Document:

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2006

 Exhibit 4(a) 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 
 TO 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
 TRUSTEE 
  

 JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

 DATED AS OF DECEMBER 14, 2006 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 

 Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including cross-references to provisions of Sections 310
to and including 317 which, pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Reform Act of 1990, are a part of and govern the Indenture whether or not physically contained therein) and this Junior
Subordinated Indenture. 
  

			
	 Trust Indenture Act
	 	 Sections of
 Indenture

	§ 310(a)(1), (2) and (5)	 	6.9
	         (a)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	         (a)(4)	 	Not Applicable
	         (b)	 	6.8, 6.10
	         (c)	 	Not Applicable
	§ 311	 	6.13
	§ 312(a)	 	7.1, 7.2(a)
	         (b)	 	7.2(b)
	         (c)	 	7.2(c)
	§ 313(a)	 	7.3(a)
	         (b)	 	7.3(b)
	         (c)	 	1.5, 7.3(a), 7.3(b)
	         (d)	 	7.3(c)
	§ 314(a)(1), (2) and (3)	 	7.4
	         (a)(4)	 	10.4
	         (b)	 	Not Applicable
	         (c)(1)	 	1.2
	         (c)(2)	 	1.2
	         (c)(3)	 	Not Applicable
	         (d)	 	Not Applicable
	         (e)	 	1.2
	         (f)	 	Not Applicable
	§ 315(a)	 	6.1(a)
	         (b)	 	6.2
	         (c)	 	6.1(b)
	         (d)	 	6.1 (c)
	         (d)(1)	 	6.1(a) (1)
	         (d)(2)	 	6.1(c) (2)
	         (d)(3)	 	6.1(c) (3)
	         (e)	 	5.14
	§ 316(a)(1)(A)	 	5.12
	         (a)(1)(B)	 	5.13
	         (a)(2)	 	Not Applicable
	         (b)	 	5.8
	         (c)	 	1.4(f)
	§ 317(a)(1)	 	5.3
	         (a)(2)	 	5.4
	         (b)	 	10.3
	§ 318(a)	 	1.7

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

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
  

					
	Section 1.1.	 	Definitions.	  	5
	Section 1.2.	 	Compliance Certificate and Opinions.	  	12
	Section 1.3.	 	Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee.	  	13
	Section 1.4.	 	Acts of Holders.	  	13
	Section 1.5.	 	Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.	  	15
	Section 1.6.	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver.	  	16
	Section 1.7.	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.	  	16
	Section 1.8.	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.	  	16
	Section 1.9.	 	Successors and Assigns.	  	16
	Section 1.10.	 	Separability Clause.	  	16
	Section 1.11.	 	Benefits of Indenture.	  	17
	Section 1.12.	 	Governing Law.	  	17
	Section 1.13.	 	Non-Business Days.	  	17
	
	ARTICLE II
	
	SECURITY FORMS
			
	Section 2.1.	 	Forms Generally.	  	17
	Section 2.2.	 	Form of Face of Security.	  	18
	Section 2.3.	 	Form of Reverse of Security.	  	21
	Section 2.4.	 	Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.	  	24
	Section 2.5.	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.	  	24
	
	ARTICLE III
	
	THE SECURITIES
			
	Section 3.1.	 	Title and Terms.	  	24
	Section 3.2.	 	Denominations.	  	27
	Section 3.3.	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.	  	27
	Section 3.4.	 	Temporary Securities.	  	28
	Section 3.5.	 	Registration, Transfer and Exchange.	  	29
	Section 3.6.	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.	  	30
	Section 3.7.	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.	  	31
	Section 3.8.	 	Persons Deemed Owners.	  	32
	Section 3.9.	 	Cancellation	  	33
	Section 3.10.	 	Computation of Interest.	  	33
	Section 3.11.	 	Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates.	  	33
	Section 3.12.	 	Agreed Tax Treatment.	  	34
	Section 3.13.	 	Shortening or Extension of Stated Maturity.	  	34

  

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	Section 3.14.	 	CUSIP Numbers.	  	35
	
	ARTICLE IV
	
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
			
	Section 4.1.	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.	  	35
	Section 4.2.	 	Application of Trust Money.	  	36
	
	ARTICLE V
	
	REMEDIES
			
	Section 5.1.	 	Events of Default.	  	36
	Section 5.2.	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.	  	37
	Section 5.3.	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.	  	37
	Section 5.4.	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.	  	38
	Section 5.5.	 	Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities.	  	39
	Section 5.6.	 	Application of Money Collected.	  	39
	Section 5.7.	 	Limitation on Suits.	  	39
	Section 5.8.	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Capital Securities.	  	40
	Section 5.9.	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.	  	41
	Section 5.10.	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.	  	41
	Section 5.11.	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.	  	41
	Section 5.12.	 	Control by Holders.	  	41
	Section 5.13.	 	Waiver of Past Defaults.	  	42
	Section 5.14.	 	Undertaking for Costs.	  	42
	Section 5.15.	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.	  	43
	
	ARTICLE VI
	
	THE TRUSTEE
			
	Section 6.1.	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities.	  	43
	Section 6.2.	 	Notice of Defaults.	  	44
	Section 6.3.	 	Certain Rights of Trustee.	  	44
	Section 6.4.	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.	  	45
	Section 6.5.	 	May Hold Securities.	  	45
	Section 6.6.	 	Money Held in Trust.	  	46
	Section 6.7.	 	Compensation and Reimbursement.	  	46
	Section 6.8.	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.	  	46
	Section 6.9.	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.	  	47
	Section 6.10.	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.	  	47
	Section 6.11.	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.	  	49
	Section 6.12.	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.	  	50
	Section 6.13.	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.	  	50

  

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	Section 6.14.	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent.	  	50
	
	 ARTICLE VII
  
 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

			
	Section 7.1.	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.	  	52
	Section 7.2.	 	Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders.	  	52
	Section 7.3.	 	Reports by Trustee.	  	53
	Section 7.4.	 	Reports by Company.	  	53
	
	ARTICLE VIII
	
	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
			
	Section 8.1.	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.	  	53
	Section 8.2.	 	Successor Person Substituted.	  	54
	
	ARTICLE IX
	
	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
			
	Section 9.1.	 	Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.	  	55
	Section 9.2.	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.	  	56
	Section 9.3.	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures.	  	57
	Section 9.4.	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures.	  	57
	Section 9.5.	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.	  	58
	Section 9.6.	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.	  	58
	
	ARTICLE X
	
	COVENANTS
			
	Section 10.1.	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.	  	58
	Section 10.2.	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency.	  	58
	Section 10.3.	 	Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.	  	59
	Section 10.4.	 	Statement as to Compliance.	  	60
	Section 10.5.	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants.	  	60
	Section 10.6.	 	Additional Sums; Expenses of Merrill Lynch Trust.	  	60
	Section 10.7.	 	Additional Covenants.	  	61
	
	ARTICLE XI
	
	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
			
	Section 11.1.	 	Applicability of This Article.	  	62
	Section 11.2.	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.	  	63
	Section 11.3.	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.	  	63

  

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	Section 11.4.	 	Notice of Redemption.	  	63
	Section 11.5.	 	Deposit of Redemption Price.	  	64
	Section 11.6.	 	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.	  	64
	
	ARTICLE XII
	
	SINKING FUNDS
			
	Section 12.1.	 	Applicability of Article.	  	65
	Section 12.2.	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.	  	65
	Section 12.3.	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.	  	66
	
	ARTICLE XIII
	
	SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
			
	Section 13.1.	 	Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.	  	67
	Section 13.2.	 	Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.	  	67
	Section 13.3.	 	Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities.	  	68
	Section 13.4.	 	No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.	  	69
	Section 13.5.	 	Payment Permitted If No Default.	  	70
	Section 13.6.	 	Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.	  	70
	Section 13.7.	 	Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.	  	70
	Section 13.8.	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.	  	71
	Section 13.9.	 	No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.	  	71
	Section 13.10.	 	Notice to Trustee.	  	71
	Section 13.11.	 	Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.	  	72
	Section 13.12.	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.	  	72
	Section 13.13.	 	Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights.	  	72
	Section 13.14.	 	Article Applicable to Paying Agents.	  	73
	Section 13.15.	 	Certain Conversions or Exchanges Deemed Payment.	  	73

  

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 JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of December 14, 2006, between MERRILL LYNCH & CO.,
INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”) having its principal office at 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called the
“Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured junior subordinated debt securities in series (hereinafter called
the “Securities”) of substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, including, without limitation, Securities issued to evidence loans made to the Company of the proceeds from the issuance from time to time by one or more business trusts
(each a “Merrill Lynch Trust,” and, collectively, the “Merrill Lynch Trusts”) of preferred trust interests in such Trusts (the “Capital Securities”) and common interests in such Trusts (the “Common Securities”
and, collectively with the Capital Securities, the “Trust Securities”), and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered. 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done. 
 NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
 Section 1.1. Definitions. 
 For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires: 
 (1) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include
the plural as well as the singular; 
 (2) All other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; 
 (3) All accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall
mean such accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such computation; provided, that when two or more 
  

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 principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use
by the Company; and 
 (4) The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 
 “Act” when
used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in Section 1.4. 
 “Additional Interest” means the interest, if any,
that shall accrue on any interest on the Securities of any series the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or determined as specified in such Security.

