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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of [                    ]

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310

through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended

	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture Act Section	 	Indenture Section
	Section 3.10(a)(1)

	 	6.09
	(a)(2)

	 	6.09
	(a)(3)

	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)

	 	Not Applicable
	(b)

	 	6.08
	Section 3.11(a)

	 	6.13
	(b)

	 	6.13
	Section 3.12(a)

	 	7.01, 7.02
	(b)

	 	7.02
	(c)

	 	7.02
	Section 3.13(a)

	 	7.03
	(b)

	 	7.03
	(c)

	 	7.03
	(d)

	 	7.03
	Section 3.14(a)

	 	7.04
	(a)(4)

	 	1.01
	(b)

	 	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)

	 	1.02
	(c)(2)

	 	1.02
	(c)(3)

	 	Not Applicable
	(d)

	 	Not Applicable
	(e)

	 	1.02
	Section 3.15(a)

	 	6.01
	(b)

	 	6.02
	(c)

	 	6.01
	(d)

	 	6.01
	(e)

	 	5.13
	Section 3.16(a)

	 	1.01
	(a)(1)(A)

	 	5.02, 5.11
	(a)(1)(B)

	 	5.12
	(a)(2)

	 	Not Applicable
	(b)

	 	Not Applicable
	(c)

	 	1.04
	Section 3.17(a)(1)

	 	5.03
	(a)(2)

	 	5.04
	(b)

	 	10.03
	Section 3.18(a)

	 	1.07

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

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	7	 
	Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.10 Separability Clause
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.12 Governing Law
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.14 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.15 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.16 Language of Notices, Etc
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.17 Force Majeure
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.18 Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.19 U.S.A. Patriot Act
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
	 	 	13	 
	 
	Section 2.01 Forms Generally
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities
	 	 	18	 
	Section 2.05 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	19	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
	 	 	19	 
	 
	Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3.02 Denominations
	 	 	23	 

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	Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	23	 
	Section 3.04 Temporary Securities
	 	 	24	 
	Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken Securities
	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.09 Cancellation
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.10 Computation of Interest
	 	 	29	 
	Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	30	 
	 
	Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	30	 
	Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	31	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V REMEDIES
	 	 	31	 
	 
	Section 5.01 Events of Default
	 	 	31	 
	Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	33	 
	Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	34	 
	Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	 	 	35	 
	Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected
	 	 	35	 
	Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
	 	 	35	 
	Section 5.08 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.10 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.11 Control by Holders
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.13 Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	37	 
	Section 5.14 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	38	 
	 
	Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	38	 

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	Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	39	 
	Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	40	 
	Section 6.05 May Hold Securities
	 	 	40	 
	Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust
	 	 	40	 
	Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement
	 	 	41	 
	Section 6.08 Conflicting Interests
	 	 	41	 
	Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	41	 
	Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	42	 
	Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	43	 
	Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	44	 
	Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	44	 
	Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
	 	 	46	 
	 
	Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
	 	 	46	 
	Section 7.04 Reports by Company
	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
	 	 	47	 
	 
	Section 8.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
	 	 	47	 
	Section 8.02 Successor Substituted
	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	48	 
	 
	Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	48	 
	Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
	 	 	50	 
	Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	51	 
	Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	51	 
	Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	51	 
	Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	51	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X COVENANTS
	 	 	51	 

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	Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	 	 	51	 
	Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	51	 
	Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	52	 
	Section 10.04 Corporate Existence
	 	 	53	 
	Section 10.05 Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	53	 
	Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	 	53	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
	 	 	54	 
	 
	Section 11.01 Applicability of Article
	 	 	54	 
	Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	54	 
	Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	 	 	54	 
	Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption
	 	 	55	 
	Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	56	 
	Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	56	 
	Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	 	 	57	 
	 
	Section 12.01 Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	57	 
	Section 12.02 Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	57	 
	Section 12.03 Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	57	 
	Section 12.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	58	 
	Section 12.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	59	 
	Section 12.06 Reinstatement
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII SECURITY
	 	 	60	 
	 
	Section 13.01 Security
	 	 	60	 

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     INDENTURE, dated as of [                    ], among ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 1 AEC Parkway, Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143, and U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its senior secured or unsecured debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as in
this Indenture provided.

     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in accordance
with 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 agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Section 1.01 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 GAAP;

     (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers
to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

     (5) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto” 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;

     (6) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments and
supplements thereto;

 

 

     (7) when used with respect to any Security, the words “convert,” “converted” and “conversion”
are intended to refer to the right of the Holder or the Company to convert or exchange such
Security into or for securities or other property in accordance with such terms, if any, as may
hereafter be specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.01, and these words
are not intended to refer to any right of the Holder or the Company to exchange such Security for
other Securities of the same series and like tenor pursuant to Section 3.04, Section
3.05, Section 3.06, Section 9.06 or Section 11.07 or another similar
provision of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires; and references herein to the
terms of any Security that may be converted mean such terms as may be specified for such Security
as contemplated in Section 3.01; and

     (8) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to “duly provided for” and other
words of similar import with respect to any amount or property required to be paid or delivered, as
applicable, shall include, without limitation, having made such amount or property available for
payment or delivery.

     “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section
1.04.

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

     “Applicable Procedures” of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any time, the
policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such
time.

     “Authenticating Agent” means, when used with respect to Securities of any series, any Person
authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities of such
series.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by an Officer of the Company to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Where any provision of this Indenture refers to action
to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution (including the establishment of any series of the
Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such action may be taken by any officer or employee of
the Company authorized to take such action by the Board of Directors as evidenced by a Board
Resolution.

     “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; provided

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that, when used with respect to any Security, “Business Day” may have such other meaning, if
any, as may be specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.01.

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

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

     “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any Officer of the Company, or any other officer or officers of the Company
designated in writing by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to the
Trustee from time to time.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee in [                                        ]
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered and which, at
the date hereof, is located at [                                        ], Attention: [                               
         ] or at
such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.

     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company (including a limited liability
company), joint-stock company, business trust or other similar entity.

     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.03.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.

     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency that is designated to act as
depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     “DTC” has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.

     “Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

     “GAAP” means, at any time, (i) generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of

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Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States or (ii) if at such time the
Company is required to prepare its financial statements for reports filed with the Commission under
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act pursuant to standards other than those specified in clause
(i) (which may include International Financial Reporting Standards), such other standards, in each
case which are in effect at such time.

     “Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).

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

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and 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, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of any particular series or specific Securities within a series
established as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     “interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

     “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.

     “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(3).

     “Officer” means a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer,
a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, as applicable.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company, or any
other officer or officers of the Company designated in a writing by or pursuant to authority of the
Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel
for the Company.

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     “Original Issue 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 5.02.

     “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

     (1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;

     (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory
to the Trustee has been made;

     (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 12.02;

     (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

     (5) Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered
(or such delivery has been duly provided for), or as to which any other particular conditions have
been satisfied, in each case as may be provided for such Securities as contemplated in Section 3.01;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as of such date, the principal
amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of
such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the
manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such Security
(or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as
provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,

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consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.

     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series and subject to
Section 10.02, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
3.01.

     “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 3.06 in exchange
for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security.

     “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.

     “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
within the corporate trust department, including any Vice President, assistant secretary, assistant
treasurer, assistant cashier, trust officer, assistant trust officer or assistant controller
assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.05.

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     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

     “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

     “Subsidiary” means any Person a majority of the combined voting power of the total outstanding
ownership interests in which is, at the time of determination, beneficially owned or held, directly
or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries. For this purpose, “voting power”
means power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case of a Person that is not a
corporation, ordinarily to appoint or approve the appointment of Persons holding similar
positions), whether at all times or only as long as no senior class of ownership interests has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.

     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

     “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New
York, as amended from time to time.

     “U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

     “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”

     Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates 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 such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, however, that no such opinion shall be required in connection with the
issuance of Securities that are part of any series as to which such an opinion has been furnished.
Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be
given by an Officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall
comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.

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     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture 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 or she 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 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters
are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.

     Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of, or
representation by, 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, as the
case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.

     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

     Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record Dates. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or agents duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments 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

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(subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made
in the manner provided in this Section.

     Without limiting the generality of this Section, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture, (i) a Holder, including a Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global
Security, may give, make or take, by an agent or agents duly appointed in writing, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted in
or pursuant to this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders, and a Depositary or its
nominee that is a Holder of a Global Security may duly appoint in writing as its agent or agents
members of, or participants in, such Depositary holding interests in such Global Security in the
records of such Depositary; and (ii) with respect to any Global Security the Depositary for which
is The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), any consent or other action given, made or taken by an
“agent member” of DTC by electronic means in accordance with the Automated Tender Offer Procedures
system or other Applicable Procedures of, and pursuant to authorization by, DTC shall be deemed to
constitute the “Act” of the Holder of such Global Security, and such Act shall be deemed to have
been delivered to the Company and the Trustee upon the delivery by DTC of an “agent’s message” or
other notice of such consent or other action having been so given, made or taken in accordance with
the Applicable Procedures of DTC.

     The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit may also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

     The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

     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, making or taking 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 give, make or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless
given, made or taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite

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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 given,
made or taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is given, made or taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, as the case may be, 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 1.05 and Section 1.06.

     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, making or taking of (i) any
Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii)
any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.11, 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 give, make or take such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless given, made or
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 given, made or taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such
action is given, made or 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 1.05 and
Section 1.06.

     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 1.06,
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 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date to an earlier day as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than
the 180th day after the applicable record date.

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     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give, make or take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so, in person or by an agent duly appointed
in writing, with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security.

     Section 1.05 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 Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be by facsimile transmission) to
or with the Trustee at [       
                  
               ], Attention: [                                        ], facsimile:
[                                        ] or any other address previously furnished in writing to the Company and the
Holders by the Trustee or

     (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at 1 AEC Parkway, Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143,
Attention: [                    ], facsimile: [                    ] or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company.

     Section 1.06 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 his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if
any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or
after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such
notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee),
pursuant to its Applicable Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier
than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.

     Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under the
Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture
Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the
Trust

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Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

     Section 1.08 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 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by
the Company shall bind their respective 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.

     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
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any
Securities of a particular series or under this Indenture with respect to such Securities.

     Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities, and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereto and thereto, including the interpretation, construction, validity
and enforceability thereof, shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with
the law of the State of New York.

     Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Maturity of any Security, or any date on which a Holder has the right to convert his
Security, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any), or conversion of such Security need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date,
or at the Maturity, or on such date for conversion, as the case may be.

     Section 1.14 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be
used to interpret any other indenture, loan or other agreement of the Company or any Subsidiaries
thereof or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or other agreement may not be used to
interpret this Indenture.

     Section 1.15 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company,
as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities. The waiver may
not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

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     Section 1.16 Language of Notices, Etc. Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver, other action or Act provided or permitted under this Indenture shall be in
the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.

     Section 1.17 Force Majeure. Subject to Section 6.01, in no event shall the
Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations
hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss
or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being
understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the
circumstances.

     Section 1.18 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
INDENTURE.

     Section 1.19 U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance
with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in
order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship
or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide
the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the
requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

     Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, 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 the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. 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 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

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     Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security.

     Set forth below is the form of the face of the Securities, which form may be varied to the
extent set forth in one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.

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

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

			
	 	 	 
	No $
	 	CUSIP No.     

     ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Ohio (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars on                      [if the Security is
to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay interest thereon from                     or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
[semi-annually] [quarterly] on                      [,                     ,                     ] and    
                  in each year, commencing
                    , and at the Maturity thereof, at the rate of                     % per annum [initially, and after
                    , at the rate **** as provided herein], until the principal hereof is paid or made available
for payment [if applicable, insert —, provided that any premium, and any such installment of
interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of                     % per annum (to the extent
that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date such overdue amount
is due until such amount is paid or duly provided for, and such interest on any overdue amount
shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                      [,                     ,                     ] or     
                
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest so payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for, will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (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 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].

     [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]

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     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in [New York, New York], 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, against surrender of this
Security in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof or any payment of
interest becomes payable on a day other than an Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if
this Security is not a Global Security, (i) payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date will be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in
the Security Register; and all other payments will be made by check against surrender of this
Security; (ii) all payments by check will be made in next-day funds (i.e., funds that become
available on the day after the check is cashed); and (iii) notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii)
above, with respect to any payment of any amount due on this Security, if this Security is in a
denomination of at least $1,000,000 and the Holder hereof at the time of surrender hereof or, in
the case of any payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, the Holder thereof on the related
Regular Record Date delivers a written request to the Paying Agent to make such payment by wire
transfer at least five Business Days before the date such payment becomes due, together with
appropriate wire transfer instructions specifying an account at a bank in New York, New York, the
Company shall make such payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account at
such bank in New York City, any such wire instructions, once properly given by a Holder as to this
Security, remaining in effect as to such Holder and this Security unless and until new instructions
are given in the manner described above and provided further, that notwithstanding anything in the
foregoing to the contrary, if this Security is a Global Security, payment shall be made pursuant to
the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary as permitted in said Indenture. Any interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

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

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

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 

     Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security. Set forth below is the form of the reverse
of the Securities, which form may be varied to the extent set forth in one or more Board
Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.

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     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated
as of [                    ] (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning
assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert
— limited in aggregate principal amount to $          ].

     This Security is the general, [unsecured,] senior obligation of the Company.

     [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, at any time [if applicable, insert — on or
after           , 20___], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable,
insert — on or before                     ,                     %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning of the years indicated,

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Year	 	Redemption Price	 	Year	 	Redemption Price
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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

     [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]

     [If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the
entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with
respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]

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

     [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect

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provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and 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 premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including consents obtained in connection
with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of all Securities of a
series at the time Outstanding to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions (i)
permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in connection
with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of the Securities of a
series at the time Outstanding to be affected under the Indenture, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities so affected, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture
and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of the Securities
of a series at the time Outstanding of any series to be affected under the Indenture, on behalf of
the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture
with respect to such series and their consequences, in the case of Clause (i) or (ii), except as
may otherwise be provided pursuant to the Indenture for all or any specific Securities of any
series. 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.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal
hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

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

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

     [If this Security is a Global Security, insert — This Security is a Global Security and is
subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Global Securities, including the limitations
therein on transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.]

     When a successor entity assumes, in accordance with the Indenture, all the obligations of its
predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, and immediately before and thereafter no Event
of Default exists and all other conditions of the Indenture are satisfied, the predecessor entity
will be released from those obligations.

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

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

     Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO

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TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON
OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE.

     Section 2.05 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s
certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[                                                            ],
 AS TRUSTEE

 	 
	Dated: 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

     Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

     (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from Securities of any other series);

     (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 9.06 or Section 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03,
are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

     (3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other
than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

     (4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;

     (5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the
date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any

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such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;

     (6) if the Security is a floating rate debt security, the interest rate basis; any applicable
index currency or index maturity, spread or spread multiplier or initial base rate, maximum rate or
minimum rate; the interest reset, determination, calculation and payment dates; the day count
convention used to calculate interest payments for any period; the business day convention; and the
calculation agent;

     (7) if the Security is an indexed debt security, the principal amount, if any, that shall be
payable at maturity; interest payment dates; the amount of interest, if any, that shall be payable
on an interest payment date or the formula to be used to calculate these amounts, if any; and the
terms on which the Security shall be exchangeable for or payable in cash, securities or other
property;

     (8) if the Security may be converted into or exercised or exchanged for common shares of the
Company, preferred shares of the Company or other securities of the Company, or debt or equity
securities of one or more third parties (and/or cash in lieu of such securities), the terms on
which conversion, exercise or exchange may occur, including whether conversion, exercise or
exchange is mandatory, at the option of the Holder or at the option of the Company; the period
during which conversion, exercise or exchange may occur; the initial conversion, exercise or
exchange price or rate and the circumstances or manner in which the amount of common shares or
preferred shares or other securities issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange may be
adjusted;

     (9) if the Security is an original issue discount debt security, the yield to maturity and
provisions relating to the accretion of the principal thereof;

     (10) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities
of the series shall be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made;

     (11) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

     (12) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon
which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation;

     (13) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, the denominations in
which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

     (14) if applicable, the circumstances under which the Company will pay additional amounts on
any Securities held by a person who is not a United States person for tax purposes

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and under which the Company may redeem the Securities if such additional amounts shall be
payable;

     (15) the names and duties of any co-Trustees, Depositaries, Authenticating Agents, Paying
Agents, transfer agents or Security Registrars for the Security, as applicable;

     (16) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies,
composite currency, composite currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium
or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
the purposes of making payment in the currency of the United States of America and applying the
definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01;

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

     (18) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

     (19) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series
will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which
shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon
any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any
date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to
be the principal amount shall be determined);

     (20) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall
not be defeasible pursuant to Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 or both such Sections,
and, if such Securities may be defeased, in whole or in part, pursuant to either or both such
Sections, any provisions to permit a pledge of obligations other than U.S. Government Obligations
(or the establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements of Section
12.04(1) for defeasance of such Securities and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner
in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

     (21) 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 2.04, any addition to,
elimination of or other change in the circumstances set forth in Clause (2) of the penultimate

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paragraph of Section 3.05 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 and any other provisions governing exchanges or transfers of any such
Global Security;

     (22) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of
such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to 

Section
5.02;

     (23) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set forth in Article
X which applies to Securities of the series;

     (24) if applicable, that
Persons other than those specified in Section 1.11 shall have
such benefits, rights, remedies and claims with respect to any Securities of the series or under
this Indenture with respect to such Securities, as and to the extent provided for such Securities;

     (25) any change in the actions permitted or required under this Indenture to be taken by or on
behalf of the Holders of the Securities of the series, including any such change that permits or
requires any or all such actions to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specific
Securities of the series rather than or in addition to the Holders of all Securities of the series;

     (26) any provisions for subordination of any Securities of the series to other indebtedness of
the Company (including Securities of other series);

     (27) whether the Securities of such series are to be secured by any property, assets or other
collateral and, if so, the applicable collateral, any deletions from, or modifications or additions
to, the provisions of Article XIII hereof or any other provisions of this Indenture in
connection therewith or in connection with any other instrument or agreement entered into in
connection therewith; and

     (28) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(7)).

