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Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION COPY

          FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 19, 2007, to the Indenture dated as of
August 29, 2000 (as amended and supplemented to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), by and among EOP
Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Equity Office
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and, solely with respect to the Internotes (as defined
below), BNY Midwest Trust Company (the “Additional Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the
Indenture, the Issuer, the Company and the Additional Trustee have heretofore executed and
delivered the New Trustee Appointment Agreement dated as of June 10, 2004, and the Issuer has
issued pursuant to the Indenture, among other securities, the following securities: 7.75% Notes
due 2007 (the “7.75% Notes”), Floating Rate Notes due 2010 (the “2010 Floating Rate Notes”), 4.65%
Notes due 2010 (the “4.65% Notes”), 7.00% Notes due 2011 (the “7.00% Notes”), 6.75% Notes due 2012
(the “6.75% Notes”), 5.875% Notes due 2013 (the “5.875% Notes”), 4.75% Notes due 2014 (the “4.75%
Notes”), Floating Rate Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Floating Rate Notes”), 7.875% Notes due 2031 (the
“7.875% Notes”) and the Internotes listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Internotes” and together with
the 7.75% Notes, the 2010 Floating Rate Notes, the 4.65% Notes, the 7.00% Notes, the 6.75% Notes,
the 5.875% Notes, the 4.75% Notes, the 2014 Floating Rate Notes and the 7.875% Notes, collectively,
the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides that the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee
may, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes affected by such supplemental indenture, enter into a supplemental indenture for
the purpose of amending certain provisions of (i) the Indenture and (ii) the Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the mergers, including the merger of the Company with Blackhawk
Acquisition Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, with Blackhawk Acquisition Trust
continuing as the surviving real estate investment trust (the “EOPT Merger”), contemplated by the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 19, 2006, as amended to the date hereof, among
the Company, the Issuer, Blackhawk Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Blackhawk
Acquisition Trust and Blackhawk Acquisition, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, the Issuer has
offered to purchase for cash any and all of the outstanding Notes upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of
December 26, 2006 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Statement”),
and in the related Consent and Letter of Transmittal, dated as of December 26, 2006 (as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Consent and Letter of Transmittal” and,
together with the Statement, with respect to the Notes, the “Offers”), from each Holder of the
Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the Offers, the Issuer has sought consents from Holders to certain
amendments to the Indenture and to the Notes as set forth in Article Two and Article Three of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture (the “Amendments”);

 

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          WHEREAS, the Issuer has received the consents from Holders of not less than a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes to effect the Amendments;

          WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Company have been authorized by resolution to enter into this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and

          WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law and by the Indenture to make this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in
accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Issuer, the Company, the Trustee and, solely with respect to the Internotes, the Additional
Trustee, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

          Capitalized terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

          SECTION 2.01. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article One.

          Section 101 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the 4.00% Exchangeable Senior
Notes due 2026 (the “Exchangeable Notes”), is amended by deleting from such Section those defined
terms that, by virtue of the Amendments effected by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, are no
longer used in the Indenture or the Notes as amended hereby.

          SECTION 2.02. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Five.

          (a) Section 501 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of clauses (d) and (e) in their entirety and inserting
“[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (b) Section 501 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is further amended by deleting the words “or any Significant Subsidiary” from clauses (f) and (g).

          SECTION 2.03. Elimination of Certain Provisions in Article Seven.

          Section 703 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes, is
amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

 

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          SECTION 2.04. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Eight.

          Section 801 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes, is
amended by deleting clause (c) in its entirety and inserting the word “and” before clause (b).

          SECTION 2.05. Elimination of Certain Provisions in Article Ten.

          (a) Section 1004 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (b) Section 1006 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (c) Section 1007 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (d) Section 1008 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (e) Section 1009 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (f) Section 1010 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes but not the Exchangeable Notes,
is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety and inserting “[intentionally
omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          SECTION 2.06. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Fourteen.

          (a) Section 1404 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of clauses (b), (c), (d) and
(e) in their entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu of the text of each of these
clauses.

ARTICLE THREE

          SECTION 3.01. Elimination of Certain Provisions in the Notes.

          The Notes are deemed to be amended as follows:

          (a) Each Note is deemed amended by the insertion of the following text on the reverse of the
Note:

 

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     “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
terms of the Indenture and this Note have been amended and the
following provisions of the Indenture, and the corresponding
provisions of this Note, are no longer applicable to this Note:
clauses (d) and (e) of Section 501; references to “Significant
Subsidiaries” in clauses (f) and (g) of Section 501; Section 703;
clause (c) of Section 801; Section 1004; Section 1006; Section 1007;
Section 1008; Section 1009; Section 1010; and clauses (b), (c), (d)
and (e) of Section 1404.”

