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EXHIBIT 4.B

EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY

TO

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

                 
                          TRUSTEE

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 13, 1996

 

 

EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY

CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO

SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318, INCLUSIVE, OF THE

TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:

	 	 	 
	  TRUST INDENTURE	 	 
	       ACT SECTION	 	 
	INDENTURE SECTION	 	
	(S) 310(a)(1) 
	 	609
	(a)(2) 
	 	609
	(a)(3) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(a)(4) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(b) 
	 	608
	 
	 	610
	(S) 311(a) 
	 	613
	(b) 
	 	613
	(S) 312(a) 
	 	701
	 
	 	702
	(b) 
	 	702
	(c) 
	 	702
	(S) 313(a) 
	 	703
	(b) 
	 	703
	(c) 
	 	703
	(d) 
	 	703
	(S) 314(a) 
	 	704
	(a)(4) 
	 	101
	 
	 	1004
	(b) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(c)(1) 
	 	101
	 
	 	102
	(c)(2) 
	 	101
	 
	 	102
	(c)(3) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(d) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(e) 
	 	102
	(S) 315(a) 
	 	601
	(b) 
	 	602
	(c) 
	 	601
	(d) 
	 	601
	(e) 
	 	514
	(S) 316(a) 
	 	101
	(a)(1)(A) 
	 	502
	 
	 	512
	(a)(1)(B) 
	 	513
	(a)(2) 
	 	Not
	Applicable
	 	 
	(b) 
	 	508
	(c) 
	 	104
	(S) 317(a)(1) 
	 	503
	(a)(2) 
	 	504
	(b) 
	 	1003
	(S) 318(a) 
	 	107

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

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	PARTIES	 	 	1	 
	RECITALS OF THE COMPANY	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE ONE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	 	 	 	 
	Section 101.
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	Act	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	Affiliate	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	Authenticating Agent	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Authorized Newspaper	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Bankruptcy Law	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Board of Directors	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Board Resolution	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Business Day	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Commission	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Company	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Company Request or Company Order	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Consolidated Net Tangible Assets	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	Corporate Trust Office	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	corporation	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	covenant defeasance	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Custodian	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Debt	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Default	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Defaulted Interest	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	defeasance	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Definitive Security	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Depositary	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Dollar or $	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Event of Default	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Exchange Act	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Funded Debt	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Global Security	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Holder	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	Indenture	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	interest	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Interest Payment Date	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Lien	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Maturity	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Notice of Default	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Officer's Certificate	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Opinion of Counsel	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Original Issue Discount Security	 	 	4	 

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	 	Outstanding	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	Paying Agent	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	Periodic Offering	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	Permitted Liens	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	Person	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	Place of Payment	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Predecessor Security	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Principal Property	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Redemption Date	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Redemption Price	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Regular Record Date	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Restricted Subsidiary	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Sale-Leaseback Transaction	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Securities	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Security Register and Security Registrar	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Special Record Date	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Stated Maturity	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Subsidiary	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	Trust Indenture Act	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	Trustee	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	U.S. Government Obligations	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	Vice President	 	 	7	 
	Section 102.
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	 	 	7	 
	Section 103.
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	 	 	8	 
	Section 104.
	 	Acts of Holders; Record Dates	 	 	8	 
	Section 105.
	 	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company	 	 	9	 
	Section 106.
	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver	 	 	9	 
	Section 107.
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	10	 
	Section 108.
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	10	 
	Section 109.
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	10	 
	Section 110.
	 	Separability Clause	 	 	10	 
	Section 111.
	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	10	 
	Section 112.
	 	Governing Law	 	 	10	 
	Section 113.
	 	Legal Holidays	 	 	10	 
	Section 114.
	 	Language of Notices, Etc.	 	 	11	 
	Section 115.
	 	Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE TWO	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	SECURITY FORMS	 	 	 	 
	Section 201.
	 	Forms Generally	 	 	12	 
	Section 202.
	 	Form of Face of Security	 	 	12	 
	Section 203.
	 	Form of Reverse of Security	 	 	14	 
	Section 204.
	 	Global Securities	 	 	19	 
	Section 205.
	 	Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication	 	 	20	 

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	 	ARTICLE THREE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	THE SECURITIES	 	 	 	 
	Section 301.
	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	 	 	21	 
	Section 302.
	 	Denominations	 	 	23	 
	Section 303.
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	 	 	23	 
	Section 304.
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	24	 
	Section 305.
	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	 	 	25	 
	Section 306.
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	 	 	26	 
	Section 307.
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	27	 
	Section 308.
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	 	28	 
	Section 309.
	 	Cancellation	 	 	28	 
	Section 310.
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	28	 
	Section 311.
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE FOUR	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	 	 
	Section 401.
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	30	 
	Section 402.
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE FIVE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	REMEDIES	 	 	 	 
	Section 501.
	 	Events of Default	 	 	32	 
	Section 502.
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	 	32	 
	Section 503.
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Trustee	 	 	33	 
	Section 504.
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	34	 
	Section 505.
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securi-	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	ties	 	 	34	 
	Section 506.
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	34	 
	Section 507.
	 	Limitation on Suits	 	 	34	 
	Section 508.
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Premium and Interest	 	 	35	 
	Section 509.
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	 	35	 
	Section 510.
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	 	35	 
	Section 511.
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	35	 
	Section 512.
	 	Control by Holders	 	 	36	 
	Section 513.
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	36	 
	Section 514.
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	36	 
	Section 515.
	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws	 	 	36	 

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	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE SIX	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	THE TRUSTEE	 	 	 	 
	Section 601.
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	 	 	37	 
	Section 602.
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	37	 
	Section 603.
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	37	 
	Section 604.
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	38	 
	Section 605.
	 	May Hold Securities	 	 	38	 
	Section 606.
	 	Money Held in Trust	 	 	38	 
	Section 607.
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	38	 
	Section 608.
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	 	 	39	 
	Section 609.
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	 	 	39	 
	Section 610.
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	 	 	39	 
	Section 611.
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	 	 	41	 
	Section 612.
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Business	 	 	41	 
	Section 613.
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	 	42	 
	Section 614.
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	 	 	42	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE SEVEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	 	 	 	 
	Section 701.
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Holders	 	 	44	 
	Section 702.
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	 	 	44	 
	Section 703.
	 	Reports by Trustee	 	 	44	 
	Section 704.
	 	Reports by Company	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE EIGHT	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	 	 
	Section 801.
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	 	 	46	 
	Section 802.
	 	Successor Substituted	 	 	46	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE NINE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	 	 
	Section 901.
	 	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	 	 	47	 
	Section 902.
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	 	 	47	 
	Section 903.
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	48	 
	Section 904.
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	48	 
	Section 905.
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	48	 
	Section 906.
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	 	 	49	 

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	 	ARTICLE TEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	COVENANTS	 	 	 	 
	Section 1001.
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	50	 
	Section 1002.
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	50	 
	Section 1003.
	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust	 	 	50	 
	Section 1004.
	 	Statement by Officers as to Default	 	 	51	 
	Section 1005.
	 	Existence	 	 	51	 
	Section 1006.
	 	Limitations on Liens	 	 	52	 
	Section 1007.
	 	Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transaction	 	 	53	 
	Section 1008.
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE ELEVEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	 	 
	Section 1101.
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	55	 
	Section 1102.
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	 	 	55	 
	Section 1103.
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	 	 	55	 
	Section 1104.
	 	Notice of Redemption	 	 	55	 
	Section 1105.
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	 	56	 
	Section 1106.
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	 	 	56	 
	Section 1107.
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	 	56	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE TWELVE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	SINKING FUNDS	 	 	 	 
	Section 1201.
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	57	 
	Section 1202.
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	 	57	 
	Section 1203.
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	 	57	 
	 
	 	ARTICLE THIRTEEN	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	DEFEASANCE	 	 	 	 
	Section 1301.
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	58	 
	Section 1302.
	 	Legal Defeasance	 	 	58	 
	Section 1303.
	 	Covenant Defeasance	 	 	59	 
	Section 1304.
	 	Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	Securities	 	 	60	 
	Section 1305.
	 	Repayment to Company	 	 	60	 

	Note:	 	This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.

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     INDENTURE dated as of November 13, 1996, between EL PASO NATURAL GAS
COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(the “Company”), having its principal office at One Paul Kayser Center, 100
North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas 79901, and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a
New York banking corporation, as Trustee (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 unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (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.

     This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that
re required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101. Definitions.

     For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them
in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

     (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

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

     (4) the words “herein”, “hereof “ and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and

     (5) the words “Article” and “Section” refer to an Article and Section,
respectively, of this Indenture.

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

     “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

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the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.

     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an
official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each
Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and
of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used
or in the financial community of such place.

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

     “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, or the
executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in
respect thereof.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Corporate
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, the principal financial
officer of the Company or any other authorized officer of the Company or a
person duly authorized by any of them, to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means, except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or regulation to close.

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

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

     “Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or any other authorized
officer of the Company or a person duly authorized by any of them, and
delivered to the Trustee.

     “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the
total amount of assets after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities
(excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or
renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months
after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (B)
current maturities of long-term debt), and (ii) the value (net of any
applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and
other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the Company’s most
recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.

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     “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which at the date hereof is 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY
10001.

     “corporation” includes corporations, associations, partnerships, limited
liability companies, joint-stock companies and business trusts.

     “covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     “Debt” means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the
repayment of money borrowed and any purchase money obligation created or
assumed by such Person.

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

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

     “defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

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

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

     “Dollar” or “$” means the coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

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

     “Funded Debt” means all Debt maturing one year or more from the date of the
creation thereof, all Debt directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at
the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or
agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the
creation thereof, and all Debt under a revolving credit or similar agreement
obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or
more.

     “Global Security” means a Security in global form that evidences all or part
of the Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee
thereof.

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

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, 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” also shall include the terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

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

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

     “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, charge, lien or other
encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or perfected under
applicable law.

     “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
501(3).

     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President or any
other authorized officer of the Company or a person duly authorized by any of
them, and delivered to the Trustee. The officer signing an Officer’s
Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of the Company.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company and who shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.

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

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

     (1) Securities theretofore cancelled 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, however, that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;

     (3) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

     (4) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303,
with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen.

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be
due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof on such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) the principal
amount of a Security denominated in one or more currencies or currency units
other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent of such currencies
or currency units,

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determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the date
of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the
case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent (as so
determined) on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned as described in
Clause (C) above which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor.

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

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

     “Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
(ii) any governmental Lien, mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’ or similar
Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet due or which
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any
undetermined Lien which is incidental to construction; (iii) the right
reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms
of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of
law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
(iv) Liens of taxes and assessments which are (A) for the then current year,
(B) not at the time delinquent, or (C) delinquent but the validity of which is
being contested at the time by the Company or any Subsidiary in good faith;
(v) Liens of, or to secure performance of, leases; (vi) any Lien upon, or
deposits of, any assets in favor of any surety company or clerk of court for
the purpose of obtaining indemnity or stay of judicial proceedings; (vii) any
Lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults
on receivables; (viii) any Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary
disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or
to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations; (ix) any
Lien upon any property or assets in accordance with customary banking practice
to secure any Debt incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with the exporting of goods to, or between, or the marketing of
goods in, or the importing of goods from, foreign countries; or (x) any Lien
in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any other
country, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, to secure
partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or
statute, or any Lien securing industrial development, pollution control, or
similar revenue bonds.