     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided
pursuant to this Section 3.01 for any series, after issuance of Securities of such series,
such series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of that series.

     The terms of any Security of a series may differ from the terms of other Securities of the
same series, if and to the extent provided pursuant to this Section 3.01. The matters
referenced in any or all of Clauses (1) through (28) above may be established and set forth or
determined as

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aforesaid with respect to all or any specific Securities of a series (in each case to the
extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act).

     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.

     Section 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in
registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

     Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President of
the Company (or any other officer of the Company designated in writing by or pursuant to authority
of the Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time). 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 supplemental indentures as permitted by Sections
2.01 and 3.01, 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 6.01) 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 or
supplemental indenture as permitted by Section 2.01, 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
or supplemental indenture as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

     (3) that when such Securities have been 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,
such Securities 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

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to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and subject to any
limitation with respect to payments in currency other than U.S. dollars.

     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 3.01 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 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.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, 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
3.09, 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 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of
any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series and tenor.

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     Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
cause to be kept at each office or agency of the Company designated as a Place of Payment pursuant
to the first paragraph of Section 10.02 a register (the register maintained in each such
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred
to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. [Each such office or agency] is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose
of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

     All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 9.06 or
Section 11.07 not involving any transfer.

     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
whole or in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be)
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice
of redemption of any such Securities under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing (or during such period as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for such Securities), or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.

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     The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

     (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of
the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such applicable
provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, no Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the Company
that it (i) 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, (B) an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Depositary notifies the Company that it wishes to exchange
all or part of a Global Security for Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the
Depositary, or (C) the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee a Company Order stating
that such Global Security shall be exchanged in whole for Securities that are not Global Securities
(in which case such exchange shall promptly be effected by the Trustee). If the Company receives a
notice of the kind specified in Clause (A) above, it may, in its sole discretion, designate a
successor Depositary for such Global Security within 90 days after receiving such notice or
delivery of such order, as the case may be. If the Company designates a successor Depositary as
aforesaid, such Global Security shall promptly be exchanged in whole for one or more other Global
Securities registered in the name of the successor Depositary, whereupon such designated successor
shall be the Depositary for such successor Global Security or Global Securities and the provisions
of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this provision shall continue to apply thereto.

     (3) Subject to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01, 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 3.04, Section 3.06, Section 9.06 or Section 11.07
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.

     Every Person who takes or holds any beneficial interest in a Global Security agrees that:

     (5) the Company and the Trustee may deal with the Depositary as sole owner of the Global
Security and as the authorized representative of such Person;

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     (6) such Person’s rights in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary
and shall be limited to those established by law and agreement between such Person and the
Depositary and/or direct and indirect participants of the Depositary;

     (7) the Depositary and its participants make book-entry transfers of beneficial ownership
among, and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the Global Securities
to, such Persons in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; and

     (8) none of the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

     Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken Securities. If (a) any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or (b) both (i) there shall be delivered to the
Company and the Trustee (A) a claim by a Holder as to the destruction, loss or wrongful taking of
any Security of such Holder and a request thereby for a new replacement Security of the same
series, and (B) such indemnity bond as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent
of either of them harmless and (ii) such other reasonable requirements as may be imposed by the
Company as permitted by Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code have been satisfied, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
“protected purchaser” within the meaning of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the
Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security, a new Security of the same series
and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. In
case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.

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

     Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or wrongfully taken Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

     The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or wrongfully taken Securities.

     Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise
provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities of a series,
interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest

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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 (or, if no business is conducted by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office on such
date, at 5:00 P.M. New York City time on such date).

     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the 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:

     (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest payable on any Securities
of a series to the Persons in whose names such Securities (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 of such
Securities 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 given to each Holder of such Securities in the manner set
forth in Section 1.06, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities of a series in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Except as may otherwise be provided in this Section 3.07 or as contemplated in
Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities of a series, the Person to whom interest shall
be payable on any Security that first becomes payable on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date
shall be the Holder of such Security on the day such interest is paid.

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

     In the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to
such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall
be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) 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
such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after
the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of any Security that may be converted may provide
that the provisions of this paragraph do not apply, or apply with such additions, changes or
omissions as may be provided thereby, to such Security.

     Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for
registration of transfer, the Company and the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee,
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section
3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security be overdue, and neither the Company or the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     Section 3.09 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall
be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has
not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall not be required to destroy such canceled Securities.

     Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Section 3.11 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 redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other

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identification numbers printed on the Securities. Any such redemption shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such CUSIP numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon
Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of any series (except
as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of any such Security
expressly provided for herein or in the terms of such Security), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to such Securities, when

     (1) either

          (A) all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 3.06 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 10.03) 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, 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, provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under federal bankruptcy laws,
as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the
Trustee is required to return the moneys then on deposit with the Trustee to the Company, the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Securities shall not be deemed
terminated or discharged,

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;

     (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company
with respect to such Securities; and

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

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the
obligations of the Company 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
with respect to such Securities, the obligations of the Company of such series under Section
10.02 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02, Section 6.06 and
the last paragraph of Section 10.03 with respect to such Securities shall survive such
satisfaction and discharge.

     Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
4.01 with respect to Securities of any series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. All moneys deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the
payment of Securities subsequently converted shall be returned to the Company upon Company Request,
to the extent originally deposited by the Company. The Company may direct by a Company Order the
investment of any money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01, without
distinction between principal and income, in (1) United States Treasury Securities with a maturity
of one year or less or (2) a money market fund that invests solely in short term United States
Treasury Securities and from time to time the Company may direct the reinvestment of all or a
portion of such money in other securities or funds meeting the criteria specified in Clause (1) or
(2) of this sentence.

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

     Section 5.01 Events of Default.

     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities
of that series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):

     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

     (2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series
at its Maturity; or

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     (3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied within a specified time after
receipt of such notice and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

     (4) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of
90 consecutive days (provided that, if any Person becomes the successor to the Company pursuant to
Article VIII and such Person is organized and validly existing under the law of a
jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference in this Clause (5) to an applicable Federal
or State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any applicable comparable
law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the successor to the Company
hereunder and is so organized and existing); or

     (5) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case
or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of
a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action (provided that, if any Person becomes the successor to the Company
pursuant to Article VIII and such Person is organized and validly existing under the law of
a jurisdiction outside the United States, each reference in this Clause (6) to an applicable
Federal or State law of a particular kind shall be deemed to refer to such law or any applicable
comparable law of such non-U.S. jurisdiction, for as long as such Person is the successor to the
Company hereunder and is so organized and existing); or

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     (6) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series in
accordance with Section 3.01.

     Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. Except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific Securities of any
series, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(4)
or Section 5.01(5)) with respect to Securities of that series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount
of all the Securities of that series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which
specifies an amount to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such
amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific Securities of any
series, if an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(4) or Section 5.01(5) with
respect to Securities of that series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all
the Securities of that series (or, in the case of any Security of that series which specifies an
amount to be due and payable thereon upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, such amount as may
be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

     Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific
Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of that series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

     (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

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

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

          (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

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

     (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.

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

     Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Company covenants that if

     (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 60 days, or

     (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.

     Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding
relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, their property or their
creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have
claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. The Trustee shall be
authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of 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.

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     Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights
of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.

     Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

     SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and

     THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or to whomsoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive the same as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

     Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

     (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

     (2) 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 reasonably satisfactory to it
against the losses, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

     (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer 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 of, any provision of this

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Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all of such Holders.

     Section 5.08 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding
has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

     Section 5.09 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect
to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities in the
last paragraph of Section 3.06, 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 5.10 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to
the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 5.11 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 not
inconsistent with such direction; and

     (3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that the
proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

     Section 5.12 Waiver of Past Defaults. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 for all or any specific Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of the Outstanding Securities of any series to be

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affected under this Indenture may by notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any existing default and its consequences hereunder with respect to
such series and its consequences, except a default:

     (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such
series, or

     (2) arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required under this
Indenture; or

     (3) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series
affected.

     Upon any such waiver with respect to any series, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, with respect to such series
for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon. A waiver of any past default and its consequences
given by or on behalf of any Holder of Securities in connection with a purchase of, or tender or
exchange offer for, such Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender
or exchange.

     Section 5.13 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the
Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed
to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
instituted by the Company or the Trustee or, if applicable, in any suit for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Security in accordance with its terms.

     Section 5.14 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.

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ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

     Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance of
an Event of Default,

     the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture and as are provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and, except for implied
covenants or obligations under the Trust Indenture Act, no implied covenants or obligations shall
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

     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 provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

     (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of such person’s 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 the first paragraph of this
Section;

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

     (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 5.11,
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series; and

     (4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.

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     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.

     Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs hereunder with respect to
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of
such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in
the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(3) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof. 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 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:

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

     (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

     (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) shall be entitled to receive and
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

     (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection 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;

     (5) 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 reasonably satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction;

     (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the

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Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no
liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

     (7) 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 and shall not be responsible for the supervision of officers and employees
of such agents or attorneys;

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

     (9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights
or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

     (10) except with respect to Section 10.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire
as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article Ten. In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any
Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 5.01(1) or 5.01(2), or (ii) any
Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual
knowledge; and

     (11) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee
in each of its capacities hereunder.

     Section 6.04 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 the Trustee does not assume any responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

     Section 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Section 6.08 and
Section 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

     Section 6.06 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 in
writing with the Company.

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     Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees

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

     (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and

     (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and its officers, directors,
agents and employees for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities,
damages, claims or expenses including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined
by the earnings or income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted
by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

     As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on Securities.

     Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee
incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section
5.01(4) or Section 5.01(5), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses
of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

     The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

     Section 6.08 Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of,
the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

     Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be one
(and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be
Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that
is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, has a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office in the continental United States of
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to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, 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 with respect to the Securities of any
series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

     Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No resignation or
removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with
the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.

     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the
expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of a notice of removal pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee being removed may
petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

     If at any time:

     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 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 6.09 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, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 5.13, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Trustees.

     If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more

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series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such
series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If
an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition,
at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such 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 in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

     Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. 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 and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.

     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

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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.

     Upon request of any such successor Trustee and the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case
may be.

     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.

     Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall
have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.

     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 any series of Securities which shall be authorized
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issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, partial conversion or partial redemption or
pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities of such series 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 of such series 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 so appointed with respect to such
series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent so appointed with respect to such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to
the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.

     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee, the Company, the Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation. An Authenticating
Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company.
The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Securities which shall be acceptable
to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such
series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers and duties of
its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.

     The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	[                                                            ],	 	 
	 

	 	AS TRUSTEE
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

As Authenticating Agent
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

     Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

     (1) semi-annually, not later than [                    ] and [                    ] in
each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the immediately preceding [                    ] or [                    ] as the case may be, and

     (2) 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 Security Registrar.

     Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Trustee shall
preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and
the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.

     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 by the Trust Indenture Act.

     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. 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.

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     Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be
transmitted no later than July 15 and shall be dated as of May 15 in each calendar year, commencing
in 20[___].

     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, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange and of any delisting thereof.

     Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, if any, at the times and
in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act need not be filed with the Trustee until the 15th day after the same are actually filed with
the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the compliance by the Company with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     Section 8.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Company shall
not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any
Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:

     (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or sell, convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by
sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all the properties and assets
of the Company shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and
the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed and, for each Security that by its terms provides for conversion, shall have
provided for the right to convert such Security in accordance with its terms;

     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which
becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having
been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

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

     Section 8.02 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or
merger of the Company into, any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific Securities of any
series, 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 cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or

     (2) to comply with Article VIII; or

     (3) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

     (4) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
Securities of any series (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
Securities of such series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such Securities within such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company with regard to all or any Securities of any series (and if any such surrender is
to be made with regard to less than all Securities of such series, stating that such surrender is
expressly being made solely with regard to such Securities within such series); or

     (5) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
Securities of any series (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of
less than all Securities of such series, stating that such additional Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Securities within such series); or

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     (6) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in definitive form, or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

     (7) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of all
or any Securities of any series (and if such addition, change or elimination is to apply with
respect to less than all Securities of such series, stating that it is expressly being made to
apply solely with respect to such Securities within such series), provided that any such addition,
change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to
the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii)
modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall
become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

     (8) to secure the Securities; or

     (9) to establish the form or terms of all or any Securities of any series as permitted by
Section 2.01 and Section 3.01; or

     (10) 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; or

     (11) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to any
Securities that by their terms may be converted into securities or other property other than
Securities of the same series and of like tenor, in order to permit or facilitate the issuance,
payment or conversion of such Securities; or

     (12) to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

     (13) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and
legending of Securities; provided, however, that (a) compliance with this Indenture as so amended
would not result in Securities being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other
applicable securities law and (b) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the
rights of Holders to transfer Securities; or

     (14) to make any other change to this Indenture that does not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

     The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any
property thereunder, but the Trustee 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.

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     Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. Except as may otherwise
be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for all or any specific Securities of any series, with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of the
Outstanding Securities of a series of Securities 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 (including consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities),

     (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon
or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or

     (2) permit the Company to redeem any Security if, absent such supplemental indenture, the
Company would not be permitted to do so, or

     (3) change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, principal of any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or

     (4) change the ranking or priority of any Security that would adversely affect the Holders, or

     (5) 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

     (6) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any one or more
series (considered separately or together as one class, as applicable, and whether comprising the
same or different series or less than all the Securities of a 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 compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder
and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

     (7) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.12 or Section
10.06, 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 Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant
changes in this Section and Section 10.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Section 6.11 and Section 9.01(10).

     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular

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Securities or series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of such
Securities or series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of any other Securities or of any other
series, as applicable. 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. A consent to any indenture supplemental hereto by or
on behalf of any Holder of Securities given in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange
offer for, such Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender or
exchange.

     Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. 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 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

     Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

     Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and
agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

     Section 10.02 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
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for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities may be surrendered for conversion
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company 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 of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.

     With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be specified for such Global
Security as contemplated by Section 3.01, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall
be the Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or
for registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Securities may be delivered in
exchange therefor, provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery
effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be
deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 10.03 Money for Securities 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 or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of
that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit (or, if the Company has deposited any
trust funds with a trustee pursuant to Section 1204(1), cause such trustee to deposit) with
a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will

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     (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent
and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that
series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

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

     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 or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an [unsecured]
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, 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 direction and 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 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 10.04 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article VIII, the Company will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.

     Section 10.05 Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date
hereof, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge;

     Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 for all or any Securities of any series, the Company may, with respect to all
or any Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in Section 10.04 or in any covenant provided pursuant to Section
3.01(18), Section 9.01(4), Section 9.01(8) or Section 9.01(9) for the
benefit of the Holders of such series or in Article VIII if, before the time for such
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amount (including waivers obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or
exchange offer for, Securities) of all Outstanding Securities affected by such waiver (considered
together as one class for this purpose and such affected Securities potentially being Securities of
the same or different series and, with respect to any particular series, potentially comprising
fewer than all the Securities of such series) shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent
so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect. A waiver of compliance given by or on behalf of any Holder of Securities in
connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, such Holder’s Securities will not
be rendered invalid by such purchase, tender or exchange.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 11.01 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable
before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) in accordance with
this Article.

     Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to
redeem any Securities shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in another
manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including
any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 35 days prior to
the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the
case of any redemption of Securities (1) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (2) pursuant
to an election of the Company that is subject to a condition specified in the terms of the
Securities of the series to be redeemed, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

     Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee 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
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee 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 unredeemed portion of the
principal amount of any Security 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 by the

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Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously
called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

     If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the
conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of
such Security shall be deemed (so far as it may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be
treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

     The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.

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

     Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 1.06 not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date (or within such period as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 for the relevant Securities), to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register. Any notice of redemption shall be irrevocable.

     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP
numbers, if any) and shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date,

     (2) the Redemption Price,

     (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single
Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than
all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed,
the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,

     (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,

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     (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price,

     (6) for any Securities that by their terms may be converted, the terms of conversion, the date
on which the right to convert the Security to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places
where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and

     (7) 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.

     Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on
any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which
are to be redeemed on that date, other than any Securities called for redemption on that date which
have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.

     If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or
with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall
(subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive
interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07 or in the terms of such
Security) be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be
discharged from such trust.

     Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, 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 3.07.

     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

     Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only
in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in

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writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and
of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.

ARTICLE XII

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     Section 12.01 Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless
otherwise designated pursuant to Section 3.01(15), the Securities of any series of
Securities shall be subject to defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to such Section
12.02 or Section 12.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided
pursuant to Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article. The Company may elect, at its option, at any time, to have Section 12.02 or
Section 12.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities so subject to
defeasance or covenant defeasance. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in
another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.

     Section 12.02 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if
any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such
Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 12.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such
Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all their other respective
obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in Section 12.04(1) and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due,
(2) the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities under Section 3.04,
Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 10.02 and Section 10.03, (3)
the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article.
Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this
Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 12.03 applied to such Securities.

