	 	=
	 	 the Exchange Rate in effect on the day next
succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	AC

	 	=
	 	 the aggregate value of all cash and any other
consideration (as determined by the Board of
Trustees) paid or payable for shares purchased in
such tender or exchange offer;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	OS0

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the date

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	 	 	 	such tender or exchange offer expires;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	OS’

	 	=
	 	 the number of Common Shares outstanding
immediately after the date such tender or exchange
offer expires; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SP’

	 	=
	 	 the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
Common Shares over the ten consecutive Trading Day
period commencing on the Trading Day next
succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires,

such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer. If the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or
exchange offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting all or
any such purchases or all or any portion of such purchases are rescinded, the Exchange Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange
offer had not been made or had only been made in respect of the purchases that had been effected.
No adjustment to the Exchange Rate will be made if the application of the foregoing formula would
result in a decrease in the Exchange Rate.

     (f) For purposes of this Section 8.04 the term “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any
dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the Holders of Common Shares have the
right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Shares (or other
applicable security) is exchanged for or exchanged into any combination of cash, securities or
other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash,
securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Trustees or by statute,
contract or otherwise).

     (g) In addition to those required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Section 8.04,
and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the New York
Stock Exchange, the Company from time to time may increase the Exchange Rate by any amount for a
period of at least 20 days if the Board of Trustees determines that such increase would be in the
Company’s best interest. In addition, the Company may also (but is not required to) increase the
Exchange Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to Holders of Common Shares or rights to purchase
Common Shares in connection with any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire
shares) or similar event. Whenever the Exchange Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding
sentence, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note at his last address appearing on the
Security Register provided for in Section 2.06 a notice of the increase at least five days prior to
the date the increased Exchange Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased
Exchange Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

     (h) All calculations and other determinations under this Article 8 shall be made by the
Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a
share, as the case may be. No adjustment shall be made for Archstone-Smith Trust’s issuance of
Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, or the right to
purchase Common Shares or such convertible or exchangeable securities, other than as provided in
this Section 8.04. No adjustment shall be made to the Exchange Rate unless such adjustment would
require a change of at least 1% in the Exchange Rate then in effect at such
time. The Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the Exchange

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Rate and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is
less than 1% within one year of the first such adjustment carried forward, upon a Fundamental
Change, upon any call of the Notes for redemption or upon maturity.

     (i) Whenever the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file
with the Trustee and any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting
forth the Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. The Trustee and Exchange Agent may conclusively rely on the accuracy of
the Exchange Rate adjustment provided by the Company. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee shall have received such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any adjustment of the Exchange Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last
Exchange Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such
certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Exchange Rate setting
forth the adjusted Exchange Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall
mail such notice of such adjustment of the Exchange Rate to the Holder of each Note at his last
address appearing on the Security Register provided for in Section 2.06 of this Third Supplemental
Indenture, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of such adjustment. Failure to deliver
such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

     (j) For purposes of this Section 8.04, the number of Common Shares at any time outstanding
shall not include shares held in the treasury of Archstone-Smith Trust but shall include shares
issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Common Shares.

     Section 8.05 Sufficient Shares to be Delivered. To the extent the Company elects to deliver Common Shares, and subject to Section 8.02(k) and
Section 8.12, the Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, sufficient Common Shares to
provide for exchange of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for exchange.

     Section 8.06 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If any of the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change of the
outstanding Common Shares (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or
from no par value to par value, or as a result of a split, subdivision or combination), (ii) any
consolidation, merger or combination of Archstone-Smith Trust with another Person, or (iii) any
sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of Archstone-Smith Trust
to any other Person, in either case as a result of which Holders of Common Shares shall be entitled
to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such
Common Shares (any such event a “Merger Event”), then:

     (a) the Company shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply
with the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture if
such supplemental indenture is then required to so comply) providing
for the exchange and settlement of the Notes as set forth in this Third Supplemental
Indenture. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article and the Trustee
may conclusively rely on the determination by the Company of the equivalency of such adjustments.

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If, in the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other
securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the
case may be, in such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or
conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and
shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as
the Board of Trustees shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to
the extent required by the Board of Trustees and practicable the provisions providing for the
repurchase rights set forth in Article 9 herein.

In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 8.06, the
Company shall file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the kind or amount of
cash, securities or property or asset that will constitute the Reference Property after any such
Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, and the Trustee shall promptly mail
notice thereof to all Noteholders.

     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.02(a) and Section 8.02(b), and subject to the
provisions of Section 8.01, at the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to exchange each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes will be changed to a right to exchange such Note by reference to
the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property or assets that a Holder of a number of
Common Shares equal to the Exchange Rate immediately prior to such transaction would have owned or
been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property”) such that from and after the effective time of
such transaction, a Noteholder will be entitled thereafter to exchange its Notes into cash (up to
the aggregate principal amount thereof) and the same type (and in the same proportion) of Reference
Property, based on the Daily Settlement Amounts of Reference Property in an amount equal to the
applicable Exchange Rate, as described under Section 8.02(a) or Section 8.02(b), as applicable.
For purposes of determining the constitution of Reference Property, the type and amount of
consideration that a Holder of Common Shares would have been entitled to in the case of
reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyance of assets or other transactions
that cause the Common Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of
consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) will be deemed to be
the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the Holders of Common
Shares that affirmatively make such an election. The Company shall not become a party to any such
transaction unless its terms are consistent with the preceding. None of the foregoing provisions
shall affect the right of a Holder of Notes to exchange its Notes in accordance with the provisions
of this Article 8 prior to the effective time of such Merger Event.

     (c) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be
mailed to each Noteholder, at his address appearing on the Security Register provided for in
Section 2.06, within thirty (30) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice
shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

     (d) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

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     Section 8.07 Certain Covenants. The Company covenants that all Common Shares delivered upon exchange of Notes will be fully paid
and non-assessable by Archstone-Smith Trust and free from all taxes, liens and changes with respect
to the issue thereof.

     Section 8.08 Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Exchange Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any Noteholder to determine the Exchange Rate or whether any facts exist which
may require any adjustment of the Exchange Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or
calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or
in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any
other Exchange Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or
amount) of any Common Shares, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the exchange of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Exchange Agent make no
representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be
responsible for any failure of the Company to transfer or deliver any Common Shares or certificates
therefor or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of
exchange or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company
contained in this Article.

     Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent
shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 8.06 relating either to the kind or amount
of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Noteholders upon the
exchange of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 8.06 or to any adjustment to be
made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Article 6 of the Base Indenture, may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in
relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto.

     Section 8.09 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.

     In case:

     (a) Archstone-Smith Trust shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common
Shares that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 8.04; or

     (b) Archstone-Smith Trust shall authorize the granting to all of the Holders of its Common
Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or any other
rights or warrants;

     (c) of any reclassification of the Common Shares (other than a subdivision or combination of
outstanding Common Shares, or a change in par value, or from par value to no
par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which
Archstone-Smith Trust is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of Archstone-Smith
Trust is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of
Archstone-Smith Trust; or

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     (d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of Archstone-Smith
Trust,

the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each Noteholder at his
address appearing on the Security Register as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten
(10) days prior to the applicable date specified in clause (x) or (y) below, as the case may be, a
notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the
Holders of Common Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to
be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the
date as of which it is expected that Holders of Common Shares of record shall be entitled to
exchange their Common Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of
such dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up.

     Section 8.10 Shareholder Rights Plans. Upon exchange of the Notes, the Noteholders shall receive, in addition to any Common Shares
issuable upon such exchange, the associated rights issued under any shareholder rights plan that
Archstone-Smith Trust adopts. If, and only if, the Noteholders receive rights under such
shareholder rights plans as described in the preceding sentence upon exchange of their Notes, then
no other adjustment pursuant to this Article 8 shall be made in connection with such shareholder
rights plans.

     Section 8.11 Ownership Limit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, no Holder
of Notes shall be entitled to exchange such Notes for Common Shares to the extent that receipt of
such shares would cause such Holder (together with such Holder’s affiliates) to exceed the
applicable ownership limit contained in the declaration of trust of Archstone-Smith Trust as then
in effect.

     Section 8.12 Net Share Settlement Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 8, at any time on or prior to the
twenty-sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the Company may irrevocably
elect (“Net Share Settlement Election”) to satisfy the its Exchange Obligation with respect to the
Notes to be exchanged after the date of such election with a combination of cash in an amount equal
to not less than the lower of (x) the aggregate Daily Exchange Value and (y) the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes to be exchanged, and Common Shares in excess thereof, as described in
Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 herein. Such election would be in the sole
discretion of the Company without the consent of the Holders of Notes. If the Company makes such
election, it shall notify the Trustee and the Holders of Notes at their addresses shown in the
Security Register.

     Section 8.13 Registration of Common Shares. If the Company elects to deliver Common Shares upon exchange of the Notes, the Company shall
deliver such Common Shares pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared or otherwise
become automatically effective upon filing under the Securities Act; provided that if the Company
cannot deliver to exchanging Noteholders Common Shares registered pursuant to an effective
registration statement, the Company has the right to deliver to those exchanging Noteholders Common

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Shares that have not been registered under the Securities Act or Common Units in accordance with
Section 8.02(k) in satisfaction of all or a portion of the Company’s obligations under the Notes,
at the election of the Company.

ARTICLE 9

Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders

     Section 9.01 Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder on Specified Dates.

     (a) The provisions of Article Thirteen of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the
Notes.

     (b) At the option of the Holder thereof, Notes shall be repurchased by the Company in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes on July 18, 2011, July 15, 2016, July 15, 2021, July
15, 2026, and July 15, 2031 (each, a “Put Right Repurchase Date”) at a repurchase price per Note
equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, together with any
accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, such Put Right Repurchase Date (the “Put
Right Repurchase Price”).

     Repurchases of Notes by the Company pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be made, at the option
of the Holder thereof, upon:

     (i) delivery to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by
the Holder of a written notice of purchase (a “Put Right Repurchase Notice”) in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Note at any time from the opening of business
on the date that is 25 Business Days prior to the applicable Put Right Repurchase
Date until the Close of Business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Put Right
Repurchase Date stating:

     (A) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be
delivered for repurchase;

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

     (C) that the Notes are to be repurchased as of the applicable Put Right
Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Notes
and in this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

     (ii) delivery of such Note to the Paying Agent prior to, on or after the Put
Right Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of
the Paying Agent, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the
Put Right Repurchase Price therefor, which shall be so paid pursuant to this Section
9.01 only if the Note so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects
to the description thereof in the related Put Right Repurchase Notice, as determined
by the Company.

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     The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 9.01, a portion
of a Note if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.
Provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Note also
apply to the repurchase of such portion of such Note.

     Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.01
shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly
following the later of the Put Right Repurchase Date and the time of delivery of the Note.

     The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the Company
of the receipt by it of any Put Right Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01(e).

     Any Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee (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 make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an authorized denomination in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal
of the Note so surrendered.

     (c) In connection with any purchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 9.01, the Company shall
give written notice of the Put Right Repurchase Date to the Holders (the “Company Put Right
Notice”).

     The Company Put Right Notice shall be sent by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each
Holder (and to each beneficial owner as required by applicable law) that has delivered a Put Right
Repurchase Notice within 10 Business Days of receipt of such Put Right Repurchase Notice, or, if a
shorter period, at least two Business Days prior to any Put Right Repurchase Date (the “Company Put
Right Notice Date”). Each Company Put Right Notice shall include a form of Put Right Repurchase
Notice to be completed by a Noteholder and shall state:

     (i) the Put Right Repurchase Price and the Exchange Price;

     (ii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;

     (iii) that Notes as to which a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been given may
be exchanged in accordance with Article 8 only if the applicable Put Right
Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Third
Supplemental Indenture;

     (iv) that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment;

     (v) that the Put Right Repurchase Price for any Note as to which a Put Right
Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly

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following the later of the Put Right Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Note as
described in subclause (iv) above;

     (vi) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this
Section and a brief description of those rights;

     (vii) briefly, the exchange rights of the Notes;

     (viii) the procedures for withdrawing a Put Right Repurchase Notice (including
pursuant to the terms of Section 9.01(e);

     (ix) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment on Notes for which a
Put Right Repurchase Notice has been submitted, interest on the Notes in respect of
which a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn will cease
to accrue on the Put Right Repurchase Date; and

     (x) the CUSIP number of the Notes.