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

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     “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means, unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to such series
as contemplated by Section 301, the office or agency of the Company in The
City of New York and such other place or places where, subject to the
provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on
the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by
Section 301.

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

     “Principal Property” means (a) any pipeline assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary, including any related facilities employed in the transportation,
distribution or marketing of natural gas, that is located in the United States
or Canada, and (b) any processing or manufacturing plant owned or leased by
the Company or any Subsidiary and located within the United States or Canada,
except, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), any such assets or plant
which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in relation
to the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.

     “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 301.

     “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company owning or
leasing any Principal Property.

     “Sale-Leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property to a Person (other than
the Company or a Subsidiary) and the taking back by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal
Property.

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

     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date
fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

     “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 a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
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Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this
definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for
the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior
class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as otherwise
provided in Section 905; provided, however, that if the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

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

     “Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or 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 102. 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 or opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officer’s 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.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for
in Section 1004) shall include:

     (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;

     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;

     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and

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

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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

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

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

Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by means of a
facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic
transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) by such
Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered (either physically or by means of a
facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic
transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.

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

     The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any
Person, and the date of commencement of such Person’s holding the same, shall
be proved by the Security Register.

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

     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take
any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one
or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.

     The Company may set any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders of Securities of such series, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons,
shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date.

Section 105. 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 to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate
Trustee Administration Department, 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 One Paul Kayser Center, 100 North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas
79901, to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid (if
international mail, by air mail), to each Holder affected by such event, at
his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest
date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for
the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

     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

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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.

Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

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

Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

Section 109. Successors and Assigns.

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

Section 110. Separability Clause.

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

Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.

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

Section 112. Governing Law.

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

Section 113. Legal Holidays.

     In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the

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

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Section 114. Language of Notices, Etc.

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

Section 115. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of the
Company Exempt from Individual Liability.

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

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ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

Section 201. Forms Generally.

     The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth
in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.

     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer
or other authorized person on behalf of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

Section 202. Form of Face of Security.

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

     [If a Global Security,—insert legend required by Section 204 of the
Indenture] [If applicable, insert—UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY

[TITLE OF SECURITY]

			
	NO.
	 	U.S.$

[CUSIP NO. ]

     EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to      , or registered assigns, the
principal sum of            United States Dollars on          [if the Security is
to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—, and to pay interest thereon from
        , or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on            and            in each
year, commencing      , at the rate of      % per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert—, and at
the rate of      % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any
overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and

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punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the            or
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all
as more fully provided in such Indenture].

     [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at
Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall
bear interest at the rate of      % per annum, which shall accrue from the date
of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made
or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on
demand shall bear interest at the rate of      % per annum, which shall accrue
from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest
has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]

     [If a Global Security, insert—Payment of the principal of [(and premium, if
any)] and [if applicable, insert—any such] interest on this Security will be
made by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account in
designated by the Holder in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [state other currency].]

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

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

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

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

Dated:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	El Paso Natural Gas Company

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[Title] 	 
	 

Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an
Indenture dated as of November 13, 1996 (the “Indenture”), between the Company
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture, the Securities may
be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in
various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear
interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption
provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous
funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and
may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This Security is
one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert—,
limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$ ].

     [If applicable, insert—The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert—(1) on            in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year            through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)]
at any time [if applicable, insert—on or after      ,       ], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if
applicable, insert—on or before      ,       %, and if redeemed] during the 12-
month period beginning            of the years indicated,

	 	 	 	 	 
	REDEMPTION	 	 	 	 
	YEAR	 	REDEMPTION	 	 
	PRICE	 	PRICE	 	YEAR
	 
	 	 	 	 

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	REDEMPTION PRICE	 	REDEMPTION PRICE FOR
	 	 	FOR REDEMPTION	 	REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THAN
	 	 	THROUGH OPERATION	 	THROUGH OPERATION
	YEAR	 	OF THE SINKING FUND	 	OF THE SINKING FUND PRICE
	

	 	 	 	 

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

     [If applicable, insert—The sinking fund for this series provides for the
redemption on            in each year beginning with the year            and ending with
the year            of [if applicable,—not less than $ (“mandatory sinking fund”)
and not more than] $        aggregate principal amount of Securities of this
series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company
otherwise than through [if applicable,—mandatory] sinking fund payments may
be credited against subsequent [if applicable,—mandatory] sinking fund
payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable,—in the inverse order
in which they become due].]

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

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

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

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     [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert—If an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to—insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable, and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest,
all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series to be affected (voting as one class). The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all affected
series (voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of any series then
Outstanding to waive past defaults under the Indenture with respect to such
series and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange 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 reasonable
indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed
to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment
of principal hereof or [any premium or] interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.

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

     [If a Global Security, insert—This Global Security or portion hereof may
not be exchanged for Definitive Securities of this series except in the
limited circumstances provided in the Indenture.

     The holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Securities except as
described in the Indenture and will not be considered the Holders thereof for
any purpose under the Indenture.]

     [If a Definitive Security, insert—As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is
registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [if
applicable, insert

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- —any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Security are payable] [if applicable, insert— The City of New York[, or,
subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the
Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of
any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of            in            and
in            or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate]],
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.]

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of U.S.$        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.

     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of or
contained in the Indenture or of or contained in any Security, or for any
claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or in any Security, or
because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person, either directly
or through the Company or any successor Person, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment,
penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is
hereby expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a
condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the Securities and the
execution of the Indenture.

     The Indenture provides that the Company (a) will be discharged from any and
all obligations in respect of the Securities (except for certain obligations
described in the Indenture), or (b) need not comply with certain restrictive
covenants of the Indenture, in each case if the Company deposits, in trust,
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations (or a combination
thereof) which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient to
pay all the principal of and interest on the Securities, but such money need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

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

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

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

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Assignee)

the within instrument of EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint                       Attorney to

transfer said instrument on the books of the within-named Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises.

	 	 	 
	Please Insert Social Security or	 	 
	other Identifying Number of Assignee:	 	 
	
	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 
	

	 	 
	

	 	Signature

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

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Section 204. Global Securities.

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

     THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR
EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN
THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED,
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY
SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR
IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY
SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

     If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 301,
then, notwithstanding Clause (9) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section
302, any Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of
such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as the case
may be, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect
the amount, or any reduction or increase in the amount, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon
instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or
in a Company Order. Subject to the provisions of Sections 303, 304 and 305,
the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in a
Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel).

     The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued
and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global
Security together with a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the
reduction or increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.

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Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate 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 therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	The Chase Manhattan Bank,
       As Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer

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ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s 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 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);

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

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

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

     (6) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002,
the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series
shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
exchange and notices, and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

     (7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

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

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

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     (10) whether payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on the Securities of the series shall be without deduction for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders of the series;

     (11) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series
shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America
and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 101;

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

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

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

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

     (16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default set forth in Section 501 or the covenants of the Company set forth
in Article Ten pertaining to the Securities of the series;

     (17) if other than as provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, the means of
defeasance or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities of
the series;

     (18) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Security Registrar
and any Paying Agent; and

     (19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section
901(4)).

     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 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officer’s 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, a series may be reopened, without the consent of
the Holders, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of such series of
Securities and issuances of additional Securities of such series or for the
establishment of additional terms with respect to the Securities of such
series.

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     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person on
behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery
of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for
determining, the terms of the series.

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

Section 302. Denominations.

     The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301. 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 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its
President or any Vice President and need not be attested. 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; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without
limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from
the Company or its duly authorized agents, thereafter promptly confirmed in
writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a
Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating,

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

Indenture;

     (2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of
Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by

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Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a
series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities
of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in
such Opinion of Counsel; and

     (3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.

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

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

     With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such
Securities, the form or forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity,
binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the
other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section,
as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of
such series.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, 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 309 for all purposes of this Indenture
such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 304. 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.

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     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
Definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for Definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section
1002 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more Definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securities of such series and
tenor.

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     The Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency of the Company in
The City of New York a register (the register maintained in such office or in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Company will
prior to the issuance of any Securities hereunder, appoint the Trustee as the
initial “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided and its corporate trust office
which, at the date hereof, is located at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New
York 10001 as the initial office or agency in The City of New York where the
Security Register will be maintained. The Company may at any time replace such
Security Registrar, change such office or agency or act as its own Security
Registrar. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
change of the Security Registrar or of the location of such office or agency.

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

     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global
Security) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such 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.

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     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

     The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole
or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.

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

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, together with, in
proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or
the Trustee to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

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

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

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

Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.

     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 to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).

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     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange 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.

     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

     Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
any series of Securities, prior to due presentment of a Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) any
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

     No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company,
the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee
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 309. Cancellation.

     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer
or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of
in accordance with its customary procedures, and the Trustee shall thereafter
deliver to the Company a certificate with respect to such disposition.

Section 310. Computation of Interest.

     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities
of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

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Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.

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

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly
provided for), 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) such Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306,
and (ii) such Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or

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

     (i) have become due and payable, 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,

     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 the
purpose an amount of money in the currency or currency units in which such
Securities are payable 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

     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s 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, (x) the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any
Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and the right of the Trustee to resign
under Section 610 shall survive, and (y) if money shall have been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the
obligations of the Company and/or the Trustee under Sections 402, 606, 701 and
1002 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

Section 402. Application of Trust Money.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
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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.

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ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

Section 501. Events of Default.

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

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

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

     (3) default in the performance, or breach, of any term, covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a term, covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included
in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than
that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 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 and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or

     (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of any order for
relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment
of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

     (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary
case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially
all of its property, or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company; and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or

     (6) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to Securities of that series.

Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if
given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.

     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
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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 513.

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

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

     The Company covenants that if

     (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 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 the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
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Section 504. 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. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to 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 607.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’
or other similar committee.

Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

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

Section 506. 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 607;

     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: The balance, if any, to the Company.

Section 507. Limitation on Suits.

     No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
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     (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 reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;

     (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer 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 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 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.

     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and
307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

     If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or to such Holder, then 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to 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 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

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

Section 512. Control by Holders.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series; provided, however, that

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

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

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

Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and
its consequences, except

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

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

     Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.

     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture,
or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file
an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any
such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, however, that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the
Company.

Section 515. 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 SIX

THE TRUSTEE

Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. 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. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section.

Section 602. Notice of Defaults.

     If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, notice of all uncured or unwaived Defaults known to it; provided,
however, that, except in the case of a Default in payment on the Securities of
any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of its directors
and/or its duly authorized officers in good faith determines that withholding
such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such series;
provided further, however, that, in the case of any default or breach of the
character specified in Section 501(3) with respect to the Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof.

Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

     (1) the Trustee may rely on 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 reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;

     (2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order (other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303, which shall be
sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board
of Directors 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) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

     (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

     (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,

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unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security
or indemnity 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;

     (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

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

Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility
for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent makes
any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of
the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the
proceeds thereof.

Section 605. May Hold Securities.

     The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 606. Money Held in Trust.

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

Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.

     The Company agrees

     (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation 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 bad
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     (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith 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 or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except
those attributable to its negligence or bad faith.

     The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee
and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional
indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular 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 501(4) or Section 501(5), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.

     The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture and the defeasance of the Securities.

Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

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

Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

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

Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance
of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.

     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or
more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument
of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice
of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.

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     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 at any time:

     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 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 609 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 may remove the Trustee with respect to
all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

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

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

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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts 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.

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

     (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

     (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.

Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
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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 613. 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 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

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

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

     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
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written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named
as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

     Except with respect to an Authenticating Agent appointed at the request of
the Company, the Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time
to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Company for such payments,
subject to the provisions of Section 607.

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	

	 	The Chase Manhattan Bank,
	

	 	 	 	As Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	As Authenticating Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer

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ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701. 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 May 15 and November 15 in each year, a
list for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities
of such series as of the preceding April 30 or October 31, 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;

provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with
respect to such series of Securities.

Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

     The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

     The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act.

     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure
of information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act.

Section 703. 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.

     Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than
12 months shall be transmitted no later than July 15 in each calendar year
with respect to the 12-month period ending on the previous May 15, commencing
May 15, 1997.

     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.

Section 704. Reports by Company.

     The Company shall:

     (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
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rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary
and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed
and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;

     (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

     (3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission.

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ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

     The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
sell, lease or transfer its properties and assets as, or substantially as, an
entirety to, any Person, unless:

     (1) (A) in the case of a merger, the Company is the surviving entity, or
(B) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or the Person which acquires by sale or transfer, or which leases,
the properties and assets of the Company as, or substantially as, an
entirety 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 and condition of this Indenture on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed;

     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default exists; and

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

Section 802. Successor Substituted.

     Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
any other Person or any sale, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety in accordance with Section
801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such sale, 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 originally 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.

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ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

     Without the consent of any Holders, the Company 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 secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 1006
or otherwise; or

     (2) 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

     (3) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Events of Default for
the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
covenants or Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants or Events of Default, as
the case may be, are expressly being included solely for the benefit of
such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or

     (4) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided,
however, that any such addition, change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created
prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to
the benefit of such provision; or

     (5) to establish the form or terms of securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or

     (6) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, to comply with
any applicable mandatory provisions of law or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided
that such action pursuant to this Clause (6) shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material
respect; or

     (7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
611; or

     (8) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or under any similar federal
statute subsequently enacted, and to add to this Indenture such other
provisions as may be expressly required under the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

     With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental
indenture (voting as one class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the
Company and the Trustee, the Company 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

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such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby,

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

     (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or

     (3) change any obligation of the Company, with respect to Outstanding
Securities of a series, to maintain an office or agency in the places and
for the purposes specified in Section 1002 for such series, or

     (4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section
1008, 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, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(7).

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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

Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel 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 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

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

Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

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

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Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

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

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ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

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

Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or
agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.

     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an
office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for
such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency.

     Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, the Company hereby initially designates as the
Place of Payment for each series of Securities The City and State of New York,
and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as the
Company’s office or agency for each such purpose in such city.

Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

     If the Company 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 each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

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     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other
than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of that series; and (3) during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of
that series.

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

     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
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper
in each Place of Payment with respect to such series, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be
less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 150 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer
thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

Section 1005. Existence.

     Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if it shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company.

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Section 1006. Limitations on Liens.

     The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property,
whether owned or leased on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired,
to secure any Debt of the Company or any other Person (other than the
Securities issued hereunder), without in any such case making effective
provision whereby all of the Securities Outstanding hereunder shall be secured
equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt so long as such Debt shall be
so secured. This restriction shall not apply to:

     (i) any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in existence on the date of this Indenture or created pursuant
to an “after-acquired property” clause or similar term in existence on the
date of this Indenture or any mortgage, pledge agreement, security
agreement or other similar instrument in existence on the date of this
Indenture;

     (ii) any Lien upon any property or assets created at the time of
acquisition of such property or assets by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of
the purchase price for such property or assets or Debt incurred to finance
such purchase price, whether such Debt was incurred prior to, at the time
of or within one year of such acquisition;

     (iii) any Lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time
of the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(whether or not the obligations secured thereby are assumed by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary);

     (iv) any Lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at
the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary by acquisition, merger
or otherwise;

     (v) the assumption by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
obligations secured by any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the property or assets subject
to such Lien or at the time of the acquisition of the Person which owns
such property or assets;

     (vi) any Lien on property to secure all or part of the cost of
construction or improvements thereon or to secure Debt incurred prior to,
at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction or
making of such improvements, to provide funds for any such purpose;

     (vii) any Lien on any oil, gas, mineral and processing and other plant
properties to secure the payment of costs, expenses or liabilities incurred
under any lease or grant or operating or other similar agreement in
connection with or incident to the exploration, development, maintenance or
operation of such properties;

     (viii) any Lien arising from or in connection with a conveyance by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any production payment with respect
to oil, gas, natural gas, carbon dioxide, sulphur, helium, coal, metals,
minerals, steam, timber or other natural resources;

     (ix) any Lien in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (x) any Lien created or assumed by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with the issuance of Debt the interest on which is
excludable from gross income of the holder of such Debt pursuant to the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute, for
the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the acquisition or
construction of property or assets to be used by the Company or any
Subsidiary;

     (xi) any Lien upon property or assets of any foreign Restricted
Subsidiary to secure Debt of that foreign Restricted Subsidiary;

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     (xii) Permitted Liens;

     (xiii) any Lien upon any additions, improvements, replacements, repairs,
fixtures, appurtenances or component parts thereof attaching to or required
to be attached to property or assets pursuant to the terms of any mortgage,
pledge agreement, security agreement or other similar instrument, creating
a Lien upon such property or assets permitted by Clauses (i) through (xii),
inclusive, of this Section; or

     (xiv) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refundings or replacements)
of any Lien, in whole or in part, that is referred to in Clauses (i)
through (xiii), inclusive, of this Section, or of any Debt secured thereby;
provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall
not exceed the greater of the principal amount of Debt so secured at the
time of such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement and
the original principal amount of Debt so secured (plus in each case the
aggregate amount of premiums, other payments, costs and expenses required
to be paid or incurred in connection with such extension, renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement); provided, further, however, that
such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement shall be
limited to all or a part of the property (including improvements,
alterations and repairs on such property) subject to the encumbrance so
extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced (plus improvements,
alterations and repairs on such property).

     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company may,
and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer
to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property to secure any Debt of the
Company or any other Person (other than the Securities) that is not excepted
by Clauses (i) through (xiv), inclusive, of this Section without securing the
Securities issued hereunder, provided that the aggregate principal amount of
all Debt then outstanding secured by such Lien and all similar Liens, together
with all net sale proceeds from Sale-Leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-
Leaseback Transactions permitted by Clauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of
Section 1007), does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Section 1007. Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transaction.

     The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
engage in a Sale-Leaseback Transaction unless:

     (i) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date
of acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the
completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such
Principal Property, whichever is later;

     (ii) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period,
including renewals, of not more than three years;

     (iii) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to
incur Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property subject thereto in a
principal amount equal to or exceeding the net sale proceeds from such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction without securing the Securities; or

     (iv) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, within a one-year period
after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an
amount not less than the net sale proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction to (A) the repayment, redemption or retirement of Funded
Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (B) investment in another
Principal Property.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company may,
and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback
Transaction that is not excepted by Clauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of
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Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding
Debt (other than the Securities) secured by Liens upon Principal Properties
not excepted by Clauses (i) through (xiv), inclusive, of Section 1006, do not
exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

     The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Section 1005, 1006 or 1007 with respect to
the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all affected series (voting as one class) shall, by
Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any
such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

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

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101. Applicability of Article.

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

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

     The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee 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
which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction or condition.

Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

     If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all
the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed),
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45
days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series 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 portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof)
of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger
than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.

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

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

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

     Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail (if international
mail, by air mail), postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

     All notices of redemption shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date,

     (2) the Redemption Price,

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

     (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price 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,

     (5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price, and

     (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.

Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.

     On or prior to 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 1003) 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.

Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be
redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, 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 301, installments of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered
as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

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

Section 1107. 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 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.

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ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201. Applicability of Article.

     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional
sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.

Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

     The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption), and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.
Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment
shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

     Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series
of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying
the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant
to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities
have not been previously so credited, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking
fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and
cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon
the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN

DEFEASANCE

Section 1301. Applicability of Article.

     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of
Securities except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.

Section 1302. Legal Defeasance.

     In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 401, the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on
all the Securities of such a series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in Clause (1) below, and the provisions of this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in effect
(except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of
Securities of such series and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if
any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities,
(iii) rights of holders of Securities to receive payments of principal thereof
and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor or on the
specified redemption dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining
rights of the holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv)
the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v)
the rights of the holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof
with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or
any of them, and (vi) the obligations of the Company under Section 1002), and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon a Company Request,
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if the conditions set forth
below are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”):

     (1) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust, for the purposes of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the payments on which
may only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S.
Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times
and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the principal and interest and
premium, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such
principal, interest or premium, if any, is due and payable or on any
Redemption Date established pursuant to Clause (3) below, and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities
of such series;

     (2) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on
the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published
by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date hereof,
there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either
case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of
the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same
manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit and
defeasance had not occurred;

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

     (4) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
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     (5) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided
for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this provision have been
complied with.

     For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire debt represented by the Securities of such series, which
shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of
Section 1304 and the rights and obligations referred to in Clauses (i) through
(vi), inclusive, of the first paragraph of this Section, and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this
Indenture insofar as the Securities of such series are concerned.

Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.

     The Company and any other obligor, if any, shall be released on the 91st day
after the date of the deposit referred to in Clause (1) below from its
obligations under Sections 704, 801, 1005, 1006 and 1007 with respect to the
Securities of any series on and after the date the conditions set forth below
are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and the Securities of such
series shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver, consent or
declaration or other action or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed
Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant
defeasance means that, with respect to the Securities of such series, the
Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly
or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to such Section or
by reason of any reference in such Section to any other provision herein or in
any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default
or an Event of Default under Section 501, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be
unaffected thereby. The following shall be the conditions to application of
this Section 1303:

     (1) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the payments on
which may only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S.
Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times
and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the principal and interest and
premium, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such
principal, interest or premium, if any, is due and payable or on any
Redemption Date established pursuant to Clause (2) below, and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the
Securities of such series;

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

     (3) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit;

     (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
which shall confirm that the holders of the Securities of such series will
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for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant
defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and
in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if
such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

     (5) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to
the covenant defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied
with.

Section 1304. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all moneys
or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
1302 or 1303 (and all funds earned on such moneys or U.S. Government
Obligations) shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities of such series for
the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest;
but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. Subject to Sections 1302 and 1303, the Trustee promptly shall
pay to the Company upon request any excess moneys held by them at any time.

Section 1305. Repayment to Company.

     The Trustee and any Paying Agent promptly shall pay or return to the Company
upon Company Request any money and U.S. Government Obligations held by them at
any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of and any
interest on the Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government
Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303.