ARTICLE FOUR

          SECTION 4.01. Effectiveness of Fourth Supplemental Indenture; Operation of
Amendments to Indenture and the Notes.

          (a) This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon its execution by the parties
hereto. The Amendments set forth in Articles Two and Three hereof will only become operative
concurrently with the consummation of the EOPT Merger, provided that all validly tendered Notes are
accepted for purchase pursuant to the applicable Offers upon consummation of the EOPT Merger.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture shall have no effect with respect to or on the Exchangeable Notes.

          SECTION 4.02. Severability.

          In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Notes 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 4.03. Continuing Effect of Indenture.

          Except as expressly provided herein, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Indenture and the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.

          SECTION 4.04. Construction of Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

          This Fourth Supplemental Indenture is executed as and shall constitute an indenture
supplemental to the Indenture and shall be construed in connection with and as part of the
Indenture. THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          SECTION 4.05. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture that is

 

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required to be
included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the date as of which
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.

          SECTION 4.06. Disclaimer.

          (a) The recitals contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the
statements of the Issuer and the Company. The Trustee and the Additional Trustee assume no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee and the Additional Trustee make no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

          (b) The Trustee, the Additional Trustee, the Issuer and the Company acknowledge and agree that
the Trustee is acting in its capacity as trustee with respect to all Notes other than the
Internotes, and that the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any actions of the
Additional Trustee.

          (c) The Trustee, the Additional Trustee, the Issuer and the Company acknowledge and agree that
the Additional Trustee is acting in its capacity as trustee solely with respect to the Internotes,
and that the Additional Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any actions of the Trustee.

          SECTION 4.07. Counterparts.

          This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	Equity Office Properties Trust, as General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Stanley M. Stevens	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Stanley M. Stevens

Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal

            Counsel
and Secretary

	 
	 	 	 	 
	EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Stanley M. Stevens	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Stanley M. Stevens

Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal

            Counsel
and Secretary
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Richard Prokosch	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Richard Prokosch

Title:   Vice President
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Additional Trustee solely with respect to the
Internotes	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ M. Callahan	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: M. Callahan

Title:   Vice President
	 	 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

Internotes

	 	 	 	 	 
	CUSIP No.	 	Security Description	 	Maturity Date
	26876EAA3

	 	4.750% Internotes due 2008
	 	June 15, 2008
	26876EAB1

	 	5.250% Internotes due 2010
	 	June 15, 2010
	26876EAC9

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876EAD7

	 	5.100% Internotes due 2010
	 	July 15, 2010
	26876EAE5

	 	4.600% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876EAF2

	 	5.150% Internotes due 2010
	 	July 15, 2010
	26876EAG0

	 	4.300% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876EAH8

	 	4.850% Internotes due 2010
	 	July 15, 2010
	26876EAJ4

	 	4.300% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876EAK1

	 	5.000% Internotes due 2011
	 	January 15, 2011
	26876EAL9

	 	3.700% Internotes due 2007
	 	July 15, 2007
	26876EAM7

	 	4.150% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876EAN5

	 	4.000% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EAP0

	 	3.900% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EAQ8

	 	3.800% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EAS4

	 	3.900% Internotes due 2008
	 	November 15, 2008
	26876EAU9

	 	3.950% Internotes due 2008
	 	December 15, 2008
	26876EAW5

	 	4.100% Internotes due 2008
	 	December 15, 2008
	26876EAY1

	 	3.950% Internotes due 2008
	 	December 15, 2008
	26876EBA2

	 	4.000% Internotes due 2009
	 	June 15, 2009
	26876EBC8

	 	4.000% Internotes due 2008
	 	December 15, 2008
	26876EBE4

	 	4.000% Internotes due 2009
	 	January 15, 2009
	26876EBG9

	 	4.000% Internotes due 2009
	 	January 15, 2009
	26876EBJ3

	 	4.150% Internotes due 2009
	 	January 15, 2009
	26876EBL8

	 	4.150% Internotes due 2009
	 	January 15, 2009
	26876EBM6

	 	3.700% Internotes due 2007
	 	February 15, 2007
	26876EBN4

	 	4.100% Internotes due 2009
	 	February 15, 2009
	26876EBP9

	 	3.750% Internotes due 2007
	 	February 15, 2007
	26876EBQ7

	 	4.150% Internotes due 2009
	 	February 15, 2009
	26876EBR5

	 	4.050% Internotes due 2008
	 	March 15, 2008
	26876EBS3

	 	4.250% Internotes due 2009
	 	March 15, 2009
	26876EBT1

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2008
	 	March 15, 2008
	26876EBU8