     If any of the Notes are to be redeemed in the form of a Global Note, the Company shall modify
such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to
redemptions.

     At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such Company Put Right Notice in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of
such Company Put Right Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

     (d) Upon receipt by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) of the Put
Right Repurchase Notice specified in Section 9.01(b)(i), the Holder of the Note in respect of which
such Put Right Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Put Right Repurchase Notice is
withdrawn as specified in Section 9.01(e)) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Put Right
Repurchase Price with respect to such Note. Such Put Right Repurchase Price shall be paid to such
Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (x) the
Put Right Repurchase Date with respect to such Note (provided the conditions in Section 9.01(b)
have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Note to the Paying Agent by the Holder
thereof in the manner required by Section 9.01(b)(i). Notes in respect of which a Put Right
Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be exchanged pursuant to Article 8 on or after the date of the delivery of such Put Right
Repurchase Notice, unless such Put Right Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as
specified in Section 9.01(e).

     (e) A Put Right Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal
delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Put Right Repurchase Notice at
any time prior to 10:00 A.M. New York City time on the fourth business on the Business Day prior to
the Put Right Repurchase Date specifying:

     (i) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Notes;

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     (ii) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted; and

     (iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the
original Put Right Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with
appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

     A written notice of withdrawal of a Put Right Repurchase Notice shall be in the form set forth
in the preceding paragraph.

     Upon receipt of a written notice of withdrawal, the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the
Holders thereof any Notes in respect of which a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01(f).

     (f) There shall be no repurchase of any Notes pursuant to this Section 9.01 if there has
occurred (prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving, by the Holders of such Notes, of
the required Put Right Repurchase Notice) and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to
Notes of such series (other than a default in the payment of the Put Right Repurchase Price with
respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof
any Notes held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Notes of such
series (other than a default in the payment of the Put Right Repurchase Price with respect to such
Notes), in which case, upon such return, the Put Right Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall
be deemed to have been withdrawn.

     (g) Prior to 11:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the Put Right Repurchase Date,
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company or if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust in accordance
with the terms of the Base Indenture as modified by this Third Supplemental Indenture) an amount
(in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the aggregate
Put Right Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the
Put Right Repurchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 9.01(g) is
made by the Company shall be at the option
of the Company; provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or
a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Put Right Repurchase Date.

     If the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds, in accordance with the
terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Put Right Repurchase Price of any Note, then, on the Put
Right Repurchase Date, such Note will cease to be Outstanding and the rights of the Holder in
respect thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Put Right Repurchase Price as
aforesaid).

     To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to this
Section 9.01(g) exceeds the aggregate Put Right Repurchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof
that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Put Right Repurchase

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Date the
Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.

     Section 9.02 Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.

     (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Noteholder shall have the right, at
such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes or any
portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for cash on the date (the
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than twenty (20)
Business Days and not more than thirty-five (35) Business Days after the date of the Fundamental
Change Company Notice (as defined below) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”).

     Repurchases of Notes under this Section 9.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder
thereof, upon:

     (i) delivery to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by
a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in
the form set forth on the reverse of the Note prior to the Close of Business on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

     (ii) delivery or book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Trustee (or other
Paying Agent appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), such
delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price therefor; provided that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 9.02 only if the Note so delivered to the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall conform in all
respects to the description thereof in the related Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice.

     The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall state:

     (A) if certificated, the certificate numbers of Notes to be delivered
for repurchase;

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

     (C) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture.

     Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.02
shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly
following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry
transfer or delivery of the Note.

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     The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the
Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.02(c).

     Any Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee (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 make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an authorized denomination in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal
of the Note so surrendered.

     (b) On or before the twentieth day after the occurrence of any Fundamental Change, the Company
shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes and the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice (the
“Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the
repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be
by first class mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the
Company shall publish a notice containing the information included therein once in a newspaper of
general circulation in The City of New York or publish such information on the Company’s website or
through such other public medium as the Company may use at such time.

     Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

     (i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

     (ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;

     (iii) that the Holder must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to the
Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

     (iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

     (v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

     (vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;

     (vii) the applicable Exchange Rate and any adjustments to the applicable
Exchange Rate;

     (viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be exchanged only if the Holder withdraws
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture; and

     (ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to
repurchase their Notes.

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     No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the
Noteholders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the
Notes pursuant to this Section 9.02.

     (c) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice
at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, specifying:

     (i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted;

     (ii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Notes; and

     (iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the
original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal
amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with
appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

     (d) On or prior to 11:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the second Business Day
following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
set aside, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with this Indenture) an amount of money
sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all of the Notes to be
repurchased on such date at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds
and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes
surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) prior to the Close of Business on the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date will be made promptly after the later of (x) the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date with respect to such Note (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions to the
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Section 9.02), and (y) the time of book-entry
transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the
Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 9.02 by mailing checks for the
amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Security
Register, provided, however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall,
promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds
in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

     (e) If the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money or securities
sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all the Notes or portions
thereof that are to be purchased as of the second Business Day following the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
(i) such Notes will cease to be Outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes,

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and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate, whether or not
book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or
Paying Agent, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery
of the Notes.

ARTICLE 10

Miscellaneous Provisions

     Section 10.01 Ratification of Base Indenture. Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Base
Indenture, as modified by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture
(which is not applicable to the Notes), continues in full force and effect and is in all respects
confirmed, ratified and preserved.

     Section 10.02 Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and
agreements of the Company contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors
and assigns whether so expressed or not.

     Section 10.03 Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Third
Supplemental Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee,
trustee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by
the like board, committee, trustee or officer of any corporation, trust or other entity that shall
at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.

     Section 10.04 Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Third Supplemental
Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Noteholders on
the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or
served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter
box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to Archstone-Smith
Operating Trust, 9200 E. Panorama, Suite 400, Englewood, Colorado 80112, Attention: General
Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited
postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to U.S. Bank
National Association, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New
York, New York 10005.

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

     Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to him by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at his address as it appears on the Security Register and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.

     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the
manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

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     Section 10.05 Governing Law. THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO
AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN.

     Section 10.06 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the
provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

     Each certificate or opinion provided for by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture shall include (i) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or
opinion is based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to
whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

     Section 10.07 Non-Business Day. Section 113 of the Base Indenture shall also apply to any Fundamental Change
Purchase Date, Put Right Repurchase Date or Exchange Date in respect of the Notes.

     Section 10.08 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar
legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

     Section 10.09 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give
to any person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent, any
Security Registrar and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

     Section 10.10 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the
articles and sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any
of the terms or provisions hereof.

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     Section 10.11 Execution in Counterparts. This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

     Section 10.12 Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third
Supplemental Indenture. The statements and recitals herein are deemed to be those of the Company
and not of the Trustee.

     Section 10.13 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver
such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry
out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

     Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     Section 10.15 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Charles E. Mueller, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer and

Executive Vice President 	 
	 

[SEAL]

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	Caroline Bower 	 
	 	Title:  	Secretary 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

     as Trustee, as aforesaid

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Person 	 
	 	 	 	 

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	Title:  	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

SCHEDULE A

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Share Price
	Effective Date	 	$52.14	 	$55.00	 	$60.00	 	$65.00	 	$70.00	 	$75.00	 	$85.00
	July 14, 2006
	 	 	3.4585	 	 	 	2.8269	 	 	 	1.9550	 	 	 	1.3141	 	 	 	0.8468	 	 	 	0.5126	 	 	 	0.1188	 
	July 18, 2007
	 	 	3.4529	 	 	 	2.7997	 	 	 	1.9038	 	 	 	1.2543	 	 	 	0.7892	 	 	 	0.4620	 	 	 	0.0920	 
	July 18, 2008
	 	 	3.4290	 	 	 	2.7442	 	 	 	1.8167	 	 	 	1.1573	 	 	 	0.6983	 	 	 	0.3860	 	 	 	0.0532	 
	July 18, 2009
	 	 	3.3796	 	 	 	2.6484	 	 	 	1.6716	 	 	 	1.0009	 	 	 	0.5559	 	 	 	0.2721	 	 	 	0.0100	 
	July 18, 2010
	 	 	3.3164	 	 	 	2.4923	 	 	 	1.4113	 	 	 	0.7159	 	 	 	0.3093	 	 	 	0.0944	 	 	 	0.0000	 
	July 18, 2011
	 	 	3.4585	 	 	 	2.4612	 	 	 	0.9461	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 	 	 	0.0000	 

 

 

EXHIBIT Aexv4w9

 

EXHIBIT 4.9

 

 

UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Issuer

INDENTURE

Dated as of December 15, 2006

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Trustee

FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES

DUE 2036

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1.
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. DEBENTURES	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1.
	 	Authentication and Dating	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.2.
	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.3.
	 	Form and Denomination of Debentures	 	 	9	 
	Section 2.4.
	 	Execution of Debentures	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.5.
	 	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debentures	 	 	10	 
	Section 2.6.
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.7.
	 	Temporary Debentures	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.8.
	 	Payment of Interest and Additional Interest	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.9.
	 	Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc.	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.10.
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.11.
	 	Extension of Interest Payment Period	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.12.
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.13.
	 	Global Debentures	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1.
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the Debentures	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.2.
	 	Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.3.
	 	Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.4.
	 	Provision as to Paying Agent	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.5.
	 	Certificate to Trustee	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.6.
	 	Additional Sums	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.7.
	 	Compliance with Consolidation Provisions	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.8.
	 	Limitation on Dividends	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.9.
	 	Covenants as to the Trust	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.10.
	 	Additional Junior Indebtedness	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1.
	 	Securityholders’ Lists	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.2.
	 	Preservation and Disclosure of Lists	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1.
	 	Events of Default	 	 	24	 
	Section 5.2.
	 	Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.3.
	 	Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.4.
	 	Proceedings by Securityholders	 	 	27	 
	Section 5.5.
	 	Proceedings by Trustee	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.6.
	 	Remedies Cumulative and Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver	 	 	28	 

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	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	Section 5.7.
	 	Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of  Securityholders	 	 	28	 
	Section 5.8.
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	29	 
	Section 5.9.
	 	Undertaking to Pay Costs	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1.
	 	Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.2.
	 	Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.	 	 	30	 
	Section 6.3.
	 	No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.4.
	 	Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or
Registrar May Own Debentures	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.5.
	 	Moneys to be Held in Trust	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.6.
	 	Compensation and Expenses of Trustee	 	 	31	 
	Section 6.7.
	 	Officers’ Certificate as Evidence	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.8.
	 	Eligibility of Trustee	 	 	32	 
	Section 6.9.
	 	Resignation or Removal of Trustee	 	 	33	 
	Section 6.10.
	 	Acceptance by Successor Trustee	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.11.
	 	Succession by Merger, etc.	 	 	34	 
	Section 6.12.
	 	Authenticating Agents	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1.
	 	Action by Securityholders	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.2.
	 	Proof of Execution by Securityholders	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.3.
	 	Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.4.
	 	Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding	 	 	37	 
	Section 7.5.
	 	Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1.
	 	Purposes of Meetings	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.2.
	 	Call of Meetings by Trustee	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.3.
	 	Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.4.
	 	Qualifications for Voting	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.5.
	 	Regulations	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.6.
	 	Voting	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.7.
	 	Quorum; Actions	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1.
	 	Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.2.
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.3.
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	41	 
	Section 9.4.
	 	Notation on Debentures	 	 	42	 
	Section 9.5.
	 	Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1.
	 	Optional Redemption	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.2.
	 	Special Event Redemption	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.3.
	 	Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debentures	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.4.
	 	Payment of Debentures Called for Redemption	 	 	43	 