 “Additional Sums” has the meaning specified in Section 10.6. 
 “Administrative Trustee” means, in respect of any Merrill Lynch Trust, each Person identified as an “Administrative Trustee” or an
“Administrative Agent” in the related Trust Agreement, solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrative Trustee or an Administrative Agent, as the case may be, of such Merrill Lynch Trust under the Trust Agreement of such Merrill
Lynch Trust and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or any successor administrative trustee or successor administrative agent, as the case may be, appointed as therein provided. 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person; provided, however, no Merrill Lynch Trust to which Securities have been issued shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company. 
 For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Allocable Amounts,” when used with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, means all amounts due or to become due on such Senior Indebtedness
less, if applicable, any amount which would have been paid to, and retained by, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (whether as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness from the Company or any other obligor
thereon or from any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is subordinate and junior in right of payment to such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over of amounts received on
account of such indebtedness to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or otherwise) but for the fact that such Senior Indebtedness is subordinate or junior in right of payment to (or subject to a requirement that amounts received on such Senior
Indebtedness be paid over to obligees on) trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business. 
 “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. 
  

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 “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of
that board duly authorized to act hereunder. 
 “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, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, 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 day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to close. 
 “Capital
Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture. 
 “Commission” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties on such date. 
 “Common Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture. 
 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $1.33 1/3 per share, of the Company. 
 “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person. 
 “Company Request” and “Company Order” means a certificate signed
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered. 
 “Corporation” includes a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust. 
 “Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.3. 
 “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7. 
 “Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series (or
any successor thereto). 
  

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 “Discount Security” means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2. 
 “Distributions,” with respect to the Trust Securities issued by a Merrill Lynch Trust, means amounts payable in respect of such Trust Securities as provided in the related Trust Agreement and referred to therein as
“Distributions.” 
 “Dollar” or “U.S. $” means the currency of the United States of America that, as at the
time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. 
 “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in
Article V unless otherwise specified in the supplemental indenture or the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof creating a series of Securities. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time. 
 “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(f). 
 “Global Security” means a Security in the form prescribed in Section 2.4 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the
Depositary or its nominee for such series, and registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee. 
 “Holder” means a Person
in whose name a Security is registered in the Securities Register. 
 “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or
as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof or one or more Officers’ Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 and
shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1. 
 “Interest Payment
Date” means as to each series of Securities the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities. 
 “Junior
Subordinated Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2. 
 “Maturity” when used with respect to any Security
means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 
 “Merrill Lynch Guarantee” means the guarantee agreement between the Company and the guarantee trustee named therein providing for the guarantee
of the Company of amounts due on the Capital Securities of a Merrill Lynch Trust to the extent provided therein. 
 “Merrill Lynch
Trust” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture. 
  

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 “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee. 
 “Optional Deferral Period” has the meaning specified in Section 3.11. 
 “Original Issue Date” means, with respect to the Securities of a series, the date of original issuance of the Securities of such series.

 “Outstanding” means, when used in reference to any Securities, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities; and 
 (iii) Securities in
substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered or which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in
whose hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company; 
 provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or such obligor, and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not
listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. 
 “Paying Agent” means the Trustee or any Person
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. 
  

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 “Person” means any individual, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 
 “Place
of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series are payable pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.11. 
 “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed
or stolen Security. 
 “Proceeding” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2. 
 “Property Trustee” means, in respect of any Merrill Lynch Trust, the commercial bank or trust company identified as the “Property
Trustee” in the related Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of such Merrill Lynch Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
property trustee appointed as therein provided. 
 “Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security
to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 
 “Regular Record Date” for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of a series, (i) in the case of Securities of a series represented by one
or more Global Securities, the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date and (ii) in the case of Securities of a series not represented by one or more Global Securities, the date which is fifteen days next preceding such Interest
Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). 
 “Responsible Officer” means with respect to the Trustee, any officer with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject. 
 “Securities” or “Security” means any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 
 “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5. 
 “Senior Indebtedness” means with respect to the Company: 
  

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 (i) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness for
money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, including without limitation all indebtedness (whether now or hereafter outstanding) issued under the
subordinated indenture, dated as of December 17, 1996, between the Company and the Trustee, as the same has been or may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time; 
 (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 conditional sale or title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business); 
 (iv) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company in respect of any letters of credit, banker’s acceptance, security
purchase facilities and similar credit transactions; 
 (v) all obligations of the Company in respect of interest rate swap,
cap or other agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements; 
 (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons for the payment of which the Company
is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and 
 (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses
(i) through (vi) 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), 
 except that Senior Indebtedness does not include obligations in respect of 
 (1) any indebtedness issued under this Indenture, 
 (2) any guarantee entered into by the Company in respect of any capital securities issued by any Merrill Lynch Trust or any finance
subsidiary trust similar to a Merrill Lynch Trust, 
 (3) any indebtedness or any guarantee that is by its terms subordinated
to, or ranks equally with, the Securities and the issuance of which does not at the time of issuance prevent the Securities from qualifying for Tier 1 (or its equivalent for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the applicable regulatory
body or governmental authority) capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of the Company’s Tier 1 capital) under applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies, published interpretations, or the concurrence or
approval of the Commission or any other applicable regulatory body or governmental authority; or 
 (4) trade accounts
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 “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest or any interest which has been
deferred in accordance with provisions of Section 3.11 means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7 or 3.11, as the case may be. 
 “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified pursuant to the terms of such Security as the date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable, in the case of such principal, as such date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the terms of such Security and this Indenture. 
 “Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by
one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only
so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency. 
 “Trust Agreement” means the Trust
Agreement of the applicable Merrill Lynch Trust with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time to time. 
 “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument, solely in its capacity as trustee and not in its individual capacity, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder and, if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. 
 “Trust Indenture Act” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbb), as amended and as in effect on the date as of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.5 or as required by the Trust Indenture Act. 
 “Trust Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture. 
 “Vice President” when used with respect to the Company, means any Vice President of the Company whether or not designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title “Vice President.” 
 Section 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions. 
 Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition 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 (including covenants compliance with which constitute a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any
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 this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished. 
 Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than
the certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.5) shall include: 
 (1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
 (4) a statement
as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 Section 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered
to Trustee. 
 In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is
not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters
and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
 Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Section 1.4. Acts of Holders. 
 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in 
  

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 person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments is or are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 
 (b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority. 
 (c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine. 
 (d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register. 
 (e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of any action taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. 
 (f) The Company may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given,
made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon
the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. 
  

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 Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6. 
 The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the
giving or making of (i) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (ii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each
case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such
record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6. 
 With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration
Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 90th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 90th day after the applicable record date. 
 (g) Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which
may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. 
 Section 1.5. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.

 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
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 (1) the Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Capital Securities or the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust office, or 
 (2) the Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Capital Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class,
postage prepaid, to the Company, addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 Section 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver. 
 Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address
of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to
mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. 
 Section 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 
 If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties deemed imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such deemed imposed duties shall control. 
 Section 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents. 
 The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof. 
 Section 1.9. Successors and Assigns. 
 All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 1.10. Separability Clause. 
 In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
  

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 Section 1.11. Benefits of Indenture. 
 Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns, the Holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the
Securities and, to the extent expressly provided in Sections 5.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 9.1 and 9.2, the holders of Capital Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 
 Section 1.12. Governing Law. 
 This Indenture and the
rights and obligations of each of the Holders, the Company, and the Trustee shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of New York without reference to its conflicts of law provisions (other than
Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law). 
 Section 1.13. Non-Business Days. 
 In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities other than a provision in the Securities which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made
on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day (in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date
or at the Stated Maturity)). 
 ARTICLE II 
 SECURITY FORMS 
 Section 2.1. Forms Generally. 
 The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities (but which do not affect the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee). If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3
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 The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in this
Article. 
 The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, if required
by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed,
all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such securities. 
 Section 2.2. Form of Face of
Security. 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 
     % JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE DUE      
 Registered Principal Amount: 
 No.             CUSIP No.: 
 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company”, which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             , or registered assigns, the principal
sum of $             Dollars on             ; provided that the Company may (i) shorten the Stated Maturity of
the principal of this Security to a date not earlier than             , and (ii) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security at any time on one or more
occasions, subject to certain conditions specified in Section 3.13 of the Indenture, but in no event to a date later than             . The Company further promises to pay
interest on said principal sum from              or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) on which interest has been paid
or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on the last day of              and
             of each year commencing              at the rate of
        % per annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, plus Additional Interest, if any, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment
and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the rate of         %
per annum, compounded semi-annually. The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business
Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A “Business Day” means any day other
than a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to close. 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 Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the 
  

