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EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

CORNING INCORPORATED 
 0.698% Notes
due 2024 
 0.992% Notes due 2027 

1.583% Notes due 2037 

Officers’ Certificate 

Pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2000 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented, between Corning Incorporated (the
“Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company at a meeting of the Board of Directors duly called and held on April 27, 2017, at which a quorum was present in person or by teleconference and acting throughout (the “Resolutions”), this Officers’ Certificate is being
delivered to the Trustee to establish the terms of three series (each, a “Series”) of Securities in accordance with Section 301 of the Indenture and to establish the form of the Securities of such series in accordance with
Section 201 of the Indenture. 
 Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture. 
 A. Establishment of Series pursuant to Section 301 of Indenture. 

There is hereby established pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture three series of Securities which shall have the following terms: 

1. One series of Securities shall bear the title “0.698% Notes due 2024” (the “2024 Notes”), the second series of
Securities shall bear the title “0.992% Notes due 2027” (the “2027 Notes”) and the third series of Securities shall bear the title “1.583% Notes due 2037” (the “2037 Notes” and, together with the 2024 Notes
and the 2027 Notes, the “Notes”). 
 2. The aggregate principal amount of Notes to be issued pursuant to this Officers’
Certificate shall be initially limited to ¥21,000,000,000 for the 2024 Notes, ¥47,000,000,000 for the 2027 Notes, and ¥10,000,000,000 for the 2037 Notes (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
thereunder). The Company may from time to time, without consent of the existing Holders, create and issue additional Notes of a Series (the “Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions as the Notes of such Series in all
respects, except for the issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first payment of interest thereon. Such Additional Notes, at the Company’s determination and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will be
consolidated with and form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes of such Series for U.S. federal income tax purposes and for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, amendments, waivers and redemptions. The
aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes, if any, shall be unlimited. 
 3. Interest will be payable to the Person in whose name a
Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined below) next preceding each Interest Payment Date (as defined below); provided, however, that interest payable on the respective Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be
payable to the Person to whom principal shall be payable. 

 4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is due and payable shall be August 9, 2024
for the 2024 Notes, August 10, 2027 for the 2027 Notes and August 10, 2037 for the 2037 Notes. 
 5. The 2024 Notes shall bear
interest at the rate of 0.698% per annum (based upon a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), the 2027 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 0.992% per annum (based upon a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), and
the 2037 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 1.583% per annum (based upon a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months). Interest on the 2024 Notes shall be paid on February 9 and August 9 of each year (each a “2024
Interest Payment Date”), commencing on February 9, 2018, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. The 2024 Notes shall bear interest from and including August 10, 2017, or from and including the most recent
2024 Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. For the 2024 Notes, each January 26 or July 26 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding a 2024 Interest Payment Date shall be the
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on such 2024 Interest Payment Date. Interest on the 2027 Notes shall be paid on February 10 and August 10 of each year (each a “2027 Interest Payment Date”), commencing on
February 10, 2018, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. The 2027 Notes shall bear interest from and including August 10, 2017, or from and including the most recent 2027 Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for. For the 2027 Notes, each January 27 or July 27 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding a 2027 Interest Payment Date shall be the “Regular Record Date” for the
interest payable on such 2027 Interest Payment Date. Interest on the 2037 Notes shall be paid on February 10 and August 10 of each year (each a “2037 Interest Payment Date” and, together with the 2027 Interest Payment Dates and
the 2037 Interest Payment Dates, each such date an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on February 10, 2018, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. The 2037 Notes shall bear interest from and including
August 10, 2017, or from and including the most recent 2037 Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. For the 2037 Notes, each January 27 or July 27 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding a 2037 Interest Payment Date shall be the “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on such 2037 Interest Payment Date. 

6. Except as provided in paragraph 7 of this Officers’ Certificate, all payments of the principal of, premium (if any), and interest and
Additional Amounts (as defined below), on the Notes, will be payable in Japanese yen. The manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States for any purpose, including for the purposes of applying the definition of
“Outstanding” in Section 101 of the Indenture, shall be based on the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below). 
 7. If
Japanese yen is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its control, then all payments in respect of the Notes will be made in U.S. dollars until Japanese yen is again available to the
Company. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in Japanese yen will be converted to U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second business day before the date that payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate
is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate on or before the date that payment is due. Any payment in respect of the Notes so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the
Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will be responsible for obtaining exchange rates, effecting conversions or otherwise handling re-denominations. “Market Exchange Rate” means the noon buying rate in The City of New York
for cable transfers of Japanese yen as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

8. The Notes will be issued only in minimum denominations of ¥100,000,000 and integral multiples of ¥10,000,000 in excess thereof.