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	ARTICLE XI. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1.
	 	Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.2.
	 	Successor Entity to be Substituted	 	 	44	 
	Section 11.3.
	 	Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1.
	 	Discharge of Indenture	 	 	44	 
	Section 12.2.
	 	Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee	 	 	45	 
	Section 12.3.
	 	Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held	 	 	45	 
	Section 12.4.
	 	Return of Unclaimed Moneys	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.1.
	 	Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.1.
	 	Successors	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.2.
	 	Official Acts by Successor Entity	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.3.
	 	Surrender of Company Powers	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.4.
	 	Addresses for Notices, etc.	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.5.
	 	Governing Law	 	 	46	 
	Section 14.6.
	 	Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent	 	 	47	 
	Section 14.7.
	 	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	 	 	47	 
	Section 14.8.
	 	Execution in Counterparts	 	 	47	 
	Section 14.9.
	 	Separability	 	 	47	 
	Section 14.10.
	 	Assignment	 	 	47	 
	Section 14.11.
	 	Acknowledgment of Rights	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XV. SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.1.
	 	Agreement to Subordinate.	 	 	48	 
	Section 15.2.
	 	Default on Senior Indebtedness	 	 	48	 
	Section 15.3.
	 	Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy	 	 	48	 
	Section 15.4.
	 	Subrogation	 	 	49	 
	Section 15.5.
	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination	 	 	50	 
	Section 15.6.
	 	Notice by the Company	 	 	50	 
	Section 15.7.
	 	Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness	 	 	51	 
	Section 15.8.
	 	Subordination May Not Be Impaired	 	 	51	 

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Form of Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture
	Exhibit B

	 	Form of Certificate to Trustee

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     THIS INDENTURE, dated as of December 15, 2006, between UCBH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation,
as debenture trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of
its Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2036 (the
“Debentures”) under this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the execution and
authentication, delivery and administration thereof, and the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement according to
its terms, have been done and performed;

     NOW, THEREFORE, This Indenture Witnesseth:

     In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Debentures by the holders thereof,
the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Debentures as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1. Definitions.   The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All
accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States at the time of any computation. 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.

     “Acceleration Event of Default” means an Event of Default under Section 5.1(a), (d),
(e) or (f), whatever the reason for such Acceleration 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.

     “Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

     “Additional Junior Indebtedness” means, without duplication and other than the
Debentures, any indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the
Company, under debt securities (or guarantees in respect of debt securities) initially issued after
the date of this Indenture to any trust, or a trustee of a trust, partnership or other entity
affiliated with the Company that is, directly or indirectly, a finance subsidiary (as such term is
defined in Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with the issuance by that entity of
preferred securities or other securities that are eligible to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment
(or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as
then in effect and applicable to the Company (or, if the Company is not a bank holding company,
such guidelines applied to the Company as if the Company were subject to such guidelines);
provided, however, that the inability of the Company to treat all or any portion of
the Additional Junior
Indebtedness as Tier 1 capital shall not disqualify it as Additional Junior Indebtedness if
such inability results from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in
consolidated

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subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve now
or may hereafter accord Tier 1 capital treatment (including the Debentures) in excess of the amount
which may qualify for treatment as Tier 1 capital under applicable capital adequacy guidelines.

     “Additional Sums” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

     “Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act or any successor rule thereunder.

     “Applicable Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction
involving a Global Debenture or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary for such Debenture, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in
effect from time to time.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the time
shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.12.

     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for
the relief of debtors.

     “Board of Directors” means the board of directors or the executive committee or any
other duly authorized designated officers of the Company.

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

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banking institutions in New York City or Wilmington, Delaware are permitted or required by any
applicable law or executive order to close.

     “Capital Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided,
however, that upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Declaration), the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

     “Capital Securities Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement that the Company enters
into with Wilmington Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, or other Persons that operates directly
or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Capital Securities of the Trust.

     “Capital Treatment Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion
of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or
regulations of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as the result
of any official or administrative pronouncement or action or decision interpreting or applying such
laws, rules or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement, action
or decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that the Company will not, within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
be entitled to treat an amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities
as “Tier 1 Capital” (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the
Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the Company (or if
the Company is not a bank holding company or otherwise is not subject to the Federal Reserve’s
risk-based capital adequacy guidelines, such guidelines applied to the Company as if the Company
were

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subject to such guidelines); provided, however, that the inability of the
Company to treat all or any portion of the liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as Tier l
Capital shall not constitute the basis for a Capital Treatment Event, if such inability results
from the Company having cumulative preferred stock, minority interests in consolidated
subsidiaries, or any other class of security or interest which the Federal Reserve or OTS, as
applicable, may now or hereafter accord Tier 1 Capital treatment in excess of the amount which may
now or hereafter qualify for treatment as Tier 1 Capital under applicable capital adequacy
guidelines; provided further, however, that the distribution of Debentures
in connection with the liquidation of the Trust shall not in and of itself constitute a Capital
Treatment Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event.

     “Certificate” means a certificate signed by any one of the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company.

     “Common Securities” means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
which rank pari passu with Capital Securities issued by the Trust; provided,
however, that upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Declaration), the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the
rights of holders of such Capital Securities.

     “Company” means UCBH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, subject to the
provisions of Article XI, shall include its successors and assigns.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means with respect to any Special Redemption Date the
United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to
the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life. If no United States Treasury security
has a maturity which is within a period from three months before to three months after the Interest
Payment Date in December 2011, the two most closely corresponding fixed, non-callable United States
Treasury securities, as selected by the Quotation Agent, shall be used as the Comparable Treasury
Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis,
rounding to the nearest month using such securities.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means (a) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such Special Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

     “Coupon Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

     “Debenture” or “Debentures” has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture.

     “Debenture Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

     “Declaration” means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.

     “Default” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

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     “Depositary” means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange
Act that is designated as Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto. The initial
Depositary will be DTC.

     “Depositary Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or
other Person for whom from time to time a Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of
securities deposited with the Depositary.

     “Distribution Period” means (i) with respect to interest paid on the first Interest
Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the date of original issuance and ending on
(but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in March 2007 and (ii) thereafter, with respect to
interest paid on each successive Interest Payment Date, the period beginning on (and including) the
preceding Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) such current Interest Payment Date.

     “Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

     “Event of Default” means any event specified in Section 5.1, continued for the period
of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time, or any successor legislation.

     “Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.

     “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or its
designated district bank, as applicable, and any successor federal agency that is primarily
responsible for regulating the activities of bank holding companies.

     “Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life” means, with respect to any Debenture, the period
from the Special Redemption Date for such Debenture to the Interest Payment Date in December 2011.

     “Global Debenture” means a security that evidences all or part of the Debentures, the
ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Depositary.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, or both.

     “Institutional Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.

     “Interest Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each
year during the term of this Indenture, or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day (it being understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business Day,
beginning on or after December 15, 2011), commencing in March 2007.

     “Interest Rate” means for the Distribution Period beginning on (and including) the
date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in December 2011
the rate per annum of 6.505%, and for each Distribution Period beginning on or after the Interest
Payment Date in December 2011, the Coupon Rate for such Distribution Period.

     “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an
opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of
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regulation or written change (including any announced prospective change) in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or,
within 90 days of the date of such opinion will be considered an “investment company” that is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended which change or
prospective change becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after the
date of the issuance of the Debentures.

     “Liquidation Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000.00 per Trust Security.

     “Maturity Date” means December 15, 2036.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman, the President, any Managing Director or any Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller,
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.6 if and to the extent required
by the provisions of such Section.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be
an employee of or counsel to the Company, or may be other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 14.6 if and to the
extent required by the provisions of such Section.

     “OTS” means the Office of Thrift Supervision and any successor federal agency that is
primarily responsible for regulating the activities of savings and loan holding companies.

     The term “outstanding,” when used with reference to Debentures, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4, as of any particular time, all Debentures authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except:

     (a) Debentures theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;

     (b) Debentures, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent
(other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if
the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that, if such
Debentures, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as provided in Section 10.3 or provision satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

     (c) Debentures paid pursuant to Section 2.6 or in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6 unless
proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any such Debentures are held by
bona fide holders in due course.

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

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Debenture means every previous Debenture
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debenture; and,
for purposes of this
definition, any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Debenture.

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     “Primary Treasury Dealer” means either a nationally recognized primary United States
Government securities dealer or an entity of recognized standing in matters pertaining to the
quotation of treasury securities that is reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Trustee.

     “Principal Office of the Trustee,” or other similar term, means the office of the
Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which at the time of the execution of this Indenture shall be Rodney Square North,
1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.

     “Quotation Agent” means a designee of the Institutional Trustee who shall be a Primary
Treasury Dealer.

     “Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

     “Redemption Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being
redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Debentures
to the Redemption Date.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) the Quotation Agent and (ii) any other Primary
Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

     “Responsible Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
Principal Office of the Trustee, including any vice-president, any assistant vice-president, any
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or
other officer of the Principal Trust Office of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time or any
successor legislation.

     “Securityholder,” “holder of Debentures,” or other similar terms, means any Person in
whose name at the time a particular Debenture is registered on the register kept by the Company or
the Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.

     “Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company, (i) the principal, premium,
if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for all borrowed and purchased
money and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, notes, bonds or other similar
instruments issued by the Company; (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company; (iii) all
obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title
retention agreement; (iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement of any letter of
credit, any banker’s acceptance, any security purchase
facility, any repurchase agreement or similar arrangement, any interest rate swap, any other
hedging arrangement, any obligation under options or any similar credit or other transaction; (v)
all obligations of the Company associated with derivative products such as interest and foreign
exchange rate contracts,

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commodity contracts, and similar arrangements; (vi) all obligations of the
type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other Persons for the payment of which the
Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise including, without limitation,
similar obligations arising from off-balance sheet guarantees and direct credit substitutes; and
(vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above of other Persons
secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is
assumed by the Company), whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Indebtedness” shall not include (1) any
Additional Junior Indebtedness, (2) Debentures issued pursuant to this Indenture and guarantees in
respect of such Debentures, (3) trade accounts payable of the Company arising in the ordinary
course of business (such trade accounts payable being pari passu in right of payment to the
Debentures), or (4) obligations with respect to which (a) in the instrument creating or evidencing
the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are
pari passu, junior or otherwise not superior in right of payment to the Debentures and (b) the
Company, prior to the issuance thereof, has notified (and, if then required under the applicable
guidelines of the regulating entity, has received approval from) the Federal Reserve (if the
Company is a bank holding company) or the OTS (if the Company is a savings and loan holding
company). Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the
subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such
Senior Indebtedness.

     “Special Event” means any of a Capital Treatment Event, an Investment Company Event or
a Tax Event.

     “Special Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

     “Special Redemption Price” means (a) if the Special Redemption Date occurs before the
Interest Payment Date in December 2011, the greater of (i) 107.5% of the principal amount of the
Debentures, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) on the Debentures to
the Special Redemption Date, or (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, (A) the sum of the
present values of the scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Debentures during the
Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life of the Debentures (assuming the Debentures matured on the Interest
Payment Date in December 2011) discounted to the Special Redemption Date on a quarterly basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus (B) accrued
and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) on the Debentures to such Special Redemption
Date, or (b) if the Special Redemption Date occurs on or after the Interest Payment Date in
December 2011, 100% of the principal amount of the Debentures being redeemed, plus accrued and
unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Debentures to the Special Redemption
Date.

     “Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority
of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one
or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of the outstanding
partnership or similar interests of which shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or
more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any
limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the
purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power
for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the
occurrence of a contingency.