     Section 12.03 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any)
to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 10.04 and any covenants
provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18), Section 9.01(4), Section 9.01(10) or
Section 9.01(10) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (2) the occurrence
of any event specified in Section 5.01(3) (with respect to Section 10.04 and any
such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18), Section 9.01(4), Section
9.01(10) or Section 9.01(10) and Section 5.01(7) shall be deemed not to be or
result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this
Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 are

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satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.01(3)), whether
directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason
of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but
the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

     Section 12.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be
the conditions to the application of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

     (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.09 and
agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment, money in an amount, or (C) such other obligations or arrangements as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to such Securities, or (D) a combination
thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to
pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the
respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.
As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means any security which is (i) a direct obligation of
the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
expressly unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof.

     (2) In the event of an election to have Section 12.02 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a
change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance
and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to U.S. Federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if
such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

     (3) In the event of an election to have Section 12.03 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an

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Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain
or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to
be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the
same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and
Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

     (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect
that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

     (5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities (other than such an event or Event
of Default solely with respect to such Securities resulting from the borrowing of funds to be
applied to such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.

     (6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.

     (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of such Securities
over the other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Company.

     (8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.

     (9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from independent
counsel in the United States to the effect that after the 91st day following the date of deposit,
the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

     (10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.

     Section 12.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section
12.06, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 12.04 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in

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respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money and U.S. Government Obligations
so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

     The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

     Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 12.04 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required
to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect
to such Securities.

     Section 12.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the respective obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from
which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 12.02 or Section
12.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this
Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 12.05 with respect to such
Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

ARTICLE XIII

SECURITY

     Section 13.01 Security. If so provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series may be secured by such property,
assets or other collateral as may be specified in or pursuant to Section 3.01. Any and all
terms and provisions applicable to the security for the Securities of such series shall also be
provided in or pursuant to Section 3.01, which may include, without limitation, provisions
for the execution and delivery of such security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral
agreements and other similar or related agreements as the Company may elect and which may provide
for the Trustee to act as collateral agent or in a similar or other capacity. The Trustee shall
comply with Sections 313(a)(5) and (6) and 313(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and the Company
shall comply with Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act, in each case in
respect of any secured Securities that may be outstanding hereunder from time to time.

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     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.

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

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

	 	 	 	 	 

	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

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Exhibit 4.2

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

OF

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

          Jeffrey I. Friedman, President, and Martin A. Fishman, Secretary, of Associated Estates Realty
Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), do hereby certify that on November 6, 1993,
in a writing approved and signed as specified in Section 1701.54 of the Ohio Revised Code, the sole
shareholder of the Corporation adopted the following resolutions, and that said resolutions are
valid and binding, have not been amended, modified or rescinded, and are in full force and effect
on the date hereof:

     RESOLVED, that the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation, in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, be, and the same hereby are, adopted
in their entirety; and

     FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President ad Secretary of the Corporation be, and they
hereby are, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute a
certificate setting forth the foregoing resolution adopting the Second Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation and to cause such certificate to be filed in the office of the
Secretary of Sate of Ohio.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this instrument in one or more counterparts as of the 6th
day of November, 1993.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ Jeffrey I. Friedman
 	 
	 	Jeffrey I.  Friedman, President 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ Martin A. Fishman
 	 
	 	Martin A. Fishman, Secretary 	 
	 	 	 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

          FIRST: The name of the Corporation shall be Associated Estates Realty Corporation.

          SECOND: The place in the State of Ohio where the principal office of the Corporation is
located is Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga County.

          THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be formed under Sections 1701.01 to 1701.98, inclusive, of the Ohio Revised Code.

          FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes that the Corporation shall have authority
to issue is Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares, all of which shall be Common Shares, without par
value (the “Common Shares”).

     The Common Shares shall have the following express terms:

          Section 1. DIVIDEND RIGHTS. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, out of the assets of the
Corporation which are by law available therefor, dividends or distributions payable in cash, in
property or in securities of the Corporation.

          Section 2. RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation,
each holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of Common
Shares, that portion of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its
shareholders as the number of Common Shares held by such holder bears to the total number of Common
Shares then outstanding.

          Section 3. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to vote on all
matters at all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation, and shall be entitled to one vote
for each Common Share entitled to vote at such meeting.

          Section 4. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER TO PRESERVE TAX BENEFIT; COMMON SHARES SUBJECT TO
REDEMPTION.

               (a) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of Section 4 of this Article FOURTH, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

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               “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Common Shares by a Person who would be treated
as an owner of such Common Shares either directly or constructively through the application of
Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial
Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

               “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

               “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Common Shares by a Person who would be
treated as an owner of such Common Shares either directly or constructively through the application
of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code.

               The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have
the correlative meanings.

               “Excess Shares” shall mean any Common Shares (i) acquired or proposed to be acquired by any
Person (other than an Existing Holder) pursuant to a Transfer to the extent that, if effective,
such Transfer would result in the transferee either (A) Beneficially Owning Common Shares in excess
of the Ownership Limit or (B) Constructively Owning Common Shares in excess of the Related Party
Limit, (ii) acquired or proposed to be acquired by an Existing Holder pursuant to a Transfer to the
extent that, if effective, such Transfer would result in such Existing Holder Beneficially Owning
Common Shares in excess of the Existing Holder Limit for such Existing Holder, or (iii) which are
the subject of a Transfer which, if effective, would result in (A) the Common Shares being owned by
fewer than 100 Persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), or (B) the
Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code.

               “Existing Holder” shall mean (i) Jeffrey I. Friedman, (ii) Susan Friedman, (iii) Mark L.
Milstein, (iv) Robert Milstein, and (v) any Person to whom an Existing Holder Transfers Beneficial
Ownership of Common Shares causing such transferee to Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess of
the Ownership Limit.

               “Existing Holder Limit” (i) for any Existing Holder who is an Existing Holder by virtue of
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition thereof, shall mean, initially, the percentage of
the outstanding Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Existing Holder upon the consummation of
the Initial Public Offering, and after any adjustment pursuant to Section (4)(i) of this Article
FOURTH, shall mean such percentage of the outstanding Common Shares as so adjusted; and (ii) for
any Existing Holder who becomes an Existing Holder by virtue of clause (v) of the definition
thereof, shall mean, initially, the percentage of the outstanding Common Shares Beneficially Owned
by such Existing Holder at the time that such Existing Holder becomes an Existing Holder, and after
any adjustment pursuant to Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, shall mean such percentage of the
outstanding Common Shares as so adjusted. From and after the date of the Initial Public Offering,
the secretary of the Corporation shall maintain and, upon request, make available to each Existing
Holder, a schedule which sets forth the then current Existing Holder Limits for each Existing
Holder.

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               “Initial Public Offering” means the sale of Common Shares pursuant to the Corporation’s first
effective registration statement for such Common Shares filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

               “Market Price” shall mean the last reported sales price of Common Shares reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date or, if the Common
Shares are not then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the last reported sales price of the
Common Shares on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date as reported on any
exchange or quotation system on which the Common Shares may be traded, or if the Common Shares are
not then traded on any exchange or quotation system, then the market price of the Common Shares on
the relevant date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

               “Ownership Limit” initially shall mean 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares of the
Corporation and, after any modification as set forth in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, shall
mean such greater percentage (but not more than 9.9%) of the outstanding Common Shares determined
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to such Section 4(i).

               “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust
qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set
aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, an
association, a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, a joint stock
company, other entity or a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that a “person” does not mean an
underwriter participating in a public offering of Common Shares, for a period of 25 days following
the purchase by such underwriter of the Common Shares.

               “REIT” shall mean a Real Estate Investment Trust as defined under Section 856 of the Code.

               “Related Party Limit” shall mean 9.8% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation.

               “Transfer” shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of
Common Shares (including, without limitation, (i) the granting of any option or entering in to any
agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Common Shares or (ii) the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Shares), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record or beneficially and whether by
operation of law or otherwise.

               (b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS.

          (i) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, from and after
the date of the Initial Public Offering, no Person (other than an Existing Holder)
shall Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit, no Existing
Holder shall Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess of the Existing Holder Limit
for such Existing Holder and no Person (other

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than an Existing Holder who Constructively Owns in excess of 9.8% of the
outstanding Common Shares immediately following the completion of the Initial Public
Offering) shall Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of 9.8% of the
outstanding Common Shares.

          (ii) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, from and after
the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer which, if effective, would
result in any Person (other than an Existing Holder) Beneficially Owning Common
Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer
of such Common Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Person in
excess of the Ownership Limit, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights
in such Common Shares.

          (iii) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, from and after
the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer which, if effective, would
result in any Existing Holder Beneficially Owning Common Shares in excess of the
applicable Existing Holder Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such
Common Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Existing Holder in
excess of the applicable Existing Holder Limit, and such Existing Holder shall
acquire no rights in such Common Shares.

          (iv) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, from and after
the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer which, if effective, would
result in any Person Constructively Owning Common Shares in excess of the Related
Party Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such Common Shares which
would be otherwise Constructively Owned by such Person in excess of such amount, and
the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Common Shares.

          (v) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Article FOURTH, from and after
the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer which, if effective, would
result in the Common Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons
(determined without reference to any rules of attribution) shall be void AB INITIO
as to the Transfer of such Common Shares which would be otherwise beneficially owned
by the transferee, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such
Common Shares.

          (vi) From and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer
which, if effective, would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the
meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of
the Common Shares which would cause the Corporation to be “closely held” within the
meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Common Shares.

               (c) REMEDIES FOR BREACH. If the Board of Directors or its designees shall at any time
determine in good faith that a Transfer has taken place in violation of Section 4(b) of this
Article FOURTH or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to

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acquire beneficial ownership (determined without reference to any rules of attribution),
Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any Common Shares of the Corporation in violation
of Section 4(b) of this Article FOURTH, or that any such Transfer, intended or attempted
acquisition or acquisition would jeopardize the status of the Company as a REIT under the Code, the
Board of Directors or its designees shall take such actions as it deems advisable to refuse to give
effect or to prevent such Transfer, including, but not limited to, refusing to give effect to such
Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer and, in
addition, exercising its rights under Section 4(d) of this Article FOURTH.

               (d) PURCHASE RIGHT IN EXCESS SHARES. Beginning on the date of the occurrence of a Transfer
which, if consummated, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
could result in Excess Shares, such Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to
the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per
share in the transaction that created such Excess Shares (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the
Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the
Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept
such offer for a period of ninety (90) days after the later of (i) the date of the Transfer which
resulted in such Excess Shares and (ii) the date the Board of Directors determines in good faith
that such Transfer has occurred if the Corporation does not receive a notice of such Transfer
pursuant to Section 4(e) of this Article FOURTH. Prompt payment of the purchase price shall be
made in such reasonable manner as may be determined by the Corporation. From and after the date
fixed for purchase by the Corporation, and so long as payment of the purchase price for the Excess
Shares to be so purchased shall have been made or duly provided for, the holder of any Excess
Shares so called for purchase shall cease to be entitled to dividends, distributions, voting rights
and other benefits with respect to such Excess Shares, excepting only the right to payment of the
purchase price fixed as aforesaid. Any dividend or distribution paid to a proposed transferee of
Excess Shares prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the Excess Shares have been
transferred in violation of Section 4(b) of this Article FOURTH shall be repaid to the Corporation
upon demand. If the foregoing provisions are determined to be void or invalid by virtue of any
legal decision, statute, rule or regulation, then the intended transferee of such Excess Shares
shall be deemed, at the option of the Corporation, to have acted as agent on behalf of the
Corporation in acquiring such Excess Shares and to hold such Excess Shares on behalf of the
Corporation.

               (e) NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER. Any Person who acquires or intends to acquire Common
Shares in violation of Section 4(b) of this Article FOURTH or any Person who is a transferee of
Excess Shares shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event and shall
provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to
determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or intended Transfer on the Corporation’s status as
a REIT.

               (f) OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. From and after the date of the Initial Public
Offering:

          (i) every Beneficial Owner of more than 5.0% (or such other percentage, between
0.5% and 5.0%, as provided in the regulations promulgated from time to time pursuant
to the Code) of the outstanding Common Shares of the

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Corporation shall, within 30 days after January 1 of each year, give written
notice to the Corporation stating the name and address of such Beneficial Owner, the
number of shares Beneficially Owned, and a description of how such shares are held.
Each such Beneficial Owner shall provide to the Corporation such additional
information as the Corporation may from time to time request in order to determine
the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s status as a
REIT.

          (ii) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of Common
Shares and each Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Common
Shares for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation
such information as the Corporation may from time to time request, in good faith, in
order to determine the effect, if any, of such ownership or holding on the
Corporation’s status as a REIT.

               (g) REMEDIES NOT LIMITED. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(m) of this Article Fourth,
nothing contained in this Article FOURTH shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to
take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the
interests of its shareholders by preservation of the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

               (h) AMBIGUITY. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of
Section 4 of this Article FOURTH, including any definition contained in Section 4(a), the Board of
Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 4
with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it.

               (i) MODIFICATION OF EXISTING HOLDER LIMITS. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(k) of this
Article Fourth, the Existing Holder Limits may be modified as follows:

          (i) any Existing Holder may Transfer Common Shares to a Person who is already
an Existing Holder up to the number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such
transferor Existing Holder in excess of the Ownership Limit. Any such Transfer will
decrease the Existing Holder Limit for such transferor Existing Holder and increase
the Existing Holder Limit for such transferee Existing Holder by the percentage of
the outstanding Common Shares so Transferred. The transferor Existing Holder shall
give the Board of Directors of the Corporation prior written notice of any such
Transfer.

          (ii) any grant of a stock option pursuant to a stock option plan approved by
the shareholders of the Corporation shall increase the Existing Holder Limit for the
affected Existing Holder to the maximum extent possible under Section 4(k) of this
Article Fourth to permit the Beneficial Ownership of the Common Shares issuable upon
the exercise of such stock option.

          (iii) the Board of Directors may reduce the Existing Holder Limit for any
Existing Holder, with the written consent of such Existing Holder,

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after any Transfer permitted in this Section 4 by such Existing Holder to a
Person other than an Existing Holder or after the lapse (without exercise) of a
stock option described in Section 4(i)(ii).

          (iv) any Common Shares issued to an Existing Holder pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment plan adopted by the Corporation shall increase the Existing Holder
Limit for the Existing Holder to the maximum extent possible under Section 4(k) of
this Article Fourth to permit the Beneficial Ownership of such Common Shares.

          (v) the Related Party Limit may not be increased to a percentage which is
greater than 9.8%.

               (j) MODIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP LIMIT. Subject to the limitations provided in Section 4(k),
the Board of Directors may from time to time increase the Ownership Limit.

               (k) LIMITATIONS ON MODIFICATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
FOURTH:

          (i) Neither the Ownership Limit nor any Existing Holder Limit may be increased
(nor may any additional Existing Holder Limit be created) if, after giving effect to
such increase (or creation), five Beneficial Owners of Common Shares (including all
of the then Existing Holders) could Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than
49.5% of the outstanding Common Shares.

          (ii) Prior to the modification of any Existing Holder Limit or Ownership Limit
pursuant to Section 4(i) or Section 4(j) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of
Directors of the Corporation may require such opinions of counsel, affidavits,
undertakings or agreements as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to
determine or ensure the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

          (iii) No Existing Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less
than the Ownership Limit.

          (iv) The Ownership Limit may not be increased to a percentage which is greater
than 9.9%.

               (l) EXCEPTIONS.

          (i) The Board of Directors, with a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or
an opinion of counsel, may exempt a Person from the Ownership Limits or the Existing
Holder Limits, as the case may be, if such Person is not an individual for purposes
of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code, if such Persons make such representations and
undertakings to the Corporation as are, in the judgment of the Board of Directors,
reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual’s Beneficial Ownership of such
Common Shares will violate the Ownership Limit or the applicable Existing Holder
Limit, as the case may be, and

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if such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation will result in
such Common Shares in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares being deemed
to be Excess Shares and subject to repurchase by the Corporation as set forth in
Section 4(d) of this Article FOURTH.

          (ii) The Board of Directors, with a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or
an opinion of counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on such Person
Constructively Owning Common Shares in excess of the Related Party Limit if such
Person does not own, and represents that it will not own, directly or constructively
(by virtue of the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section
856(d)(5) of the Code), more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section
856(d)(2)(B)) in a tenant of any real property owned or leased by the Corporation,
and the Corporation obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person
as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact and agrees that any violation or
attempted violation will result in such Common Shares in excess of 9.9% being deemed
to be Excess Shares and subject to repurchase by the Corporation as set forth in
Section 4(d) of this Article FOURTH.

               (m) NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 4 of
this Article FOURTH, nothing in Section 4 of Article FOURTH shall preclude the settlement of any
transaction entered into through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange.

          Section 5. LEGEND. Each certificate for Common Shares shall bear the following legend:

          “The Common Shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer for
the purpose of preserving the Corporation’s status as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Subject to certain provisions of the Corporation’s
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, no Person may Beneficially Own Common Shares in
excess of 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation (unless such Person is an
Existing Holder) and no Person (other than an Existing Holder who Constructively Owns in excess of
9.8% of the Common Shares immediately following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering)
may Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding Common Shares of the
Corporation. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Shares in
excess of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in
this legend have the meanings defined in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge
to each shareholder who so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are violated, certain of the
Common Shares represented may be subject to repurchase by the Corporation on the terms and
conditions set forth in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.”

          FIFTH: At all times following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (as defined in
Article FOURTH), at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall, except during
the period of a vacancy or vacancies therein, be Independent Directors. An

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“Independent Director” shall mean a person who is not (i) employed by the Corporation or (ii)
an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of (A) any
entity which now or hereafter is part of the Associated Estates Group, including, without
limitation, Associated Estates Corporation, an Ohio corporation, Adam Construction Company, an Ohio
corporation, and Estates Insurance Agency, Inc., an Ohio corporation, or (B) any entity which is an
affiliate (as defined above) of any entity listed in clause (ii)(A) of this Article FIFTH.