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

     This instrument may be executed with counterpart signature pages or 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, all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	El Paso Natural Gas Company

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ H. Brent Austin
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	H. Brent Austin  	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Chase Manhattan Bank

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Richard Lorenzen
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Richard Lorenzen  	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Trust Officer 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT 4.A

 

 

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

and

Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 27, 1997

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	Recitals of the Company 1
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 1 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Definitions And Incorporation By Reference
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01 Definitions 
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act 
	 	 	7	 
	Section 1.03 Rules of Construction 
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	The Securities
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01 Form of Securities
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.02 Title and Terms 
	 	 	8	 
	Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication 
	 	 	11	 
	Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent 
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money In Trust 
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.06 Securityholder Lists 
	 	 	13	 
	Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange 
	 	 	14	 
	Section 2.08 Replacement Securities 
	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.09 Outstanding Securities 
	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.10 Treasury Securities 
	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.11 Temporary Securities 
	 	 	16	 
	Section 2.12 Cancellation 
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest 
	 	 	17	 
	Section 2.14 Persons Deemed Owners 
	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3A 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Redemption
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3A.01 Right of Redemption 
	 	 	17	 
	Section 3A.02 Applicability of Article 
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3A.03 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee 
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3A.04 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed 
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3A.05 Notice of Redemption 
	 	 	18	 
	Section 3A.06 Deposit of Redemption Price 
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3A.07 Securities Payable on Redemption Date 
	 	 	19	 
	Section 3A.08 Securities Redeemed in Part 
	 	 	20	 

 

 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE 3B 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Sinking Fund
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3B.01 Sinking Fund Payments 
	 	 	20	 
	Section 3B.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities 
	 	 	20	 
	Section 3B.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund 
	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Covenants
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01 Payment of Securities 
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency 
	 	 	21	 
	Section 4.03 Corporate Existence 
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.04 Liquidation 
	 	 	22	 
	Section 4.05 Compliance Certificate 
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.06 SEC Reports 
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.07 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws 
	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.08 Restrictions on Liens 
	 	 	24	 
	Section 4.09 Restrictions on Sales and Leasebacks 
	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Successor Corporation
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, etc 
	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted 
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Default And Remedies
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01 Events of Default 
	 	 	26	 
	Section 6.02 Acceleration
	 	 	27	 
	Section 6.03 Other Remedies 
	 	 	28	 
	Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults 
	 	 	28	 
	Section 6.05 Control by Majority 
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits 
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment 
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee 
	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 
	 	 	30	 
	Section 6.10 Priorities 
	 	 	30	 
	Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs 
	 	 	31	 

 

 

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	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE 7 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Trustee
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee 
	 	 	31	 
	Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
	 	 	32	 
	Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders
	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Discharge Of Indenture
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01 Termination of Company’s Obligations
	 	 	36	 
	Section 8.02 Application of Trust Money
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.03 Repayment to Company
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.04 Reinstatement
	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Amendments, Supplements And Waivers
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	38	 
	Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders
	 	 	39	 
	Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	40	 
	Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	 	 	40	 
	Section 9.05 Notation On or Exchange of Securities
	 	 	40	 
	Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
	 	 	40	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Miscellaneous
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.02 Notices
	 	 	41	 
	Section 10.03 Communications by Holders With Other Holders
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	 	 	42	 
	Section 10.06 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar
	 	 	42	 

 

 

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	Section 10.07 Legal Holidays
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.08 Governing Law
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.10 No Recourse Against Others
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.11 Successors
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.12 Duplicate Originals
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.13 Separability
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.14 Action of Holders when Securities are Denominated in
Different Currencies
	 	 	43	 
	Section 10.15 Monies of Different Currencies to be Segregated
	 	 	44	 
	Section 10.16 Payment to be in Proper Currency
	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Signatures
	 	 	45	 
	EXHIBITION A- FORM OF SECURITY
	 	 	A-1	 

	NOTE:	 	 This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture

 

 

     INDENTURE, dated as of June 27, 1997 between Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (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 unsecured notes, debentures or other evidences of
indebtedness (collectively, the “Securities”), to be issued from time to time in one or more series
(a “Series”) as provided in this Indenture and as shall be provided, in respect of any Series, in
or pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution hereinafter referred to and/or in the indenture
supplemental hereto (if any) relating to such Series.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions And Incorporation By Reference

     Section 1.01 Definitions.

     “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 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.

     “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.

     “Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction as of any
particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the
lease) of the obligations of the lessee under such lease for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at
the option of the Company, be extended).

     “Authorizing Resolution” means a Board Resolution providing for the issuance of a Series of
Securities.

     “Bankruptcy Law” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

     “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of the Board.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee (except as
provided in Section 2.03).

     “Business Day” means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.

 

 

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     “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock of such person other
than Mandatory Redemption Preferred Stock.

     “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease
that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount
of such obligations determined in accordance with such principles.

     “Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it
pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.

     “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by two Officers of the Company or by an Officer and the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee in
respect of the Series to which the Company Request or Company Order shall relate.

     “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total assets appearing on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries less, without duplication: (i) current liabilities; (ii)
reserves for estimated rate refunds pending the outcome of a rate proceeding to the extent such
refunds have not been finally determined; (iii) all intangible assets; and (iv) deferred income tax
assets.

     “Consolidated Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary which for financial reporting purposes is
accounted for by the Company as a consolidated subsidiary.

     “Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at
the date hereof is located at 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603; the Trustee will
notify the Company of any change thereof.

     “Custodian” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

     “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would become,
an Event of Default.

     “Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in the
form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant
to Section 2.02, initially The Depository Trust Company, until a successor Depository shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depository”
shall mean or include each person who is then a Depository hereunder, and, if at any time there is
more than one such person, “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any such Series
shall mean the Depository with respect to the Global Securities of such Series.

     “Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

 

 

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     “Extendible Securities” means Securities of any Series issued hereunder the final maturity of
which is extendible for a stated period of time, as shall be provided in, or pursuant to, the
Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to such Series.

     “Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation
thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the
debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one
year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit
or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or
more, even though such Indebtedness may also conform to the definition of Short-Term Borrowing.

     “Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a Series of Securities issued
to and registered in the name of the Depository for such Series, or its nominee, in accordance with
Section 2.02, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.03.

     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means, with respect to any Security, the person in whose name
such Security is registered on the Security Register.

     “Indebtedness” means (i) any liability of any person (a) for borrowed money, (b) evidenced by
a note, debenture or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection
with the acquisition of any property or assets (other than inventory or similar property acquired
in the ordinary course of business), including securities, or (c) for the payment of money relating
to a Capitalized Lease Obligation; (ii) any guarantee by any person of any liability of others
described in the preceding clause (i); and (iii) any amendment, renewal, extension or refunding of
any liability of the types referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

     “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall
include the forms and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated
hereunder.

     “Interest Payment Date” means, for any Series of Securities issued and outstanding hereunder,
the date or dates in each year on which any interest on such Series is paid or made available for
payment.

     “Legal Holiday” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.07.

     “Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, or other security interest or encumbrance of
any kind.

     “Mandatory Redemption Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares
of preferred stock of such person now outstanding or hereafter issued, subject to mandatory
redemption provisions.

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

 

 

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     “Maturity Date” means the date specified in each Security on which the principal thereof is
due and payable in full.

     “Officer” means the Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer or Principal
Accounting Officer of the Company.

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee. See Sections 10.04 and 10.05.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. See Sections 10.04 and 10.05.

     “Original Issue Date” means the date on which a Security is issued to the original purchaser
thereof, as specified in such Security.

     “Original Issue Discount Securities” means Securities which provide for an amount less than
100% of the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

     “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that for the purposes
of Article 8 and Section 4.04 the Paying Agent shall not be the Company or any Subsidiary.

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

     “principal” of a debt security means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the
premium, if any, on. the security.

     “Principal Domestic Property of the Company” shall mean any property, plant, equipment or
facility of the Company which is located in the United States or any territory or political
subdivision thereof, except any property which the Board of Directors or management of the Company
shall determine to be not material to the business or operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     “Redeemable Securities” means Securities of any Series which may be redeemed, at the option of
the Company, prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, on the terms specified in or pursuant to the
Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating to such Series and in accordance with
Article 3A herein.

     “Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security of any Series to be redeemed means
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to the provisions of such Security, this
Indenture and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to such
Security.

 

 

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     “Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security of any Series to be redeemed means
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of such Security, this Indenture
and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating to such Security.

     “Registrar” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

     “Regular Record Date” means, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date in respect
of any Series of Securities, except as provided in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution
and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto, the day (whether or not a Business Day)
that is fifteen days preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

     “Required Currency” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.16.

     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.09.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Securities” means the Securities, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, of the Company of any Series that are issued under this Indenture.

     “Security Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04.

     “Series” means, with respect to Securities issued hereunder, the Securities issued pursuant to
any particular Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any), subject to the right
of the Board of Directors to specify in such Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture
(if any) that such Securities shall constitute more than one Series.

     “Short-Term Borrowing” means all Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money maturing on demand
or within one year from the date of the creation thereof and not directly or indirectly renewable
or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or
agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof;
provided, that Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money arising under a revolving credit or
similar agreement which obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year
or more shall constitute Funded Debt and not Short-Term Borrowing even though the same matures on
demand or within one year from the date as of which such Short-Term Borrowing is to be determined.

     “Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of
the following conditions:

	 	(a)  	the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to the
Subsidiary exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most recently completed fiscal
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	 	(b)  	the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total
assets of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most recently completed
fiscal years; or
	 
	 	(c)  	the Company’s and its other Subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing
operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of such income of the
Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of any two of the three most
recently completed fiscal years.

     “Sinking Fund” means, with respect to any Sinking Fund Securities, a sinking fund provided for
in Article 3B.

     “Sinking Fund Securities” means Securities of any Series which are required to be redeemed
from time to time prior to the Stated Maturity thereof in whole or in part under a Sinking Fund, on
the terms specified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating
to such Series and in accordance with Article 3B herein.

     “Special Record Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.

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

     “Subsidiary” means (i) a corporation a majority of whose Capital Stock with voting power,
under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by
the Company, by the Company and a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or by a Subsidiary
(or Subsidiaries) of the Company or (ii) any other person (other than a corporation) in which the
Company, a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or the Company and a Subsidiary (or
Subsidiaries) of the Company, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at
least majority ownership interest; provided, that no corporation shall be deemed a Subsidiary until
the Company, a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries) of the Company or the Company and a Subsidiary (or
Subsidiaries) of the Company acquires more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock thereof and has
elected a majority of its board of directors.

     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the
date of this Indenture except as provided in Section 9.03.

     “Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means and includes the person or
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 Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee
to administer its corporate trust matters.

 

 

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     “U.S. Government Obligations” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.01.

     “Yield to Maturity” means, with respect to any Series of Securities, the yield to maturity
thereof, calculated at the time of issuance thereof, or, if applicable, at the most recent
redetermination of interest thereon, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.

     Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

     Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have
the following meanings:

     “Commission” means the SEC;

     “indenture securities” means the Securities;

     “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder;

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities.

     All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them therein.

     Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.

     Unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States, and
any other reference in this Indenture to “generally accepted accounting principles” refers
to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States;

     (3) “or” is not exclusive;

     (4) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular,

     (5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

 

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     (6) “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

     (7) “include,” “included,” and “including” as used herein shall be deemed in each case
to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

ARTICLE 2

The Securities

     Section 2.01 Form of Securities.

     The Securities of each Series and the certificate of authentication thereon shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit A or in such other forms as shall be specified in, or
pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or in the indenture supplemental hereto (if any)
relating to such Series, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or the said Authorizing Resolution and/or
supplemental indenture (if any).

     The definitive Securities of each Series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, or, if they shall not be listed on any securities exchange, in any other manner consistent
herewith, all as shall be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall approve the form of the Securities
and any notation, legend or endorsement on them.