     “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to or change
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announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result
of any official administrative pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice
memorandum, field service advice, regulatory procedure, notice or announcement, including any
notice or announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations) (an “Administrative
Action”) or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, regardless of
whether such Administrative Action or judicial decision is issued to or in connection with a
proceeding involving the Company or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal, which
amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action or decision is enacted, promulgated or
announced, in each case on or after the date of original issuance of the Debentures, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on
the Debentures; (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of
the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United
States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of
such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges.

     “3-Month LIBOR” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “Telerate Page 3750” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

     “Treasury Rate” means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average
for the week immediately prior to the date of calculation, appearing in the most recently published
statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by
the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the
maturity corresponding to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life (if no maturity is within three
months before or after the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Fixed Rate Period Remaining Life shall be determined
and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line
basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Special Redemption Date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day preceding the
Special Redemption Date.

     “Trust” shall mean UCBH Capital Trust VII, a Delaware statutory trust, or any other
similar trust created for the purpose of issuing Capital Securities in connection with the issuance
of Debentures under this Indenture, of which the Company is the sponsor.

     “Trust Securities” means Common Securities and Capital Securities of the Trust.

     “Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI
hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder.

ARTICLE II.

DEBENTURES

     Section 2.1. Authentication and Dating.
Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Debentures
in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $51,547,000.00 may be executed and delivered by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
authentication order from the Company, shall thereupon authenticate

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and make available for delivery
said Debentures to or upon the written order of the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, the President, one of its Managing Directors or
one of its Vice Presidents without any further action by the Company hereunder. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the
aforementioned authentication order and written order in authenticating and delivering said
Debentures. In authenticating such Debentures, and accepting the additional responsibilities under
this Indenture in relation to such Debentures, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

     (a) a copy of any Board Resolution or Board Resolutions relating thereto and, if applicable,
an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such resolution, in each case certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, as the case may be; and

     (b) an Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 14.6 which shall also state:

     (1) that such Debentures, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in each case in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, subject to or limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship, receivership, moratorium and other
statutory or decisional laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or the
reorganization of financial institutions (including, without limitation, preference
and fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws), heretofore or hereafter enacted or in
effect, affecting the rights of creditors generally; and

     (2) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by
the Company of the Debentures have been complied with and that authentication and
delivery of the Debentures by the Trustee will not violate the terms of this
Indenture.

     The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debentures under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised in writing by counsel, determines that such action may
not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith shall determine that
such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing holders.

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

     Section 2.2. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debentures shall be in substantially the
following form:

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

	 	 	 	 
	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee	 
	 
	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 
	Authorized Signer	 

     Section 2.3. Form and Denomination of Debentures.
The Debentures shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The
Debentures shall be in registered, certificated form without coupons and in minimum denominations
of $100,000.00 and any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer of the
Debentures in a block having an aggregate principal amount of less than

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$100,000.00 shall be deemed
to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever. Any such purported transferee shall be deemed not to
be a holder of such Debentures for any purpose, including, but not limited to the receipt of
payments on such Debentures, and such purported transferee shall be deemed to have no interest
whatsoever in such Debentures. The Debentures shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers executing the same
may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and authentication
thereof.

     Section 2.4. Execution of Debentures.
The Debentures shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Vice
Chairman, President, one of its Managing Directors or one of its Executive Vice Presidents, Senior
Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents. Only such Debentures as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form herein before recited, executed by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of an authorized signer, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon any Debenture executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that the Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Debentures shall cease to
be such officer before the Debentures so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, or disposed of by the Company, such Debentures nevertheless
may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debentures
had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debenture may be signed on behalf of the
Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debenture, shall be the
proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such
person was not such an officer.

     Every Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Section 2.5. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debentures.
The Company shall cause to be kept, at the office or agency maintained for the purpose of
registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in Section 3.2, a register (the
“Debenture Register”) for the Debentures issued hereunder in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration and
transfer of all Debentures as in this Article II provided. The Debenture Register shall be in
written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time.

     Debentures to be exchanged may be surrendered at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any
office or agency to be maintained by the Company for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and
the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor the
Debenture or Debentures which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture at the Principal Office of the
Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose as provided in
Section 3.2, the Company shall execute, the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Debenture for a like aggregate principal amount. Registration or
registration of transfer of any Debenture by the Trustee or by any agent of the Company appointed
pursuant to Section 3.2, and delivery of such Debenture, shall be deemed to complete the
registration or registration of transfer of such Debenture.

     All Debentures presented for registration of transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be

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accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly executed by the holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures,
but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

     The Company or the Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any
Debenture for a period of 15 days next preceding the date of selection of Debentures for
redemption.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Debentures may not be transferred except in
compliance with the restricted securities legend set forth below, unless otherwise determined by
the Company, upon the advice of counsel expert in securities law, in accordance with applicable
law:

     THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.

     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON
WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS
SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR,
FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY
BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT
IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”)

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(EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY
WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND
NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR
ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY
SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY
PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY
ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS APPLICABLE, A
TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON
OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii)
SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION.

     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN
$100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

     Section 2.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures.
In case any Debenture shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company
shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new
Debenture bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debenture so destroyed, lost or
stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debenture shall furnish to the Company and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.

     The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debenture and deliver the same upon the
written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Debenture, 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 connected
therewith. In case any Debenture which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for
redemption in full shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Debenture, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender
thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debenture) if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the
Company and to the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debenture and of the ownership
thereof.

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     Every substituted Debenture issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of
the fact that any such Debenture is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall
be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder. All Debentures shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to
the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

     Section 2.7. Temporary Debentures.
Pending the preparation of definitive Debentures, the Company may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Debentures that are typed, printed or
lithographed. Temporary Debentures shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which they are issued but with
such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debentures, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Debenture shall be executed by the Company
and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner,
and with the same effect, as the definitive Debentures. Without unreasonable delay the Company
will execute and deliver to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent definitive Debentures and
thereupon any or all temporary Debentures may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee or at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such
purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate
and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Debentures a like aggregate
principal amount of such definitive Debentures. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its
own expense and without any charge therefor except that in case of any such exchange involving a
registration of transfer the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Debentures shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Debentures authenticated and delivered hereunder.

     Section 2.8. Payment of Interest and Additional Interest.
Interest at the Interest Rate and any Additional Interest on any Debenture that is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Debentures shall be
paid to the Person in whose name said Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment except that interest and any
Additional Interest payable on the Maturity Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is
paid.

     Each Debenture shall bear interest for the period beginning on (and including) the date of
original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in December 2011 at a
rate per annum of 6.505%, and shall bear interest for each successive Distribution Period beginning
on or after the Interest Payment Date in December 2011 at a rate per annum equal to the 3-Month
LIBOR, determined as described in Section 2.10, plus 1.67% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied to
the principal amount thereof, until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any
overdue principal and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable
law (without duplication) on any overdue installment of interest (including Additional Interest) at
the Interest Rate in effect for each applicable period compounded quarterly. Interest shall be
payable (subject to any relevant Extension Period) quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date with the first installment of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in March 2007.

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     Any interest on any Debenture, including Additional Interest, that 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 on the relevant regular
record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the
Company to the Persons in whose names such Debentures (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 at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debenture and the date of the proposed payment, and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor 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 Securityholder at its address as it appears in the Debenture 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 mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debentures (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date and shall be no longer payable.

     The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Debentures in any other lawful
manner after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment method;
provided, however, the Trustee in its sole discretion deems such payment method to
be practical.

     Any interest (including Additional Interest) scheduled to become payable on an Interest
Payment Date occurring during an Extension Period shall not be Defaulted Interest and shall be
payable on such other date as may be specified in the terms of such Debentures.

     The term “regular record date” as used in this Section shall mean the close of business on the
15th Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

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

     Section 2.9. Cancellation of Debentures Paid, etc.
All Debentures surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be surrendered to the Trustee
and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent, shall
be promptly canceled by it, and no Debentures shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. All Debentures canceled by any
Authenticating Agent shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall destroy all canceled
Debentures unless the Company otherwise directs the Trustee in writing. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.10. Computation of Interest.
The amount of interest payable (i) for any Distribution Period commencing on or after the date
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Date in December 2011 will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for the Distribution Period commencing on
the Interest Payment Date in December 2011 and each succeeding Distribution Period will be
calculated by applying the Interest Rate to the principal amount outstanding at the commencement of
the Distribution Period on the basis of the actual number of days in the Distribution Period
concerned divided by 360. All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debentures will
be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded
to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will
be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

     (a) “3-Month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered interest rate for three-month,
U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Trustee in the following order of priority:

     (1) the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a
three-month maturity that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
the related Determination Date (as defined below). “Telerate Page 3750” means the display
designated as “Page 3750” on the Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may
replace Page 3750 on that service or such other service or services as may be nominated by
the British Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the purpose of displaying
London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits;

     (2) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank
market to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to
prime banks in the London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two
quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations;

     (3) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (2) above,
the Trustee will request four major New York City banks to provide such banks’ offered
quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European banks for loans in U.S.
dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two
such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations;
and

     (4) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (3) above,
3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period.

     If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity that initially appears on
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related Determination Date is superseded
on the Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination
Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted on the applicable page will be the applicable
3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date.

     (b) The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum
rate then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.

     (c) “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a
business day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market) preceding the particular Distribution Period for which a Coupon Rate is being determined.

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     (d) The Trustee shall notify the Company, the Institutional Trustee and any securities
exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the Capital Securities are listed, of the Coupon
Rate and the Determination Date for each Distribution Period, in each case as soon as practicable
after the determination thereof but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day of the relevant
Distribution Period. Failure to notify the Company, the Institutional Trustee or any securities
exchange or interdealer quotation system, or any defect in said notice, shall not affect the
obligation of the Company to make payment on the Debentures at the applicable Coupon Rate. Any
error in the calculation of the Coupon Rate by the Trustee may be corrected at any time by notice
delivered as above provided. Upon the request of a holder of a Debenture, the Trustee shall
provide the Coupon Rate then in effect and, if determined, the Coupon Rate for the next
Distribution Period.

     (e) Subject to the corrective rights set forth above, all certificates, communications,
opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained
for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of interest on the
Debentures and distributions on the Capital Securities by the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee
will (in the absence of willful default, bad faith and manifest error) be final, conclusive and
binding on the Trust, the Company and all of the holders of the Debentures and the Capital
Securities, and no liability shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or manifest error)
attach to the Trustee or the Institutional Trustee in connection with the exercise or non-exercise
by either of them or their respective powers, duties and discretion.

     Section 2.11. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
So long as no Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall
have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time
and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods
(each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension
Period no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable (except any Additional
Sums that may be due and payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest
Payment Date. During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and
interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in
effect for such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been
payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest
referred to herein as “Additional Interest”). At the end of any such Extension Period the
Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional
Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond
the Maturity Date; provided further, however, that during any such
Extension Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of the Company’s or such Affiliate’s capital stock (other than payments of
dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in
all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (i)
or (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the
Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with
or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with
a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of
capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock)
as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension
Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
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the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of
rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options
or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu
with or junior to such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in
connection therewith, or (f) payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee). Prior to the
termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such
period together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed
20 consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any
Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest,
the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the
end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during
such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The Company must give the Trustee notice of its election to begin or extend an Extension Period by
the close of business at least 15 Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date with respect to
which interest on the Debentures would have been payable except for the election to begin or extend
such Extension Period. The Trustee shall give notice of the Company’s election to begin a new
Extension Period to the Securityholders.

     Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Debentures may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and,
if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Securityholders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Debentures or
as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Debentures, and any such redemption shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

     Section 2.13. Global Debentures.