          SIXTH: No holder of shares of the Corporation of any class shall be entitled as such, as a
matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase shares of any class, now or hereafter authorized, or
to subscribe for or purchase securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the
Corporation or to which shall be attached or appertain any warrants or rights entitling the holder
thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares, except such rights of subscription or purchase, if
any, for such considerations and upon such terms and conditions as its Board of Directors from time
to time may determine.

          SEVENTH: Notwithstanding any provision of Sections 1701.01 to 1701.98, inclusive, of the Ohio
Revised Code, or any successor statutes now or hereafter in force, requiring for the authorization
or taking of any action the vote or consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise
two-thirds or any other proportion of the voting power of the Corporation or of any class or
classes of shares thereof, such action, unless otherwise expressly required by law or these Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, may be authorized or taken by the vote or consent
of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the
Corporation or of such class or classes of shares thereof.

          EIGHTH: To the extent permitted by law, the Corporation, by action of its Board of Directors,
may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any class issued by it at such times, for such
consideration and upon such terms and conditions as its Board of Directors may determine.

          NINTH: No person who is serving or has served as a director of the corporation shall be
personally liable to the corporation or any of its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of
any fiduciary duty of such person as a director by reason of any act or omission of such person as
a director; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of any person (a) for any breach of such person’s duty of loyalty as a director to the
corporation or its shareholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised
Code, (d) for any transaction from which such person derived any improper personal benefit, or (e)
to the extent that such liability may not be limited or eliminated by virtue of the provisions of
Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code or any successor section or statute. Any repeal or
modification of this Article EIGHTH by the shareholders of the corporation shall be prospective
only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or the
corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

          TENTH: The provisions of Chapter 1701.831 of the Ohio Revised Code shall not apply to the
Corporation.

          ELEVENTH: The provisions of Chapter 1707.043 of the Ohio Revised Code shall not apply to the
Corporation.

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          TWELFTH: If any provision (or portion thereof) of these Second Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation shall be found to be invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable for any reason, the
remaining provisions (or portions thereof) of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect, and shall be construed as if such
invalid, prohibited, or unenforceable provision had been stricken herefrom or otherwise rendered
inapplicable, it being the intent of the Corporation and its shareholders that each such remaining
provision (or portion thereof) of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
remain, to the fullest extent permitted by law, applicable and enforceable as to all shareholders,
notwithstanding any such finding.

          THIRTEENTH: No shareholder of the Corporation may cumulate his voting power in the election
of directors.

          FOURTEENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, in the manner
now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are
granted subject to this reservation.

          FIFTEENTH: These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation shall take the place
of and supersede the corporation’s existing Articles of Incorporation.

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

     Jeffrey I. Friedman, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and
Martin A. Fishman, Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary, of Associated Estates Realty
Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), do hereby certify that on May 24, 1994, at
the annual shareholders meeting of the Corporation, the shareholders of the Corporation adopted the
resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit A; and that said resolutions are valid and binding, have not
been amended, modified, or rescinded, and are in full force and effect on the date hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto subscribed their names as of the 17th day of
June 1994.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	/s/ JEFFREY I. FRIEDMAN
 	 
	 	Jeffrey I.  Friedman 	 
	 	Chairman of the Board, President,

   and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ MARTIN A.  FISHMAN
 	 
	 	Martin A. Fishman 	 
	 	Vice President-General Counsel and
Secretary 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT A

          RESOLVED, that Article FOURTH of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
be, and the same hereby is, deleted in its entirety and there is substituted therefor the
following:

          FOURTH: The authorized number of shares of the Corporation is 50,000,000, consisting of
41,000,000 Common Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Common Shares”), and 3,000,000
Class A Cumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Class A Shares”),
3,000,000 Class B Cumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Class B
Shares”) and 3,000,000 Noncumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called
“Noncumulative Shares”).

DIVISION A

     I. THE CLASS A CUMULATIVE PREFERRED SHARES. The Class A Shares shall have the following
express terms:

          Section 1. SERIES. The Class A Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. All Class A Shares shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, except in respect of
the matters that may be fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, and each share of
a series shall be identical with all other shares of such series, except as to the dates from which
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative. All Class A Shares shall rank on a parity with the
Class B Shares and the Noncumulative Shares and shall be identical to all Class B Shares and
Noncumulative Shares except (1) in respect of the matters that may be fixed by the Board of
Directors as provided in clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 1 and (2) only
dividends on Class A Shares and Class B Shares shall be cumulative as set forth herein. Subject
to the provisions of Sections 2 through 5, both inclusive, and Item 4 of this Division, which
provisions shall apply to all Class A Shares, the Board of Directors hereby is authorized to cause
such shares to be issued in one or more series and with respect to each such series to determine
and fix prior to the issuance thereof (and thereafter, to the extent provided in clause (b) of this
Section) the following:

               (a) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;

               (b) The authorized number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may
(except where otherwise provided in the creation of the series) increase or decrease from time to
time before or after the issuance thereof (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding);

               (c) The dividend rate or rates of the series, including the means by which such rates may be
established;

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               (d) The date or dates from which dividends shall accrue and be cumulative and the dates on
which and the period or periods for which dividends, if declared, shall be payable, including the
means by which such dates and periods may be established;

               (e) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;

               (f) The terms and amount of the sinking fund, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares
of the series;

               (g) The amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation;

               (h) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into Common Shares or shares of any
other class and, if so, the conversion rate or rates or price or prices, any adjustments thereof
and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made; and

               (i) Restrictions (in addition to those set forth in Subsection 5(d) or 5(e) of this Section I)
on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series.

          The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt from time to time amendments to the Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, fixing, with respect to each such series, the
matters described in clauses (a) through (i), both inclusive, of this Section and is authorized to
take such actions with respect thereto as may be required by law in order to effect such
amendments.

          Section 2. DIVIDENDS.

               (a) The holders of Class A Shares of each series, in preference to the holders of Common
Shares and of any other class of shares ranking junior to the Class A Shares, shall be entitled to
receive out of any funds legally available therefor, and when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, dividends in cash at the rate or rates for such series fixed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1 above and no more, payable on the dates fixed for such series. Such
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative, in the case of shares of each particular series, from and
after the date or dates fixed with respect to such series. No dividends shall be paid upon or
declared or set apart for any series of the Class A Shares for any dividend period unless at the
same time (i) a like proportionate dividend for the dividend periods terminating on the same or any
earlier date, ratably in proportion to the respective annual dividend rates fixed therefor, shall
have been paid upon or declared or set apart for all Class A Shares of all series then issued and
outstanding and entitled to receive such dividend and (ii) the dividends payable for the dividend
periods terminating on the same or any earlier date (but, with respect to Noncumulative Shares,
only with respect to the then current dividend period), ratably in proportion to the respective
dividend rates fixed therefor, shall have been paid upon or declared or set apart for all Class B
Shares and Noncumulative Shares then issued and outstanding and entitled to receive such dividends.

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               (b) So long as any Class A Shares shall be outstanding no dividend, except a dividend payable
in Common Shares or other shares ranking junior to the Class A Shares, shall be paid or declared or
any distribution be made, except as aforesaid, in respect of the Common Shares or any other shares
ranking junior to the Class A Shares, nor shall any Common Shares or any other shares ranking
junior to the Class A Shares be purchased, retired or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, except
out of the proceeds of the sale of Common Shares or other shares of the Corporation ranking junior
to the Class A Shares received by the Corporation subsequent to the date of first issuance of Class
A Shares of any series, unless:

                    (1) All accrued and unpaid dividends on Class A Shares and Class B Shares, including the full
dividends for all current dividend periods, shall have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient
for payment thereof set apart;

                    (2) All unpaid dividends on Noncumulative Shares for the then current dividend period shall
have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient for payment therefor set apart; and

                    (3) There shall be no arrearages with respect to the redemption of Class A Shares, Class B
Shares or Noncumulative Shares of any series from any sinking fund provided for shares of such
series in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division.

               (c) The foregoing restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions on, or on
the purchase, redemption retirement or other acquisition of, Common Shares or any other shares
ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class A Shares shall be inapplicable to (i) any payments
in lieu of issuance of fractional shares thereof, whether upon any merger, conversion, stock
dividend or otherwise, (ii) the conversion of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative
Shares into Common Shares or (iii) the exercise by the Corporation of its rights pursuant to
Section V(d) of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter
contained in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with respect
to any other class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized.

               (d) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as “capital gain dividends”
(as defined in Section 857 of the Code), any portion (the “Capital Gains Amount”) of the dividends
paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of stock (the “Total Dividends”),
then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that shall be allocable to holders of the Class A
Shares shall be the amount that the total dividends paid or made available to the holders of the
Class A Shares for the year bears to the Total Dividends.

          Section 3. REDEMPTION.

               (a) Subject to the express terms of each series, the Corporation:

                    (1) May, from time to time at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem all or any part of
any redeemable series of Class A Shares at the time outstanding at the applicable redemption price
for such series fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division; and

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                    (2) Shall, from time to time, make such redemptions of each series of Class A Shares as may be
required to fulfill the requirements of any sinking fund provided for shares of such series at the
applicable sinking fund redemption price fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of
this Division;

               and shall in each case pay all accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date.

               (b)(1) Notice of every such redemption shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the holders of
record of the Class A Shares to be redeemed at their respective addresses then appearing on the
books of the Corporation, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
such redemption, or such other time prior thereto as the Board of Directors shall fix for any
series pursuant to Section 1 of this Division prior to the issuance thereof. At any time after
notice as provided above has been deposited in the mail, the Corporation may deposit the aggregate
redemption price of Class A Shares to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon to the redemption date, with any bank or trust company in Cleveland, Ohio, or New York, New
York, having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, named in such notice and direct
that there be paid to the respective holders of the Class A Shares so to be redeemed amounts equal
to the redemption price of the Class A Shares so to be redeemed, together with such accrued and
unpaid dividends thereon, on surrender of the share certificate or certificates held by such
holders; and upon the deposit of such notice in the mail and the making of such deposit of money
with such bank or trust company, such holders shall cease to be shareholders with respect to such
shares; and from and after the time such notice shall have been so deposited and such deposit of
money shall have been so made, such holders shall have no rights or claim against the Corporation
with respect to such shares, except only the right to receive such money from such bank or trust
company without interest or to exercise before the redemption date any unexpired privileges of
conversion. In the event less than all of the outstanding Class A Shares are to be redeemed, the
Corporation shall select by lot the shares so to be redeemed in such manner as shall be prescribed
by the Board of Directors.

                    (2) If the holders of Class A Shares which have been called for redemption shall not within
six years after such deposit claim the amount deposited for the redemption thereof, any such bank
or trust company shall, upon demand, pay over to the Corporation such unclaimed amounts and
thereupon such bank or trust company and the Corporation shall be relieved of all responsibility in
respect thereof and to such holders.

               (c) Any Class A Shares which are (1) redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, (2) purchased and delivered in satisfaction of any sinking fund requirements provided
for shares of such series, (3) converted in accordance with the express terms thereof, or (4)
otherwise acquired by the Corporation, shall resume the status of authorized but unissued Class A
Shares without serial designation.

               (d) Except in connection with the exercise of the Corporation’s rights pursuant to Section (d)
of Item V of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter contained
in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with respect to any
other class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized, the Corporation may not
purchase or redeem (for sinking fund purposes or otherwise) less than

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all of the Class A Shares then outstanding except in accordance with a stock purchase offer
made to all holders of record of Class A Shares, unless all dividends on all Class A Shares then
outstanding for all previous and current dividend periods shall have been declared and paid or
funds therefor set apart and all accrued sinking fund obligations applicable thereto shall have
been complied with.

          Section 4. LIQUIDATION.

               (a)(1) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Shares of any series shall be entitled to
receive in full out of the assets of the Corporation, including its capital, before any amount
shall be paid or distributed among the holders of the Common Shares or any other shares ranking
junior to the Class A Shares, the amounts fixed with respect to shares of such series in accordance
with Section 1 of this Division, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon
to the date of payment of the amount due pursuant to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation. In the event the net assets of the Corporation legally available
therefor are insufficient to permit the payment upon all outstanding Class A Shares, Class B Shares
and Noncumulative Shares of the full preferential amount to which they are respectively entitled,
then such net assets shall be distributed ratably upon all outstanding Class A Shares, Class B
Shares and Noncumulative Shares in proportion to the full preferential amount to which each such
share is entitled.

                    (2) After payment to the holders of Class A Shares of the full preferential amounts as
aforesaid, the holders of Class A Shares, as such, shall have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Corporation.

               (b) The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other Corporation, the
merger of any other Corporation into it, or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially
all the assets of the Corporation, shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding
up for the purposes of this Section.

          Section 5. VOTING.

               (a) The holders of Class A Shares shall have no voting rights, except as provided in this
Section or required by law.

               (b)(1) If, and so often as, the Corporation shall be in default in the payment of dividends on
any series of Class A Shares at the time outstanding, whether or not earned or declared, for a
number of consecutive dividend payment periods which in the aggregate contain at least 540 days,
all holders of such Class A Shares, voting separately as a class, together with all Class B Shares
and Noncumulative Shares upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable
under the circumstances described in Subsection 5(c), shall be entitled to elect, as herein
provided, two members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that the
holders of such Class A Shares shall not exercise such special class voting rights except at
meetings of such shareholders for the election of directors at which the holders of not less than
50% of such Class A Shares are present in person or by proxy; and provided further, that the
special class voting rights provided for in this paragraph when the

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same shall have become vested shall remain so vested until all accrued and unpaid dividends on
such Class A Shares then outstanding shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set aside for payment, whereupon the holders of such Class A Shares shall be
divested of their special class voting rights in respect of subsequent elections of directors,
subject to the revesting of such special class voting rights in the event above specified in this
paragraph.

                    (2) In the event of default entitling holders of Class A Shares to elect two directors as
specified in paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a special meeting of such holders for the purpose of
electing such directors shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon written request
of, or may be called by, the holders of record of at least 10% of the Class A Shares upon which
such default in the payment of dividends exists and notice thereof shall be given in the same
manner as that required for the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that the
Corporation shall not be required to call such special meeting if the annual meeting of
shareholders shall be called to be held within 90 days after the date of receipt of the foregoing
written request from the holders of Class A Shares. At any meeting at which such holders of Class
A Shares shall be entitled to elect directors, holders of 50% of such Class A Shares, present in
person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum, and the vote of the holders of a
majority of such shares so present at any such meeting at which there shall be such a quorum shall
be sufficient to elect the members of the Board of Directors which such holders of Class A Shares
are entitled to elect as herein provided. Notwithstanding any provision of these Second Articles
of Incorporation, as amended, or the Code of Regulations of the Corporation or any action taken by
the holders of any class of shares fixing the number of directors of the Corporation, the two
directors who may be elected by such holders of Class A Shares pursuant to this Subsection shall
serve in addition to any other directors then in office or proposed to be elected otherwise than
pursuant to this Subsection. Nothing in this Subsection shall prevent any change otherwise
permitted in the total number of or classifications of directors of the Corporation nor require the
resignation of any director elected otherwise than pursuant to this Subsection. Notwithstanding
any classification of the other directors of the Corporation, the two directors elected by such
holders of Class A Shares shall be elected annually for terms expiring at the next succeeding
annual meeting of shareholders.

                    (3) Upon any divesting of the special class voting rights of the holders of the Class A Shares
in respect of elections of directors as provided in this Subsection, the terms of office of all
directors then in office elected by such holders shall terminate immediately thereupon. If the
office of any director elected by such holders voting as a class becomes vacant by reason of death,
resignation, removal from office or otherwise, the remaining director elected by such holders
voting as a class may elect a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of
which such vacancy occurred.

               (c) If at any time when the holders of Class A Shares are entitled to elect directors pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this Section the holders of any Class B Shares or Noncumulative
Shares are entitled to elect directors pursuant hereto by reason of any default in the payment of
dividends thereon, then the voting rights of the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares and the
Noncumulative Shares then entitled to vote shall be combined (with each class of shares having a
number of votes proportional to the aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding shares).
In such case, the holders of Class A Shares and of all such other shares

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then entitled so to vote, voting as a class, shall elect such directors. If the holders of
any such other shares have elected such directors prior to the happening of the default or event
permitting the holders of Class A Shares to elect directors, or prior to a written request for the
holding of a special meeting being received by the Secretary of the Corporation as required above,
then a new election shall be held with all such other shares and the Class A Shares voting together
as a single class for such directors, resulting in the termination of the term of such previously
elected directors upon the election of such new directors.

               (d) The affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of each series of the Class A
Shares at the time outstanding, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy either in
writing or at a meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary to effect either of the
following:

                    (1) Any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, of any
of the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or of
the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which affects adversely and materially the preferences
or voting or other rights of the holders of Class A Shares which are set forth in these Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended; provided, however, neither the
amendment of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, so as to
authorize, create or change the authorized or outstanding number of Class A Shares or of any shares
ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class A Shares nor the amendment of the provisions of the
Code of Regulations so as to change the number or classification of directors of the Corporation
shall be deemed to affect adversely and materially preferences or voting or other rights of the
holders of Class A Shares; or

                    (2) The authorization, creation or increase in the authorized number of any shares, or any
security convertible into shares, in either case ranking prior to such series of Class A Shares.