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 Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be [insert Record Date] next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. 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 either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than
         days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 
 So long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right at any time during the term of this Security to defer payment of interest on this Security, at any time or from time to time, for up to
         consecutive                  interest payment periods with respect to each deferral period, but up to not
less than          consecutive quarters (each an “Optional Deferral Period”), during which Optional Deferral Periods the Company shall have the right to make partial payments of interest on
any Interest Payment Date, and at the end of which the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Additional Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that no Optional Deferral Period
shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security. 
 During any Optional Deferral Period or any other period in
which the Company fails to pay any accrued and payable interest on the Securities represented by this certificate, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions or
redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock, (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 (including Securities issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture other than the Securities represented by this certificate) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to this Security other than pro rata payments of accrued but
unpaid amounts on the Securities represented by this certificate and any other debt securities of the Company (including Securities issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture other than the Securities represented by this certificate) that rank
equally with the Securities represented by this certificate or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company (including pursuant to any Merrill Lynch
Guarantee other than the Merrill Lynch Guarantee related to the Capital Securities issued by [NAME OF TRUST]) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Merrill Lynch Guarantee in respect of [NAME OF TRUST] other than pro
rata payments of accrued but unpaid amounts on the Merrill Lynch Guarantee of the Capital Securities issued by [NAME OF TRUST], and any other guarantee of the debt securities of the Company’s subsidiaries that ranks pari passu with the Merrill
Lynch Guarantee of the Capital Securities issued by [NAME OF TRUST] (provided that the Company shall be permitted to (a) pay dividends or distributions on the capital stock of the Company in additional shares of the Company’s capital
stock, (b) declare or pay a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or issue stock under any such plan or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) make payments under the Merrill Lynch
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 [NAME OF TRUST], and (d) purchase Common Stock for issuance pursuant to any of the Company’s benefit plans).

 Prior to the termination of any Optional Deferral Period, the Company may further extend such Optional Deferral Period, provided that such
extension does not cause such Optional Deferral Period to exceed                      consecutive interest payment periods or to extend beyond
the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security. Upon the termination of any such Optional Deferral Period and upon the payment of all amounts then due, and subject to the foregoing limitation, the Company may elect to begin a new Optional
Deferral Period. No interest shall be due and payable during an Optional Deferral Period except at the end thereof. The Company shall give the Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees of [NAME OF TRUST] notice of its election to
begin any Optional Deferral Period at least 10 Business Days prior to the date on which Distributions on the Capital Securities would be payable except for the election to begin such Optional Deferral Period. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated
by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register. 
 The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, unsecured and will rank junior and subordinate and subject in right of payments to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect
thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, 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. 
 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. 
  

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

  

					
		 	MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	[Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer]
			
		 	Attest:	 	  

		 		 	[Secretary or Assistant Secretary]

 Section 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security. 
 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 a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2006 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the
Company 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 in aggregate principal amount to
$                . 
 All terms used in this Security
that are defined in the Indenture and in the Trust Agreement, dated as of                 ,         , as amended
(the “Trust Agreement”), for [NAME OF TRUST] among Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., as Sponsor, and the Trustees named therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be.

 [If applicable, insert—Subject to the Company having received prior approval from any applicable regulatory body or governmental
authority if then required under the capital guidelines or policies of such regulatory body or governmental authority, the Company may, at its option, redeem this Security, [if applicable, insert—in whole but not in part], subject to the
provisions of Section 11.7 and the other provisions of Article XI of the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to [insert redemption price].] 
 [If applicable, insert—In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the portion hereof not redeemed will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by
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 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee at any
time to enter into a supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations of the Company and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and 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 herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 [If the Security is not a Discount Security,—As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
provided that, in the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, if upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series fails to
declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to
the Company and the Trustee and upon any such declaration the principal amount of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment
of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture.] 
 [If the Security is a Discount Security,—As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of this series may declare an amount of principal of the Securities of this series to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided that, in the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, if upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series fails to declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon any such declaration, such amount of the
principal of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
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 the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on
any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this
Security shall terminate.] 
 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 premium, if any) 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 registrable in the Securities
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under Section 10.2 of the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 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. 
 The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of minimum denominations of $             and any integral multiples of $             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 such series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest therein, the
Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, this Security agree that for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this Security constitute indebtedness. 
 THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE COMPANY, AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 
  

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 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF A BANK. THIS SECURITY IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY. 
 Section 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.

 Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, bear a legend in
substantially the following form: 
 “THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.” 
 Section 2.5. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
 Dated: 
  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer

 ARTICLE III 
 THE SECURITIES 
 Section 3.1. Title and Terms. 
 The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 
 The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate (such Officers’ Certificate shall have the effect of a supplemental indenture for all purposes hereunder), or 
  

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 established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of a series: 

(a) the title of the securities of such series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities; 
 (b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.6 and except for any Securities which, pursuant
to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;

 (c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination
thereof; 
 (d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, the rate or rates and extent
to which Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect of any Securities of such series, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right, pursuant to Section 3.11 or as otherwise set forth therein, of
the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date or the method by which any of the foregoing shall be determined, and the method of computation of interest, if
interest on the Securities shall be computed other than on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; 
 (e) the place
or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place
or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made; 
 (f) the period or
periods within or the date or dates on which, if any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; 
 (g) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to prepay, repay or purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund,
amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and the other terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 
 (h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; 
  

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 (i) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated; 
 (j) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events of Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to the Securities of such series; 
 (k) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof; 
 (l) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; 
 (m) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series or the manner in
which such amounts will be determined; 
 (n) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be issuable in
the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the Securities of such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security for definitive Securities of such series; 
 (o) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such
case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4 and any circumstances in addition to or
in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of
Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; 
 (p) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the
Securities of such series; 
 (q) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such series into any other securities or
property of the Company, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange; and 
 (r) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture). 
 All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. 
  

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

 The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article XIII. 
 Section 3.2. Denominations. 
 The Securities of each
series shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. 
 Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. 
 The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President serving as Chief Financial Officer or its Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or
more Board Resolutions or a supplemental indenture as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating, 
 (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 
 (2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and 
 (3) that such Securities, when
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. 
  

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 If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior
to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel covers such subsequent issuances. 
 Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 
 No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. 
 Section 3.4. Temporary Securities. 
 Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order (together with all applicable Officers’ Certificates and Opinion of Counsel) the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such series in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 
 If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company
designated for that purpose without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one
or more definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary Securities. 
  

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 Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. 
 Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. 
 The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a 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. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the “Securities Register.” The Trustee is hereby appointed “Securities
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. 
 Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, 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, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms. 
 At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate
principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms, 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, upon the Company’s written request, authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All Securities issued upon any 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 transfer or exchange. 
 Every Security presented or
surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 
 No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any 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 transfer or exchange of Securities. 
 No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient by the
Holders of the Securities to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Securities. 
 The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities: 
  

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 (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, 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
(i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so
registered to act as depositary, in each case unless the Company has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security, (C) the Company
in its sole discretion determines that such Global Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as
contemplated by Section 3.1. 
 (3) Subject to Clause (2) above, 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 3.4, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.6 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. 
 Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant
to the provisions of this Section, (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article XI and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of notice of redemption or (b) to transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion
thereof not to be redeemed. 
 Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. 
 If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue
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 If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same issue and series of like tenor
and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity as such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
 In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
 Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 
 Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
duly issued hereunder. 
 The provisions of this Section 3.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights
and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 
 Section 3.7. Payment of Interest;
Interest Rights Preserved. 
 Interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series,
except that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any Security of
any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the related series of Securities.

 Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of
such series (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 may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: 
  

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 (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security 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 be not
more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security of
such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to
be published at least once in a newspaper, customarily published in the English language on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to
the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). 
 (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of which interest is in default may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 
 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security. 
 Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners. 
 The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such
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 for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 Section 3.9. Cancellation

 All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a certificate of such destruction. 

Section 3.10. Computation of Interest. 
 Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of
each series for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 Section 3.11. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates. 
 (a) If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1
with respect to the Securities of a particular series, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time during the term of such series, from time to time to defer the payment of interest on
such Securities for such period or periods as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, but up to not less than 40 consecutive quarters (each, an “Optional Deferral Period”). At the end of any such Optional Deferral Period the
Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon, if any, at the rate specified for the Securities of such series to the extent permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that
no Optional Deferral Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series. Prior to the termination of any such Optional Deferral Period, the Company may further extend such Optional Deferral Period,
provided that such extension does not cause such Optional Deferral Period to extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of such Securities. Upon termination of any Optional Deferral Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid
interest and any Additional Interest then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Optional Deferral Period, subject to the above requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Optional Deferral Period,
except at the end thereof. The Company may pay at any time during an Optional Deferral Period all or any portion of the interest accrued to that point during such Optional Deferral Period. With respect to each Interest Payment Date in respect of
which the Company may elect to defer the payment of interest, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee 
  