     The terms and provisions contained in the Securities, annexed hereto as Exhibit A or such
other forms as specified in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any)
relating thereto, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture.

     Section 2.02 Title and Terms.

     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.

     The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. The terms of each Series shall be as
provided in an Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) or shall be determined
in the manner specified therein. The terms to be specified in respect of each Series in the
Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any), or by such person and/or procedures
as shall be provided therein, shall include the following:

     (1) the title of the Securities of such Series, which shall distinguish such Series
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     (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities of such
Series authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05);

     (3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such Series is
payable, and, if the Series shall be Extendible Securities, the terms on which the Company
or any other person shall have the option to extend the Maturity of such Securities and the
rights, if any, of the Holders to require payment of the Securities;

     (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of such Series shall bear interest, if
any (whether floating or fixed), the provisions, if any, for determining such interest rate
or rates and adjustments thereto, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
the provisions, if any, for determining such date or dates, the Interest Payment Dates
therefor and the Regular Record Dates (if different from those provided in the form of
Security herein set forth) for the determination of Holders of the Securities of such Series
to whom interest is payable and the basis upon which interest, if any, shall be calculated
if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

     (5) the place or places where the principal of and interest on Securities of such
Series shall be payable (if other than as provided in Section 4.02), where Securities of
such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities of such Series and this Indenture
may be served;

     (6) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities of such Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, pursuant to a Sinking Fund or otherwise;

     (7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of
such Series, in whole or in part, pursuant to a Sinking Fund or otherwise or at the option
of a Holder thereof, and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which
and the terms and conditions upon which such redemption, purchase or repayment shall be
made;

     (8) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default provided
for herein with respect to the Securities of such Series, and any deletions from,
modifications of or additions to the covenants or obligations provided for herein of the
Company to the Holders of the Securities of such Series;

     (9) if less than 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of such Series is
payable on acceleration under Section 6.02 or in bankruptcy under Section 6.09 at any time,
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     (10) the form of the Securities of such Series (which may be, but which need not be,
consistent with the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto), including whether the
Securities of such Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities and, in such case, the Depository with respect to such Global Security or
Securities and the circumstances under which any Global Security may be registered for
transfer or exchange, or authenticated and delivered, in the name of a Person other than
such Depository or its nominee, if other than as set forth in Section 2.07;

     (11) if other than United States dollars, the currency(ies) in which payment of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series shall be payable;

     (12) if the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies
other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods
within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;

     (13) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities
of such Series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or
currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;

     (14) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay any additional amounts
on the Securities of such Series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem the Securities of such Series
in lieu of making such payment;

     (15) any provision relating to the issuing of the Securities of such Series as Original
Issue Discount Securities (including, without limitation, the issue price thereof, the rate
or rates at which such original issue discount shall accrue, if any, and the date or dates
from or to which, or period or periods during which, such original issue discount shall
accrue at such rate or rates;

     (16) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of such Series shall be issued; and

     (17) any other terms of the Securities of such Series; provided, that such other terms
shall not be inconsistent with any express terms of this Indenture or in conflict with any
express terms of any other Series of Securities which shall be issued and outstanding.

     All Securities of any one Series shall be substantially identical in form except as to
denomination and except as may be otherwise provided in and pursuant to the Authorizing Resolutions
and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto. All Securities of any one Series need not
be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with this Indenture, if
so provided by or pursuant to such Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if any)
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     Any such Authorizing Resolution with respect to the Securities of any Series filed with the
Trustee on or before the initial issuance of the Securities of such Series shall be incorporated
herein by reference with respect to Securities of such Series and shall thereafter be deemed to be
a part of this Indenture for all purposes relating to the Securities of such Series as if such
Authorizing Resolution were set forth herein in full.

     Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication.

     Two Officers or an Officer and the Secretary of the Company shall sign the Securities for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company’s seal shall be reproduced on the Securities
and may be in facsimile form.

     If an Officer or a Secretary whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at
the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

     A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has
been authenticated under this Indenture.

     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, together with
a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The Company Order may
provide that the Securities which are the subject thereof shall be authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee upon the telephonic, written or other order of persons designated in the Company Order,
and that such persons are authorized to specify the terms and conditions of such Securities, to the
extent permitted by the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating
thereto. The Trustee shall execute and deliver the supplemental indenture (if any) relating to said
Securities and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver said Securities as specified in such
Company Order, provided that, prior to authentication and delivery of the first Securities of any
Series, the Trustee shall have received:

     (1) a copy of the Authorizing Resolution, with a copy of the form of Security approved
thereby attached thereto, or a supplemental indenture in respect of the issuance of the
Series, executed on behalf of the Company;

     (2) an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the Securities of such Series comply or
will comply with the requirements of this Indenture and the said Authorizing Resolution
and/or supplemental indenture (if any);

     (3) an Opinion of Counsel (a) to the effect that (i) the Securities of such Series, the
Authorizing Resolution and/or the supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto comply or
will comply with the requirements of this Indenture, and (ii) the Securities of such Series,
when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the said Company Order,
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to (A) bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
as in effect from time to time, (B) limitations of generally applicable equitable principles
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Trustee and its counsel; and (b) relating to such other matters as may reasonably be
requested by the Trustee or its counsel; and

     (4) if the Securities to be issued are Original Issue Discount Securities, an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the Yield to Maturity for the Securities or other information
sufficient to compute amounts due on acceleration, or specifying the manner in which such
amounts are to be determined, provided that such Yield to Maturity and other facts are not
specified in the form of the Securities.

     Subject to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the
documents delivered to it as provided above in connection with the issuance of any Series of
Securities.

     The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under
this Section 2.03 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not
lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by a committee of its Trust Officers shall
determine that such action would expose the Trustee to liability to Holders of previously issued
and outstanding Securities.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise specified in the
Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture relating thereto.

     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee
may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company

     The Securities of each Series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, or in such other currencies or
denominations as may be specified in, or pursuant to, the Authorizing Resolution and/or
supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the Series.

     If Securities of any Series are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities,
then the Company shall deliver such Global Security or Securities executed by the Company to the
Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Global Security
or Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.03 and such Company Order,
authenticate and deliver such Global Security or Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such
Series to be issued in the form of such Global Security or Securities and not yet cancelled, (ii)
shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Securities or the
nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant
to such Depository’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: “Unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in
certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a
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Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or its nominee to a
successor Depository or its nominee.”

     Each Depository designated must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it
serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation.

     Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent.

     The Company shall cause to be kept a register (the “Security Register”) at an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Company may
have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent.

     The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any
such Agent and the Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Security Register at all reasonable
times and to obtain copies thereof. If the Registrar shall not be the Trustee in respect of any
Series, the Company shall promptly notify the Registrar as to the amounts and terms of each
Security of such Series which shall be authenticated and delivered hereunder, and as to the names
in which such Securities shall be registered. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation
therefor pursuant to Section 7.07.

     The Company initially appoints Bank of Montreal Trust Company as Registrar and Paying Agent.

     Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money In Trust.

     Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all
money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities
(whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities), and
shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in
making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
the money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed and the Trustee may
at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent,
require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds
disbursed. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money.

     Section 2.06 Securityholder Lists.

     The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list furnished to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the
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and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of
such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities
of any Series and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.

     The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the Registrar, the Company or such
other Paying Agent, as the case may be, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities
of any Series and the principal amounts and serial numbers of such Securities.

     Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange.

     When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register
the transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series and
Stated Maturity of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or
make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to any Holder
for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05 in which case such transfer taxes or similar governmental
charges shall be paid by the Company).

     The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security of any Series during a period beginning at the opening of the day which is 15 Business
Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of such Series selected
for redemption under Section 3A.04 or 3B.01 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.07, unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities, a Global Security representing all or part of the Securities of a
Series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such Series to a nominee of
such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such
Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository for such Series or a
nominee of such successor Depository.

     If at any time the Depository for any Securities of a Series represented by one or more Global
Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such
Series or if at any time the Depository for such Series shall no longer be eligible under Section
2.03, the Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such Series. If a successor
Depository for such Series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s election that the
Securities be represented by one or more Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.02 shall no longer
be effective and the Company shall deliver Securities of such Series executed by the Company to the
Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and
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authenticate and deliver Securities of such Series, in any authorized denominations, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities
representing such Series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

     The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
Series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company shall deliver Securities of such Series
executed by the Company to the Trustee, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.03 and such
Company Order, authenticate and deliver Securities of such Series, in any authorized denominations,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities
representing such Series, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

     If specified by the Company in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if
any) relating to the Securities of a Series represented by a Global Security, the Depository for
such Series may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of
the same Series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and the Depository. Thereupon, the
Company shall deliver Securities of such Series executed by the Company to the Trustee, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall,
in accordance with Section 2.03 and such Company Order, authenticate and deliver, without charge,

     (1) to the person specified by such Depository, a new Security or Securities of the
same Series, in any authorized denominations as requested by such person, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such person’s beneficial interest in the
Global Security; and

     (2) to such Depository a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference,
if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (1) above.

     Upon the exchange of a Global Security for the Securities of a Series represented thereby, in
authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an Agent of the
Company or the Trustee. Securities of a Series issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to
this Section 2.07 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depository for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an Agent of the Company or the Trustee.
The Trustee or such Agent shall deliver at its office such Securities to or as directed by the
persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

     Section 2.08 Replacement Securities.

     If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security claims
that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the
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amount, bearing a number not assigned to any Security of the same Series then outstanding, if
the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond
must be sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent
from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge such
Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.

     Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.

     Section 2.09 Outstanding Securities.

     Securities, or Securities of any particular Series, outstanding at any time are all such
Securities that have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee except for those cancelled by
it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds the
Security.

     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.

     If the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) holds on the Maturity
Date or Redemption Date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on such date, then on and after
that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue; 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.

     Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.

     In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of any
Series have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent (a) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security, if any, of such Series that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such
purposes shall be the amount that would be due and payable as of the date of determination upon a
declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 and (b) Securities of such Series
owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
waiver or consent, only Securities of such Series which the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded. Upon the request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
an Officers’ Certificate identifying all Securities of such Series, if any, known by the Company to
be owned by it or any of its Affiliates.

     Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.

     Until definitive Securities of any Series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and
execute and, upon compliance with the requirements of Section 2.03, the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Securities of such Series. Temporary Securities of any Series shall be substantially in
the form of definitive Securities of such Series but may have variations that the Company considers
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such temporary Securities may be in global form. Except in the case of temporary Global
Securities (which shall be exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to an Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture, (if any), without unreasonable
delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities for such
Series in exchange for temporary Securities of such Series in an exchange pursuant to Section 2.07.

     Section 2.12 Cancellation.

     The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar
and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation or for credit against any Sinking Fund Payment in
respect of such Series pursuant to Section 3B.02. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.

     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any Series, it shall pay
the defaulted interest, plus any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are
Holders of such Securities on a subsequent special record date (“Special Record Date”) and such
term, as used in this Section 2.13 with respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall
mean the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted
interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the Special Record
Date, the Company shall mail to each holder of such Securities a notice that states the Special
Record Date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

     Section 2.14 Persons Deemed Owners.