               (e) In the event, and only to the extent, that (1) Class A Shares are issued in more than one
series and (2) Ohio law permits the holders of a series of a class of capital stock to vote
separately as a class, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of each series of
Class A Shares at the time outstanding, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy
either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such matters, shall be
required for any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, of
any of the provisions of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
or of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which affects adversely and materially the
preferences or voting or other rights of the holders of such series which are set forth in these
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended; provided, however, neither the
amendment of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, so as to
authorize, create or change the authorized or outstanding number of Class A Shares or of any shares
ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class A Shares nor the Amendment of the provisions of the
Code of Regulations so as to change the number or classification of directors of the Corporation
shall be deemed to affect adversely and materially the preferences or voting or other rights of the
holders of such series.

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     II. THE CLASS B CUMULATIVE PREFERRED SHARES. The Class B Cumulative Preferred Shares shall
have the following express terms:

          Section 1. SERIES. The Class B Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. All Class B Shares shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, except in respect of
the matters that may be fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, and each share of
a series shall be identical with all other shares of such series, except as to the dates from which
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative. All Class B Shares shall rank on a parity with the
Class A Shares and the Noncumulative Shares and shall be identical to all Class A Shares and
Noncumulative Shares except (1) in respect of the matters that may be fixed by the Board of
Directors as provided in clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 1 and (2) only
dividends on the Class A Shares and the Class B shares are cumulative as set forth herein.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 2 through 5, both inclusive, and Item 4 of this Division,
which provisions shall apply to all Class B Shares, the Board of Directors hereby is authorized to
cause such shares to be issued in one or more series and with respect to each such series to
determine and fix prior to the issuance thereof (and thereafter, to the extent provided in clause
(b) of this Section) the following:

               (a) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;

               (b) The authorized number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may
(except where otherwise provided in the creation of the series) increase or decrease from time to
time before or after the issuance thereof (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding);

               (c) The dividend rate or rates of the series, including the means by which such rates may be
established;

               (d) The date or dates from which dividends shall accrue and be cumulative and the dates on
which and the period or periods for which dividends, if declared, shall be payable, including the
means by which such dates and periods may be established;

               (e) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;

               (f) The terms and amount of the sinking fund, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares
of the series;

               (g) The amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation;

               (h) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into Common Shares or shares of any
other class and, if so, the conversion rate or rates or price or prices, any adjustments thereof
and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made; and

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               (i) Restrictions (in addition to those set forth in Subsection 5(d) or 5(e) of this Section
II) on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series.

          The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt from time to time amendments to the Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, fixing, with respect to each such
series, the matters described in clauses (a) through (i), both inclusive, of this Section and is
authorized to take such actions with respect thereto as may be required by law in order to effect
such amendments.

          Section 2. DIVIDENDS.

               (a) The holders of Class B Shares of each series, in preference to the holders of Common
Shares and of any other class of shares ranking junior to the Class B Shares, shall be entitled to
receive out of any funds legally available therefor, and when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, dividends in cash at the rate or rates for such series fixed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1 above and no more, payable on the dates fixed for such series. Such
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative, in the case of shares of each particular series, from and
after the date or dates fixed with respect to such series. No dividends shall be paid upon or
declared or set apart for any series of the Class B Shares for any dividend period unless at the
same time (i) a like proportionate dividend for the dividend periods terminating on the same or any
earlier date, ratably in proportion to the respective annual dividend rates fixed therefor, shall
have been paid upon or declared or set apart for all Class B Shares of all series then issued and
outstanding and entitled to receive such dividend and (ii) the dividends payable for the dividend
periods terminating on the same or any earlier date (but, with respect to the Noncumulative Shares,
only with respect to the then current dividend period), ratably in proportion to the respective
dividend rates fixed therefor, shall have been paid upon or declared or set apart for all Class A
Shares and Noncumulative Shares then issued and outstanding and entitled to receive such dividends.

               (b) So long as any Class B Shares shall be outstanding no dividend, except a dividend payable
in Common Shares or other shares ranking junior to the Class B Shares, shall be paid or declared or
any distribution be made, except as aforesaid, in respect of the Common Shares or any other shares
ranking junior to the Class B Shares, nor shall any Common Shares or any other shares ranking
junior to the Class B Shares be purchased, retired or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, except
out of the proceeds of the sale of Common Shares or other shares of the Corporation ranking junior
to the Class B Shares received by the Corporation subsequent to the date of first issuance of Class
B Shares of any series, unless:

                    (1) All accrued and unpaid dividends on Class A Shares and Class B Shares, including the full
dividends for all current dividend periods, shall have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient
for payment thereof set apart;

                    (2) All unpaid dividends on Noncumulative Shares for the then current dividend period shall
have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient for payment thereof set apart; and

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                    (3) There shall be no arrearages with respect to the redemption of Class A Shares, Class B
Shares or Noncumulative Shares of any series from any sinking fund provided for shares of such
series in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division.

               (c) The foregoing restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions on, or on
the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, Common Shares or any other shares
ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class B Shares shall be inapplicable to (i) any payments
in lieu of issuance of fractional shares thereof, whether upon any merger, conversion, stock
dividend or otherwise, (ii) the conversion of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative
Shares into Common Shares or (iii) the exercise by the Corporation of its rights pursuant to
Section V(d) of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter
contained in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with respect
to any other class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized.

               (d) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as “capital gain dividends”
(as defined in Section 857 of the Code), any portion (the “Capital Gains Amount”) of the dividends
paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of stock (the “Total Dividends”),
then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that shall be allocable to holders of the Class B
Shares shall be the amount that the total dividends paid or made available to the holders of the
Class B Shares for the year bears to the Total Dividends.

          Section 3. REDEMPTION.

               (a) Subject to the express terms of each series, the Corporation:

                    (1) May, from time to time at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem all or any part of
any redeemable series of Class B Shares at the time outstanding at the applicable redemption price
for such series fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division; and

                    (2) Shall, from time to time, make such redemptions of each series of Class B Shares as may be
required to fulfill the requirements of any sinking fund provided for shares of such series at the
applicable sinking fund redemption price fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of
this Division; and shall in each case pay all accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date.

               (b) (1) Notice of every such redemption shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the holders of
record of the Class B Shares to be redeemed at their respective addresses then appearing on the
books of the Corporation, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
such redemption, or such other time prior thereto as the Board of Directors shall fix for any
series pursuant to Section 1 of this Division prior to the issuance thereof. At any time after
notice as provided above has been deposited in the mail, the Corporation may deposit the aggregate
redemption price of Class B Shares to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon to the redemption date, with any bank or trust company in Cleveland, Ohio, or New York, New
York, having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, named in such notice and direct
that there be paid to the respective holders of the

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Class B Shares so to be redeemed amounts equal to the redemption price of the Class B Shares
so to be redeemed, together with such accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, on surrender of the
share certificate or certificates held by such holders; and upon the deposit of such notice in the
mail and the making of such deposit of money with such bank or trust company, such holders shall
cease to be shareholders with respect to such shares; and from and after the time such notice shall
have been so deposited and such deposit of money shall have been so made, such holders shall have
no rights or claim against the Corporation with respect to such shares, except only the right to
receive such money from such bank or trust company without interest or to exercise before the
redemption date any unexpired privileges of conversion. In the event less than all of the
outstanding Class B Shares are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall select by lot the shares so to
be redeemed in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

                    (2) If the holders of Class B Shares which have been called for redemption shall not within
six years after such deposit claim the amount deposited for the redemption thereof, any such bank
or trust company shall, upon demand, pay over to the Corporation such unclaimed amounts and
thereupon such bank or trust company and the Corporation shall be relieved of all responsibility in
respect thereof and to such holders.

               (c) Any Class B Shares which are (1) redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, (2) purchased and delivered in satisfaction of any sinking fund requirements provided
for shares of such series, (3) converted in accordance with the express terms thereof, or (4)
otherwise acquired by the Corporation, shall resume the status of authorized but unissued Class B
Shares without serial designation.

               (d) Except in connection with the exercise of the Corporation’s rights pursuant to Section (d)
of Item V of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter contained
in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with respect to any
other class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized, the Corporation may not
purchase or redeem (for sinking fund purposes or otherwise) less than all of the Class B Shares
then outstanding except in accordance with a stock purchase offer made to all holders of record of
Class B Shares, unless all dividends on all Class B Shares then outstanding for all previous and
current dividend periods shall have been declared and paid or funds therefor set apart and all
accrued sinking fund obligations applicable thereto shall have been complied with.

          Section 4. LIQUIDATION.

               (a) (1) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation, the holders of Class B Shares of any series shall be entitled to
receive in full out of the assets of the Corporation, including its capital, before any amount
shall be paid or distributed among the holders of the Common Shares or any other shares ranking
junior to the Class B Shares, the amounts fixed with respect to shares of such series in accordance
with Section 1 of this Division, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon
to the date of payment of the amount due pursuant to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation. In the event the net assets of the Corporation legally available
therefor are insufficient to permit the payment upon all outstanding Class A Shares, Class B Shares
and Noncumulative Shares of the full preferential amount to which they

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are respectively entitled, then such net assets shall be distributed ratably upon all
outstanding Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Noncumulative Shares in proportion to the full
preferential amount to which each such share is entitled.

                    (2) After payment to the holders of Class B Shares of the full preferential amounts as
aforesaid, the holders of Class B Shares, as such, shall have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Corporation.

               (b) The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation, the
merger of any other corporation into it, or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially
all the assets of the Corporation, shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding
up for the purposes of this Section.

          Section 5. VOTING.

               (a) The holders of Class B Shares shall have no voting rights, except as provided in this
Section or required by law.

               (b) (1) If, and so often as, the Corporation shall be in default in the payment of dividends
on any series of Class B Shares at the time outstanding, whether or not earned or declared, for a
number of consecutive dividend payment periods which in the aggregate contain at least 540 days,
all holders of Class B Shares, voting separately as a class, together with all Class A Shares and
Noncumulative Shares upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable under
the circumstances described in Subsection 5(c), shall be entitled to elect, as herein provided, a
total of two members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that the
holders of such Class B Shares shall not exercise such special class voting rights except at
meetings of such shareholders for the election of directors at which the holders of not less than
50% of such Class B Shares are present in person or by proxy; and provided further, that the
special class voting rights provided for in this paragraph when the same shall have become vested
shall remain so vested until all accrued and unpaid dividends on such Class B Shares then
outstanding shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient therefor set aside for payment,
whereupon the holders of such Class B Shares shall be divested of their special class voting rights
in respect of subsequent elections of directors, subject to the revesting of such special class
voting rights in the event above specified in this paragraph.

                   (2) In the event of default entitling holders of Class B Shares to elect two directors as
specified in paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a special meeting of such holders for the purpose of
electing such directors shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon written request
of, or may be called by, the holders of record of at least 10% of the Class B Shares upon which
such default in the payment of dividends exists and notice thereof shall be given in the same
manner as that required for the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that the
Corporation shall not be required to call such special meeting if the annual meeting of
shareholders shall be called to be held within 90 days after the date of receipt of the foregoing
written request from the holders of Class B Shares. At any meeting at which such holders of Class
B Shares shall be entitled to elect directors, holders of 50% of such Class B Shares, present in
person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum, and the vote of the holders of a
majority of such shares so present at any such meeting at which there shall be

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such a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the members of the Board of Directors which such
holders of Class B Shares are entitled to elect as herein provided. Notwithstanding any provision
of these Second Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or the Code of Regulations of the
Corporation or any action taken by the holders of any class of shares fixing the number of
directors of the Corporation, the two directors who may be elected by such holders of Class B
Shares pursuant to this Subsection shall serve in addition to any other directors then in office or
proposed to be elected otherwise than pursuant to this Subsection. Nothing in this Subsection
shall prevent any change otherwise permitted in the total number of or classifications of directors
of the Corporation nor require the resignation of any director elected otherwise than pursuant to
this Subsection. Notwithstanding any classification of the other directors of the Corporation, the
two directors elected by such holders of Class B Shares shall be elected annually for terms
expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.

                    (3) Upon any divesting of the special class voting rights of the holders of the Class B Shares
in respect of elections of directors as provided in this Subsection, the terms of office of all
directors then in office elected by such holders shall terminate immediately thereupon. If the
office of any director elected by such holders voting as a class becomes vacant by reason of death,
resignation, removal from office or otherwise, the remaining director elected by such holders
voting as a class may elect a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of
which such vacancy occurred.

               (c) If at any time when the holders of Class B Shares are entitled to elect directors pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this Section the holders of any Class A Shares or Noncumulative
Shares are entitled to elect directors pursuant hereto by reason of any default in the payment of
dividends thereon, then the voting rights of the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares and the
Noncumulative Shares then entitled to vote shall be combined (with class of shares having a number
of votes proportional to the aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding shares). In such
case, the holders of Class B Shares and of all such other shares then entitled so to vote, voting
as a class, shall elect such directors. If the holders of any such other shares have elected such
directors prior to the happening of the default or event permitting the holders of Class B Shares
to elect directors, or prior to a written request for the holding of a special meeting being
received by the Secretary of the Corporation as required above, then a new election shall be held
with all such other shares and the Class B Shares voting together as a single class for such
directors, resulting in the termination of the term of such previously elected directors upon the
election of such new directors.

               (d) The affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Class B Shares at the
time outstanding, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy either in writing or at
a meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary to effect either of the following:

                    (1) Any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, of any
of the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or of
the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which affects adversely and materially the preferences
or voting or other rights of the holders of Class B Shares which are set forth in these Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended; provided, however, neither the
amendment of these Second Amended and Restated

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Articles of Incorporation, as amended, so as to authorize, create or change the authorized or
outstanding number of Class B Shares or of any shares ranking on a parity with or junior to the
Class B Shares nor the amendment of the provisions of the Code of Regulations so as to change the
number or classification of directors of the Corporation shall be deemed to affect adversely and
materially preferences or voting or other rights of the holders of Class B Shares; or

                    (2) The authorization, creation or increase in the authorized number of any shares, or any
security convertible into shares, in either case ranking prior to such Class B Shares.

               (e) In the event, and only to the extent, that (1) Class B Shares are issued in more than one
series and (2) Ohio law permits the holders of a series of a class of capital stock to vote
separately as a class, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of each series of
Class B Shares at the time outstanding voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy
either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such matters, shall be
required for any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, of
any of the provisions of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
or of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which affects adversely and materially the
preferences or voting or other rights of the holders of such series which are set forth in these
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended; provided, however, neither the
amendment of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, so as to
authorize, create or change the authorized or outstanding number of Class B Shares or of any shares
remaining on a parity with or junior to the Class B Shares nor the amendment of the provisions of
the Code of Regulations so as to change the number of classification of directors of the
Corporation shall be deemed to affect adversely and materially preferences or voting or other
rights of the holders of such series.

     III. THE NONCUMULATIVE PREFERRED SHARES. The Noncumulative Preferred Shares shall have the
following express terms:

          Section 1. Series. The Noncumulative Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. All Noncumulative Shares shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, except in respect
of the matters that may be fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, and each share
of a series shall be identical with all other shares of such series, except as to the dates on
which and the periods for which dividends may be payable. All Noncumulative Shares shall rank on a
parity with the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares and shall be identical to all Class A Shares
and Class B Shares except (1) in respect of the matters that may be fixed by the Board of Directors
as provided in clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 1 and (2) only dividends on the
Noncumulative Shares are noncumulative as set forth herein. Subject to the provisions of Sections
2 through 5, both inclusive, and Item 4 of this Division, which provisions shall apply to all
Noncumulative Shares, the Board of Directors hereby is authorized to cause such shares to be issued
in one or more series and with respect to each such series to determine and fix prior to the
issuance thereof (and thereafter, to the extent provided in clause (b) of this Section) the
following:

               (a) The designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;

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               (b) The authorized number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors may
(except where otherwise provided in the creation of the series) increase or decrease from time to
time before or after the issuance thereof (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding);

               (c) The dividend rate or rates of the series, including the means by which such rates may be
established;

               (d) The dates on which and the period or periods for which dividends, if declared, shall be
payable, including the means by which such dates and periods may be established;

               (e) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series;

               (f) The terms and amount of the sinking fund, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares
of the series;

               (g) The amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation;

               (h) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into Common Shares or shares of any
other class and, if so, the conversion rate or rates or price or prices, any adjustments thereof
and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made; and

               (i) Restrictions (in addition to those set forth in Subsection 5(d) or 5(e) of this Section
III) on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series.

          The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt from time to time amendments to the Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, fixing, with respect to each such
series, the matters described in clauses (a) through (i), both inclusive, of this Section and is
authorized to take such actions with respect thereto as may be required by law in order to effect
such amendments.

          Section 2. DIVIDENDS.

               (a) The holders of Noncumulative Shares of each series, in preference to the holders of Common
Shares and of any other class of shares ranking junior to the Noncumulative Shares, shall be
entitled to receive out of any funds legally available therefor, if, when and as declared by the
Board of Directors, dividends in cash at the rate or rates for such series fixed in accordance with
the provisions of Section 1 above and no more, payable on the dates fixed for such series. Such
dividends shall accrue, in the case of shares of each particular series, from and after the date or
dates fixed with respect to such series; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors fails to
declare a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any Noncumulative Shares, the holders of
the Noncumulative Shares shall have no right to receive a dividend in respect of the dividend
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Corporation shall have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such period, whether or
not dividends on such Noncumulative Shares are declared payable on any future dividend payment
date. No dividends shall be paid upon or declared or set apart for any series of the Noncumulative
Shares for any dividend period unless at the same time (i) a like proportionate dividend for the
then current dividend period, ratably in proportion to the respective annual dividend rates fixed
therefor, shall have been paid upon or declared or set apart for all Noncumulative Shares of all
series then issued and outstanding and entitled to receive such dividend and (ii) the dividends
payable for the dividend periods terminating on the same or any earlier date, ratably in proportion
to the respective dividend rates fixed therefor, shall have been paid upon or declared or set apart
for all Class A Shares and Class B Shares then issued and outstanding and entitled to receive such
dividends.