     (a) Upon the election of the holder of outstanding Debentures, which election need not be in
writing, the Debentures owned by such holder shall be issued in the form of one or more Global
Debentures registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Each Global Debenture issued
under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the Company
for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof, delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof
or custodian therefor and shall contain such legends as may be required by the Depositary and each
such Global Debenture shall constitute a single Debenture for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Debenture may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Debentures registered, and no transfer of a Global Debenture in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Debenture or a nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary advises the Trustee and the
Company in writing that such Depositary is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depositary with respect to such Global Debenture, and no qualified successor is
appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such notice, (ii)
such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and no successor
is appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii)
the Company executes and delivers
to the Trustee a Company order stating that the Company elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depositary or (iv) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Trustee
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Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all owners of beneficial
interests in such Global Debenture of the occurrence of such event and of the availability of
Debentures to such owners of beneficial interests requesting the same. Upon the issuance of such
Debentures and the registration in the Debenture Register of such Debentures in the names of the
holders of the beneficial interests therein, the Trustee shall recognize such holders of beneficial
interests as holders.

     (c) If any Global Debenture is to be exchanged for other Debentures or canceled in part, or if
another Debenture is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global
Debenture, then either (i) such Global Debenture shall be so surrendered for exchange or
cancellation as provided in this Article II or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced
or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to
the principal amount of such other Debentures to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein,
as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Debenture
registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall
instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its
records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Debenture by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver any Debentures issuable in exchange for such Global Debenture (or any
portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
fully protected in relying on, such instructions.

     (d) Every Debenture authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Debenture or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Debenture, unless such Debenture is registered in
the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Debenture or a nominee thereof.

     (e) Debentures distributed to holders of Book-Entry Capital Securities (as defined in the
Declaration) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall be distributed in the form of one or more
Global Debentures registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the
Debentures registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by the
Depositary to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Debentures represented
thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct). Debentures distributed to holders of Capital
Securities other than Book-Entry Capital Securities upon the dissolution of the Trust shall not be
issued in the form of a Global Debenture or any other form intended to facilitate book-entry
trading in beneficial interests in such Debentures.

     (f) The Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Debenture, shall be the
holder of such Global Debenture for all purposes under this Indenture and the Debentures, and
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Depositary Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global
Debenture shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary Participants. The Debentures
registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes under this
Indenture relating to a Global Debenture (including the payment of principal and interest thereon
and the giving of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial interests therein and the
giving of notices) as the sole holder of the Debenture and shall have no obligations to the owners
of beneficial interests therein. Neither the Trustee nor the Debentures registrar shall have any
liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.

     (g) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Debenture shall be exercised only
through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
owners and the Depositary and/or its Depositary Participants.

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     (h) No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Debenture held on its behalf by a
Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Debenture, 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 Debenture for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company,
the Trustee nor 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 Debenture or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent
the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between
a Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of any Debenture.

ARTICLE III.

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     Section 3.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest; Agreed Treatment of the
Debentures.

     (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Interest and other payments
on the Debentures at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided in this
Indenture and the Debentures. Each installment of interest on the Debentures may be paid (i) by
mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the holders of Debentures entitled thereto
as they appear on the registry books of the Company if a request for a wire transfer has not been
received by the Company or (ii) by wire transfer to any account with a banking institution located
in the United States designated in writing by such Person to the paying agent no later than the
related record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the
Institutional Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest on this Debenture will be made
in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.

     (b) The Company will treat the Debentures as indebtedness, and the amounts payable in respect
of the principal amount of such Debentures as interest, for all United States federal income tax
purposes. All payments in respect of such Debentures will be made free and clear of United States
withholding tax to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form
W8 BEN (or any substitute or successor form) establishing its non-United States status for United
States federal income tax purposes.

     (c) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company has no present intention to exercise its
right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by commencing an Extension
Period.

     (d) As of the date of this Indenture, the Company believes that the likelihood that it would
exercise its right under Section 2.11 to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by commencing
an Extension Period at any time during which the Debentures are outstanding is remote because of
the restrictions that would be imposed on the Company’s ability to declare or pay dividends or
distributions on, or to redeem, purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
outstanding equity and on the Company’s ability to make any payments of principal of or interest
on, or repurchase or redeem, any of its debt securities that rank pari passu in all respects with (or junior in
interest to) the Debentures.

     Section 3.2. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.
So long as any of the Debentures remain outstanding, the Company will maintain in Wilmington,
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Debentures may be presented for payment, an office or
agency where the Debentures may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as in
this Indenture provided and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Debentures or of this Indenture may be served. The Company will give to the Trustee
written notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof.
Until otherwise designated from time to time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, or
specified as contemplated by Section 2.5, such office or agency for all of the above purposes shall
be the office or agency of the Trustee. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office
or agency in Wilmington, Delaware, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any
change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at
the Principal Office of the Trustee.

     In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one or
more offices or agencies outside Wilmington, Delaware, where the Debentures may be presented for
registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the Company
may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington,
Delaware, for the purposes above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written
notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.

Section 3.3. Appointments to
Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.   The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.9, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.

     Section 3.4. Provision as to Paying Agent.

     (a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, it will cause such
paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 3.4,

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures (whether
such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures;

(2) that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the
Company (or by any other obligor on the Debentures) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debentures when the
same shall be due and payable; and

(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such paying agent.

     (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of and premium, if any, or interest or other payments, if any, on the Debentures, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures a sum
sufficient to pay such principal, premium, interest or other payments so becoming due and will
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor under the Debentures) to make any payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, or interest or other payments, if any, on the Debentures when the same shall become due and
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     Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for the Debentures, it will, on or
prior to each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Debentures, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, interest or
other payments so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act.

     (c) Anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Debentures, or
for any other reason, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust
by the Company or any such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.

     (d) Anything in this Section 3.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section 3.4 is subject to Sections 12.3 and 12.4.

     Section 3.5. Certificate to Trustee.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year, so long as Debentures are outstanding hereunder, a Certificate stating that in the course of
the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Company they would normally have
knowledge of any default during such fiscal year by the Company in the performance of any covenants
contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if so,
specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature and status thereof.
A form of this Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

     Section 3.6. Additional Sums.
If and for so long as the Trust is the holder of all Debentures and the Trust is required to
pay any additional taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other governmental
charges as a result of a Tax Event, the Company will pay such additional amounts (“Additional
Sums”) on the Debentures as shall be required so that the net amounts received and retained by
the Trust after paying taxes (including withholding taxes), duties, assessments or other
governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Trust would have received if no such taxes,
duties, assessments or other governmental charges had been imposed. Whenever in this Indenture or
the Debentures there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal of or interest on
the Debentures, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of payments of the Additional Sums
provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Sums are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express
mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made; provided, however, that the deferral of the payment of interest during an
Extension Period pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that
may be due and payable.

     Section 3.7. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company will not, while any of the Debentures remain outstanding, consolidate with, or
merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any
other Person unless the provisions of Article XI hereof are complied with.

     Section 3.8. Limitation on Dividends.
If Debentures are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of such Trust in connection with
the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless of whether Debentures continue to be held
by such Trust) and (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, (ii) the
Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the Capital
Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to defer
payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period as provided herein
and such period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing, then the Company shall not, and
shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to, (x) declare or pay any dividends or distributions
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purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company’s capital stock or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than payments of dividends or
distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing or (y)
make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem
any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (x) and (y) above, (1)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in
connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the
benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock
of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as
consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period,
if any, (2) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s
capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (3) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (4) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any
stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (5) any
dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the
stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock and any cash
payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or (6) payments under the
Capital Securities Guarantee).

     Section 3.9. Covenants as to the Trust.
For so long as the Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall maintain 100%
ownership of the Common Securities; provided, however, that any permitted successor
of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such Common
Securities. The Company, as owner of the Common Securities, shall, except in connection with a
distribution of Debentures to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each
as permitted by the Declaration, cause the Trust (a) to remain a statutory trust, (b) to otherwise
continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, and (c)
to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest
in the Debentures.

     Section 3.10. Additional Junior Indebtedness.
The Company shall not, and it shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to,
incur, issue or be obligated on any Additional Junior Indebtedness, either directly or indirectly,
by way of guarantee, suretyship or otherwise, other than Additional Junior Indebtedness (i) that,
by its terms, is expressly stated to be either junior and subordinate or pari passu in all respects
to the Debentures, and (ii) of which the Company has notified (and, if then required under the
applicable guidelines of the regulating entity, has received approval from) the Federal Reserve, if
the Company is a bank holding company, or the OTS, if the Company is a savings and loan holding
company.

ARTICLE IV.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     Section 4.1. Securityholders’ Lists.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

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     (a) on each regular record date for the Debentures, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders of the Debentures as of such
record date; and

     (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

except that no such lists need be furnished under this Section 4.1 so long as the Trustee is in
possession thereof by reason of its acting as Debenture registrar.

     Section 4.2. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Debentures (1) contained in the most
recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or (2) received by it in the capacity of
Debentures registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

     (b) In case three or more holders of Debentures (hereinafter referred to as “applicants”)
apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such
applicant has owned a Debenture for a period of at least 6 months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other
holders of Debentures with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Debentures
and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants
propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall within 5 Business Days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either:

(1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2, or

(2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of Debentures
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2, and
as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or
other communication, if any, specified in such application.

     If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder whose name
and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.2 a copy of the form of proxy or other communication
which is specified in such request with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the
material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if permitted or required by applicable law,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of all
Debentures, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement
shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said Commission, as permitted or required by
applicable law, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after
the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall
enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
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entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.

     (c) Each and every holder of Debentures, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the holders of Debentures in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 4.2,
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 said subsection
(b).

ARTICLE V.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT

     Section 5.1. Events of Default.
“Event of Default,” wherever used herein, 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):

     (a) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest upon any Debenture, including any
Additional Interest in respect thereof, following the nonpayment of any such interest for twenty or
more consecutive Distribution Periods; or

     (b) the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

     (c) the Company defaults in the performance of, or breaches, any of its covenants or
agreements in this Indenture or in the terms of the Debentures established as contemplated in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Debentures, 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

     (d) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of
the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any substantial part
of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

     (e) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or shall make
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as
they become due; or

     (f) the Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated, dissolved, wound-up its
business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection with (i) the distribution of
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Debentures to holders of such Trust Securities in liquidation of their interests in the Trust,
(ii) the redemption of all of the outstanding Trust Securities or (iii) certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration.

     If an Acceleration Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debentures,
then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of the Debentures shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal of the
Debentures and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon
any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
under Section 5.1(b) or (c) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Debentures, then, and in
each and every such case, unless the principal of the Debentures shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures then outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by Securityholders), may proceed to remedy the default or breach thereunder by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee or such holders shall deem most effectual to remedy
the defaulted covenant or enforce the provisions of this Indenture so breached, either by suit in
equity or by action at law, for damages or otherwise.

     The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal of the Debentures shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures and the principal of and premium, if any,
on the Debentures which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon
such principal and premium, if any, and Additional Interest) and such amount as shall be sufficient
to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6, if
any, and (ii) all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the non-payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, on Debentures which shall have become due by acceleration, shall
have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein — then and in every such case the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, by written
notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults
and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission
and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon.

     In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or
for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored respectively to
their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company,
the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
taken.