     The Company, the Trustee and any Agent may treat the person in whose name any Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
(subject to Section 2.13) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security shall have matured, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

ARTICLE 3A

Redemption

     Section 3A.01 Right of Redemption.

     Redeemable Securities may be redeemed otherwise than through the operation of the Sinking Fund
provided for in Article 3B at the election of the Company at the times, on the conditions and at
the Redemption Prices specified therein, in (or pursuant to) the Authorizing Resolution relating
thereto or in the supplemental indenture (if any) executed in connection with the issuance of such
Securities to the extent provided therein, any Redemption Price to be accompanied by accrued
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     Section 3A.02 Applicability of Article.

     Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required
by any provision referred to in Section 3A.01, shall be made in accordance with such provision and
this Article.

     Section 3A.03 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

     The election of the Company to redeem any Securities of any Series shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution or set forth in an Officers’ Certificate which states that such election has been
duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of such Series the
Company shall, at least 60 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 and of the
principal amount of Securities of the Series or the several Series, as the case may be, to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

     Section 3A.04 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.

     If less than all the Securities of any Series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of
such Series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the outstanding Securities of such Series not previously called for redemption,
in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which
such Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not listed on a national securities exchange,
on a pro rata basis or by lot, as the Trustee deems appropriate in its sole discretion. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination of the Series or
any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger
than such minimum denomination. If the Company shall so specify, Securities held by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be included in the Securities selected for
redemption.

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

     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 Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.

     Section 3A.05 Notice of Redemption.

     Notice of redemption shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
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     All notices of redemption shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date;

     (2) the Redemption Price;

     (3) if less than all outstanding Securities of the Series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;

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

     (5) that the redemption is for a Sinking Fund, if such is the case; and

     (6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price.

     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 of and at the expense
of the Company.

     Section 3A.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.

     On or prior to 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 2.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on, all the
Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

     Section 3A.07 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 thereof 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
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular or Special
Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of such Security and Section 2.13.

     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the Redemption
Date at the rate borne by the Security or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at a
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     Section 3A.08 Securities Redeemed in Part.

     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02 (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same Series,
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 3B

Sinking Fund

     Section 3B.01 Sinking Fund Payments.

     As and for a Sinking Fund for the retirement of Sinking Fund Securities, the Company will,
until all such Securities are paid or payment thereof is duly provided for, deposit in accordance
with Section 3A.06, at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be specified in
the provisions of such Securities and the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if
any) relating thereto, such amounts in cash or such other Required Currency as shall be required or
permitted under such provisions in order to redeem Securities on the specified Redemption Dates at
a Redemption Price equal to their principal amounts, less in each such case the amount of any
credit against such payment received by the Company under Section 3B.02. Each such Sinking Fund
payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities on the specified Redemption Date as herein
provided.

     Section 3B.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

     The Company (1) may deliver Securities of the same Series (other than any Securities of such
Series previously called for redemption pursuant to the Sinking Fund or theretofore applied as a
credit against a Sinking Fund payment) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of the same Series
redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 3A.01 or through the operation of the
Sinking Fund in any period in excess of the minimum amount required for such period under Section
3B.01 and not theretofore applied as a credit against a Sinking Fund payment, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any Sinking Fund payment required to be made pursuant to Section
3B.01. Each such Security so delivered or applied shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at a Redemption Price equal to its principal amount or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, its then accreted value, and the required amount of such Sinking Fund payment in respect
of such Series shall be reduced accordingly.

     Section 3B.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

     If in any year the Company shall elect to redeem in excess of the minimum principal amount of
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satisfy all or any part of any Sinking Fund payment by delivering or crediting Securities of
the same Series pursuant to Section 3B.02, then at least 45 days prior to the date on which the
Sinking Fund payment in question shall be due, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the Sinking Fund payment and the portions thereof
which are to be satisfied by payment of cash or such other Required Currency, by delivery of
Securities of such Series or by crediting Securities of such Series, and, at least 45 days prior to
the Sinking Fund payment date (or such shorter period as shall be approved by the Trustee), will
also deliver to the Trustee the Securities of such Series to be so delivered. Such Officers’
Certificate shall also state that the Securities forming the basis of any such credit do not
include any Securities which have been redeemed through the operation of the Sinking Fund in the
minimum amount required under Section 3B.01 or previously credited against any Sinking Fund
payment. The Trustee shall, upon the receipt of such Officers’ Certificate (or, if it shall not
have received such an Officers’ Certificate at least 45 days prior to the Sinking Fund payment
date, then following such 45th day), select the Securities of such Series to be redeemed upon the
next Sinking Fund payment date, in the manner specified in Section 3A.04, and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 3A.05. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3A.06, 3A.07 and 3A.08.

ARTICLE 4

Covenants

     Section 4.01 Payment of Securities.

     The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Securities of each Series on the
dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of
principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
(other than the Company or a Subsidiary) holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to
pay the installment.

     The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the respective rates borne by such
Securities or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at rates equal to the respective
Yields to Maturity thereof; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the
respective rates borne by such Securities to the extent lawful.

     Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     Except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolutions and/or supplemental indenture (if
any) relating to any Series, the Company will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency
where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation
for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect to the Securities 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
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the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may
be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of any Series or a particular Series may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an
office or agency in The City of New York, 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.

     The Company hereby initially designates Bank of Montreal Trust Company in The City of New
York, as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

     Section 4.03 Corporate Existence.

     Subject to Article 5 and Section 4.04, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights
(charter and statutory) and material franchises of the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors or
management of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and if the loss
thereof is not, and will not be, adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

     Section 4.04 Liquidation.

     The Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Company may not adopt a plan of liquidation
which provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded by (i) the sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company otherwise
than substantially as an entirety (Article 5 of this Indenture being the Article which governs any
such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition substantially as an entirety) and (ii) the
distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition and of the remaining assets of the Company to the holders of Capital Stock of the
Company, unless the Company shall in connection with the adoption of such plan make provisions for,
or agree that prior to making any liquidating distributions it will make provisions for, the
satisfaction of the Company’s obligations hereunder and under the Securities of each Series as to
the payment of principal and interest. The Company shall be deemed to make provision for such
payments only if (a) the Company delivers in trust to the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the
Company or a Subsidiary) (i) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in United
States dollars, an amount of cash sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding
securities at their respective Stated Maturities or U.S. Government Obligations in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Securities and having maturities and
interest payment dates that shall coincide, as nearly as may be practicable, with the dates that
the principal of and interest on such Securities are due and (ii) in the case of any Securities of
any Series denominated in any currency other than United States dollars, an amount of the Required
Currency sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their
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assumption of the due and punctual payment of the Company’s obligations hereunder and under
the Securities of each Series and the performance and observance of all covenants and conditions to
be performed by the Company hereunder, by the execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture in
form satisfactory to the Trustee by a person which acquires or will acquire (otherwise than
pursuant to a lease) a portion of the assets of the Company, and which person will have assets
(immediately after the acquisition) and aggregate net earnings (for such person’s four full fiscal
quarters immediately preceding the acquisition) equal to not less than the assets of the Company
(immediately preceding the acquisition) and the aggregate net earnings of the Company (for its four
full fiscal quarters immediately preceding such acquisition), respectively, and which is organized
and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
provided, however, that the Company shall not make any liquidating distribution until after the
Company shall have certified to the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
at least five days prior to the making of any liquidating distribution that it has complied with
the provisions of this Section 4.04.

     Section 4.05 Compliance Certificate.

     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal quarter
of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of the existence of
any Default or Event of Default by the Company and whether all of the conditions and covenants of
the Company are being complied with regardless of any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under the Indenture. If they do know of such a Default or Event of Default, the
certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, as the case may be, and its status. The
first Officers’ Certificate to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4.05 shall be for the fiscal
quarter ending immediately after the Original Issue Date.

     Section 4.06 SEC Reports.

     The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies
of the annual and quarterly reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which
the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA §
314(a).

     Section 4.07 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay
or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from
paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities of any Series as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect
the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
the Company 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
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     Section 4.08 Restrictions on Liens.

     The Company will not incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable in respect of any
Indebtedness secured by a Lien, or guarantee any Indebtedness with a guarantee which is secured by
a Lien, on any Principal Domestic Property of the Company or any shares of stock or Indebtedness of
any Significant Subsidiary, without effectively providing that the Securities of each Series
(together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company then
existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the Securities of each Series) shall be secured
equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured Indebtedness, so
long as such secured Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that this Section 4.08
shall not apply to Indebtedness secured by:

     (1) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

     (2) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other
payments;

     (3) Liens existing on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness at the time of
acquisition thereof (including acquisition through lease, merger or consolidation) or Liens
to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or the cost of
construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development thereon or thereof or to
secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after the
later of the acquisition, completion of such construction, installation, renovation,
improvement or development or the commencement of full operation of such property or within
360 days after the acquisition of such shares or Indebtedness for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price thereof;

     (4) Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount which, at the time of incurrence
and together with all outstanding Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions permitted by clause (y) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09, does not
exceed ten percent of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company;

     (5) Liens to secure Indebtedness other than Funded Debt; and

     (6) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1)
to (5) inclusive; provided, that such extension, renewal or replacement of such Lien is
limited to all or any part of the same property, shares of stock or Indebtedness that
secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property), and
that such secured Indebtedness at such time is not increased.

     If at any time the Company shall incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable in respect
of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien, or guarantee any Indebtedness with a guarantee which is
secured by a Lien, on any Principal Domestic Property of the Company or any shares of stock or
Indebtedness of any Significant Subsidiary other than as permitted under clauses (1) through (6) of
this Section 4.08, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate
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and ratably with such secured Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 4.08 has been complied
with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that such covenant has been complied with and that any
instruments executed by the Company in performance of such covenant comply with the requirements of
such covenant.

     Section 4.09 Restrictions on Sales and Leasebacks.

     The Company will not sell or transfer any Principal Domestic Property of the Company, with the
Company taking back a lease of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company (a “Sale and
Leaseback Transaction”), unless (i) such Principal Domestic Property of the Company is sold within
360 days from the date of acquisition of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company or the
date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such Principal
Domestic Property of the Company, whichever is later, or (ii) the Company, within 120 days after
such sale, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt of the Company which by its terms or the terms of the instrument
pursuant to which it was issued is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities of each
Series) an amount not less than the greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal
Domestic Property of the Company or (B) the fair value (as determined in any manner approved by the
Board of Directors) of such Principal Domestic Property of the Company.

     The provisions of this Section 4.09 shall not prevent a Sale and Leaseback Transaction (x) if
the lease entered into by the Company in connection therewith is for a period, including renewals,
of not more than 36 months or (y) if the Company would, at the time of entering into such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Securities, to create
or assume a Lien on such Principal Domestic Property of the Company securing Indebtedness in an
amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.08.

ARTICLE 5

Successor Corporation

     Section 5.01 When Company May Merge, etc.

     The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other corporation or transfer
all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to any person, unless:

     (1) either the Company shall be the continuing person, or the person (if,
other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety
are transferred shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities of each Series and
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     (2) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

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

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge with or into or
transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries.

     Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

     Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer 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 corporation had been named as the
Company herein.

ARTICLE 6

Default And Remedies

     Section 6.01 Events of Default.