               (b) So long as any Noncumulative Shares shall be outstanding no dividend, except a dividend
payable in Common Shares or other shares ranking junior to the Noncumulative Shares, shall be paid
or declared or any distribution be made, except as aforesaid, in respect of the Common Shares or
any other shares ranking junior to the Noncumulative Shares, nor shall any Common Shares or any
other shares ranking junior to the Noncumulative Shares be purchased, retired or otherwise acquired
by the Corporation, except out of the proceeds of the sale of Common Shares or other shares of the
Corporation ranking junior to the Noncumulative Shares received by the Corporation subsequent to
the date of first issuance of Noncumulative Shares of any series, unless:

                    (1) All accrued and unpaid dividends on Class A Shares and Class B Shares including the full
dividends for all current dividend periods, shall have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient
for payment thereof set apart;

                    (2) All unpaid dividends on Noncumulative Shares for the then current dividend period shall
have been declared and paid or a sum sufficient for payment therefor set apart; and

                    (3) There shall be no arrearages with respect to the redemption of Class A Shares, Class B
Shares or Noncumulative Shares of any series from any sinking fund provided for shares of such
series in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division.

               (c) The foregoing restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions on, or on
the purchase, redemption retirement or other acquisition of, Common Shares or any other shares
ranking on a parity with or junior to the Noncumulative Shares shall be inapplicable to (i) any
payments in lieu of issuance of fractional shares thereof, whether upon any merger, conversion,
stock dividend or otherwise, (ii) the conversion of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative
Shares into Common Shares or (iii) the exercise by the Corporation of its rights pursuant to
Section V(d) of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter
contained in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with respect to any other
class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized.

               (d) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as “capital gain dividends”
(as defined in Section 857 of the Code), any portion (the “Capital Gains

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Amount”) of the dividends paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of
stock (the “Total Dividends”), then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that shall be allocable
to holders of the Noncumulative Shares shall be the amount that the total dividends paid or made
available to the holders of the Noncumulative Shares for the year bears to the Total Dividends.

          Section 3. REDEMPTION.

               (a) Subject to the express terms of each series, the Corporation:

                    (1) May, from time to time at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem all or any part of
any redeemable series of Noncumulative Shares at the time outstanding at the applicable redemption
price for such series fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this Division; and

                    (2) Shall, from time to time, make such redemptions of each series of Noncumulative Shares as
may be required to fulfill the requirements of any sinking fund provided for shares of such series
at the applicable sinking fund redemption price fixed in accordance with the provisions of Section
1 of this Division; and shall in each case pay all unpaid dividends for the then current dividend
period to the redemption date.

               (b) (1) Notice of every such redemption shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the holders of
record of the Noncumulative Shares to be redeemed at their respective addresses then appearing on
the books of the Corporation, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for such redemption, or such other time prior thereto as the Board of Directors shall fix for any
series pursuant to Section 1 of this Division prior to the issuance thereof. At any time after
notice as provided above has been deposited in the mail, the Corporation may deposit the aggregate
redemption price of Noncumulative Shares to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon for the then current dividend period to the redemption date, with any bank or trust company
in Cleveland, Ohio, or New York, New York, having capital and surplus of not less than
$100,000,000, named in such notice and direct that there be paid to the respective holders of the
Noncumulative Shares so to be redeemed amounts equal to the redemption price of the Noncumulative
Shares so to be redeemed together with such accrued and unpaid dividends thereon for the then
current dividend period, on surrender of the share certificate or certificates held by such
holders; and upon the deposit of such notice in the mail and the making of such deposit of money
with such bank or trust company, such holders shall cease to be shareholders with respect to such
shares; and from and after the time such notice shall have been so deposited and such deposit of
money shall have been so made, such holders shall have no rights or claim against the Corporation
with respect to such shares, except only the right to receive such money from such bank or trust
company without interest or to exercise before the redemption date any unexpired privileges of
conversion. In the event less than all of the outstanding Noncumulative Shares are to be redeemed,
the Corporation shall select by lot the shares so to be redeemed in such manner as shall be
prescribed by the Board of Directors.

                    (2) If the holders of Noncumulative Shares which have been called for redemption shall not
within six years after such deposit claim the amount deposited for the redemption thereof, any such
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Corporation such unclaimed amounts and thereupon such bank or trust company and the
Corporation shall be relieved of all responsibility in respect thereof and to such holders.

               (c) Any Noncumulative Shares which are (1) redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, (2) purchased and delivered in satisfaction of any sinking fund
requirements provided for shares of such series, (3) converted in accordance with the express terms
thereof, or (4) otherwise acquired by the Corporation, shall resume the status of authorized but
unissued Noncumulative Shares without serial designation.

               (d) Except in connection with the exercise of the Corporation’s rights pursuant to Section (d)
of Item V of this Division A, Section 4(d) of Division B or any similar Section hereafter contained
in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with respect to any
other class or series of capital stock hereafter created or authorized, the Corporation may not
purchase or redeem (for sinking fund purposes or otherwise) of less than all of the Noncumulative
Shares then outstanding except in accordance with a stock purchase offer made to all holders of
record of Noncumulative Shares, unless all dividends on all Noncumulative Shares then outstanding
for the then current dividend period shall have been declared and paid or funds therefor set apart
and all accrued sinking fund obligations applicable thereto shall have been complied with.

          Section 4. LIQUIDATION.

               (a) (1) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation, the holders of Noncumulative Shares of any series shall be entitled
to receive in full out of the assets of the Corporation, including its capital, before any amount
shall be paid or distributed among the holders of the Common Shares or any other shares ranking
junior to the Noncumulative Shares, the amounts fixed with respect to shares of such series in
accordance with Section 1 of this Division, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and
unpaid thereon for the then current dividend period to the date of payment of the amount due
pursuant to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation. In the
event the net assets of the Corporation legally available therefor are insufficient to permit the
payment upon all outstanding Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Noncumulative Shares of the full
preferential amount to which they are respectively entitled, then such net assets shall be
distributed ratably upon all outstanding Noncumulative Shares in proportion to the full
preferential amount to which each such share is entitled.

                    (2) After payment to the holders of Noncumulative Shares of the full preferential amounts as
aforesaid, the holders of Noncumulative Shares, as such, shall have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Corporation.

               (b) The merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other Corporation, the
merger of any other Corporation into it, or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially
all the assets of the Corporation, shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding
up for the purposes of this Section.

          Section 5. VOTING.

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               (a) The holders of Noncumulative Shares shall have no voting rights, except as provided in
this Section or required by law.

               (b) (1) If, and so often as, the Corporation shall not have fully paid, or shall not have
declared and set aside a sum sufficient for the payment of, dividends on any series of
Noncumulative Shares at the time outstanding, for a number of consecutive dividend payment periods
which in the aggregate contain at least 540 days, the holders of such Noncumulative Shares, voting
separately as a class, together with all Class A Shares and Class B Shares upon which like voting
rights have been conferred and are exercisable, shall be entitled to elect, as herein provided, two
members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that the holders of such
Noncumulative Shares shall not exercise such special class voting rights except at meetings of such
shareholders for the election of directors at which the holders of not less than 50% of such
Noncumulative Shares are present in person or by proxy; and provided further, that the special
class voting rights provided for in this paragraph when the same shall have become vested shall
remain so vested until the Corporation shall have fully paid, or shall have set aside a sum
sufficient for the payment of, dividends on such Noncumulative Shares then outstanding for a number
of consecutive dividend payment periods which in the aggregate contain at least 360 days, whereupon
the holders of such Noncumulative Shares shall be divested of their special class voting rights in
respect of subsequent elections of directors, subject to the revesting of such special class voting
rights in the event above specified in this paragraph.

                    (2) In the event of default entitling holders of Noncumulative Shares to elect two directors
as specified in paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a special meeting of such holders for the purpose
of electing such directors shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation upon written request
of, or may be called by, the holders of record of at least 10% of the Noncumulative Shares upon
which such default in the payment of dividends exists and notice thereof shall be given in the same
manner as that required for the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that the
Corporation shall not be required to call such special meeting if the annual meeting of
shareholders shall be called to be held within 90 days after the date of receipt of the foregoing
written request from the holders of Noncumulative Shares. At any meeting at which such holders of
Noncumulative Shares shall be entitled to elect directors, holders of 50% of such Noncumulative
Shares, present in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum, and the vote of
the holders of a majority of such shares so present at any such meeting at which there shall be
such a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the members of the Board of Directors which such holders
of Noncumulative Shares are entitled to elect as herein provided. Notwithstanding any provision of
these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or the Code of Regulations
of the Corporation or any action taken by the holders of any class of shares fixing the number of
directors of the Corporation, the two directors who may be elected by such holders of Noncumulative
Shares pursuant to this Subsection shall serve in addition to any other directors then in office or
proposed to be elected otherwise than pursuant to this Subsection. Nothing in this Subsection
shall prevent any change otherwise permitted in the total number of or classifications of directors
of the Corporation nor require the resignation of any director elected otherwise than pursuant to
this Subsection. Notwithstanding any classification of the other directors of the Corporation, the
two directors elected by such holders of Noncumulative Shares shall be elected annually for terms
expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.

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                    (3) Upon any divesting of the special class voting rights of the holders of the Noncumulative
Shares in respect of elections of directors as provided in this Subsection, the terms of office of
all directors then in office elected by such holders shall terminate immediately thereupon. If the
office of any director elected by such holders voting as a class becomes vacant by reason of death,
resignation, removal from office or otherwise, the remaining director elected by such holders
voting as a class may elect a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of
which such vacancy occurred.

               (c) If at any time when the holders of Noncumulative Shares are entitled to elect directors
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section the holders of any Class A Shares or Class B
Shares are entitled to elect directors pursuant hereto by reason of any default in the payment of
dividends thereon, then the voting rights of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Noncumulative
Shares then entitled to vote shall be combined (with class of shares having a number of votes
proportional to the aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding shares). In such case, the
holders of Noncumulative Shares and of all such other shares then entitled so to vote, voting as a
class, shall elect such directors. If the holders of any such other shares have elected such
directors prior to the happening of the default or event permitting the holders of Noncumulative
Shares to elect directors, or prior to a written request for the holding of a special meeting being
received by the Secretary of the Corporation as required above, then a new election shall be held
with all such other shares and the Noncumulative Shares voting together as a single class for such
directors, resulting in the termination of the term of such previously elected directors upon the
election of such new directors.

               (d) The affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Noncumulative Shares at
the time outstanding, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy either in writing
or at a meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary to effect either of the following:

                    (1) Any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, of any
of the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or of
the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which affects adversely and materially the preferences
or voting or other rights of the holders of Noncumulative Shares which are set forth in these
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended; provided, however, neither the
amendment of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, so as to
authorize, create or change the authorized or outstanding number of Noncumulative Shares or of any
shares ranking on a parity with or junior to the Noncumulative Shares nor the amendment of the
provisions of the Code of Regulations so as to change the number or classification of directors of
the Corporation shall be deemed to affect adversely and materially preferences or voting or other
rights of the holders of Noncumulative Shares; or

                    (2) The authorization, creation or increase in the authorized number of any shares, or any
security convertible into shares, in either case ranking prior to such Noncumulative Shares.

               (e) In the event, and only to the extent, that (1) Noncumulative Shares are issued in more
than one series and (2) Ohio law permits the holders of a series of a class of

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capital stock to vote separately as a class, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds of each series of the Noncumulative Shares at the time outstanding, voting separately as
a class, given in person or by proxy either in writing or at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such matters, shall be required for any amendment, alteration or repeal, whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise, of any of the provisions of these Second Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation which
affects adversely and materially the preferences or voting or other rights of the holders of such
series which are set forth in these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended; provided, however, neither the amendment of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, so as to authorize, create or change the authorized or outstanding
number of Noncumulative Shares or of any shares remaining on a parity with or junior to the
Noncumulative Shares nor the amendment of the provisions of the Code of Regulations so as to change
the number or classification of directors of the Corporation shall be deemed to affect adversely
and materially preferences or voting or other rights of the holder of such series.

     IV. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Division:

               (a) Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking prior to” Class A Shares, Class B Shares or
Noncumulative Shares, such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in
respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends or as to
distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation are given preference over the rights of the holders of Class A
Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative Shares, as the case may be;

               (b) Whenever reference is made to shares “on a parity with” Class A Shares, Class B Shares or
Noncumulative Shares, such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation in
respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as to the payment of dividends or as to
distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation rank equally (except as to the amounts fixed therefor) with the
rights of the holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative Shares, as the case may
be; and

               (c) Whenever reference is made to shares “ranking junior to” Class A Shares, Class B Shares or
Noncumulative Shares, such reference shall mean and include all shares of the Corporation other
than those defined under Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as shares “ranking prior to” or
“on a parity with” Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Noncumulative Shares, as the case may be.

     V. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER TO PRESERVE TAX BENEFIT; SHARES SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION.

          (a) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Item V of this Division A of this Article FOURTH,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

               “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Preferred Shares by a Person who would be
treated as an owner of such Preferred Shares either directly or

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constructively through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section
856(h) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned”
shall have the correlative meanings.

               “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

               “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Preferred Shares by a Person who would be
treated as an owner of such Preferred Shares either directly or constructively through the
application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code.

               The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have
the correlative meanings.

               “Excess Preferred Shares” shall mean any Preferred Shares (i) acquired or proposed to be
acquired by any Person pursuant to a Transfer to the extent that, if effective, such Transfer would
result in the transferee either Beneficially Owning Preferred Shares or Constructively Owning
Preferred Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit, or (ii) which are the subject of a Transfer
that, if effective, which would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning
of Section 856(h) of the Code.

               “Market Price” shall mean, with respect to any series of any class of Preferred Shares, the
last reported sales price of such series reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the trading day
immediately preceding the relevant date or, if shares of such series are not then traded on the New
York Stock Exchange, the last reported sales price of shares of such series on the trading day
immediately preceding the relevant date as reported on any exchange or quotation system over which
the shares of such series may be traded, or if shares of such series are not then traded over any
exchange or quotation system, then the market price of shares of such series on the relevant date
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

               “Ownership Limit” shall mean, with respect to each series of each class of Preferred Shares,
9.8% of the outstanding shares of such series.

               “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust
qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set
aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, an
association, a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, a joint stock
company, other entity or a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that a “person” does not mean an
underwriter which participates in a public offering of Preferred Shares, for a period of 35 days
following the purchase by such underwriter of such Preferred Shares.

               “Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Noncumulative
Shares.

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               “REIT” shall mean a Real Estate Investment Trust under Section 856 of the Code.

               “Transfer” shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of
Preferred Shares (including, without limitation, (i) the granting of any option or entering in to
any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Preferred Shares or (ii) the sale,
transfer, assignment or other disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for Preferred Shares), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record or
beneficially and whether by operation of law or otherwise.

          (b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS.

     (i) Except as provided in Section (h) of Item V of this Division A of this
Article FOURTH, no Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of
any series of any class of Preferred Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit
applicable to such series.

     (ii) Except as provided in Section (h) of Item V of this Division A of this
Article FOURTH, any Transfer that, if effective, would result in any Person
Beneficially Owning shares of any series of any class of Preferred Shares in
excess of the Ownership Limit applicable to such series shall be void AB INITIO as
to the Transfer of such Preferred Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned
by such Person in excess of such Ownership Limit, and the intended transferee shall
acquire no rights in such Preferred Shares.

     (iii) Except as provided in Section (h) of Item V of this Division A of this
Article FOURTH, any Transfer that, if effective, would result in any Person
Constructively Owning shares of any series of any class of Preferred Shares in
excess of the Ownership Limit applicable to such series shall be void AB INITIO as
to the Transfer of such Preferred Shares which would be otherwise Constructively
Owned by such Person in excess of such amount, and the intended transferee shall
acquire no rights in such Preferred Shares.

     (iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Item V, any
Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into
through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange) or other event that, if
effective, would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning
of Section 856(h) of the Code, or would otherwise result in the Corporation failing
to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, a Transfer or other event that
would result in the Corporation owning (directly or Constructively) an interest in a
tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived
by the Corporation from such tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy
any of the gross income requirement of Section 856(c) of the Code) shall be void AB
INITIO as to the Transfer of the Preferred Shares or other event which would cause
the Corporation to be “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the
Code or would otherwise result in the Corporation failing

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to qualify as a REIT; and the intended transferee or owner or Constructive or
Beneficial Owner shall acquire or retain no rights in such Preferred Shares.

     (v) For purposes of construing the foregoing provisions, any attempt to
transfer Preferred Shares in violation of the Ownership Limit applicable to the
series of the class of such Preferred Shares (as such Ownership Limit may be
modified by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section (h) of Item V) shall be
construed as causing such Preferred Shares to be transferred by operation of law to
the Corporation as trustee of a trust for the exclusive benefit of the person or
persons to whom such Preferred Shares can ultimately be transferred without
violating the Ownership Limit and any Excess Preferred Shares while held in such
trust shall not have any voting rights, shall not be considered for purposes of any
shareholder vote or for determining a quorum for such a vote, and shall not be
entitled to any dividends or other distributions.