	 	4.750% Internotes due 2010
	 	March 15, 2010
	26876EBV6

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2007
	 	April 15, 2007
	26876EBW4

	 	4.800% Internotes due 2009
	 	April 15, 2009
	26876EBX2

	 	4.300% Internotes due 2007
	 	April 15, 2007

 

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	CUSIP No.	 	Security Description	 	Maturity Date
	26876EBY0

	 	4.450% Internotes due 2008
	 	April 15, 2008
	26876EBZ7

	 	4.300% Internotes due 2007
	 	April 15, 2007
	26876ECA1

	 	4.500% Internotes due 2008
	 	April 15, 2008
	26876ECB9

	 	4.350% Internotes due 2008
	 	June 15, 2008
	26876ECC7

	 	4.625% Internotes due 2010
	 	June 15, 2010
	26876ECD5

	 	4.100% Internotes due 2007
	 	June 15, 2007
	26876ECE3

	 	4.250% Internotes due 2008
	 	June 15, 2008
	26876ECF0

	 	4.200% Internotes due 2008
	 	June 15, 2008
	26876ECG8

	 	4.500% Internotes due 2011
	 	June 15, 2011
	26876ECH6

	 	4.200% Internotes due 2007
	 	June 15, 2007
	26876ECJ2

	 	4.350% Internotes due 2008
	 	June 15, 2008
	26876ECK9

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876ECL7

	 	4.500% Internotes due 2009
	 	July 15, 2009
	26876ECM5

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876ECN3

	 	4.500% Internotes due 2009
	 	July 15, 2009
	26876ECP8

	 	4.450% Internotes due 2008
	 	July 15, 2008
	26876ECQ6

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2009
	 	July 15, 2009
	26876ECR4

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2008
	 	September 15, 2008
	26876ECS2

	 	4.650% Internotes due 2009
	 	September 15, 2009
	26876ECT0

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2008
	 	September 15, 2008
	26876ECU7

	 	4.650% Internotes due 2009
	 	September 15, 2009
	26876ECV5

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2008
	 	September 15, 2008
	26876ECW3

	 	4.450% Internotes due 2009
	 	September 15, 2009
	26876ECX1

	 	4.400% Internotes due 2008
	 	September 15, 2008
	26876ECY9

	 	4.500% Internotes due 2009
	 	September 15, 2009
	26876ECZ6

	 	4.650% Internotes due 2011
	 	September 15, 2011
	26876EDA0

	 	4.450% Internotes due 2008
	 	September 15, 2008
	26876EDB8

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2009
	 	September 15, 2009
	26876EDC6

	 	4.700% Internotes due 2011
	 	September 15, 2011
	26876EDD4

	 	4.550% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EDE2

	 	4.650% Internotes due 2009
	 	October 15, 2009
	26876EDF9

	 	4.700% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EDG7

	 	4.800% Internotes due 2009
	 	October 15, 2009
	26876EDH5

	 	4.750% Internotes due 2008
	 	October 15, 2008
	26876EDJ1

	 	5.000% Internotes due 2011
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Exhibit 4.4

EXECUTION COPY

          SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 19, 2007, to the Indenture dated as of
September 2, 1997 (as amended and supplemented to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), by and between
EOP Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Indenture, and
the Issuer has issued pursuant to the Indenture the following outstanding securities: 7.41% Notes
due 2007 (the “7.41% Notes”), 6.763% Notes due 2007 (the “6.763% Notes”), 6.75% Notes due 2008 (the
“6.75% Notes”), 6.80% Notes due 2009 (the “6.80% Notes”), 8.10% Notes due 2010 (the “8.10% Notes),
7.25% Notes due 2018 (the “7.25% 2018 Notes”), 7.25% Notes due 2028 (the “7.25% 2028 Notes”) and
7.50% Notes due 2029 (the “7.50% Notes” and, together with the 7.41% Notes, the 6.763% Notes, the
6.75% Notes, the 6.80% Notes, the 8.10% Notes, the 7.25% 2018 Notes and the 7.25% 2028 Notes,
collectively the “Notes”);

          WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides that the Issuer and the Trustee may, with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes
affected by such supplemental indenture, enter into a supplemental indenture for the purpose of
amending certain provisions of (i) the Indenture and (ii) the Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the mergers, including the merger of Equity Office Properties
Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“EOPT”), with Blackhawk Acquisition Trust, a
Maryland real estate investment trust, with Blackhawk Acquisition Trust continuing as the surviving
real estate investment trust (the “EOPT Merger”), contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of November 19, 2006, as amended to the date hereof, among EOPT, the Issuer, Blackhawk
Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Blackhawk Acquisition Trust and Blackhawk
Acquisition, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, the Issuer has offered to purchase for cash any
and all of the outstanding Notes upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of December 26, 2006 (as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Statement”), and in the related Consent and
Letter of Transmittal, dated as of December 26, 2006 (as the same may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, the “Consent and Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Statement, with
respect to the Notes, the “Offers”), from each Holder of the Notes;

          WHEREAS, in connection with the Offers, the Issuer has sought consents from Holders to certain
amendments to the Indenture and to the Notes as set forth in Article Two and Article Three of this
Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Amendments”), as well as, in the case of the 6.763% Notes and
the 7.25% 2028 Notes, additional amendments that are not the subject of this Second Supplemental
Indenture;

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has received the consents from Holders of not less than a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes to effect the Amendments;

 

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          WHEREAS, the Issuer has been authorized by resolution to enter into this Second Supplemental
Indenture; and

          WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law and by the Indenture to make this
Second Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in
accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Issuer and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

          Capitalized terms used in this Second Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

          SECTION 2.01. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article One.

          Section 101 is amended by deleting from such Section those defined terms that, by virtue of
the Amendments effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture, are no longer used in the Indenture
or the Notes as amended hereby.

          SECTION 2.02. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Five.

          (a) Section 501 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of clauses (d) and (e) in
their entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (b) Section 501 of the Indenture is further amended by deleting the words “or any Significant
Subsidiary” from clauses (f) and (g).

          SECTION 2.03. Elimination of Certain Provisions in Article Seven.

          Section 703 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its entirety
and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          SECTION 2.04. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Eight.

          Section 801 of the Indenture is amended by deleting clause (c) in its entirety and inserting
the word “and” before clause (b).

 

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          SECTION 2.05. Elimination of Certain Provisions in Article Ten.

          (a) Section 1004 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (b) Section 1006 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (c) Section 1007 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (d) Section 1008 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (e) Section 1009 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          (f) Section 1010 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of this Section in its
entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu thereof.

          SECTION 2.06. Amendment of Certain Provisions in Article Fourteen.

          Section 1404 of the Indenture is amended by deleting the text of clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e)
in their entirety and inserting “[intentionally omitted]” in lieu of the text of each of these
clauses.

ARTICLE THREE

SECTION 3.01. Elimination of Certain Provisions in the Notes.

Each Note is deemed amended by the insertion of the following text on the reverse of the Note:

     “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
terms of the Indenture and this Note have been amended and the
following provisions of the Indenture, and the corresponding
provisions of this Note, are no longer applicable to this Note:
clauses (d) and (e) of Section 501; references to “Significant
Subsidiaries” in clauses (f) and (g) of Section 501; Section 703;
clause (c) of Section 801; Section 1004; Section
1006; Section 1007; Section 1008; Section 1009; Section 1010; and
clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 1404.”

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

          SECTION 4.01. Effectiveness of Second Supplemental Indenture; Operation of
Amendments to Indenture and Notes.

          This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon its execution by the parties
hereto. The Amendments set forth in Articles Two and Three hereof will only become operative
concurrently with the consummation of the EOPT Merger, provided that all validly tendered Notes are
accepted for purchase pursuant to the applicable Offers upon consummation of the EOPT Merger.

          SECTION 4.02. Severability.

          In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes 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 4.03. Continuing Effect of Indenture.

          Except as expressly provided herein, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Indenture and the Notes shall remain in full force and effect.

          SECTION 4.04. Construction of Second Supplemental Indenture.

          This Second Supplemental Indenture is executed as and shall constitute an indenture
supplemental to the Indenture and shall be construed in connection with and as part of the
Indenture. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          SECTION 4.05. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

          If any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture that is required to be
included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the date as of which
this Second Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.

          SECTION 4.06. Disclaimer.

          The recitals contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements
of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental
Indenture.

 

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          SECTION 4.07. Counterparts.

          This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	Equity Office Properties Trust, as General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Stanley M. Stevens	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Stanley M. Stevens

Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal

            Counsel
and Secretary
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Richard Prokosch	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Richard Prokosch

Title:   Vice President

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