     An “Event of Default” occurs if, with respect to any Series of Securities, unless it is either
inapplicable to a particular Series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the Authorizing
Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of such Series, and upon any other
events which may be specified as Events of Default in the Authorizing Resolution and/or
supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of such Series:

     (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Securities of such Series
when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

     (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Securities of such
Series when the same becomes due and payable at its Maturity or otherwise or defaults in the
deposit of any Sinking Fund installment in respect of such Series, when and as payable by
the terms of Section 3B.01 hereof;

     (3) the Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the
Securities of such Series or this Indenture (other than an agreement relating exclusively to
another Series of Securities) and the default continues for the period and after the notice
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     (4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

     (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding,

     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case or proceeding,

     (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property, or

     (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

     (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:

     (A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding,

     (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its
properties, or

     (C) orders the liquidation of the Company, and in each case the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

     The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or state law for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

     A Default under clause (3) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company,
or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series
notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within
60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be
remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” When a Default is cured, it ceases.
Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding.

     Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of any Event of Default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Trust
Officer at the corporate trust office of the Trustee by the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder
or an agent of any Holder.

     Section 6.02 Acceleration.

     If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5))
with respect to Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, by notice to
the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of such Securities of such Series
then outstanding may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, and the Trustee shall, upon the
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Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may then be payable on
acceleration as provided in the terms thereof) and accrued interest to the date of acceleration on
all such Securities of such Series then outstanding (if not then due and payable) to be due and
payable and, upon any such declaration, the same shall become and be immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, all unpaid principal (or, if any
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may then
be payable on acceleration as provided in the terms thereof) and accrued interest on all Securities
of every Series then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. Upon payment of such
principal amount and interest, all of the Company’s obligations under such Securities of such
Series and this Indenture with respect to such Securities of such Series, other than obligations
under Section 7.07, shall terminate. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of such Series then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and
its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal
of the Securities of such Series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.07 have been made. Anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, in the event of any acceleration pursuant to this Section 6.02, the
Company shall not be obligated to pay any premium in connection with any repayment arising from an
Event of Default.

     Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the
Securities of the Series as to which the Event of Default shall have occurred or to enforce the
performance of any provision of such Securities or the Indenture.

     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of the
Series as to which the Event of Default shall have occurred or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All
available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

     Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

     Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of a Series by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default
or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of or
interest on any such Security as specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01. When a Default
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     Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a Series (or,
if more than one Series is affected, of all such Series voting as a single class) may 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 it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal
liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other action, deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

     Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

     A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of
the applicable Series unless:

     (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

     (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
the Series in respect of which the Event of Default has occurred make a written request to
the Trustee to pursue a remedy;

     (3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense;

     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of indemnity; and

     (5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such Series do not give the Trustee a direction which, in the
opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.

     A Holder of Securities of any Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any
other Holders of Securities of that Series or to obtain a preference or priority over any other
Holders of Securities of that Series.

     Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of and interest on the Security, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

     Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

     If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2)
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of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of the Series
in respect of which the Event of Default has occurred for the whole amount of principal and accrued
interest remaining unpaid, together with interest overdue on principal or, in the case of Original
Issue Discount Securities, the then accreted value, and to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne
by such Securities or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, at a rate equal to the
Yield to Maturity thereof, and 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.

     Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect
and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by
each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to 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 7.07. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or
adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any Series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

     Section 6.10 Priorities.

     If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to
Securities of a Series, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order.

     First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

     Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such Series in respect of
which monies have been collected for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and
interest, respectively; and

     Third: to the Company.

     The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date
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     Section 6.11 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by any Holder or a group of Holders
of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series (or, if the matter
in issue does not relate to all Series of Securities, then the Holders of 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of all Series to which such issue relates) (treated as a single
class).

ARTICLE 7

Trustee

     Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee, except during the continuance of an Event of Default known to
it pursuant to Section 6.01, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default known to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default known to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.01:

               (1) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in
this Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee;

               (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; however, the Trustee shall examine the
certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.

     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:

               (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
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               (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;

               (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant
to Section 6.05.

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

     (e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.01.

     (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it
except as the Trustee may agree with the Company in writing. Money held in trust by
the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.

     Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

     Subject to Section 7.01:

     (a) the Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper person; the Trustee need not investigate
any fact or matter stated in the document;

     (b) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section
10.05; the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

     (c) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care;

     (d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers;

     (e) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice or opinion of such
counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith
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     (f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of the Holders,
including, without limitation, the duties, rights and powers specified in Section
6.02 hereof, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the
Trustee in compliance with such request or action.

     Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is
subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

     Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities of any Series, it shall not be accountable for the recitals contained in this Indenture
or for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities of any Series, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities of any Series, or in any prospectus used to sell
the Securities of any Series, other than its certificate of authentication.

     Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

     If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect of any Series of
Securities, and if it is actually known to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, the Trustee
shall mail to each Holder of the Securities of such Series notice of the Default or Event of
Default within 75 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of principal of or interest on any Security or in the payment of any Sinking Fund
installment, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of
Securityholders.

     Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.

     The Trustee shall transmit to the Holder such reports concerning, among other things, the
Trustee and its action under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the time and
in compliance with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2) and 313(c).

     A copy of each such report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with
the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities of any Series are listed.

     The Company shall notify the Trustee if the Securities of any Series become listed on any
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     Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

     The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed
upon in writing by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by
any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee
upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s
agents and counsel.

     The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any loss or
liability incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and its duties
hereunder, including the reasonable expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability
arising hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the
Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without
its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through
negligence or bad faith.

     To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities of each Series on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of or
interest on particular Securities.

     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

     Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

     The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series (voting as a single class) may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the
Company’s consent. Pursuant to a Company Order, the Company may remove the Trustee if.

     (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

     (2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;

     (3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

     (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

     If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor
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of all Series (voting as a single class) may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

     A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer, after
payment of all sums then owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07, all property and
documentation held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in
Section 7.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder.

     If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of all Series (voting as a single class) may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

     If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Any successor Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(a)(5).

     Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

     Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

     If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

     Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

     This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1).
The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b),
including the provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA § 310(b).

     Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

     The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding from the operation of § 311(a) any
creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
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ARTICLE 8

Discharge Of Indenture

     Section 8.01 Termination of Company’s Obligations.

     The Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities of any Series and this
Indenture with respect to such Series, except those obligations referred to in the immediately
succeeding paragraph, (a) if all Securities of such Series previously authenticated and delivered
(other than destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such Series which have been replaced or paid or
Securities of such Series for whose payment money or securities have theretofore been held in trust
and thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.03) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder, or (b) if,
following the date on which the Company shall have given notice to the Trustee of its intention to
defease all of the Securities of such Series, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), under the
terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and any
such Paying Agent, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders for that purpose,
(i) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated in United States dollars, an amount of
cash sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective
Stated Maturities, or direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed
by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligation the full faith
and credit of the United States is pledged, including but not limited to depository receipts issued
by a bank as custodian with respect to any such security held by the custodian for the benefit of
the holder of such depository receipt (“U.S. Government Obligations”), maturing as to principal and
interest in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient without consideration of any
reinvestment of such interest, to pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at
their respective Stated Maturities and (ii) in the case of any Securities of any Series denominated
in any currency other than United States dollars, an amount of the Required Currency sufficient to
pay principal of and interest on such outstanding Securities at their respective Stated Maturities;
provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such
cash, the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may
be, to the payment of said principal and interest with respect to the Securities of such Series;
and provided further, that if such irrevocable deposit in trust with the Trustee of cash, U.S.
Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the case may be, is made on or prior to one
year from the Stated Maturity for payment of principal of the Securities of the applicable Series,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either an Opinion of Counsel with no material
qualifications in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that Holders of such
Securities (i) will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit (and the defeasance contemplated in connection therewith) and (ii) will be subject
to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred, or an applicable favorable
ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05,
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in the Authorizing Resolution and/or the supplemental indenture (if any) in respect of any
Series, shall survive until the Securities are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s
obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.03 and 8.04 shall survive.

     After any such irrevocable deposit the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the
discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of the applicable Series and this
Indenture with respect to such Series except for those surviving obligations specified above.

     Section 8.02 Application of Trust Money.

     The Trustee or Paying Agent shall hold in trust cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the
Required Currency, as the case may be, deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, and shall apply
the deposited cash, the money from U.S. Government Obligations or the Required Currency, as the
case may be, in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the
Securities.

     Section 8.03 Repayment to Company.

     Subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company
upon request any excess money held by them at any time. Subject to the provisions of applicable
law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them
for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years; provided, however,
the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to make any payment may at the expense of
the Company cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New
York or mail to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such
publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company. After payment to the Company, the Trustee shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such money and Securityholders entitled to money must look to the Company for
payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

     Section 8.04 Reinstatement.

     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the
Required Currency, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture (with respect to the applicable Series) and the Securities of the applicable Series shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such
time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash, U.S. Government
Obligations and Required Currency, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 8.01; provided,
however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities of
any Series because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
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Securities to receive such payment from the cash, U.S. Government Obligations or the Required
Currency, as the case may be, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

     Section 8.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.

     The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or
the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

ARTICLE 9 

Amendments, Supplements And Waivers

     Section 9.01Without Consent of Holders.

     The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture or the Securities of any Series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder.

     (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

     (2) to comply with Article 5;

     (3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to certificated Securities;

     (4) to secure the Securities in connection with Section 4.08;

     (5) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder
of such Series;

     (6) to provide for the issuance and the terms of any particular Series of Securities,
the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holders of the Securities of such Series,
the form or forms of the Securities of such Series and such other matters in connection
therewith as the Board of Directors of the Company shall authorize, including, without
limitation, provisions for (a) additional or different covenants, restrictions or conditions
applicable to such Series, (b) additional or different Events of Default in respect of such
Series, (c) a longer or shorter period of grace and/or notice in respect of any provision
applicable to such Series than is provided in Section 6.01, (d) immediate enforcement of any
Event of Default in respect of such Series or (e) limitations upon the remedies available in
respect of any Events of Default in respect of such Series or upon the rights of the holders
of Securities of such Series to waive any such Event of Default; provided, that this
paragraph (6) shall not be deemed to require the execution of a supplemental indenture to
provide for the issuance of any Series of Securities unless the same shall be provided for
in the Authorizing Resolution relating thereto; or

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     Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders.

     Subject to Section 6.07, with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series affected thereby (voting as a single
class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture or such Securities without notice to any Securityholder. Subject to Section 6.07,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series affected
thereby (voting as a single class) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or such Securities without notice to any Securityholder, provided, that, only the holders
of a majority in principal amount of Securities of a particular Series may waive compliance with a
provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such Series having applicability solely to such
Series. However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment, supplement or
waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

     (1) reduce the amount of Securities of such Series or all Series (voting as a single
class), as the case may be, whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver,

     (2) reduce the rate or change the Stated Maturity for payment of interest on any
Security;

     (3) reduce the principal or any premium payable upon the redemption of or change the
Stated Maturity of any Security;

     (4) waive a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security;

     (5) make any changes in Section 6.04, 6.07 or the third sentence of this Section 9.02;
or

     (6) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular Series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other Series.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof.

     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or
waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however,
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     Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

     Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA
as then in effect.

     Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

     Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing
consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of such Security or portion of such Security that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke in writing the
consent as to his Security or portion of a Security. Such revocation shall be effective only if the
Trustee receives the written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective.