          (c) REMEDIES FOR BREACH. If the Board of Directors or its designees shall at any time
determine in good faith that a Transfer has taken place in violation of Section (b) of Item V of
this Division A of this Article FOURTH or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to
acquire beneficial ownership (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), Beneficial
Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any Preferred Shares of the Corporation in violation of
Section (b) of Item V of this Division A of this Article FOURTH, or that any such Transfer,
intended or attempted acquisition or acquisition would jeopardize the status of the Company as a
REIT under the Code, the Board of Directors or its designees shall take such actions as it deems
advisable to refuse to give effect or to prevent such Transfer, including, but not limited to,
refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings
to enjoin such Transfer and, in addition, exercising its rights under Section (d) of Item V of this
Division A of Article FOURTH.

          (d) PURCHASE RIGHT IN EXCESS PREFERRED SHARES. Beginning on the date of the occurrence of a
Transfer which, if consummated, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, could result in Excess Preferred Shares, such Excess Preferred Shares shall be deemed
to have been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to
the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that created such Excess Preferred Shares
(or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii)
the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation
shall have the right to accept such offer for a period of 90 days after the later of (i) the date
of such Transfer and (ii) if the Corporation does not receive a notice of such Transfer pursuant to
Section (e) of Item V of this Division A of this Article FOURTH, the date the Board of Directors
determines in good faith that such Transfer has occurred. Prompt payment of the purchase price
shall be made in such reasonable manner as may be determined by the Corporation. From and after
the date fixed for purchase by the Corporation, and so long as payment of the purchase price for
the Excess Preferred Shares to be so purchased shall have been made or duly provided for, the
holder of any Excess Preferred Shares so called for purchase shall cease to be entitled to
dividends, distributions, voting rights and other benefits with respect to such Excess Preferred
Shares, excepting only the right to payment of the purchase price fixed as aforesaid. Any dividend
or distribution paid to a proposed transferee of Excess Preferred Shares prior to the discovery by
the Corporation that the

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Excess Preferred Shares have been transferred in violation of Section (b) of Item V of this
Division A of this Article FOURTH shall be repaid to the Corporation upon demand. If the foregoing
provisions are determined to be void or invalid by virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule or
regulation, then the intended transferee of such Excess Preferred Shares shall be deemed, at the
option of the Corporation, to have acted as agent on behalf of the Corporation in acquiring such
Excess Preferred Shares and to hold such Excess Preferred Shares on behalf of the Corporation.

          (e) NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER. Any Person who acquires or attempts to acquire Preferred
Shares or other securities in violation of subparagraph (b) of this Item V, or any Person who owns
or will own Excess Preferred Shares as a result of an event under clause (b) of this Item V, shall
immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event and shall provide to the
Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect,
if any, of such Transfer or attempted Transfer or other event on the Corporation’s status as a
REIT.

          (f) OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. From and after the date of the Initial Public
Offering:

               (i) every Beneficial Owner of more than 5.0% (or such other percentage, between 0.5% and 5.0%,
as provided in the regulation promulgated pursuant to the Code) of the outstanding Preferred Shares
of the Corporation shall, within 30 days after January 1 of each year, give written notice to the
Corporation state the name and address of such Beneficial Owner, the number of shares Beneficially
Owned, and description of how such shares are held. Each such Beneficial Owner shall provide to the
Corporation such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the
effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

               (ii) each Person who is a Beneficial owner or Constructive Owner of Preferred Shares and each
Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Preferred Shares for a Beneficial Owner
or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation such information that the Corporation may
request, in good faith, in order to determine the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

          (g) REMEDIES NOT LIMITED. Nothing contained in this Division A of this Article FOURTH shall
limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or
advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its shareholders by preservation of the
Corporation’s status as a REIT.

          (h) AMBIGUITY. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of
Item V of this Division A of this Article FOURTH, including any definition contained in Section (a)
of Item V, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the
provisions of this Item V with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it.

          (i) EXCEPTIONS.

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     (i) Subject to Section (b)(iv) of Item V of this Division A, the Board of
Directors may exempt a Person from the Ownership Limit applicable to a series of a
class of Preferred Shares if such Person is not an individual (other than pension
plans described in Section 856(h)(3)) for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code
if the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such
Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual’s Beneficial
Ownership of such Preferred Shares will violate the Ownership Limit, and agrees that
any violation or attempted violation will result in such Preferred Shares in excess
of the Ownership Limit being subject to repurchase by the Corporation as set forth
in Section (d) of Item V of this Division A of this Article FOURTH.

     (ii) The Board of Directors may exempt a Person from the limitation on such
Person Constructively Owning Preferred Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit
applicable to a series of a class of such Preferred Shares if such Person does not
own and represents that it will not own, directly or constructively (by virtue of
the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the
Code), more than a 9.8% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B)) in a tenant
of any real property owned or leased by the Corporation, if the Board of Directors
obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably
necessary to ascertain this fact and agrees that any violation or attempted
violation will result in such Preferred Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit
being deemed to be Excess Preferred Shares and subject to repurchase by the
Corporation as set forth in Section (d) of Item V of this Division A of this Article
FOURTH.

     VI. LEGEND. Each certificate for Preferred Shares shall bear the following legend:

          “The Preferred Shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer
for the purpose of the corporation’s maintenance of its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Subject to certain provisions of the
Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own
shares of any series of any class of Preferred Shares in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding
Preferred Shares of such series. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own
shares of any series of any class of Preferred Shares in excess of the above limitations must
immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined
in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, a copy of which, including the restrictions on
transfer, will be sent without charge to each shareholder who so requests. If the restrictions on
transfer are violated, certain of the Preferred Shares represented hereby may be subject to
repurchase by the Corporation on the terms and conditions set forth in the Corporation’s Articles
of Incorporation.”

DIVISION B

          Subject to the terms of the Preferred Shares, the Common Shares shall have the following
express terms:

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          Section 1. DIVIDEND RIGHTS. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, out of the assets of the
Corporation which are by law available therefor, dividends or distributions payable in cash, in
property or in securities of the Corporation.

          Section 2. RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation,
each holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of Common
Shares, that portion of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its
shareholders as the number of Common Shares held by such holder bears to the total number of Common
Shares then outstanding.

          Section 3. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to vote on all
matters (for which holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to vote thereon) at all meetings of
the shareholders of the Corporation, and shall be entitled to one vote for each Common Share
entitled to vote at such meeting.

          Section 4. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER TO PRESERVE TAX BENEFIT; COMMON SHARES SUBJECT TO
REDEMPTION.

          (a) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Section 4 of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

               “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean ownership of Common Shares by a Person who would be treated
as an owner of such Common Shares either directly or constructively through the application of
Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial
Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

               “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

               “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Common Shares by a Person who would be
treated as an owner of such Common Shares either directly or constructively through the
application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms
“Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative
meanings.

               “Excess Shares” shall mean any Common Shares (i) acquired or proposed to be acquired by any
Person (other than an Existing Holder) pursuant to a Transfer to the extent that, if effective,
such Transfer would result in the transferee either (A) Beneficially Owning Common Shares in excess
of the Ownership Limit or (B) Constructively Owning Common Shares in excess of the Related Party
Limit, (ii) acquired or proposed to be acquired by an Existing Holder pursuant to a Transfer to the
extent that, if effective, such Transfer would result in such Existing Holder Beneficially Owning
Common Shares in excess of the Existing Holder Limit for such Existing Holder, or (iii) which are
the subject of a Transfer that, if effective, which would result in (A) the Common Shares being
owned by fewer than 100 Persons

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(determined without reference to any rules of attribution), or (B) the Corporation being
“closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code.

          “Existing Holder” shall mean (i) Jeffrey I. Friedman, (ii) Susan Friedman, (iii) Mark L.
Milstein, (iv) Robert Milstein, and (v) any Person to whom an Existing Holder Transfers Beneficial
Ownership of Common Shares causing such transferee to Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess of
the Ownership Limit.

          “Existing Holder Limit” (i) for any Existing Holder who is an Existing Holder by virtue of
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition thereof, shall mean, initially, the percentage of
the outstanding Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such Existing Holder upon the consummation of
the Initial Public Offering, and after any adjustment pursuant to Section (4)(i) of this Division B
of this Article FOURTH, shall mean such percentage of the outstanding Common Shares as so adjusted;
and (ii) for any Existing Holder who becomes an Existing Holder by virtue of clause (v) of the
definition thereof, shall mean, initially, the percentage of the outstanding Common Shares
Beneficially Owned by such Existing Holder at the time that such Existing Holder becomes an
Existing Holder, and after any adjustment pursuant to Section 4(i) of this Division B of this
Article FOURTH, shall mean such percentage of the outstanding Common Shares as so adjusted. From
and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, the secretary of the Corporation shall maintain
and, upon request, make available to each Existing Holder, a schedule which sets forth the then
current Existing Holder Limits for each Existing Holder.

          “Initial Public Offering” means the sale of Common Shares pursuant to the Company’s first
effective registration statement for such Common Shares filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

          “Market Price” shall mean the last reported sales price of Common Shares reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date or, if the Common
Shares are not then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the last reported sales price of the
Common Shares on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date as reported on any
exchange or quotation system over which the Common Shares may be traded, or if the Common Shares
are not then traded over any exchange or quotation system, then the market price of the Common
Shares on the relevant date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.

          “Ownership Limit” shall mean 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation.

          “Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust
qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set
aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, an
association, a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, a joint stock
company, other entity or a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that a “person” does not mean an
underwriter which participates in a public offering of the Common

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Shares, for a period of 35 days following the purchase by such underwriter of the Common
Shares.

          “REIT” shall mean a Real Estate Investment Trust under Section 856 of the Code.

          “Related Party Limit” shall mean 9.8% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation.

          “Transfer” shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of
Common Shares (including, without limitation, (i) the granting of any option or entering in to any
agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Common Shares or (ii) the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Shares), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record or beneficially and whether by
operation of law or otherwise.

          (b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS.

     (i) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, from and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, no Person (other
than an Existing Holder) shall Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess of the
Ownership Limit, no Existing Holder shall Beneficially Own Common Shares in excess
of the Existing Holder Limit for such Existing Holder and no Person (other than an
Existing Holder who Constructively Owns in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding Common
Shares immediately following the completion of the Initial Public Offering) shall
Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding Common Shares.

     (ii) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, from and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer that,
if effective, would result in any Person (other than an Existing Holder)
Beneficially Owning Common Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit shall be void AB
INITIO as to the Transfer of such Common Shares which would be otherwise
Beneficially Owned by such Person in excess of the Ownership Limit, and the intended
transferee shall acquire no rights in such Common Shares.

     (iii) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, from and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer that,
if effective, would result in any Existing Holder Beneficially Owning Common Shares
in excess of the applicable Existing Holder Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the
Transfer of such Common Shares which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such
Existing Holder in excess of the applicable Existing Holder Limit, and such Existing
Holder shall acquire no rights in such Common Shares.

     (iv) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, from and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer that,
if effective, would result in any Person Constructively Owning Common Shares in
excess of the Related Party Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such
Common Shares which would be otherwise Constructively Owned by such

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Person in excess of such amount, and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Common Shares.

     (v) Except as provided in Section 4(i) of this Division B of this Article
FOURTH, from and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer that,
if effective, would result in the Common Shares being beneficially owned by less
than 100 Persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution) shall be
void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such Common Shares which would be otherwise
beneficially owned by the transferee, and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Common Shares.

     (vi) From and after the date of the Initial Public Offering, any Transfer that,
if effective, would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the
meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of
the Common Shares which would cause the Corporation to be “closely held” within the
meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Common Shares.

          (c) REMEDIES FOR BREACH. If the Board of Directors or its designees shall at any time
determine in good faith that a Transfer has taken place in violation of Section 4(b) of this
Division B of this Article FOURTH or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire
beneficial ownership (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), Beneficial
Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any Common Shares of the Corporation in violation of Section
4(b) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH, or that any such Transfer, intended or attempted
acquisition or acquisition would jeopardize the status of the Company as a REIT under the Code, the
Board of Directors or its designees shall take such actions as it deems advisable to refuse to give
effect or to prevent such Transfer, including, but not limited to, refusing to give effect to such
Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer and, in
addition, exercising its rights under Section 4(d) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH.

          (d) PURCHASE RIGHT IN EXCESS SHARES. Beginning on the date of the occurrence of a Transfer
which, if consummated, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
could result in Excess Shares, such Excess Shares shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to
the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per
share in the transaction that created such Excess Shares (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the
Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the
Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept
such offer for a period of ninety days after the later of (i) the date of such Transfer and (ii) if
the Corporation does not receive a notice of such Transfer pursuant to Section 4(e) of this
Division B of this Article FOURTH, the date the Board of Directors determines in good faith that
such Transfer has occurred. Prompt payment of the purchase price shall be made in such reasonable
manner as may be determined by the Corporation. From and after the date fixed for purchase by the
Corporation, and so long as payment of the purchase price for the Excess Shares to be so purchased
shall have been made or duly provided for, the holder of any Excess Shares so called for purchase
shall cease to be entitled to dividends, distributions, voting rights and other benefits with
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price fixed as aforesaid. Any dividend or distribution paid to a proposed transferee of
Excess Shares prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the Excess Shares have been
transferred in violation of Section 4(b) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH shall be repaid
to the Corporation upon demand. If the foregoing provisions are determined to be void or invalid
by virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule or regulation, then the intended transferee of such
Excess Shares shall be deemed, at the option of the Corporation, to have acted as agent on behalf
of the Corporation in acquiring such Excess Shares and to hold such Excess Shares on behalf of the
Corporation.

          (e) NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER. Any Person who acquires or intends to acquire shares in
violation of Section 4(b) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH or any Person who is a
transferee of Excess Shares shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event
and shall provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order
to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or intended Transfer on the Corporation’s status
as a REIT.

          (f) OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. From and after the date of the Initial Public
Offering:

     (i) every Beneficial Owner of more than 5.0% (or such other percentage, between
0.5% and 5.0%, as provided in the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code) of
the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation shall, within 30 days after January
1 of each year, give written notice to the Corporation stating the name and address
of such Beneficial Owner, the number of shares Beneficially Owned, and description
of how such shares are held. Each such Beneficial Owner shall provide to the
Corporation such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to
determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s
status as a REIT.

     (ii) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of Common
Shares and each Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Common
Shares for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation
such information that the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to
determine the Corporation’s status as a REIT.

          (g) REMEDIES NOT LIMITED. Nothing contained in this Division B of this Article FOURTH shall
limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or
advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its shareholders by preservation of the
Corporation’s status as a REIT.

          (h) AMBIGUITY. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of
Section 4 of this Division B of this Article FOURTH, including any definition contained in Section
4(a), the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of
this Section 4 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it.

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          (i) MODIFICATION OF EXISTING HOLDER LIMITS. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(k) of this
Division B, the Existing Holder Limits may be modified as follows:

     (i) Subject to the limitations provided in Section 4(k), any Existing Holder
may Transfer Common Shares to a Person who is already an Existing Holder up to the
number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such transferor Existing Holder in
excess of the Ownership Limit. Any such Transfer will decrease the Existing Holder
Limit for such transferor Existing Holder and increase the Existing Holder Limit for
such transferee Existing Holder by the percentage of the outstanding Common Shares
so Transferred. The transferor Existing Holder shall give the Board of Directors of
the Corporation prior written notice of any such Transfer.

     (ii) Any grant of a stock option pursuant to a stock option plan approved by
the shareholders of the Corporation shall increase the Existing Holder Limit for the
affected Existing Holder to the maximum extent possible under Section 4(k) to permit
the Beneficial Ownership of the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such
stock option.

     (iii) The Board of Directors may reduce the Existing Holder Limit for any
Existing Holder, with the written consent of such Existing Holder, after any
Transfer permitted in this Section 4 by such Existing Holder to a Person other than
an Existing Holder or after the lapse (without exercise) of a stock option described
in Section 4(i)(ii).

     (iv) Any Common Shares issued to an Existing Holder pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment plan adopted by the Corporation shall increase the Existing Holder
Limit for the Existing Holder to the maximum extent possible under Section 4(k) to
permit the Beneficial Ownership of such Common Shares.

          (j) MODIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP LIMIT. Subject to the limitations provided in Section 4(k) of
this Division B, the Board of Directors may from time to time increase the Ownership Limit.

          (k) LIMITATIONS ON MODIFICATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Division B of
this Article FOURTH:

     (i) Neither the Ownership Limit nor any Existing Holder Limit may be increased
(nor may any additional Existing Holder Limit be created) if, after giving effect to
such increase (or creation), five Beneficial Owners of Common Shares (including all
of the then Existing Holders) could Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than
49.6% of the outstanding Common Shares.

     (ii) Prior to the modification of any Existing Holder Limit or Ownership Limit
pursuant to Section 4(i) or Section 4(j) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH,
the Board of Directors of the Corporation may require such opinions of counsel,
affidavits, undertakings or agreements as it may deem

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necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation’s status
as a REIT.

     (iii) No Existing Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage which is less
than the Ownership Limit.

     (iv) The Ownership Limit may not be increased to a percentage which is greater
than 9.8%.

     (v) The Related Party Limit may not be increased to a percentage which is
greater than 9.8%.

          (l) EXCEPTIONS.