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 (and, if the Securities of such series are held by a Merrill Lynch Trust, the Property Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees) written notice of any election to commence an Optional Deferral Period pursuant to this Section 3.11 at least ten and not more than sixty Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date. 
 (b) The Trustee shall promptly give notice of the Company’s election to begin any such Optional Deferral Period to the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities of such series. 
 (c) If the Company shall elect to make a payment of all or any portion of the interest accrued during an
Optional Deferral Period on a date that is not an Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay such amounts to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing, at least three Business Days prior to the date of the proposed payment, of the amount of deferred interest proposed to be paid on the
Securities of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such deferred interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Paying Agent 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 deferred interest as provided herein.
Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such deferred interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten 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 deferred
interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of ICONs at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice
of the proposed payment of the deferred interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such deferred interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the Securities of such series are registered on such Special
Record Date. 
 Section 3.12. Agreed Tax Treatment. 
 Each Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Security
agree that for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that such Security constitute indebtedness. 
 Section 3.13.
Shortening or Extension of Stated Maturity. 
 If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with respect to the
Securities of a particular series, the Company shall have the right to (i) shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series at any time to any date not earlier than the first date on which the Company has the right
to redeem the Securities of such series, and (ii) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series at any time at its election for one or more periods, in each case on the terms contemplated by the terms of the
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 Section 3.14. CUSIP Numbers. 
 The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
 Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 
 This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further
effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this Section 4.1) and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 
 (1) either 
 (A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 
 (B)
all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 
 (i) have become due and payable, or

 (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or 
 (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of Clause (B) (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
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 on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; 
 (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and 
 (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 
 Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive. 
 Section 4.2. Application of Trust Money. 
 Subject to
the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture,
to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for the payment of
which such money or obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee. 
 ARTICLE V 
 REMEDIES 
 Section 5.1. Events of Default. 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body): 
 (1) default in the payment of interest, including any Additional Interest in respect thereof, in full
on any Security for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of a ten-year period following the commencement of any Optional Deferral Period; or 
 (2) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises for relief in respect of the Company under the United States federal bankruptcy laws, as 
  

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 now constituted or as hereafter amended, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
 (3) the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking
relief under the United States federal bankruptcy laws, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or the consent by it to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition; or 
 (4) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. 
 Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 
 If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have the right to declare the principal amount of, and accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all the Securities to be due and payable immediately, by
a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided that if the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series fail to declare the principal of,
and accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all the Securities of that series to be immediately due and payable and the Property Trustee of a Merrill Lynch Trust shall be the Holder of the Securities of such series, then the holders
of at least 25% of the aggregate liquidation amount of the corresponding series of Capital Securities then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal amount
(or specified portion thereof) of, and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all the Outstanding Securities of that series shall become immediately due and payable. Payment of principal and interest (including any Additional
Interest) on the Outstanding Securities of that series shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII notwithstanding that such amount shall become immediately due and payable as herein provided. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(2), or (3) with respect to the ICONs at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the ICONs shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become
immediately due and payable. 
 Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 
 The Company covenants that if it defaults in the payment of: 
 (1) any installment of interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of 30 days, or 
 (2) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security at the
Maturity thereof, 
 (either such default, a “Default”) the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
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 on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and
interest (including any Additional Interest); and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 6.7. 
 If the
Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated. 
 If an Event of Default or a Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 
 Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 
 In
case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, 
 (a) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal (and premium, if any)
or interest (including any Additional Interest)) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 
 (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) owing and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable and to take any and all actions as are authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the claims of the Holders and any predecessor to the Trustee under Section 6.7 allowed in any such judicial proceedings; and

 (ii) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6; and 
 (b) any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee for distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in
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 Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances and any other amounts due under 6.7 of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any predecessor Trustee. 
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the
rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee. 
 Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of
Securities. 
 All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered. 
 Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected. 
 Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
under Section 6.7; 
 SECOND: Subject to Article XIII, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such
series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest), in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest), respectively; and 
 THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. 
 Section 5.7. Limitation on Suits. 
 No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any right to
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 trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: 
 (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
that series; 
 (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 
 (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against any costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, and liabilities that may be incurred by the Trustee, or its agents, counsel,
accountants and experts, in complying with such request: 
 (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 
 (5) no direction inconsistent with such
written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; 
 it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders. 
 Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of
Capital Securities. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right which is
absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment (without accelerating the Stated Maturity of the principal of any such Securities) upon the occurrence of a Default, and such right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. In the case of Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, any holder of the corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Merrill Lynch Trust shall have the foregoing
right to institute a suit directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of principal of (premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of such Capital Securities of the corresponding series held by such holder. Notwithstanding any payments that the Company makes to a holder of Capital Securities in connection with the foregoing, the
Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities of the applicable series, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of the Capital Securities, and have a right of set-off, with respect to
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 on the Capital Securities to the extent that the Company makes any payments to a holder of Capital Securities in any such
action. 
 Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 
 If the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Capital Securities has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee, such Holder or such holder of Capital Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee, the Holder or such holder of Capital Securities shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of Capital Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted. 
 Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. 
 Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right
or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
 Section 5.11.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 
 No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Holder of any Security or any holder of any Capital Security to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default or Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or Default or an acquiescence therein. 
 Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders and the right and remedy given to the holders of Capital
Securities by Section 5.8 may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Holders or the holders of Capital Securities, as the case may be. 
 Section 5.12. Control by Holders. 
 The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that: 
 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with
any rule of law or with this Indenture, 
 (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is
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 (3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith, determine that the proceeding so directed may not be lawfully taken, would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not joining in any such
direction or would expose the Trustee to personal liability. 
 Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. 
 The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series and, in the case of any Securities of a series
issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Capital Securities issued by such Merrill Lynch Trust may waive any past default hereunder and its consequences with
respect to such series except a default: 
 (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security of such series, or 
 (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. 
 Any such waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series or, in the case of a waiver by holders of Capital Securities issued by such Merrill Lynch Trust, by all holders of Capital Securities issued
by such Merrill Lynch Trust. 
 Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
 Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. 
 All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
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 Section 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. 
 The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. 
 (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Default: 
 (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 
 (2) in the absence of bad faith on its
part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture. 
 (b) In case an Event of Default or a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 
 (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct except that 
 (1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit
the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section; 
 (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
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 (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series. 
 (d) No provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1.

 Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults. 
 Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such
series, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means
any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. 
 Section 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1: 
 (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 
 (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and
any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; 
 (c) whenever in the
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 action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate; 
 (d) the Trustee will not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers if such action or omission by the Trustee does not constitute negligence; 
 (e) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; 
 (f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it from and against the costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by the Trustee, or its agents, counsel, accountants and experts, in
complying with such request or direction; 
 (g) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, indenture, security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make such inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney; and 
 (h) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. 
 Section 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. 
 The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for Company’s
performance hereunder, the Company’s representations and warranties or its use or application of the Securities or the proceeds thereof. 
 Section 6.5. May Hold Securities. 
 The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar or any
other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the 
  

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 Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Securities
Registrar or such other agent. 
 Section 6.6. Money Held in Trust. 
 Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company. 
 Section 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement. 
 The Company agrees 
 (1) to
pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); 
 (2) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the costs of collection and the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel, accountants and
experts), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and 
 (3)
to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and to hold each harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel)
incurred without negligence or bad faith, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or the performance of their duties hereunder, including but not limited to, the costs and expenses of defending themselves
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. This indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 
 To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 6.7, the Company and the Holders agree that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to
the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 
 When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(2) or (3) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 or any successor statute. 
 Section 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. 
 The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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 from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of said Section 301(b).

 Section 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. 
 There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be 
 (a) a Person organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State,
Territorial or District of Columbia authority, or 
 (b) a Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign
government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign
government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees, in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Person 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 6.9, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.9, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VI. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder. 
 Section 6.10. Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor. 
 (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article VI shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11. 
 (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. 
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 (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor
by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or 
 (2) the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or 
 (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, 
 then, in any such case,
(i) the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 
 (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any
cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series. 
 (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of such
series as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
  

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 Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 
 (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of
its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such
retiring Trustee hereunder. 
 (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary
or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the
Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 
 (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6.11, as the case may be. 

 

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 (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VI. 
 Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business. 
 Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VI, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but
not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not have
been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force
which it is provided anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have. 
 Section 6.13. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company. 
 If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). 
 Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. 
 The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or
Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made
in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, or of any State or Territory or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14 the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of 
  

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 this Section 6.14, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section 6.14. 
 Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the
successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. 
 An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in
Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provision of this Section 6.14. 
 The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 6.14, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.7. 
 If an appointment with
respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 6.14, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the
following form: 
 This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

Dated: 
  

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		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK
		 	As Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	As Authenticating Agent
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	As Authorized Signatory

 ARTICLE VII 
 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY 
 Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders. 
 The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: 
 (a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after January 15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of January 1 and July 1 of such year, 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,

 excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar.

 Section 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders. 
 (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 (b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act. 
 (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. 
  

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 Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee. 
 (a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. 
 (b) Reports so required to
be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be transmitted within 60 days after May 15 of each calendar year, commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities under this Indenture. 

(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange
upon which any Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange. 
 Section 7.4. Reports by Company. 
 The Company shall: 
 (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 314(a) under the Trust
Indenture Act; and 
 (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations.

 ARTICLE VIII 
 CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE 
 Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. 
 The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless: 
  

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 (1) the Company is the continuing person or if the Company shall consolidate with or
merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person, partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia,
and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; 
 (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

 (3) in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer or lease is permitted under the related Trust Agreement and related Merrill Lynch Guarantee and does not give rise to any breach or violation of the related Trust Agreement or related Merrill Lynch Guarantee; and 
 (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with; and the Trustee, subject to
Section 6.1, may rely upon such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with this Section 8.1. 
 Section 8.2. Successor Person Substituted. 
 Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or
into any other Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had
been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance, transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated. 

Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations 
  

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 in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for
the purpose pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. 
 In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or lease, such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. 
 Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 
 (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or 
 (2) to establish the form or
terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 or 3.1; or 
 (3) to add to the covenants of the Company for
the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or 
 (4) to add any additional Events of Default for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely
for the benefit of such series); or 
 (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any
such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or 
  

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 (6) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (6) shall not adversely affect the
interest of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect or, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust and for so long as any of the corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Merrill
Lynch Trust shall remain outstanding, the holders of such Capital Securities; or 
 (7) to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or 
 (8) to comply with
the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 
 Section 9.2.
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. 
 With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under
this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, 
 (1) except to the extent permitted by Section 3.11 or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1
with respect to the deferral of the payment of interest on the Securities of any series, change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or extend the time for payment of any installment of interest (including any Additional Interest) on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or 
 (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of
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 (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.5,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby; or 
 (4) modify the provisions in Article XIII of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of Outstanding Securities of any series in
a manner adverse to the Holders; 
 provided, further, that, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, so long as any of the
corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Merrill Lynch Trust remains outstanding, (i) no such amendment shall be made that adversely affects the holders of such Capital Securities in any material respect without the prior
consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate liquidation amount of such Capital Securities then outstanding and (ii) no amendment of the nature contemplated by clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 9.2 shall
be made, without the prior consent of the holders of each Capital Security then outstanding. 
 A supplemental indenture that changes or
eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities or Capital Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities or
holders of Capital Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities or holders of Capital Securities of any other series.

 It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 
 Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. 
 In executing or accepting the additional series of Securities created by any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of any series of Securities previously created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 
 Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures. 
 Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article IX or delivery to the Trustee of the Officers’
Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof (which Officers’ Certificate shall have the effect of a supplemental indenture for all purposes hereunder), this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. 
  

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 Section 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. 
 Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX and every Officers’ Certificate delivered to the trustee pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. 
 Section 9.6. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures. 
 Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article
IX or delivery to the Trustee of the Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof (which Officers’ Certificate shall have the effect of a supplemental indenture for all purposes hereunder) may, and shall if required by the
Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture or such Officers’ Certificate. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Company, to any such supplemental indenture or such Officer’s Certificate may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

 ARTICLE X 
 COVENANTS

 Section 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. 
 The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series in accordance
with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. 
 Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. 
 The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment and an office or agency where Securities of that series may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be
served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If
at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 
 The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company 
  

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 will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation and any change in the location of any such office
or agency. 
 Section 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust. 
 If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming
due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its failure so to act. 
 Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal and premium (if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee)
the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its failure so to act. 
 The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent will: 
 (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; 
 (2) give the Trustee written notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest: 
 (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and 
 (4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it
as a Paying Agent. 
 The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any
other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 
 Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
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 Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory
provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 

Section 10.4. Statement as to Compliance. 
 The
Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement, which need not comply with Section 1.2 signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or Vice President and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or an Assistant Controller of the Company, stating, as to each signer thereof, that: 
 (1) a review of the activities of the Company during the year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his supervision. 
 (2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of such
obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both, would become, an Event of Default, or, if such event has occurred
and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof. 
 Section 10.5. Further Assurances. 
 From time to time whenever reasonably demanded by the Trustee, the Company will make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered any
and all such further and other instruments and assurances and take all such further action as may be necessary or proper to carry out the intention of or to facilitate the performance of the terms of this Indenture or to secure the rights and
remedies hereunder of the Holders of the Securities of any series. 
 Section 10.6. Waiver of Certain Covenants. 
 The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition provided pursuant to Sections 3.1, 9.1(3), or 9.1(4) with
respect to the Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, 
  

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 either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full
force and effect. 
 Section 10.7. Additional Sums; Expenses of Merrill Lynch Trust. 
 In the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust, the Company, in its capacity as the issuer of the Securities of such series,
hereby covenants to pay all debts and obligations (other than with respect to the Capital Securities and the Common Securities) and all costs and expenses of the applicable Merrill Lynch Trust (including, but not limited to, all costs and expenses
relating to the organization of the Merrill Lynch Trust, the fees and expenses of the Trustees and all costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Merrill Lynch Trust) and to pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges
of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Merrill Lynch Trust by the United States, or any other taxing authority, on such debts, obligations, costs and expenses so that the net amounts received and retained by the Merrill
Lynch Trust and the Property Trustee after paying any such debts, obligations, costs, expenses, taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the amounts the Merrill Lynch Trust and the Property Trustee would have
received had no such debts, obligations, costs, expenses, taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges been incurred by or imposed on the Merrill Lynch Trust. The obligations of the Company to pay all debts, obligations, costs, expenses,
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of each Merrill Lynch Trust (other than with respect to the Capital Securities and Common Securities) shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 10.6 are herein referred to as “Additional Sums.” Whenever in this Indenture or the Securities there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal
of or interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the 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 pursuant to Section 3.11 or the Securities shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that may be due and payable. 
 Section 10.8. Additional Covenants. 
 The Company
covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities of each series that it shall not, and it shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company 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 capital stock, (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 (including Securities other
than the Securities of such series) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to the Securities of such series other than pro rata payments of accrued and unpaid amounts on the Securities of such series and any other debt securities of the
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 Securities other than the Securities of such series) that rank pari passu with the Securities of such series or
(iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company (including Merrill Lynch Guarantees other than the Merrill Lynch Guarantee related to the Capital Securities
issued by the Merrill Lynch Trust to which the Securities of such series have been issued) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Merrill Lynch Guarantee related to the Capital Securities issued by the Merrill Lynch
Trust to which the Securities of such series have been issued other than pro rata payments of accrued and unpaid amounts on such Merrill Lynch Guarantee and any other guarantees of debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company that ranks pari
passu with such Merrill Lynch Guarantee (provided that the Company shall be permitted to (a) pay dividends or distributions on capital stock of the Company in capital stock of the Company, (b) make payments under the Merrill Lynch
Guarantee related to the Capital Securities issued by the Merrill Lynch Trust holding Securities of such series, (c) declare or pay a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan or issue stock under any
such plan or repurchase such rights, and (d) purchase Common Stock for issuance pursuant to any of the Company’s employee benefit plans) if at such time (i) there shall have occurred any event of which the Company has actual knowledge
that (A) with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series and (B) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure,
(ii) the Company shall not have paid all accrued and payable interest on the Securities of such series (iii) if the Securities of such series are held by a Merrill Lynch Trust, the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of
any obligations under the Merrill Lynch Guarantee relating to the Capital Securities issued by such Merrill Lynch Trust or (iv) the Company shall have given notice of its election to begin an Optional Deferral Period with respect to the
Securities of such series as provided herein and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such Optional Deferral Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing. 
 The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series issued to a Merrill Lynch Trust (i) to maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the Common Securities of such Merrill Lynch Trust;
provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may succeed to the Company’s ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) not to voluntarily terminate, wind-up or liquidate such Merrill Lynch Trust, except (a) in
connection with a distribution of the Securities of such series to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of such Merrill Lynch Trust or (b) in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the related
Trust Agreement and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of such Trust Agreement, to cause such Merrill Lynch Trust to remain classified as a grantor trust and not an association taxable as a corporation
for United States federal income tax purposes. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES 
 Section 11.1. Applicability of This Article. 
 Redemption of Securities of any series (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of Security issued
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 shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any
such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern. Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series, each Security of such series shall be subject to
partial redemption only in integral multiples of the minimum denomination specified for the Securities of such series. 
 Section 11.2. Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee. 
 The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any particular series and having the same terms, the Company shall, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee, in writing, of such date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction. 
 Section 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 
 If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the Company shall give the
Trustee, in writing and at least 60 days in advance of the date fixed for redemption, notice of the aggregate principal amount of such Securities of such series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot, or in any
other manner it shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the portion of the principal amount of any Security not
redeemed shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. 
 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any
Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any
Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption. 
 Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption. 
 Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the sixtieth day,
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 Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register. 

With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall state: 
 (a) the Redemption Date; 
 (b) the Redemption Price; 
 (c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular
series and having the same terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed; 
 (d) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that
interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date; 
 (e) the place or places where such Securities are
to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and 
 (f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case. 
 Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. 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, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Security. 
 Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. 
 Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 11.4, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents
(or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest (including Additional
Interest) on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. 
 Section 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. 
 If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 11.4, the Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice
has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment in said notice specified, the said
securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued interest (including any 
  

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 Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7. 
 Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part
only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to
the portion of the Security not redeemed so presented and having the same Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security will also be a new Global Security. 
 If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal of and premium, if any, on such Security
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. 
 ARTICLE XII 
 SINKING FUNDS 
 Section 12.1. Applicability of Article.