     Section 5.2. Payment of Debentures on Default; Suit Therefor.
The Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section
5.1(a) or (b) then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Debentures the whole amount that then shall have become due and
payable on all Debentures for principal and premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the case may
be, with Additional Interest accrued on the Debentures (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law and, if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of
such Trust, without duplication of any other amounts paid by the Trust or a trustee in respect
thereof); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the

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costs and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents,
attorneys and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6. In case the
Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or any other obligor on such Debentures and collect in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on such Debentures wherever
situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

     In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the
Company or any other obligor on the Debentures under Bankruptcy Law, or in case a receiver or
trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the
case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the
Debentures, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of the Debentures shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2, shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,

	 	(i)	 	to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debentures,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6), and of the
Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any
other obligor on the Debentures, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such
other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf
of the holders of the Debentures in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in
arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or Person
performing similar functions in comparable proceedings,
	 
	 	(iii)	 	to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any such claims, and
	 
	 	(iv)	 	to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses.

Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of
the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor
Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 6.6.

     Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent
to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Debentures or the rights of any holder thereof or to
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     All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Debentures, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Debentures, or the
production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Debentures.

     In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Debentures, and it shall not be necessary
to make any holders of the Debentures parties to any such proceedings.

     Section 5.3. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.
Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys,
upon presentation of the several Debentures in respect of which moneys have been collected, and
stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     First: To the payment of costs and expenses incurred by, and reasonable fees of, the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6;

     Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent
required by Article XV;

     Third: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debentures for principal (and
premium, if any), and interest on the Debentures, in respect of which or for the benefit of which
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due on such Debentures (including Additional Interest); and

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

     Section 5.4. Proceedings by Securityholders.
No holder of any Debenture shall have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding
for any remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures and unless the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding shall have given the
Trustee a written request to institute such action, suit or proceeding and shall have offered to
the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right of any holder of
any Debenture to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on such
Debenture when due, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Debenture hereunder it
is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Debenture with
every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Debentures shall
have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing itself of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other Debentures, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all holders of Debentures. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as
can be given either at law or in equity.

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     Section 5.5. Proceedings by Trustee.
In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in
equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the
Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

     Section 5.6. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing; Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article V
to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Debentures, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established
with respect to the Debentures, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of
the Debentures to exercise any right, remedy or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring
and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right, remedy or power, or shall be construed to
be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.4, every power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee (in accordance with its duties under Section 6.1) or by the Securityholders.

     Section 5.7. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Securityholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures affected (voting as
one class) at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to such Debentures; provided, however, that (subject to
the provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial
to the holders not taking part in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel
determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the
Trustee in personal liability.

     The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time
outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debentures waive (or modify any previously
granted waiver of) any past default or Event of Default, and its consequences, except a default (a)
in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debentures, (b) in
respect of covenants or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the holder of each Debenture affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section
3.9; provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee
of such trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders
of a majority in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such
waiver or modification to such waiver, provided, further, that if the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each
holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such
waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture
and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or
Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section, said default or
Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and this Indenture be deemed to have been
cured and to be not continuing.

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     Section 5.8. Notice of Defaults.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of the occurrence of a default with respect to the Debentures, mail to all Securityholders,
as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Debenture Register, notice of all
defaults with respect to the Debentures known to the Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been
cured before the giving of such notice (the term “defaults” for the purpose of this Section 5.8
being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of
Section 5.1, not including periods of grace, if any, provided for therein); provided,
however, that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any of the Debentures, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

     Section 5.9. Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debenture by his acceptance
thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of
an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in
such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 5.9 shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or
group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Debentures outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture against the
Company on or after the same shall have become due and payable.

ARTICLE VI.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     Section 6.1. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
With respect to the holders of Debentures issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures and after the curing or waiving of
all Events of Default which may have occurred, with respect to the Debentures, undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of
Default with respect to the Debentures has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

     (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to Debentures and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred

(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to Debentures shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations with respect
to the Debentures as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee, and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
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expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of
any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture;

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

     (c) 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 Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.7,
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.

     None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is ground for believing that the
repayment of such funds or liability is not assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

     Section 6.2. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:

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

     (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

     (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice or 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 accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

     (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby;

     (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures (that has not been cured
or waived) to exercise with respect to Debentures such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

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     (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures affected thereby; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in
the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding;

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

     (h) with the exceptions of defaults under Sections 5.1(a) or (b), the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Debentures unless a
written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Company or any other obligor on the Debentures or by any holder of the Debentures.

     Section 6.3. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.
The recitals contained herein and in the Debentures (except in the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness
of the same. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debentures. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debentures or the
proceeds of any Debentures authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 6.4. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar
May Own Debentures.
The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any transfer agent or any
Debenture registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Debentures with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying
agent, transfer agent or Debenture registrar.

     Section 6.5. Moneys to be Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 12.4, all moneys received by the Trustee or any paying
agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purpose for which
they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. The Trustee and any paying agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. So long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys
shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Managing Director, a Vice
President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

     Section 6.6. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.
The Company covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or willful misconduct. For
purposes of clarification, this Section 6.6 does not contemplate the payment by the Company of
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the services to be
provided by the Trustee under this Indenture or the fees and expenses of the Trustee’s counsel in
connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture. The Company also
covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and its officers, agents,
directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim,
liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred
without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim of liability. The obligations of the Company under this Section
6.6 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional
indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debentures upon all property and funds
held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders
of particular Debentures.

     Without prejudice to any other 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 5.1(d), (e) or (f), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

     The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the
defeasance or other termination of this Indenture.

     Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any Debenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall
have no obligation whatsoever to advance funds to pay any principal of or interest on or other
amounts with respect to the Debentures or otherwise advance funds to or on behalf of the Company.

     Section 6.7. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence.
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the
provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee
for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith
thereof.

     Section 6.8. Eligibility of Trustee.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia or a corporation or other Person authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having (or whose obligations under this Indenture are guaranteed by an affiliate having) a
combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000.00) and subject to
supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section 6.8 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent records of condition so published.

     The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee.

     In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6.8, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 6.9.

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     If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of § 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to
the extent and in the manner described by this Indenture.

     Section 6.9. Resignation or Removal of Trustee

     (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by
giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof, at the
Company’s expense, to the holders of the Debentures at their addresses as they shall appear on the
Debenture Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of its Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to
the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the affected
Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.9, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of
a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper
and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.

     (b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur —

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 6.8 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona
fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at least 6 months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.8 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Securityholder, or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as 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, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by
written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.9, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Debenture or Debentures for at least 6 months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may
deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint successor Trustee.

     (c) Upon prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee
unless within 10 Business Days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case, or
in the case of a failure by such holders to nominate a successor Trustee, the Trustee so removed or
any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of this
Section 6.9 provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a
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     (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee as provided in Section 6.10.

     Section 6.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.
Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.9 shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective
and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to the Debentures of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the
written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon
payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6, execute and deliver
an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and powers of the Trustee so
ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee thereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting
in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act
shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such Trustee to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6.

     If a successor Trustee is appointed, the Company, the retiring Trustee and the successor
Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which 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 Debentures as to which the predecessor
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and 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 Trust hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and
apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.

     No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.8.

     In no event shall a retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor
Trustee hereunder.

     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section 6.10, the
Company shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the holders of Debentures
at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debenture Register. If the Company fails to mail
such notice within 10 Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee,
the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

     Section 6.11. Succession by Merger, etc.
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 of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto;
provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible and qualified under this Article.

     In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of the Debentures shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor
to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver
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Debentures so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debentures shall not have
been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debentures either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debentures or in this
Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided,
however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee or authenticate Debentures in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

     Section 6.12. Authenticating Agents.
There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee upon the request of
the Company with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and
delivery of Debentures issued upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to all
intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized to
authenticate and deliver Debentures; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have
no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating Agent with respect to
the authentication and delivery of Debentures. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state or
territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.00 and being
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or
the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.12 the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section.

     Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion
to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the
successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise
eligible under this Section 6.12 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.

     Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent with respect to the Debentures by giving written notice of termination 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 any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.12,
the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section 6.12, shall give written notice of such
appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Debentures
as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the Debenture Register. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all
rights, powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the Debentures of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein.

     The Company agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability
for any action taken by it as such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee.

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ARTICLE VII.

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     Section 7.1. Action by Securityholders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures may take any action (including the making of any
demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action)
the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be
evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such
Securityholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of such
holders of Debentures voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders duly called
and held in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, or (c) by a combination of such
instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of such Securityholders or (d) by
any other method the Trustee deems satisfactory.

     If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, the Company may, at
its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such
Debentures for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same
may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close
of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Debentures have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action or revocation of the same, and for that purpose the outstanding
Debentures shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than 6 months after the record date.

     Section 7.2. Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, 6.2 and 8.5, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with
such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the Debenture
Register or by a certificate of the Debenture registrar. The Trustee may require such additional
proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

     The record of any Securityholders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section
8.6.

     Section 7.3. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Debenture registrar
may deem the Person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the Debenture Register to
be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall
be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Debenture and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debenture
registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder
for the time being or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debenture.

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     Section 7.4. Debentures Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debentures
have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Debentures which are owned
by the Company or any other obligor on the Debentures or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any other obligor
on the Debentures shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination; provided, however, that for the purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures
which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Debentures so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the
purposes of this Section 7.4 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to vote such Debentures and that the pledgee is not the Company or any such other
obligor or Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such
right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.

     Section 7.5. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
7.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder (in cases
where no record date has been set pursuant to Section 7.1) or any holder as of an applicable record
date (in cases where a record date has been set pursuant to Section 7.1) of a Debenture (or any
Debenture issued in whole or in part in exchange or substitution therefor) the serial number of
which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debentures the holders of which have consented
to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Principal Office of the
Trustee and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 7.2, revoke such action so far as concerns
such Debenture (or so far as concerns the principal amount represented by any exchanged or
substituted Debenture). Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture
shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such
Debenture, and of any Debenture issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of
transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such
Debenture or any Debenture issued in exchange or substitution therefor.

ARTICLE VIII.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

     Section 8.1. Purposes of Meetings.
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of this Article VIII for any of the following purposes:

     (a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the
Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article
V;

     (b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Article VI;

     (c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9.2; or

     (d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any
specified aggregate principal amount of such Debentures under any other provision of this Indenture
or under applicable law.

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     Section 8.2. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in
Section 8.1, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
every meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of
Debentures affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debentures Register and, if the
Company is not a holder of Debentures, to the Company. Such notice shall be mailed not less than
20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

     Section 8.3. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders.
In case at any time the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures, as the case may be, then outstanding, shall have
requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have
mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or
such Securityholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such
meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.1, by mailing notice thereof as provided in
Section 8.2.

     Section 8.4. Qualifications for Voting.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a Person shall (a) be a holder of one
or more Debentures with respect to which the meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more such Debentures. The only Persons who
shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

     Section 8.5. Regulations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the
holding of Debentures and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and
duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other
evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it
shall think fit.

     The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting,
unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in
Section 8.3, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may
be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, at any meeting each holder of Debentures with
respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for
each $1,000.00 principal amount of Debentures held or represented by him; provided,
however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debenture
challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Debentures held by him
or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the Person to vote on behalf of
other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8.2 or 8.3 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or
not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

     Section 8.6. Voting.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of Debentures with respect to
which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of
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appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution
and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each
meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken
thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of
the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 8.2. The
record shall show the serial numbers of the Debentures voting in favor of or against any
resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman
and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the
other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the
ballots voted at the meeting.

     Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

     Section 8.7. Quorum; Actions.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding
shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Securityholders; provided, however, that
if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand,
notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be given by the holders of not less than
a specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, the Persons holding
or representing such specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding
will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for
any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Securityholders, be dissolved.
In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined
by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence
of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the permanent chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 8.2, except that such notice need be given only once not less than 5
days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the
reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding which shall constitute a quorum.