     (i) The Board of Directors, with a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or
an opinion of counsel, may exempt a Person from the Ownership Limits or the Existing
Holder Limits, as the case may be, if such Person is not an individual for purposes
of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code and the Board of Directors obtains such
representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to
ascertain that no individual’s Beneficial Ownership of such Common Shares will
violate the Ownership Limit or the applicable Existing Holder Limit, as the case may
be, and agrees that any violation or attempted violation will result in such Common
Shares in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares being deemed to be Excess
Shares and subject to repurchase by the Corporation as set forth in Section 4(d) of
this Division B of this Article FOURTH.

     (ii) The Board of Directors, with a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or
an opinion of counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on such Person
Constructively Owning Common Shares in excess of the Related Party Limit if such
Person does not own and represents that it will not own, directly or constructively
(by virtue of the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section
856(d)(5) of the Code), more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section
856(d)(2)(B)) in a tenant of any real property owned or leased by the Corporation,
and the Corporation obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person
as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact and agrees that any violation or
attempted violation will result in such Common Shares in excess of 9.8% being deemed
to be Excess Shares and subject to repurchase by the Corporation as set forth in
Section 4(d) of this Division B of this Article FOURTH.

          Section 5. LEGEND. Each certificate for Common Shares shall bear the following legend:

          “The Common Shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer for
the purpose of the Corporation’s maintenance of its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Subject to certain provisions of the Corporation’s
Articles of Incorporation, no Person may Beneficially Own

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Common Shares in excess of 4.0% of the outstanding Common Shares of the Corporation (unless
such Person is an Existing Holder) and no Person (other than an Existing Holder who Constructively
Owns in excess of 9.8% of the Common Shares immediately following the consummation of the Initial
Public Offering) may Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of 9.8% of the outstanding Common
Shares of the Corporation. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own
Common Shares in excess of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation. All
capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Corporation’s Articles of
Incorporation, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge
to each shareholder who so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are violated, certain of the
Common Shares represented may be subject to repurchase by the Company on the terms and conditions
set forth in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.”

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

          JEFFREY I. FRIEDMAN, President and Chief Executive Officer, and MARTIN A. FISHMAN, Secretary,
of Associated Estates Realty Corporation, an Ohio Corporation (the “Company”), do hereby certify
that an Action of Directors Without a Meeting of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company was duly executed by all members of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors on
July 19, 1995 and that the following resolution to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation of the Company was adopted pursuant to said Action of Directors Without a Meeting
by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to the authority of
Section 1701.70(B)(1) and 1701.73(A) of the Ohio Revised Code:

          RESOLVED, that the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company be and
they hereby are amended by adding at the end of Division A-I of Article FOURTH thereof a new
Section 6 reading as follows:

          SECTION 6. 9 3/4% CLASS A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES. Of the 3,000,000
authorized Class A Shares, 230,000 shares are designated as a series entitled “9 3/4% Class A
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares” (hereinafter called “9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares”).
The 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall have the express terms set forth in this Division as
being applicable to all Class A Shares as a class and, in addition, the following express terms
applicable to all 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares as a series of Class A Shares:

          (a) The annual dividend rate of the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall be 9 3/4% of the
liquidation preference of $250.00 per share.

          (b) Dividends on the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall be payable, if declared, quarterly
on or about the 15th day of March, June, September, and December each year, the first quarterly
dividend being payable, if declared, on September 15, 1995. The dividends payable for each full
quarterly dividend period on each 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall be $6.0938.

          Dividends for the initial dividend period on the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares, or for any
period shorter or longer than a full dividend period on the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares, shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The aggregate
dividend payable quarterly to each holder of 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall be rounded to
the nearest one one-hundredth of one cent with $.00005 being rounded upward. Each dividend shall
be payable to the holders of record on such record date, no less than 10 nor more than 30 days
preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed from time to time by the corporation’s Board
of Directors.

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          (c) Dividends on 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares shall be cumulative as follows:

          (1) With respect to shares included in the initial issue of 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares
and shares issued any time thereafter up to and including the record date for the payment of the
first dividend on the initial issue of 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares, dividends shall be
cumulative from the date of the initial issue of 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares; and

          (2) With respect to shares issued any time after the aforesaid record date, dividends shall be
cumulative from the dividend payment date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, except
that if such shares are issued during the period commencing the day after the record date for the
payment of a dividend on 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares and ending on the payment date of that
dividend, dividends with respect to such shares shall be cumulative from that dividend payment
date.

          (d) Except as required to preserve the Company’s status as a real estate investment trust
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares may not be
redeemed prior to July 25, 2000. At any time or from time to time on and after July 25, 2000 the
Company, at its option, may redeem all or any part of the 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Shares at a
redemption price of $250.00 per share plus, in each case, an amount equal to all dividends accrued
and unpaid thereon to the redemption date. The redemption price (other than the portion thereof
consisting of accrued and unpaid dividends) is payable solely out of the sale proceeds of other
capital shares of the Company, which may include common shares, preferred shares, depositary
shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests in the Company (however designated)
and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate shares),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.

          (e) The amount payable per 9 3/4% Class A Preferred Share in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation shall be
$250.00, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of payment.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this instrument in one or more counterparts as of the
21st day of July, 1995.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /S/ JEFFREY I. FRIEDMAN
 	 
	 	Jeffrey I. Friedman 	 
	 	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /S/ MARTIN A. FISHMAN
 	 
	 	Martin A. Fishman 	 
	 	Secretary 	 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

               Jeffrey I. Friedman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Martin A. Fishman, Secretary,
of Associated Estates Realty Corporation, an Ohio Corporation (the “Company”), do hereby certify
that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on January 6, 1999, the following
resolution to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the
Company was adopted pursuant to the authority granted by Section 1701.70(B)(1) of the Ohio Revised
Code:

               RESOLVED, that the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the
Company be, and they hereby are, amended by adding at the end of Division A-2 of Article FOURTH a
new Section 6 that reads as follows:

               Section 6. Class B Series I Cumulative Preferred Shares.

               A. Designation and Amount. Of the 3,000,000 authorized Class B Shares, 400,000 are
designated as a series designated as “Class B Series I Cumulative Preferred Shares” (the “Series I
Preferred Shares”). The Series I Preferred Shares have the express terms set forth in this
Division as being applicable to all Class B Shares as a class and, in addition, the following
express terms applicable to all Series I Preferred Shares as a series of Preferred Shares. The
number of Series I Preferred Shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of
Directors and by the filing of a certificate of amendment pursuant to the provisions of the General
Corporate Law of the State of Ohio stating that such increase or reduction has been so authorized;
however, no decrease shall reduce the number of Series I Preferred Shares to a number less than
that of the Series I Preferred Shares then outstanding plus the number of Series I Preferred Shares
issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding
securities issued by the Company.

               B. Dividends and Distributions.

               (1)(a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred shares (or any similar
shares) ranking prior to the Series I Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, the holders of
Series I Preferred Shares, in preference to the holders of Common Shares and of any other junior
shares, will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of
funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the fifteenth day
of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a
“Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after
the first issuance of a Series I Preferred Share or fraction thereof, in an amount per share
(rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provisions
for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash
dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind)

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of all noncash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in Common Shares or a
subdivision of the outstanding Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the
Common Shares after the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to
the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, after the first issuance of any Series I Preferred Share
or fraction thereof. The multiple of cash and noncash dividends declared on the Common Shares to
which holders of the Series I Preferred Shares are entitled, which is 1,000 initially but which
will be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided, is hereinafter referred to as the
“Dividend Multiple.” If the Company at any time after January 6, 1999 (the “Rights Declaration
Date”): (i) declares or pays any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares, or (ii)
effects a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding Common Shares (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in Common Shares) into a greater or
lesser number of Common Shares, then in each such case the Dividend Multiple thereafter applicable
to the determination of the amount of dividends that holders of Series I Preferred Shares are
entitled to receive will be the Dividend Multiple applicable immediately prior to that event
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding
immediately after that event and the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares that were
outstanding immediately prior to that event.

               (b) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this paragraph (1), the Company shall,
out of funds legally available for that purpose, declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series I Preferred Shares as provided in this paragraph (1) immediately after it declares a
dividend or distribution on the Common Shares (other than a dividend payable in Common
Shares); but if no dividend or distribution has been declared on the Common Shares during
the period has been declared on the Common Shares during the period between any Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of
$1.00 per share on the Series I Preferred Shares shall nevertheless accrue on such
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

               (2) Dividends will begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding Series I Preferred Shares
from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such Series I
Preferred Shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares will begin to accrue from
the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date
or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Series I Preferred Shares
entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either
of which events such dividends will begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends will not bear interest. Dividends paid on the Series I
Preferred Shares in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and
payable on such shares will be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares
at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix in accordance with applicable law a record
date for the determination of holders of Series I Preferred Shares entitled to receive payment of a
dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date will be not more than such number of
days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof as may be allowed by applicable law.

               C. Reacquired Shares. Any Series I Preferred Shares purchased or otherwise acquired
by the Company in any manner whatsoever will be retired and canceled

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promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares will upon their cancellation become
authorized but unissued preferred shares and may be reissued as part of a new series of Class B
Preferred Shares to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to
the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

               D. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation (voluntary or
otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Company, no distribution may be made (x) to the
holders of shares ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) to the Series I Preferred Shares unless, prior thereto, the holders of Series I
Preferred Shares shall have received an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus an amount equal
to the greater of (1) $1,000.00 per share or (2) an aggregate amount per share, subject to the
provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be
distributed per share to holders of Common Shares, or (y) to the holders of shares ranking on a
parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series I
Preferred Shares, except distributions made ratably on the Series I Preferred Shares and all other
such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are
entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. If the Company at any time after the
Rights Declaration Date (i) declares or pays any dividend on Common Shares payable in Common
Shares, or (ii) effects a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding Common
Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in Common Shares) into a
greater or lesser number of Common Shares, then in each such case the aggregate amount per share to
which holders of Series I Preferred Shares were entitled immediately prior to such event under
clause (x) of the preceding sentence will be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of Common Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to such
event.

               Neither the consolidation of nor merging of the Company with or into any other corporation or
corporations, nor the sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, will be considered to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company within
the meaning of this paragraph D.

               E. Consolidation, Merger, etc. If the Company shall enter into any consolidation,
merger, combination or other transaction in which the Common Shares are exchanged for or changed
into other shares, stock or securities, cash or any other property, then in such case the Series I
Preferred Shares will at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share
(subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate
amount of shares, stock, securities, or other property, as the case may be, into which or for which
each Common Share is changed or exchanged, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, payable with
respect to the Series I Preferred Shares. If the Company at any time after the Rights Declaration
Date (i) declares or pays any dividend on Common Shares payable in Common Shares, or (ii) effects a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding Common Shares (by reclassification
or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in Common Shares) into a greater or lesser number of
Common Shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect
to the exchange or change of Series I Preferred Shares will be adjusted by multiplying such amount
by

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a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.

               F. Redemption. The Series I Preferred Shares are not redeemable, but the foregoing
does not limit the ability of the Company to purchase or otherwise deal in the Series I Preferred
Shares to the extent otherwise permitted hereby and by law.

               G. Amendment. The Second Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended, may not be amended in any manner that would materially alter or change the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Series I Preferred Shares so as to affect them adversely
without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Series I
Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class.

               H. Fractional Shares. Series I Preferred Shares may be issued in whole shares or in
any fraction of a share that is one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share or any integral multiple
of such fraction, which will entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares,
to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and have the benefit of
all other rights of holders of Series I Preferred Shares. In lieu of fractional shares, the
Company may elect to make a cash payment as provided in that certain Rights Agreement dated as of
January 6, 1999, between the Company and National City Bank, a national banking association, as
rights agent, for fractions of a share other than one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share or any
integral multiple thereof.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this instrument in one or more counterparts as of January
19, 1999.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION, an Ohio
corporation

 	 
	 	/S/ JEFFREY I. FRIEDMAN
 	 
	 	Jeffrey I. Friedman, 	 
	 	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                             /S/ MARTIN A. FISHMAN
 	 
	 	Martin A. Fishman, Secretary 	 
	 	 	 

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     The following amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of
Associated Estates Realty Corporation was adopted by the board of directors pursuant to section
1701.70(B)(1) of the Ohio Revised Code at a meeting duly called and held on December 2, 2004:

     ARTICLE FOURTH: A new Section 7 shall be added to the end of Division A-II of Article FOURTH,
which Section 7 shall read as follows:

          “SECTION 7. 8.70% CLASS B SERIES II CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES. Of the 3,000,000
authorized Class B Shares, 232,000 shares are designated as a series entitled 8.70% Class B Series
II Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares” (hereinafter called “Class B Series II Preferred
Shares”). The Class B Series II Preferred Shares shall have the express terms set forth in this
Division as being applicable to all Class B Shares as a class and, in addition, the following
express terms applicable to all Class B Series II Preferred Shares as a series of Class B Shares:

	 	(a)	 	The annual dividend rate of the Class B Series II Preferred Shares shall be
8.70% of the liquidation preference of $250.00 per share.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Dividends on the Class B Series II Preferred Shares shall be payable, if
declared, quarterly on or about the 15th day of March, June, September, and December
each year, the first quarterly dividend being payable, if declared, on March 15, 2005.
The dividends payable for each full quarterly dividend period on each Class B Series II
Preferred Share shall be $21.75.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Dividends for the initial dividend period on the Class B Series II Preferred
Shares, or for any period shorter or longer than a full dividend period on the Class B
Series II Preferred Shares, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months. The aggregate dividend payable quarterly to each holder of
Class B Series II Preferred Shares shall be rounded to the nearest one one-hundredth of
one cent with $.00005 being rounded upward. Each dividend shall be payable to the
holders of record on such record date, no less than 10 nor more than 30 days preceding
the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed from time to time by the corporation’s
Board of Directors.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Dividends on Class B Series II Preferred Shares shall be cumulative as follows:

	 	(1)	 	With respect to shares included in the initial issue of Class B
Series II Preferred Shares and shares issued any time thereafter up to and
including the record date for the payment of the first dividend on the initial
issue of Class B Series II Preferred Shares, dividends shall be cumulative from
the date of the initial issue of Class B Series II Preferred Shares; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	With respect to shares issued any time after the aforesaid
record date, dividends shall be cumulative from the dividend payment date next
preceding the date of issue of such shares, except that if such shares are

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	 	 	 	issued during the period commencing the day after the record date for the
payment of a dividend on Class B Series II Preferred Shares and ending on
the payment date of that dividend, dividends with respect to such shares
shall be cumulative from that dividend payment date.

	 	(e)	 	Except as required to preserve the Company’s status as a real estate investment
trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Class B Series II
Preferred Shares may not be redeemed prior to December 15, 2009. At any time or from
time to time on and after December 15, 2009, the Company, at its option, may redeem all
or any part of the Class B Series II Preferred Shares at a redemption price of $250.00
per share plus, in each case, an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid
thereon to the redemption date.
	 
	 	(f)	 	In the event of a Going Private Transaction (as defined below), each holder of
Class B Series II Preferred Shares will have the right, at the holder’s option, to
require the Company to repurchase all or any part of the holder’s Class B Series II
Preferred Shares for cash at a repurchase price of $250.00 per share, plus all accrued
and unpaid dividends, if any, up to the date fixed for repurchase (except with respect
to Class B Series II Preferred Shares which have been converted into Excess Shares),
without interest pursuant to the procedures described below (the “Going Private Put
Option”), subject to the Ohio Revised Code. A “Going Private Transaction” means the
occurrence of any merger or other transaction or series of transactions as a
consequence of which a majority of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares are owned or
acquired by the merging or acquiring person, entity or group and, following the
transaction(s), the Common Shares of the Company or its successor are not listed for
trading on a national stock exchange or NASDAQ. The Company shall mail to each holder
of Class B Series II Preferred Shares, not later than the date of the occurrence of the
Going Private Transaction, a notice of such occurrence, which will specify the purchase
price and the purchase date, which will be no fewer than 30 business days and no more
than 40 business days from the date the notice is mailed (the “Put Option Payment
Date”), and describe the procedure that must be followed by the holder to tender the
holder’s Class B Series II Preferred Shares. To exercise the Going Private Put Option,
a holder of Class B Series II Preferred Shares must deliver, on or before the third
business day preceding the Put Option Payment Date, written notice to the Company (or
to a paying agent designated by the Company for such purpose) of the holder’s exercise
of the Going Private Put Option, indicating the number of Class B Series II Preferred
Shares to be repurchased by the Company. Holders of Class B Series II Preferred Shares
will be entitled to withdraw, in whole or in part, any tender of Class B Series II
Preferred Shares pursuant to an exercise of the Going Private Put Option by delivering
to the Company (or to a paying agent designated by the Company for such purpose) on or
before the second business day preceding the Put Option Payment Date, a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter stating the name of the holder, the number of
Class B Series II Preferred Shares initially to be delivered for purchase, and a
statement that the holder is withdrawing its exercise of the Going Private Put Option
as to all or part of the tendered Class B Series II Preferred Shares.

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	 	(g)	 	The amount payable per Class B Series II Preferred Share in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation shall be $250.00, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid
thereon to the date of payment.

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     The following amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of
Associated Estates Realty Corporation was adopted by shareholders at a meeting duly called and held on
May 5, 2010:

     The current first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of Associated Estates Realty Corporation is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following paragraph:

     “FOURTH: The authorized number of shares of the corporation is 100,000,000, consisting of
91,000,000 Common Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Common Shares”), and 3,000,000
Class A Cumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Class A Shares”)
3,000,000 Class B Cumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called “Class B
Shares”) and 3,000,000 Noncumulative Preferred Shares, without par value (hereinafter called
“Noncumulative Shares”).

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