 The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities. 
 The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such Securities of any series is
herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking
fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities. 
 Section 12.2.
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. 
 In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than 16 months and no less than 30 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series (together
with the unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Securities of such series that have been redeemed through the application of mandatory or optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of the Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale
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 previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the redemption price for such Securities, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. 
 Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. 
 Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and
the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Such Officers’ Certificate shall be irrevocable
and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such Officers’
Certificate (or, as required by this Indenture, the Securities and coupons, if any, specified in such Officers’ Certificate), the sinking fund payment due on the succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in
cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit securities as provided in Section 12.2 and without the right to make
the optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time. 
 Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional)
made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the
sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Securities of such series
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust by the
Company as provided in Section 10.3) for such series and together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.3. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the
Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 10.3) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Securities of such
series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited
(or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity. The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be
made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 11.6. On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if 
  

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 the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) in cash a sum in the currency in which Securities of such series are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Securities or portions
thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 12.3. 
 Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall
redeem any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any
Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in
accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the
Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article XII. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into
such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Securities and coupons, if any, of such series; provided, however, that in case such default or Event of Default shall
have been cured or waived herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date for the Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 12.3. 

ARTICLE XIII 
 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 Section 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness. 
 The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article XIII, the payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all amounts then due
and payable in respect of all Senior Indebtedness. 
 Section 13.2. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. 
 In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company (each such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a “Proceeding”), then the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of Allocable Amounts of such Senior
Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive or retain any payment or
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 Company subordinated to the payment of the Securities, such payment or distribution being hereinafter referred to as a
“Junior Subordinated Payment”), on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company or any
Subsidiary and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any Junior
Subordinated Payment, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such Proceeding. 
 In the event that,
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.2, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
including any Junior Subordinated Payment, before all Allocable Amounts of all Senior Indebtedness are paid in full or payment thereof is provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or
delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Allocable Amounts of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Allocable Amounts of all Senior Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. 
 For purposes of this Article XIII only, the words “any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in 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 which securities are
subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior Indebtedness to substantially the same extent as the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article XIII. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company
into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article VIII shall not be
deemed a Proceeding for the purposes of this Section 13.2 if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale such properties and assets as an entirety, as the case may be, shall,
as a part of such consolidation, merger, or sale comply with the conditions set forth in Article VIII. 
 Section 13.3. Prior Payment to Senior
Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities. 
 In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable before their Stated Maturity,
then and in such event the holders of the Senior Indebtedness outstanding at the time such Securities so become due and payable shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all Allocable Amounts due on or in respect of such Senior Indebtedness
(including any amounts due upon acceleration), or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
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 Company on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 13.3 shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with
this Indenture or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of any series by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2 or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities
of any series Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such declaration of acceleration. 
 In the event
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.3, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment,
have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over and delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective
representatives. 
 The provisions of this Section 13.3 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 13.2 would be
applicable. 
 Section 13.4. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default. 
 (a) In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness,
or in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing and shall have resulted in such Senior Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it
would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or (b) in the event any judicial
proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or such event or default, then no payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, properties or securities (including any Junior Subordinated Payment) shall
be made by the Company on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest), if any, on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary, in
each case unless and until all Allocable Amounts of such Senior Indebtedness are paid in full; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 13.4 shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with this Indenture or
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of any series by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 12.2 or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities of any series
Securities which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such default in payment or event of default. 
 In the event
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.4, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment,
have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over and delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective
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 The provisions of this Section 13.4 shall not apply to any payment with respect to which
Section 13.2 would be applicable. 
 Section 13.5. Payment Permitted If No Default. 
 Nothing contained in this Article XIII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except
during the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 13.2 or under the conditions described in Sections 13.3 and 13.4, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including Additional Interest) on
the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or the
retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article XIII. 
 Section 13.6. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness. 
 Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior Indebtedness, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XIII (equally and ratably with the
holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation by reason of any payments or distributions made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the
Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or
securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article XIII to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of
the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of Senior Indebtedness.

 Section 13.7. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. 
 The provisions of this Article XIII are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other
hand. Nothing contained in this Article XIII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which are absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or
(b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to 
  

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 the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture including, without limitation, filing and voting claims in any Proceeding, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XIII of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder. 
 Section 13.8. Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination. 
 Each Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof 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 provided in this Article XIII and appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. 
 Section 13.9. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. 
 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 be otherwise charged with.

 Without in any way limiting the generality of the immediately preceding paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and
from to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of 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, Senior
Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any
property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and
any other Person. 
 Section 13.10. Notice to Trustee. 
 The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article XIII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities,
unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, agent or representative therefor; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
notice provided for in this Section 13.10 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of 
  

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 (and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security), then, anything herein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received
by it within two Business Days prior to such date. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on
the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor). 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 Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of 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, 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 13.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. 
 Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XIII, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1,
and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution, the holders of the 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
XIII. 
 Section 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness. 
 The Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and
shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. 
 Section 13.13. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights. 
 The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XIII with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be 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. 
  

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 Section 13.14. Article Applicable to Paying Agents. 
 In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term
“Trustee” as used in this Article XIII shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent
were named in this Article XIII in addition to or in place of the Trustee. 
 Section 13.15. Certain Conversions or Exchanges Deemed Payment.

 For the purposes of this Article XIII only, (a) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon conversion or exchange of
Securities shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of
Securities, and (b) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash, property or securities (other than junior securities) upon conversion or exchange of a Security shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal of such security.
For the purposes of this Section 13.15, the term “junior securities” means (i) shares of any capital stock of any class of the Company and (ii) securities of the Company which are subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Indebtedness which may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article XIII. 
 * * * * 
 This instrument may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  

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

					
	[CORPORATE SEAL]	 	MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ John J. Thurlow

		 	Name:	 	John J. Thurlow
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Treasurer
		
		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
		 	As Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael A. Smith

		 	Name:	 	Michael A. Smith
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 Exhibit 4(b) 
 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 between 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 
 and 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, 
 as Trustee 

DATED AS OF DECEMBER 14, 2006 
  

 Supplement to Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of December 14, 2006 

 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 14, 2006 (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), between MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal office at 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have entered into that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2006 (the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of Securities; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.1 and 3.1 of the
Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of Securities under the Indenture to be known as its Income Capital Obligation Notes SM initially due 2066, the form and substance of such Securities and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture
and this Supplemental Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture have been satisfied; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time on or after the date hereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all such Holders, that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent and for the purposes expressed herein, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.1. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. 
 Section 1.2. In addition, the following capitalized terms used in this Supplemental Indenture have the following respective meanings (if such capitalized terms are defined differently in the Indenture, the
meanings given to such terms in this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail): 
  

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 “Business Day” means any day other than a day on which banking institutions in The City
of New York are authorized or required by law to close; provided that, during the Floating Rate Period the day is also a London Banking Day. 
 “Calculation Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e). 
 “Capital Securities” mean the
Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust. 
 “Change in 1940 Act Law” means a change (including any announced proposed
change) in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority. 
 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the Declarations. 
 “Election Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d) hereof. 
 “Extension
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d) hereof. 
 “Fixed Rate Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(e) hereof. 
 “Floating Rate Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e) hereof. 
 “Guarantee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof. 
 “ICONs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof. 
 “Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Declarations. 
 “Investment Banker” means an investment banking institution of national standing, which may include Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated. 
 “Investment Company Event” means the receipt by the Company and the Trust of an opinion of counsel
experienced in matters relating to investment companies, to the effect that, as a result of any Change in 1940 Act Law, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an “investment company” that is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Capital Securities. 
 “LIBOR Interest Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e). 
 “London Banking Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business, including dealings in US dollars, in London, England.