 9. Principal of and interest on the Notes will initially be payable to The Bank of New York
Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent for the Notes (the “Paying Agent”). Except as provided in Section 305 of the Indenture (as modified below by this Officers’ Certificate) with respect to any Global Security, the transfer of
the Notes will initially be registrable and Notes will be exchangeable for Notes bearing identical terms and provisions at the corporate trust office of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York. 
 10. Except as provided in paragraph 15, the Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase any Notes pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provisions or at the option of any Holder. 
 11. Each series of Notes will be issued in the form of one or more global
securities, in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons (each, a “Global Security”). Each Global Security will be deposited with, and initially registered in the name of a nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London
Branch, as common depositary (the “Depositary”) for Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A. The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will be the Depositary (as defined in the Indenture). 

12. For the purposes of Section 113 of the Indenture, the term “Place of Payment” shall be deemed to refer to Tokyo, London and
New York City. 
 13. Solely with respect to the Notes, Section 305 of the Indenture shall be replaced in its entirety with the
following: 
 SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. 

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

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange. 
 Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing. 

 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906
or 1107 not involving any transfer. 
 If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part,
the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security
so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. 
 The provisions of
Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities: 
 (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this
Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single
Security for all purposes of this Indenture. 
 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such applicable
provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name
of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee a Company Order stating that such Global Security shall be exchanged in whole for Securities
that are not Global Securities (in which case such exchange shall promptly be effected by the Trustee). If the Company receives a notice of the kind specified in Clause (A) above or has delivered a Company Order of the kind specified in Clause
(C) above, it may, in its sole discretion, designate a successor Depositary for such Global Security within 60 days after receiving such notice or delivery of such order, as the case may be. If the Company designates a successor Depositary as
aforesaid, such Global Security shall promptly be exchanged in whole for one or more other Global Securities registered in the name of the successor Depositary, whereupon such designated successor shall be the Depositary for such successor Global
Security or Global Securities and the provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Section shall continue to apply thereto. 

(3) Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301, any
exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct. 
 (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global
Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof. 

 14. In addition to the provisions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture, the following
additional provision shall apply to the Notes and shall be incorporated into the Indenture with respect to the Notes: 
 SECTION 1011.
PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. 
 All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes will be made free and clear of, and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatsoever nature required to be deducted or withheld by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority of or in the United States, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In the event any withholding or deduction on payments in respect of the Notes for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other
governmental charge is required to be deducted or withheld by the United States or any taxing authority thereof or therein, the Company will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) on the Notes as will result in receipt by
each beneficial owner of a Note that is not a U.S. Person (as defined below) of such amounts (after all such withholding or deduction, including on any additional amounts) as would have been received by such beneficial owner had no such withholding
or deduction been required. The Company will not be required, however, to make any payment of Additional Amounts for or on account of: 

(1) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for (A) the existence of any present or former
connection (other than a connection arising solely from the ownership of those Notes or the receipt of payments in respect of those Notes) between that holder (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such holder holds such Note), or between a
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, that holder or beneficial owner (if that holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States, including that
holder or beneficial owner, or that fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor, being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident of the United States or being or having been engaged in trade or business or
present in the United States or having had a permanent establishment in the United States or (B) the presentation of a Note for payment on a date more than 30 days after the later of the date on which that payment becomes due and payable and
the date on which payment is duly provided for; 
 (2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise, personal
property, wealth or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; 
 (3) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on
foreign personal holding company income or by reason of the beneficial owner’s past or present status as a passive foreign investment company, a controlled foreign corporation, a foreign tax exempt organization or a personal holding company
with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; 
 (4) any tax, assessment
or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deducting from payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Notes; 