     The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver which shall be
at least 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the last two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who
were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall
be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously
given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent
shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

     After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of a
Security of such Series, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (6) of
Section 9.02. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security
who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security of the
same Series that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

     Section 9.05 Notation On or Exchange of Securities.

     If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require
the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate
notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the
Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a new Security of the same Series that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

     The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment,
supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this
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supplement or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE 11

Miscellaneous

     Section 10.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

     If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision
which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall
control.

     Section 10.02 Notices.

     Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person
or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Company:

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

c/o The Coastal Corporation Coastal Tower

Nine Greenway Plaza

Houston, Texas 77046-0995

Attention: Director, Financial Administration

if to the Trustee:

Harris Trust and Savings Bank

c/o Bank of Montreal Trust Company

77 Water Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Therese Gaballah, Trust Officer

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

     Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him at his address
as it appears on the Security Register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within
the time prescribed.

     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. Except for a notice to the Trustee,
which is deemed given only when received, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner
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     Section 10.03 Communications by Holders With Other Holders.

     Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of an applicable Series. The
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

     Section 10.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

     Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

     (1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and

     (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.

     Section 10.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, other than the Officers’ Certificate required by Section 4.05, shall
include:

     (1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;

     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an
Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

     Section 10.06 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar.

     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders. The
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     Section 10.07 Legal Holidays.

     A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York,
New York are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

     Section 10.08 Governing Law.

     THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

     Section 10.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to
interpret this Indenture.

     Section 10.10 No Recourse Against Others.

     A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.

     Section 10.11 Successors.

     All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

     Section 10.12 Duplicate Originals.

     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

     Section 10.13 Separability.

     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, and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any
party hereto.

     Section 10.14 Action of Holders when Securities are Denominated in Different Currencies.

     Whenever any action is to be taken hereunder by the Holders of two or more Series of
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principal amount of Securities held by such Holders, the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars shall be deemed to be that
amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of
the spot rate of exchange for such currency as determined by the Company or by an authorized
exchange rate agent and evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers’ Certificate as of the date the
taking of such action by the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the
Securities is evidenced to the Trustee. An exchange rate agent may be authorized in advance or from
time to time by the Company, and may be the Trustee or its Affiliate. Any such determination by the
Company or by any such exchange rate agent shall be conclusive and binding on all Holders and the
Trustee, and neither the Company nor such exchange rate agent shall be liable therefor in the
absence of bad faith.

     Section 10.15 Monies of Different Currencies to be Segregated.

     The Trustee shall segregate monies, funds, and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder in one
currency from any monies, funds or accounts in any other currencies, notwithstanding any provision
herein which would otherwise permit the Trustee to commingle such amounts.

     Section 10.16 Payment to be in Proper Currency.

     Each reference in any Security, or in the Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental
indenture, if any, relating thereto, to any currency shall be of the essence. In the case of any
Security denominated in any currency (the “Required Currency”) other than United States dollars,
except as otherwise provided therein or in the related Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental
indenture, if any, the obligation of the Company to make any payment of principal of or interest
thereon shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the
Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or
recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency. The
costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitations, the risks of delay and
exchange rate fluctuation, shall be bore by the Company; the Company shall remain fully liable for
any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in
no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor. The Company hereby waives any defense of
payment based upon any such tender or recovery which is not in the Required Currency, or which,
when exchanged for the Required Currency by the Trustee, is less than the full amount of Required
Currency then due and payable.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]	 	 	 	Colorado Interstate Gas Company
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

	 	/s/ Austin M. O’Toole
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Donald W. Gullquest
	

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	Austin M. O’Toole
	 	 	 	Donald H. Gullquist
	

	 	Senior Vice President
	 	 	 	Senior Vice President
	

	 	and Secretary	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Harris Trust And Savings Bank
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

	 	/s/ Amy Robert
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Therese Gabullah
	

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

[Form Of Face Of Security]

     [If the Holder of this Security (as indicated below) is The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)
or a nominee of DTC, this Security is a Global Security and the following two legends apply:

     [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC,
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DEBENTURES REGISTERED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL
DEBENTURE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.]

     [The following is to be included if the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security:]

     [FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1273 AND 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED: (I) THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY IS ____________ (II) THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS
___%; (III) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT PER $ ______FACE AMOUNT AT WHICH THE SECURITY IS ISSUED IS
$___; AND (IV) THE [EXACT] [APPROXIMATE] METHOD HAS BEEN USED TO DETERMINE YIELD FOR THE ACCRUAL
PERIOD BEGINNING _________AND ENDING___ ______AND THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT PER
$___FACE AMOUNT ALLOCABLE TO THE ACCRUAL PERIOD BEGINNING _________AND ENDING ______IS
$______].

 

 

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COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY

[Title Of Security]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Rate of Interest	 	Maturity Date	 	 	Original Issue Date	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 
	No.                     

	 	$                     

     Colorado Interstate Gas Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to    
or registered assigns, the principal sum of            on the
Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon, at the annual rate of interest shown above,
from the Original Issue Date shown above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on
and            of each year and at maturity (an “Interest Payment Date”),
commencing on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, except that if the Original Issue
Date is on or after a Regular Record Date but before the next Interest Payment Date, interest
payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date.

     [reference to currency[ies] of payment and currency exchange arrangements, if applicable.]

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this [name of
Security] is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for any such Interest
Payment Date, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding
the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for, and any interest payable on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful), will forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid to the person in
whose name this [name of Security] is registered at the close of business on a special record date
for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice of which shall be
given to Holders of [name of Series] not less than 15 days prior to such special record date.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this [name of Security] will be made at the agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in [New York, New York or other place of payment] and at
any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, in [reference to United
States dollars or other currency of payment]; provided, however, that at the option of the Company
payment of interest, other than interest due on the Maturity Date, may be made by check mailed to
the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
[Include the following, if applicable:] Payments on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately
available funds against presentment of this [name of Security].

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this [name of 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.

 

 

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

     In Witness Whereof, Colorado Interstate Gas Company has caused this instrument to be
executed in its corporate name by the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers and has
caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Colorado Interstate Gas Company
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	[Assistant] Secretary
	 	 	 	
[Title of Officer]

 

 

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DATED:

Trustee’s Certificate Of Authentication

     This is one of the [name of Series] referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
	 	 	as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Authorized Signatory

[REVERSE SIDE]

Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Name Of Security]

     This [name of Security] is one of a duly authorized issue of [name of Securities] of the
Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to)
designated as its [title of Series] (the “[name of Series]”), issued or to be issued pursuant to an
Indenture, dated as of June 27, 1997 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank, as Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture); and under [reference to Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any)
relating to the Series]. The terms of this [name of Security] include those stated in the Indenture
and [reference to Authorizing Resolution and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the
Series] and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in
effect on the date of the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all [further]
supplemental indentures thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon
which the [name of Security] are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

     This [name of Series] is a Series of Securities issued or to be issued by the Company under
the Indenture, and this Series is limited in aggregate principal amount to $ .
The Indenture provides that the Securities of the Company referred to therein (“Securities”),
including the [name of Series], may be issued in one or more Series, which different Series may be
issued in such aggregate principal amounts and on such terms (including, but not limited to, terms
relating to interest rate or rates, provisions for determining such interest rate or rates and
adjustments thereto, maturity, redemption (optional and mandatory), sinking fund, covenants and
Events of Default) as may be provided in or pursuant to the Authorizing Resolutions and/or
supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the several Series.

 

 

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     [The following to be included if the Securities are not redeemable prior to maturity.]

     This [name of Security] may not be redeemed prior to its Maturity Date.

     [The following paragraph, or other appropriate redemption provisions, to be included if the
Securities are Redeemable Securities:]

     The [name of Series] are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice by mail, [the following clause to be included if there is a Sinking Fund:] [(1) on [annual
Sinking Fund Redemption Date] in each year commencing with the year [year of first Sinking Fund
payment] through operation of the Sinking Fund at a Redemption Price equal to their principal
amount and (2)] [at any time or from time to time] in whole or in part, at the election of the
Company at a Redemption Price equal to the percentage set forth below of the principal amount to be
redeemed for the respective twelve-month periods beginning of the years
indicated:

[Schedule of Redemption Prices]

and thereafter at 100% of the principal amount thereof, together in each case with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date.

     [The following paragraph, or other appropriate Sinking Fund provision, to be included if there
is a Sinking Fund for the Series:]

     The Sinking Fund provides for the redemption on [first Sinking Fund Redemption Date] and on
[annual Sinking Fund Redemption Date] in each year thereafter through [year of final Sinking Fund
date] of not less than [minimum required Sinking Fund redemption amount] principal amount nor more
than [maximum permitted Sinking Fund redemption amount] principal amount of [name of Series]. [name
of Series] purchased, acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than by redemption through the
Sinking Fund may be credited against Sinking Fund requirements to the extent not previously so
credited.

     [The following paragraph to be included if the Securities are Redeemable Securities or Sinking
Fund Securities:]

     If an event of redemption of this [name of Security] in part only, a new [name of Security] or
[name of Series] for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof
upon the surrender hereof.

     [The following paragraph to be included if the Securities are not Original Issue Discount
Securities:]

     If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture and in the Authorizing Resolution and/or
supplemental indenture (if any) relating to the [name of Series] (if there shall be any

 

 

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additional Events of Default specified in respect of the [name of Series]), shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the [name of Series] may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     [If the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, insert schedule as to amounts which
are payable on acceleration under Section 6.02 and provable in bankruptcy under Section 6.09 from
time to time.]

     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
[name of Series] under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities affected thereby, voting
as a single class (which may include the [name of Series]), at the time outstanding. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this [name of Security] shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this [name of Security] and of any [name of
Security] issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this [name of Security].

     The Indenture provides that no Holder may pursue any remedy under the Indenture unless the
Trustee shall have failed to act after notice of an Event of Default and written request by Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the [name of Securities] of the applicable Series and the
offer to the Trustee of indemnity satisfactory to it; however, such provision does not affect the
right to sue for enforcement of any overdue payment on any Security.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this [name of 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 interest on this [name of Security] at the times, places and rates, and
in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this [name of Security] is registrable in the Security Register upon surrender of this
[name of Security] for registration of transfer at the agency of the Company provided for that
purpose duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in substantially the
form accompanying this [name of Security] duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new [name of Series], of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

     The [name of Series] are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of
[currency and minimum denomination] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the [name of

 

 

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Series] are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of [name of Series] 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 transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental
charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3A.08 or 9.05 in which case such transfer
taxes or similar governmental charges shall be paid by the Company).

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

     [Reference to Foreign Currencies]

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

     Customary abbreviations may be used in. the name of a [name of Security] holder or
any assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN
(= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

     The Company will furnish to any [name of Security] holder of record, upon written request,
without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Colorado Interstate Gas Company,
c/o The Coastal Corporation, Coastal Tower, Nine Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046-0995,
Attention: Corporate Secretary.

 

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

     If you the holder want to assign this [name of Security], fill in the form below and have your
signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this [name of Security] to:

	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	(Print or type name, address and zip code and 

	social security or tax ID number of assignees)

and irrevocably appoint,                                                              agent to transfer this [name of
Security] on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	 	Signed:	 	 
	

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Sign exactly as name appears on

	 	 	 	 	the other side of this [name of Security])

	 	 	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:

	 	
	 	 

     Notice: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.

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