 “Make Whole Premium” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(k). 
 “Maturity Extension Election “ has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d). 
 “Regulatory Event” means the determination by the Company, based on the opinion of counsel experienced in such matters, who may be an
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 affiliates, that as a result of: (1) any amendment to, clarification of or change (including any announced prospective
change) in applicable laws or regulations or official interpretations thereof or policies with respect thereto; or (2) any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment,
clarification, change, pronouncement or decision is effective or announced on or after the date of the original issuance of the Capital Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Capital Securities will no longer constitute
“tier 1” capital (or its equivalent for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the applicable regulatory body or governmental authority) of the Company or any holding company of which the Company is a subsidiary for the purposes of
the capital adequacy guidelines or policies of the Commission or any applicable regulatory body or governmental authority. 
 “Special Event” means a Tax Event, a Regulatory Event or an Investment Company Event. 
 “Supplemental
Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the Declarations. 
 “Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company or the
Trust of an opinion of counsel (which may be the Company’s counsel or counsel of an Affiliate but not an employee and must be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee) experienced in such matters, to the effect that, as a result of any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation that is enacted or becomes
effective after the initial issuance of the Capital Securities or any interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority that is announced after the initial issuance of the Capital
Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (1) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion of counsel, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the ICONs; (2)
interest payable by the Company to the Trust on the ICONs is not, or will not be within 90 days of the date of such opinion of counsel, deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (3) 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. 
 “Telerate Page 3750” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e). 
 “Three-Month
LIBOR Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(e). 
 “Treasury Yield” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1(k). 
 “Trust” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof. 
 “Trust Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof. 
 “Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the Declarations. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
 TERMS OF SERIES OF SECURITIES 
 Section 2.1. Pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 of the
Indenture, there is hereby established a series of Securities, the terms of which shall be as follows: 
 (a)
Designation. The Securities of this series shall be known and designated as the “Income Capital Obligation Notes SM initially due 2066” of the Company (the “ICONs”). The ICONs initially shall be issued to Merrill Lynch Capital Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”). The Trust Agreement for the Trust shall be
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006, among the Company, as Sponsor, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, and the Administrative Trustees named therein
(the “Trust Agreement”). The Guarantee will be issued pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 (the “Guarantee”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Guarantee Trustee. 
 (b) Aggregate Principal Amount. The maximum aggregate principal amount of the ICONs which may be authenticated and delivered under
the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture is $1,151,000,000 (except for ICONs authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or exchange for, or in lieu of, other ICONs pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.6 of the
Indenture). 
 (c) Denominations. The ICONs will be issued only in fully registered form, and the authorized minimum
denomination of the ICONs shall be $25 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof. 
 (d) Maturity. (i) The
principal amount of the ICONs shall be payable in full on December 15, 2066, unless the Maturity of the ICONs is extended in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1(d). 
 (ii) On each of December 15, 2016 and on December 15, 2026 (each, an “Election Date”), the Company may, at its sole option,
elect to extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs for an additional ten years. If the Company shall make this election on both of the Election Dates, the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs shall occur on December 15, 2086.
If the Company shall make this election only once on either of the Election Dates, the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs shall occur on December 15, 2076 (any such election, a “Maturity Extension Election”). 
 (iii) The Company shall provide irrevocable notice (an “Extension Notice”) to the Holders of any Maturity Extension Election
not less than 30 
  

	SM	Income Capital Obligation Notes is a service mark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 

 calendar days, and not more than 60 calendar days, prior to the applicable Election Date. Any such
Extension Notice shall be provided in the manner set forth in Section 1.6 of the Indenture. 
 (iv) The Company may make a
Maturity Extension Election only if the following conditions are met at the time the Company shall provide the related Extension Notice: (A) the senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company shall be rated at least Baa1 by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BBB+ by either of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc. (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) or, if any of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch
(or their respective successors) is no longer in existence, the equivalent rating by any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
(B) the Company shall not be deferring the payment of interest on the ICONs pursuant to an Optional Deferral Period and the Trust shall not be in default in respect of any of its payment obligations with respect to the Capital Securities; and (C)
the Company shall not be in default in respect of any of its outstanding indebtedness for money borrowed having an aggregate principal or face amount in excess of $100 million. 
 (e) Rate of Interest. The ICONs shall bear interest in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2(e). 
 (i) The ICONs shall bear interest at 6.45% per annum during the period commencing on and including December 14, 2006 to but excluding the
initial scheduled Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs of December 15, 2066 or any earlier date of redemption for the ICONs (such period, the “Fixed Rate Period”). During the Fixed Rate Period interest shall be payable quarterly
in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2007. Interest payments that are deferred or that are not paid when due during the Fixed Rate Period will themselves accrue Additional Interest at the
annual rate of 6.45% on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly. The amount of interest payable for any accrual period during the Fixed Rate Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
 (ii) If the Company shall have made one or more Maturity Extension Elections, then the
ICONs shall bear interest at the Three-Month LIBOR Rate plus 132.7 basis points (1.327%), reset quarterly, during the period commencing on and including December 15, 2066 to but excluding the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs or any
earlier date of redemption of the ICONs (such period, the “Floating Rate Period”). During the Floating Rate Period interest shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, commencing
March 15, 2067. Interest payments that are deferred or that are not paid when due during the Floating Rate Period shall themselves accrue Additional Interest at the prevailing annual rate then applicable to the ICONs on the amount of unpaid
interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly. The amount of interest payable for any accrual period 
  

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 during the Floating Rate Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of
days elapsed during the relevant period. 
 “Three-Month LIBOR Rate” means the rate determined in accordance with
the following provisions. On each LIBOR Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent or an affiliate thereof shall determine the Three-Month LIBOR Rate which will be the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars having a three-month maturity which
appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If no rate appears on Telerate Page 3750 on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent or such affiliate thereof shall
request the principal London offices of four major reference banks in the London Inter-Bank Market to provide it with their offered quotations for deposits in U.S. Dollars for the period of three months, commencing on the applicable Interest Payment
Date in the Floating Rate Period, to prime banks in the London Inter-Bank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S.
dollars in that market at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, then the Three-Month LIBOR Rate will be the average (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth (0.01) of a percent) of those quotations. If fewer than two
quotations are provided, then the Three-Month LIBOR Rate will be the average (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth (0.01) of a percent) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the LIBOR Interest
Determination Date by three major banks in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent or such affiliate thereof for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks, having a three-month maturity and in a principal amount that is representative
for a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time. If the banks selected by the Calculation Agent or its affiliate are not providing quotations in the manner described by this paragraph, the rate for the quarterly interest period
following the applicable LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the rate in effect on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date. 
 “Telerate Page 3750” means the display designated as “Telerate page 3750” on Moneyline Telerate, Inc. (or such other page as may replace “Telerate page 3750” on such service) or such other service displaying
the London Inter-Bank offered rates of major banks, as may replace Moneyline Telerate, Inc. 
 “LIBOR Interest
Determination Date” means the second London Banking Day preceding each Interest Payment Date in the Floating Rate Period. 
 “Calculation Agent” means the Trustee, or its successor appointed by the Company, acting as calculation agent. 
 (iii) The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONS or on any earlier Redemption Date shall include interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest
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 excluding such Interest Payment Date or the date of such Stated Maturity or earlier redemption.

 (f) To Whom Interest Payable. Interest will be payable to the person in whose name the ICONs are registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date, except that interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. 
 (g) Legal Holidays. During the Fixed Rate Period, if an Interest Payment Date or a Redemption Date of the ICONs falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date or the Redemption Date, as
applicable. During the Floating Rate Period, if any Interest Payment Date, other than an Interest Payment Date which coincides with a Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs, falls on a day that is not a Business Day,
the Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Also during
the Floating Rate Period, if a Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest
on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the principal of the ICONs, as applicable. 
 (h) Option to Defer Interest Payments. Interest payments on the ICONs shall be subject to deferral to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 3.11 of the Indenture for one or more Optional Deferral
Periods of up to forty (40) consecutive quarterly periods. 
 (i) Events of Default. An Event of Default as defined in
the Indenture shall be an Event of Default with respect to the ICONs. No other Events of Default are provided with respect to the ICONs as contemplated by Section 5.1(4) of the Indenture. 
 (j) Location of Payment. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the ICONs will be made at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may
be made: (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated in
writing at least 15 days before the relevant Interest Payment Date by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register. The office where the ICONs may be presented or surrendered for payment and the office where the ICONs may be
surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the ICONs and the Indenture may be served shall be the Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee shall act as Paying Agent. 
  

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 (k) Redemption. (i) The ICONs are redeemable at the option of the Company, subject
to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture and subject further to the Company having received prior approval from any applicable regulatory body or governmental authority if then required under the applicable capital guidelines or
policies of such regulatory body or governmental authority, at a Redemption Price equal to: (x) 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (1) in whole or in part, on one or more occasions at any time on or after December 15,
2011, (2) subject to clause (ii) below, in whole at any time if a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event has occurred and is continuing, or (3) subject to clause (ii) below, in whole or in part on one or more occasions at any time a Regulatory
Event has occurred and is continuing; and (y) if other than in connection with a redemption pursuant to sub-clauses (2) and (3) of the immediately preceding clause (x), 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest plus any
applicable Make Whole Premium in whole or in part on one or more occasions at any time prior to December 15, 2011. 
 (ii)
The Company shall be permitted to redeem the ICONs in connection with the occurrence of a Special Event only if the Company shall be unable to cure the Special Event by some reasonable action. In such event, the Company may redeem the ICONs within
90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event. 
 (iii) For purposes of this Section 2(k), “Make-Whole
Premium” means the amount equal to the excess, if any, of: (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of: (a) each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the ICONs being redeemed
on each Interest Payment Date occurring during the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2011 (excluding any accrued interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date); and (b) the principal amount of the ICONs to be redeemed, assuming
that the ICONs were to be redeemed on December 15, 2011; over (2) the principal amount of the ICONs being redeemed. The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1) shall be determined in
accordance with generally accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values shall be calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points. 
 The Company shall
appoint an Investment Banker to calculate the Make-Whole Premium. 
 For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Premium,
“Treasury Yield” means a rate of interest per year equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of United States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to December 15, 2011 of the ICONs to be
redeemed, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the “Remaining Term”). The Investment Banker shall determine the Treasury Yield as of the third business day immediately preceding the applicable redemption date. The Investment Banker
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 recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated
“H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates” or any successor release (the “H.15 Statistical Release”). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for United States Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is
the same as the Remaining Term, then the Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the Investment Banker will calculate the Treasury Yield by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average
yields on the United States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the United States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as
set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). The Independent Investment Banker shall round any weekly average yields so calculated to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, and shall round upward for any figure of 1/200th of 1% or above. If weekly average yields
for United States Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the Independent Investment Banker shall select comparable rates and calculate the Treasury Yield by reference to those rates. 
 (l) Sinking Fund. The ICONs shall not be subject to any sinking fund or analogous provisions. 
 (m) Forms. The ICONs shall be substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be
approved by the authorized officer executing the same. The Trust Agreement shall be substantially in the form of Annex B attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same. The Guarantee
Agreement shall be substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be approved by the authorized officer executing the same. 
 (n) Subordination. The subordination provisions of Article XIII of the Indenture shall apply. 
 ARTICLE III 
 MISCELLANEOUS