     Except as limited by the provisos in the first paragraph of Section 9.2, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Debentures then outstanding; provided, however, that, except as limited by
the provisos in the first paragraph of Section 9.2, any resolution with respect to any consent,
waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal
amount of the Debentures then outstanding may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Debentures then
outstanding.

     Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of Debentures duly held in
accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Securityholders, whether or not present or
represented at the meeting.

ARTICLE IX.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and
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enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, without the consent of the
Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

     (a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions,
and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the
Company, pursuant to Article XI hereof;

     (b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions
for the protection of the holders of Debentures as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for
the protection of the holders of such Debentures, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and
continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a default
or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in
this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such
additional covenant restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a
particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed
in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may
limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;

     (c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such action shall not materially
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures;

     (d) to add to, delete from, or revise the terms of Debentures, including, without limitation,
any terms relating to the issuance, exchange, registration or transfer of Debentures, including to
provide for transfer procedures and restrictions substantially similar to those applicable to the
Capital Securities as required by Section 2.5 (for purposes of assuring that no registration of
Debentures is required under the Securities Act); provided, however, that any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Debentures then outstanding
(it being understood, for purposes of this proviso, that transfer restrictions on Debentures
substantially similar to those that were applicable to Capital Securities shall not be deemed to
materially adversely affect the holders of the Debentures);

     (e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Debentures and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee;

     (f) to make any change (other than as elsewhere provided in this paragraph) that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect; or

     (g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the
Debentures, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture or the Debentures, or to add to the rights of the holders of Debentures.

     The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder,
but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

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     Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by
the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Debentures at the time
outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.

     Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.1) of the holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as a class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debentures; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the consent of the holders of
each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the fixed maturity of any
Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof
or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency
other than that provided in the Debentures, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to
institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of repayment, if any, at the option of the
holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures the holders of which are required to
consent to any such supplemental indenture; provided further, however, that
if the Debentures are held by a trust or a trustee of such trust, such supplemental indenture shall
not be effective until the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities shall
have consented to such supplemental indenture; provided further, however,
that if the consent of the Securityholder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such
supplemental indenture shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have
consented to such supplemental indenture.

     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

     Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, a notice, prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses appear upon the
Debenture Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 9.2 to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

     Section 9.3. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article
IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this
Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Debentures shall thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and
all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part
of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

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     Section 9.4. Notation on Debentures.
Debentures authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a notation as to any matter provided for in
such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Debentures so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and delivered in
exchange for the Debentures then outstanding.

     Section 9.5. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to
Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall, in addition to the
documents required by Section 14.6, receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the
requirements of this Article IX. The Trustee shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee
under the provisions of this Article IX to join in the execution thereof.

ARTICLE X.

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 10.1. Optional Redemption.
The Company shall have the right (subject to the receipt by the Company of prior approval (i)
if the Company is a bank holding company, from the Federal Reserve, if then required under
applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal Reserve or (ii) if the Company is a
savings and loan holding company, from the OTS, if then required under applicable capital
guidelines or policies of the OTS) to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part, but in all cases
in a principal amount with integral multiples of $1,000.00, on any Interest Payment Date on or
after the Interest Payment Date in December 2011 (the “Redemption Date”), at the Redemption
Price.

     Section 10.2. Special Event Redemption.
If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company shall have the right (subject to
the receipt by the Company of prior approval (i) if the Company is a bank holding company, from the
Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the Federal
Reserve or (ii) if the Company is a savings and loan holding company, from the OTS, if then
required under applicable capital guidelines or policies of the OTS) to redeem the Debentures in
whole, but not in part, at any Interest Payment Date, within 120 days following the occurrence of
such Special Event (the “Special Redemption Date”) at the Special Redemption Price. If the
Special Event redemption occurs prior to the Interest Payment Date in December 2011, the Company
shall appoint a Quotation Agent, which shall be a designee of the Institutional Trustee, for the
purpose of performing the services contemplated in, or by reference in, the definition of Special
Redemption Price. Any error in the calculation of the Special Redemption Price by the Quotation
Agent or the Trustee may be corrected at any time by notice delivered to the Company and the
holders of the Debentures. Subject to the corrective rights set forth above, all certificates,
communications, opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed,
made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of the
Special Redemption Price on the Debentures by the Trustee or the Quotation Agent, as the case may
be, shall (in the absence of willful default, bad faith or manifest error) be final, conclusive and
binding on the holders of the Debentures and the Company, and no liability shall attach (except as
provided above) to the Trustee or the Quotation Agent in connection with the exercise or
non-exercise by any of them of their respective powers, duties and discretion.

     Section 10.3. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debentures.
In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be,
any part of the Debentures, it shall cause to be mailed a notice of such redemption at least 30 and
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Date or the Special Redemption Date to the holders of
Debentures so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on
the Debenture Register. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the
notice to the holder of any Debenture designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debenture.

     Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number, if any, of the Debentures to be
redeemed, the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable, the Redemption Price
or the Special Redemption Price, as applicable, at which Debentures are to be redeemed, the place
or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debentures,
that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice,
and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will
cease to accrue. If less than all the Debentures are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall
specify the numbers of the Debentures to be redeemed. In case the Debentures are to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Debenture, a new Debenture or Debentures in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount
of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable,
all the Debentures so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price or Special
Redemption Price.

     If all, or less than all, the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee
notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 days, respectively, prior to the Redemption Date or
Special Redemption Date, as applicable, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be
redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate
and fair, the Debentures or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000.00) to be redeemed.

     Section 10.4. Payment of Debentures Called for Redemption.
If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 10.3, the Debentures or portions
of Debentures with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the
Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as applicable, and at the place or places stated in
such notice at the applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price and on and after said
date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Debentures at the Redemption Price or
Special Redemption Price, as applicable) interest on the Debentures or portions of Debentures so
called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debentures at a
place of payment specified in said notice, such Debentures or the specified portions thereof shall
be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price or Special Redemption Price.

     Upon presentation of any Debenture redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Debenture or Debentures of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Debenture so presented.

ARTICLE XI.

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

     Section 11.1. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures shall prevent any consolidation or
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other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a
party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the
property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an
entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its successor or
successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, that the
Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation, merger (where the Company is
not the surviving corporation), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debentures in
accordance with their terms, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the
Company, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee
executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the
Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property.

     Section 11.2. Successor Entity to be Substituted.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and
upon the assumption by the successor entity, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to
the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debentures and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed
or observed by the Company, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company, and thereupon the
predecessor entity shall be relieved of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the
Debentures. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue in its own name,
any or all of the Debentures issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent; and, upon the order of such successor entity instead of the Company and
subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any Debentures which previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company, to the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent for authentication, and any Debentures which such successor entity thereafter shall cause to
be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the
Debentures so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Debentures theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Debentures had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

     Section 11.3. Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall receive, in addition to
the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.5, an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that
any consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any assumption,
permitted or required by the terms of this Article XI complies with the provisions of this Article
XI.

ARTICLE XII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     Section 12.1. Discharge of Indenture.
When

	 	(a)	 	the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Debentures
theretofore authenticated (other than any Debentures which shall have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6)
and not theretofore canceled, or
	 
	 	(b)	 	all the Debentures not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for
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or are by their terms to become due and
payable within 1 year or are to be called for redemption within 1 year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, funds, which shall be immediately
due and payable, sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all of the Debentures
(other than any Debentures which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6) not theretofore canceled
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any,
and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as the
case may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures (1) theretofore repaid
to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.4, or (2) paid to any
state or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar
laws,

and if in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b) the Company shall also pay or cause to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9
and 12.4 hereof shall survive until such Debentures shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections
6.6 and 12.4 shall survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, and at
the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of
and discharging this Indenture. The Company agrees to reimburse the
Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Debentures.

     Section 12.2. Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust by Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 12.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 12.1 shall be held in trust in a non-interest bearing account and applied by it to the
payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company if acting as its own
paying agent), to the holders of the particular Debentures for the payment of which such moneys
have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, and
premium, if any, and interest.

     Section 12.3. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held.
Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent
of the Debentures (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or
paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such moneys.

     Section 12.4. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.
Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on Debentures and not applied but remaining
unclaimed by the holders of Debentures for 2 years after the date upon which the principal of, and
premium, if any, or interest on such Debentures, as the case may be, shall have become due and
payable, shall, subject to applicable escheatment laws, be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or
such paying agent on written demand; and the holder of any of the Debentures shall thereafter look
only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability
of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

ARTICLE XIII.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     Section 13.1. Indenture and Debentures Solely Corporate Obligations.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Debenture, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
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agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental
indenture, or in any such Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as
such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person of the Company, either
directly or through the Company or any successor Person of the Company, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the
issue of the Debentures.

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     Section 14.1. Successors.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company in this Indenture
shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

     Section 14.2. Official Acts by Successor Entity.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the like board, committee, officer or other authorized Person of any
entity that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

     Section 14.3. Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of at least 2/3 (two-thirds) of its
Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the
Company and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, and as to
any permitted successor.

     Section 14.4. Addresses for Notices, etc.
Any notice, consent, direction, request, authorization, waiver or demand which by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made, furnished or served by the
Trustee or by the Securityholders on or to the Company may be given or served in writing by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed
(until another address is filed by the Company, with the Trustee for the purpose) to the Company,
555 Montgomery Street, Mail Stop 984, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Jonas Miller.
Any notice, consent, direction, request, authorization, waiver or demand by any Securityholder or
the Company to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or made in writing at the office of the Trustee, addressed to the Trustee,
Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1600, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration. Any notice, consent, direction, request, authorization, waiver or
demand on or to any Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or made in writing at the address set forth in the Debenture Register.

     Section 14.5. Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the law of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of said State, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.

     Section 14.6. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of
the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that in the opinion of the signers all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

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     Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1)
a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(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 such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4)
a statement as to whether or not in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been
complied with.

     Section 14.7. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

     Section 14.8. Execution in Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

     Section 14.9. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures
shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture
or of such Debentures, but this Indenture and such Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid
or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

     Section 14.10. Assignment.
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or obligations under
this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in
the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject
to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the
parties hereto.

     Section 14.11. Acknowledgment of Rights.
The Company agrees that, with respect to any Debentures held by the Trust or the Institutional
Trustee of the Trust, if the Institutional Trustee of the Trust fails to enforce its rights under
this Indenture as the holder of Debentures held as the assets of such Trust after the holders of a
majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Trust have so directed such
Institutional Trustee, a holder of record of such Capital Securities may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such
Institutional Trustee’s rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings
against such trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay
interest (or premium, if any) or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest (or premium,
if any) or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date),
the Company agrees that a holder of record of Capital Securities of the Trust may directly
institute a proceeding against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder directly of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures having an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such holder on or
after the respective due date specified in the Debentures.

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ARTICLE XV.

SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES

     Section 15.1. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debentures by such Securityholder’s
acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Debentures shall be issued subject to
the provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a Debenture, whether upon original issue or
upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

     The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all
Debentures shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether
outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred; provided,
however, that the Debentures shall rank pari passu in all material respects with any
current indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company,
under debt securities (or guarantees in respect of debt securities) issued to any trust, or a
trustee of a trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is, directly or
indirectly, a finance subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940) or other financing vehicle of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in
connection with the issuance by that entity of preferred securities or other securities that are
eligible to qualify for Tier 1 capital treatment (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the
capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect and applicable to the
Company.

     No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of
Default hereunder.

     Section 15.2. Default on Senior Indebtedness.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of
principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company
following any grace period, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company
has been accelerated because of a default and such acceleration has not been rescinded or
canceled and such Senior Indebtedness has not been paid in full, then, in either case, no payment
shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption) of, or premium,
if any, or interest on the Debentures.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee
when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 15.2, such payment
shall, subject to Section 15.7, be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the
Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior
Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.