(5) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest
on any Note if that payment can be made without withholding by any other paying agent; 
 (6) any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure of a beneficial owner or any holder of Notes to comply with the Company’s request or a request of the Company’s agent to satisfy certification, information, documentation or
other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of the beneficial owner or any holder of the Notes that such beneficial owner or holder is legally able to deliver (including, but not
limited to, the requirement to provide Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, Forms W-8ECI, or any subsequent versions thereof or successor thereto, and including, without limitation, any documentation requirement under an applicable
income tax treaty); 
 (7) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on interest received by (A) a 10% shareholder (as
defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of the Company or (B) a controlled foreign corporation that is related to
the Company within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code, or (C) a bank receiving interest described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, to the extent such tax, assessment or other governmental charge would not have been
imposed but for the beneficial owner’s status as described in sub-clauses (A) through (C) of this clause (7); 

 (8) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason
of a change in law, regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; 

(9) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any
amended or successor version of such Sections) (“FATCA”), any regulations or other guidance thereunder, or any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith; or any law, regulation or other
official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; or 
 (10) any
combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9); nor will the Company pay any Additional Amounts to any beneficial owner or holder of Notes who is a fiduciary or partnership to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with
respect to that fiduciary or a member of that partnership or a beneficial owner thereof would not have been entitled to the payment of those additional amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the beneficial owner of
those Notes. 
 As used in this Section 1011, “U.S. Person” means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia (other than a partnership that is not treated as a
United States person under any applicable U.S. Treasury regulations), or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. 

If the Company will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, at least 30 days prior to the date of such payment, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable and such other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay such Additional
Amounts on the relevant payment date (unless such obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises, or the Company becomes aware of such obligation, less than 45 days prior to the relevant payment date, in which case the Company may deliver such
Officers’ Certificate as promptly as practicable after the date that is 30 days prior to the payment date). The Trustee and the Paying Agent will be entitled to rely solely on such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive proof that such
payments are necessary. 
 15. If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated under
the laws) of the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States), or any change in, or amendments to, an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings,
which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after August 4, 2017, the Company determines, based upon its receipt of a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, that the Company will become obligated
to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, then the Company may at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Notes on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal
amount, together with interest accrued but unpaid on those Notes to the date fixed for redemption. 
 16. The Notes shall be defeasible
pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 of the Indenture, provided that, for purposes of Sections 1304 and 1305 of the Indenture, references to “U.S. Government Obligations” shall be replaced with Japanese Government Obligations.
“Japanese Government Obligations” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the Japanese government or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the Japanese government the payment of which is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Japanese government or the central bank of the Japanese Government, which, in either case (x)(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and (y) certificates, depositary receipts issued by a bank as custodian, or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (x)(i) or (x)(ii) above or in any specific principal or
interest payments due in respect thereof, provided that, in the case of depositary receipts (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of such obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt. 

 17. Each of the 2024 Notes, the 2027 Notes and the 2037 Notes shall have such other terms and
provisions as are provided in their respective forms attached hereto as Exhibit A, B, and C, respectively. 
 B. Establishment of Note Form
Pursuant to Section 201 of Indenture. 
 It is hereby established pursuant to Section 201 of the Indenture that the Global
Securities representing the 2024 Notes, the 2027 Notes and the 2037 Notes shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A, B and C, respectively. 

C. Other Matters. 
 Attached as
Exhibit D hereto are true and correct copies of the Resolutions; such Resolutions have not been further amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect; and such Resolutions, together with this Officers’ Certificate,
are the only resolutions, approval or other action adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, or any committee thereof or by any Authorized Officers relating to the offering and sale of the Notes. 

The undersigned Linda E. Jolly and Stephen C. Propper, respectively, being Authorized Officers as defined in the Resolutions, each certifies
that she or he has approved the terms of the Notes as set forth in this Officers’ Certificate, all in accordance with the authority of such officer pursuant to such Resolutions. 

[Signature Page Follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the 10th day of August,
2017. 
  

	
	 /s/ Linda E. Jolly

	Name: Linda E. Jolly
	Title: Vice President and Corporate Secretary
	
	 /s/ Stephen C. Propper

	Name: Stephen C. Propper
	Title: Assistant TreasurerEX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

(FACE OF SECURITY) 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, AS NOMINEE FOR THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (THE
“COMMON DEPOSITARY”) FOR EUROCLEAR BANK SA/NV AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE
NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
 UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR SUCH
OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR SUCH OTHER NAME REQUESTED BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO THE COMMON
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY. 