 Section 3.1. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties deemed imposed by
any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such deemed imposed duties shall control. 
 Section 3.2. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction hereof. 
 Section 3.3. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
  

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 Section 3.4. In case any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 3.5. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended to or shall provide any rights to any parties other than those expressly contemplated by this Supplemental Indenture. 
 Section 3.6. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE COMPANY, AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 
 Section 3.7. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture and the Trustee shall not be
accountable for the Company’s performance hereunder. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee. 
 * * * * 
 This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  

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

					
	 [SEAL]
	 	MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ John J. Thurlow

		 	Name:	 	John J. Thurlow
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Treasurer
		
		 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
		 	As Trustee
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael A. Smith

		 	Name:	 	Michael A. Smith
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 Annex A 
 Form of ICONS 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 
 Income Capital Obligations NotesSM initially due December 15, 2066

  

					
	No. l	 	$	 	CUSIP No.

 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York, the Property Trustee of MERRILL
LYNCH CAPITAL I, or registered assigns, the principal sum of              dollars ($            ) on December 15, 2066 or on such
later date to which the Stated Maturity of the principal hereof shall have been extended in accordance with the provisions set forth on the reverse hereof. The Company further promises to pay interest on said principal sum from December 14, 2006 or
from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) on 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, commencing March 15, 2007, at the rates specified on the reverse hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum, compounded quarterly. 
 Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Securities Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated in writing at least 15 days before the relevant Interest Payment Date by the Person entitled thereto as
specified in the Securities Register. 
 The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture,
subordinated and subject in right of payments to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and 
  

	SM	Income Capital Obligation Notes is a service mark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

  

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 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. 
 Reference is made hereby 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. 
  

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

 Dated:                     , 2006 
  

							
	CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION	 	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
	This is one of the Securities of the series	 		 	
	designated therein referred to in the        [SEAL]	 		 	
	within-mentioned Indenture.	 		 	
			
	The Bank of New York, as Trustee	 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Assistant Treasurer
				
	By:	 	  
	 	Attest:	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer	 		 	Secretary

  

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 REVERSE OF SECURITY 
 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 a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
December 14, 2006, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2006 (herein together called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company 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 in aggregate principal amount of $1,151,000,000, issuable on one or more occasions. 
 All terms used in this Security that are
defined in the Indenture or in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2006 (the “Trust Agreement”), for MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL TRUST I, among Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., as Sponsor, and the Trustees named
therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. 
 This Security shall bear
interest at 6.45% per annum during the period commencing on and including December 14, 2006 to but excluding December 15, 2066 or any earlier date of redemption (such period, the “Fixed Rate Period”). During the Fixed Rate Period interest
shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2007. Interest payments that are deferred or that are not paid when due during the Fixed Rate Period will themselves accrue
Additional Interest at the annual rate of 6.45% on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly. The amount of interest payable for any accrual period during the Fixed Rate Period shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. If the Company shall have made a Maturity Extension Election, then this Security shall bear interest at the Three-Month LIBOR Rate plus 132.7 basis points (1.327%), reset quarterly, during the
period commencing on and including December 15, 2066 to but excluding the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security or any earlier date of redemption (such period, the “Floating Rate Period”). During the Floating Rate Period
interest shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2067. Interest payments that are deferred or that are not paid when due during the Floating Rate Period shall
themselves accrue Additional Interest at the prevailing annual rate then applicable to this Security on the amount of unpaid interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly. The amount of interest payable for any accrual period during
the Floating Rate Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed during the relevant period. 
 During the Fixed Rate Period, if an Interest Payment Date or a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such
payment will accrue for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date or the Redemption Date, as applicable. During the Floating Rate Period, if any Interest Payment Date, other than an Interest Payment Date which coincides with a 

 

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 Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of this Security, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment
Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Also during the Floating Rate
Period, if a Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment
shall accrue for the period from and after the Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security. 
 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 Security (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 (i) the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date if this Security is issued in the form of a Global Security, or (ii) the fifteenth day (whether or
not a Business Day) preceding such Interest Payment Date if this Security is not issued in the form of a Global Security. 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 either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not fewer than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more full provided in said Indenture. 
 So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time during the term of the
Securities of this series to defer payment of interest on the Securities of this series for up to 40 consecutive quarterly interest payment periods with respect to each deferral period (each an “Optional Deferral Period”), but shall pay
all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law, compounded quarterly at the rate specified in this Security) on the first Interest Payment Date following the termination of such
Optional Deferral Period; provided, however, that no Optional Deferral Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of this series. Upon termination of any such Optional Deferral Period and upon the
payment of all accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) then due, the Company may elect to begin a new Optional Deferral Period, subject to the foregoing conditions and to the further conditions set forth in the Indenture. No
interest shall be due and payable during an Optional Deferral Period except on the first Interest Payment Date thereafter. The Company may pay at any time during an Optional Deferral Period all or any portion of the interest accrued to that point
during such Optional Deferral Period. 
 During any Optional Deferral Period or any other period in which the Company shall have failed to
pay all accrued and payable interest on this Security, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company 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 capital stock 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 (including 
  

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 Securities of other series issued under the Indenture) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to this
Security other than pro rata payments of accrued and unpaid amounts on the Securities of this series and any other debt securities of the Company (including Securities of other series issued under the Indenture) that rank equally with the Securities
of this series or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company (including pursuant to any guarantee by the Company of the Capital Securities of a Merrill Lynch
Trust holding Securities of a different series) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Guarantee other than pro rata payments of accrued and unpaid amounts on the Guarantee and any other guarantees of the debt
securities of the Company’s subsidiaries that rank pari passu with the Guarantee (provided that the Company shall be permitted to (a) pay dividends or distributions on the capital stock of the Company in additional shares of the
Company’s capital stock, (b) declare or pay a dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or issue stock under such a plan or repurchase such rights, (c) make payments under the Guarantee with respect to
the Capital Securities and the common securities of the Trust and (d) purchase Common Stock for issuance pursuant to any of the Company’s benefits plans). 
 On each of December 15, 2016 and on December 15, 2026 (each, an “Election Date”), the Company may, at its sole option, elect to extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of this series.
Each such election shall extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of this series by an additional ten years. The Company shall provide irrevocable notice of any such election not less than 30 calendar days, nor more than 60
calendar days, prior to the applicable Election Date; provided, however that the Company shall only be permitted to make such an election if the conditions set forth in the Indenture are satisfied at the time the irrevocable notice of such election
is provided. 
 This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company, subject to the Company having received prior approval from any
applicable regulatory body or governmental authority if then required under the applicable capital guidelines or policies of such regulatory body or governmental authority, at a Redemption Price equal to: (x) 100% of the principal amount of this
Security to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest (1) in whole or in part, on one or more occasions at any time on or after December 15, 2011, (2) in whole at any time if a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each as defined in the
Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, or (3) in whole or in part on one or more occasions at any time a Regulatory Event (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing; and (y) if other than in connection with a redemption
pursuant to sub-clauses (2) and (3) of the immediately preceding clause (x), 100% of the principal amount of this Security to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest plus any applicable Make Whole Premium in whole or in part on one or more
occasions at any time prior to December 15, 2011. The Company shall be permitted to redeem this Security in connection with the occurrence of a Special Event only if the Company shall be unable to cure the Special Event by some reasonable action. In
such event, the Company may redeem this Security within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event. 
 The Indenture contains
provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
  

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 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee at any
time to enter into a supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations of the Company and of the Holders of the Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration and transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less that 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) unless such Event of Default is an Event of Default which shall automatically cause all the Securities of this series to become due and payable in which
case all of the Securities of this series shall automatically become so due and payable. If the Holder of the Securities of this series shall be the Property Trustee of the Trust and upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall fail to declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be immediately due and payable, then the holders of at least 25%
of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee and upon any such declaration the principal amount of and the accrued interest (including
Additional Interest) on all the Securities of this series shall become immediately due and payable. The payment of principal and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities of this series in accordance with the foregoing shall remain
subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture. 
 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 premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed (subject to the deferral rights of the Company described in the Indenture). 
 As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under Section
10.2 of the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied by written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of 

 

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 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 or 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. 
 The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $25 and in any multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for like aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a
beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires beneficial interest in, this Security agree that for United States federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this Security constitute indebtedness. 

THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE COMPANY, AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 
 THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR OTHER OBLIGATION OF A BANK. THIS SECURITY IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY. 
  

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 Annex B 
 Trust Agreement 
  

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 Annex C 
 Guarantee Agreement 
  

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