     Section 15.3. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up
or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the
Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with
its terms, before any payment is made by the Company, on account of the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest on the Debentures. Upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
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Trustee
would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article XV, shall
be paid by the Company, or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Securityholders or by the Trustee under
this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata
to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders,
as calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such
Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or
distribution is made to the Securityholders or to the Trustee.

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

     For purposes of this Article XV, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed
to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the
Company or any
other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of
which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XV with respect to the
Debentures to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness, that may at the time be outstanding, provided
that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any
such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness
are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as
an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions
provided for in Article XI of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section if such other corporation shall, as
a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in
Article XI of this Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.2 or in this Section shall apply to claims of,
or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6 of this Indenture.

     Section 15.4. Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Securityholders shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, applicable to such Senior
Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures shall be
paid in full. For the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Securityholders or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV, and no payment over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Debentures be deemed to
be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is
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and are intended solely for the purposes of
defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

     Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures is
intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the holders of the Debentures, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures
and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Debenture from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article XV of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property
or securities of the Company, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

     Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall
be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

     Section 15.5. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Securityholder by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the
Trustee on such Securityholder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such
Securityholder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

     Section 15.6. Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the
Principal Office of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of
any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions
of this Article XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV, unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from
the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before
the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist;
provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided
for in this Section at least 2 Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture), then, anything herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money
and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by
any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within 2 Business Days prior to such date.

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

     Section 15.7. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any
of its rights as such holder.

     With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to
observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article
XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article
VI of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or
deliver to Securityholders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of
such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XV or otherwise.

     Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 6.6.

     Section 15.8. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination
as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Company, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any noncompliance by the Company, with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

     Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the
Trustee or the Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or the obligations hereunder
of the holders of the Debentures to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of
the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such
Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable
in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company, and any other Person.

Signatures appear on the following page

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST

DEBENTURE

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

     THIS SECURITY IS NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED BY THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY AGENCY OR FUND OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.

     THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A PERSON
WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (D) TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 (AS APPLICABLE) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR
SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE COMPANY’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INDENTURE, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT
IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE
ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE SECURITIES OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14
OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY IS NOT PROHIBITED BY

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SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.
ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA, OR A PLAN TO WHICH SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH
PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH PURCHASE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF
ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE
EXEMPTION.

     THIS SECURITY WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000.00 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000.00 IN EXCESS THEREOF. ANY
ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN
$100,000.00 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

     THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

     IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture

of

UCBH Holdings, Inc.

December 15, 2006

     UCBH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received promises to pay to
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Institutional Trustee for
UCBH Capital Trust VII (the “Holder”) or registered assigns, the principal sum of fifty-one million
five hundred forty-seven thousand dollars ($51,547,000.00) on December 15, 2036, and to pay
interest on said principal sum from December 15, 2006, or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to
deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each
year or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) (it being understood that interest accrues for any such non-Business
Day during the applicable Distribution Period, beginning on or after December 15, 2011), commencing
on the Interest Payment Date in March 2007, at an annual rate equal to 6.505% beginning on (and
including) the date of original issuance and ending on (but excluding) the Interest Payment Date in
December 2011 and at an annual rate for each successive period beginning on (and including) the
Interest Payment Date in December 2011, and each succeeding Interest Payment Date, and ending on
(but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (each a “Distribution Period”), equal to
3-Month LIBOR, determined as described below, plus 1.67% (the “Coupon Rate”), applied to the
principal amount hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available
for payment, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication

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and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any
overdue installment of interest (including Additional Interest) at the Interest Rate in effect for
each applicable period, compounded quarterly, from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. The amount of interest payable (i) for any Distribution Period
commencing on or after the date of original issuance but before the Interest Payment Date in
December 2011 will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and (ii) for
the Distribution Period commencing on the Interest Payment Date in December 2011 and each
succeeding Distribution Period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the
Distribution Period concerned divided by 360. The interest installment so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid
to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be
fifteen Business Days prior to the day on which the relevant Interest Payment Date occurs. Any
such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this
Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
special record date.

     “3-Month LIBOR” as used herein, means the London interbank offered interest rate for
three-month U.S. dollar deposits determined by the Trustee in the following order of priority: (i)
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month
maturity that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the related
Determination Date (“Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Page 3750” on the
Moneyline Telerate Service or such other page as may replace Page 3750 on that service or such
other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as the
information vendor for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar
deposits); (ii) if such rate cannot be identified on the related Determination Date, the Trustee
will request the principal London offices of four leading banks in the London interbank market to
provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to prime banks in the
London interbank market for U.S. dollar deposits having a three-month maturity as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such Determination Date. If at least two quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR
will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations; (iii) if fewer than two such quotations are
provided as requested in clause (ii) above, the Trustee will request four major New York City banks
to provide such banks’ offered quotations (expressed as percentages per annum) to leading European
banks for loans in U.S. dollars as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Determination Date. If at
least two such quotations are provided, 3-Month LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations; and (iv) if fewer than two such quotations are provided as requested in clause (iii)
above, 3-Month LIBOR will be a 3-Month LIBOR determined with respect to the Distribution Period
immediately preceding such current Distribution Period. If the rate for U.S. dollar deposits
having a three-month maturity that initially appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the related Determination Date is superseded on the Telerate Page 3750 by a corrected rate
by 12:00 noon (London time) on such Determination Date, then the corrected rate as so substituted
on the applicable page will be the applicable 3-Month LIBOR for such Determination Date. As used
herein, “Determination Date” means the date that is two London Banking Days (i.e., a business day
in which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market)
preceding the commencement of the relevant Distribution Period.

     The Interest Rate for any Distribution Period will at no time be higher than the maximum rate
then permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law.

     All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Debentures will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of
a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545)
being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655), and all

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dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent
(with one-half cent being rounded upward)).

     The principal of and interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) maintained for that purpose in any
coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest
may be made by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the
Debenture Register if a request for a wire transfer by such holder has not been received by the
Company or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the holder hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of this Debenture is the Institutional
Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest on this Debenture will be made in immediately
available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Trustee.

     So long as no Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall
have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time
and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods
(each such extended interest payment period, an “Extension Period”), during which Extension Period
no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable (except any Additional Sums
that may be due and payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment
Date. During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest
on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for
such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable
were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to
herein as “Additional Interest”). At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay
all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon);
provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date;
provided further, however, that during any such Extension Period, the
Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to engage in any of the activities or
transactions described on the reverse side hereof and in the Indenture. Prior to the termination
of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such period
together with all such previous and further consecutive extensions thereof shall not exceed 20
consecutive quarterly periods, or extend beyond the Maturity Date. Upon the termination of any
Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest,
the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest or Additional Interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the
end thereof, but each installment of interest that would otherwise have been due and payable during
such Extension Period shall bear Additional Interest. The Company must give the Trustee notice of
its election to begin or extend an Extension Period by the close of business at least 15 Business
Days prior to the Interest Payment Date with respect to which interest on the Debentures would have
been payable except for the election to begin or extend such Extension Period.

     The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness,
and this Debenture is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each
holder of this Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may
be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c)
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder
hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior
Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such
holder upon said provisions.

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     This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon
shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

     The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side hereof and such provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE]

     This Debenture is one of the fixed/floating rate junior subordinated deferrable interest
debentures of the Company, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture dated as
of December 15, 2006 (the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered between the Company and the
Trustee, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the
holders of the Debentures. The Debentures are limited in aggregate principal amount as specified
in the Indenture.

     Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event prior to the Interest Payment Date in
December 2011, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures in whole, but not in part,
at any Interest Payment Date, within 120 days following the occurrence of such Special Event, at
the Special Redemption Price.

     In addition, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in part,
but in all cases in a principal amount with integral multiples of $1,000.00, on any Interest
Payment Date on or after the Interest Payment Date in December 2011, at the Redemption Price.

     Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date or Special Redemption Date, as
applicable, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount
of money sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date or the Special Redemption Date, as applicable,
all the Debentures so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price or Special
Redemption Price.

     If all, or less than all, the Debentures are to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee
notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 days, respectively, prior to the Redemption Date or
Special Redemption Date, as applicable, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures to be
redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debentures or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000.00) to be
redeemed.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any redemption of Debentures by the Company shall be subject to
the receipt of any and all required regulatory approvals.

     In case an Acceleration Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon demand of
the Trustee, the principal of all of the Debentures shall become due and payable in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures at the time
outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debentures;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall without the consent of
the holders of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the fixed maturity
of any Debenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or reduce the rate
or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption
thereof or make the principal thereof or any interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or
currency other than that provided in the Debentures, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof or impair the right of repayment, if any, at
the option of the holder, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures the holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.

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     The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures at the time outstanding on behalf of the holders of all of the
Debentures to waive (or modify any previously granted waiver of) any past default or Event of
Default, and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Debentures, (b) in respect of covenants or provisions hereof or of
the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each
Debenture affected, or (c) in respect of the covenants contained in Section 3.9 of the Indenture;
provided, however, that if the Debentures are held by the Trust or a trustee of
such trust, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of
a majority in Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such
waiver or modification to such waiver, provided, further, that if the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Debenture is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each
holder of the Trust Securities of the Trust shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such
waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of the Indenture
and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or
Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by the Indenture, said default or
Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debentures and the Indenture be deemed to have been
cured and to be not continuing.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, including Additional Interest, on this
Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.

     The Company has agreed that if Debentures are initially issued to the Trust or a trustee of
such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust (regardless of whether
Debentures continue to be held by such Trust) and (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default, (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of
its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment
period as provided herein and such Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing,
then the Company shall not, and shall not allow any Affiliate of the Company to, (x) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock or its Affiliates’ capital stock (other than
payments of dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect
to the foregoing or (y) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to
clauses (x) and (y) above, (1) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital
stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants,
in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with
the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for
such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the
applicable Extension Period, if any, (2) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any
class or series of the Company’s capital stock or of any class or series of the Company’s
indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, (3) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (4) any declaration
of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or
other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights
pursuant thereto, (5) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where
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dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights
is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to
such stock and any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares issued in connection therewith, or
(6) payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee).

     The Debentures are issuable only in registered, certificated form without coupons and in
minimum denominations of $100,000.00 and any multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions and limitations as may be contained
herein and therein from time to time, this Debenture is transferable by the holder hereof on the
Debenture Register of the Company. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Debenture at the Principal Office of the Trustee or at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture, the Company shall execute,
the Company or the Trustee shall register and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees a new
Debenture for a like aggregate principal amount. All Debentures presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments
of transfer in form satisfactory to, the Company and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent duly
executed by the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made
for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debentures, but the Company or the Trustee may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Debenture registrar
may deem the Person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the Debenture Register to
be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture shall
be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Debenture and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any Debenture
registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder
for the time being or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debenture.

     No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Debenture, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any supplemental
indenture, or in any such Debenture, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, officer or director, as
such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person of the Company, either
directly or through the Company or any successor Person of the Company, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the
issue of the Debentures.

     Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Debenture shall have the meanings assigned in
the Indenture dated as of the date of original issuance of this Debenture between the Trustee and
the Company.

     THE INDENTURE AND THE DEBENTURES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE

     Pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Indenture between UCBH Holdings, Inc., as the Company (the
“Company”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, dated as of December 15, 2006 (the
“Indenture”), the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

	 	1.	 	In my capacity as an officer of the Company, I would normally have knowledge of
any default by the Company during the last fiscal year in the performance of any
covenants of the Company contained in the Indenture.
	 
	 	2.	 	[To my knowledge, the Company is not in default in the performance of any
covenants contained in the Indenture.
	 
	 	 	 	or, alternatively:
	 
	 	 	 	I am aware of the default(s) in the performance of covenants in the Indentures, as
specified below.]

     Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate.

Date:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

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