 0.698% Notes due 2024 

CORNING INCORPORATED 
  

			
	 Issue Date: August 10, 2017
	  	Maturity: August 9, 2024
		
	 Principal Amount: ¥21,000,000,000
	  	CUSIP No.: 219350 BC8
		
	 Registered: R-1
	  	Common Code: 165969766
		
		  	ISIN No.: XS1659697665

 Corning Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York
(herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, or registered assigns,
the principal sum of TWENTY ONE BILLION JAPANESE YEN (¥21,000,000,000) on August 9, 2024, and to pay interest thereon from August 10, 2017 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semiannually on February 9 and August 9 in each year, commencing February 9, 2018, and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of 0.698% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be January 26 or July 26 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest so payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this 

 
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 
 Additional Amounts are
payable when and as provided by the Indenture. 
 Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will act as the Paying Agent (the
“Paying Agent”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., will act as security registrar (the “Registrar”) for the Security. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. 

Payment of the principal of, premium (if any), and interest and Additional Amounts, on this Security will be made at the office or agency of
the Paying Agent in Japanese yen, against surrender of this Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof; provided, that if this security is a Global Security, payment will be made pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture; and provided, further, that if this Security is in non-global form, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that if Japanese yen is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond its
control, then all payments in respect of the Notes will be made in U.S. dollars until Japanese yen is again available to the Company, and that in such circumstances the amount payable on any date in Japanese yen will be converted to U.S. dollars on
the basis of the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of Japanese yen as certified for customs purposes (or if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (such rate, the “Market
Exchange Rate”) on the second business day before the date that payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate on or before the date that payment is due.
Any payment in respect of the notes so made in U.S. dollars will 

 
not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will be responsible for obtaining exchange rates, effecting conversions or otherwise handling
redenominations. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
 Reference is hereby made to
the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 

 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on
the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. 

Dated: August 10, 2017 
 [SEAL] 

 

			
	 CORNING INCORPORATED

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Stephen C. Propper
	Title:	 	Assistant Treasurer

  

					
	Attest:	 	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Linda E. Jolly
		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Corporate Secretary

 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

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

 

							
	Dated: August 10, 2017	 		 		 	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
  

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

				
		 		 		 	as Trustee
				
		 		 		 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signatory

 (REVERSE OF SECURITY) 

0.698% Notes due 2024 
 This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2000, as supplemented, between the
Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture) and an Officer’s Certificate relating to the Securities (together with the Indenture, herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Indenture), dated as of August 10, 2017, and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are,
and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited initially in aggregate principal amount to ¥21,000,000,000 (which amount may be increased at the option of the Company as
provided below if in the future it determines that it may wish to sell additional Securities of this series). 
 The Company may from time
to time, without consent of the existing Holders, create and issue additional Securities of this series (the “Additional Securities”) having the same terms and conditions as the Securities of this series in all respects, except for the
issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first payment of interest thereon. Such Additional Securities, at the Company’s determination and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will be consolidated with and form
a single series with the previously outstanding Securities of this series for U.S. federal income tax purposes and for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, amendments, waivers and redemptions. The aggregate principal
amount of the Additional Securities, if any, of this series shall be unlimited. 

 The Securities of this series are subject to redemption as follows: 

If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated under the laws) of the United States
(or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States), or any change in, or amendments to, an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is
announced or becomes effective on or after August 4, 2017, the Company determines, based upon its receipt of a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company, that the Company will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts, as
described in Section 1011 of the Indenture, with respect to the Securities of this series, then the Company may at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Securities of this series on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior
notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with interest accrued but unpaid on those Securities to the date fixed for redemption. 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and
Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 No
sinking fund is provided for the Securities of this series. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of all series to be affected (considered together as one class for this purpose). The Indenture also contains 

 
provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected under the Indenture (considered together as one
class for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of any series to be affected under the Indenture (with each such series considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer
of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of ¥100,000,000 and integral
multiples of ¥10,000,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of
like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

 This Security is a Global Security and is subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to
Global Securities, including the limitations in Section 305 thereof on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities. 
 This Security
and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 All terms used in this
Security that are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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