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Exhibit 4.02    
  

 
 

QUESTAR CORPORATION
  
    and
  
    CHEMICAL MELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
  
    Rights Agent    
  

 
 

Rights Agreement
  
    Dated as of February 13, 1996    
  

 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
  

	Section
 
	 	Page

	1.	 	Certain Definitions	 	 
	

2.	
 	

Appointment of Rights Agent	
 	

 
	

3.	
 	

Issue of Rights Certificates	
 	

 
	

4.	
 	

Form of Rights Certificates	
 	

 
	

5.	
 	

Countersignature and Registration	
 	

 
	

6.	
 	

Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates	
 	

 
	

7.	
 	

Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights	
 	

 
	

8.	
 	

Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates	
 	

 
	

9.	
 	

Reservation and Availability of Common Stock	
 	

 
	

10.	
 	

Common Stock Record Date	
 	

 
	

11.	
 	

Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights	
 	

 
	

12.	
 	

Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares	
 	

 
	

13.	
 	

Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power	
 	

 
	

14.	
 	

Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares	
 	

 
	

15.	
 	

Rights of Action	
 	

 
	

16.	
 	

Agreement of Rights Holders	
 	

 
	

17.	
 	

Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder	
 	

 
	

18.	
 	

Concerning the Rights Agent	
 	

 
	

19.	
 	

Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent	
 	

 
	

20.	
 	

Duties of Rights Agent	
 	

 
	

21.	
 	

Change of Rights Agent	
 	

 
	

22.	
 	

Issuance of New Rights Certificates	
 	

 
	

23.	
 	

Redemption and Termination	
 	

 
	
 	
 	

 	
 	

 

	

24.	
 	

Notice of Certain Events	
 	

 
	

25.	
 	

Notices	
 	

 
	

26.	
 	

Supplements and Amendments	
 	

 
	

27.	
 	

Successors	
 	

 
	

28.	
 	

Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc	
 	

 
	

29.	
 	

Benefits of this Agreement	
 	

 
	

30.	
 	

Severability	
 	

 
	

31.	
 	

Governing Law	
 	

 
	

32.	
 	

Counterparts	
 	

 
	

33.	
 	

Descriptive Headings	
 	

 
	

Exhibit A—Form of Rights Certificate
	

Exhibit B—Form of Summary of Rights

 
 

RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
  

        RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of February 13, 1996 (the "Agreement"), between Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), and Chemical Mellon
Shareholder Services, L.L.C., a New Jersey Limited Liability Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"). 

 
 

W I T N E S S E T H    
  

        WHEREAS, on February 13, 1996, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one Right (as such term is
hereinafter defined) for each share of common stock, without par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock") outstanding at the close of business on March 25, 1996 (the "Record Date"), and has
authorized the issuance of one Right (as such number may hereinafter be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(p) hereof) for each share of Common Stock of the Company issued between
the Record Date (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) and the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in Section 3 hereof) and, in certain circumstances, as
provided in Section 22 hereof, each Right initially representing the right to purchase one share of Common Stock upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth (the
"Rights"); 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

        Section 1.    Certain
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated: 

        (a)  "Acquiring
Person" shall mean any Person (as such term is hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates (as such term is hereinafter defined) and
Associates (as such term is hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined) of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but
shall not include (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of
the Company, or of any Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or (vi) any
such Person who has reported or is required to report such ownership (but less than 20%) on Schedule 13G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (or any
comparable or successor report) or on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) which Schedule 13D does not state any intention to or reserve the right
to control or influence the management or policies of the Company or engage 

in any of the actions specified in Item 4 of such Schedule (other than the disposition of the Common Stock) and, within 10 Business Days of being requested by the Company to advise it regarding the
same, certifies to the Company that such Person acquired shares of Common Stock in excess of 14.9% inadvertently or without knowledge of the terms of the Rights and who, together with all Affiliates
and Associates, thereafter does not acquire additional shares of Common Stock while the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that if the
Person requested to so certify fails to do so within 10 Business Days, then such Person shall become an Acquiring Person immediately after such 10 Business Day period. 

        (b)  "Affiliate"
and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement. 

        (c)  A
Person shall be deemed the "Benefi-cial Owner" of, and shall be deemed to "beneficially own," any securities: 

          (i)  which
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or
only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or
options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," (A) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer
made by such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights at
any time prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event, or (C) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights from and after the occurrence of a Triggering Event which Rights were acquired by such
Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof (the "Original Rights") or pursuant to
Section 11(i) hereof in connection with an adjustment made with respect to any Original Rights; 

        (ii)  which
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or "beneficial ownership" of (as
determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in
writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any security under this subparagraph (ii) as a result of an agreement,
arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not also then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);
or 

        (iii)  which
are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described
in the proviso to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph (c)) or disposing of any voting securities of the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall cause
a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any securities acquired through such Person's participation in good faith in a
firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date of such acquisition. 

        (d)  "Business
Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close. 

        (e)  "Close
of business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall
mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day. 

        (f)    "Common
Stock" shall mean the common stock, without par value, of the Company, except that "Common Stock" when used with reference to any Person other than the Company
shall mean the capital stock of such Person with the greatest voting power, or the equity securities or other equity interest having power to control or direct the management, of such Person. 

        (g)  "Continuing
Director" shall mean (i) any member of the Board of Directors of the Company, while such Person is a member of the Board, who is not an Acquiring
Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, or a representative of an Acquiring Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate, and was a member of the Board prior to the date of this
Agreement, or (ii) any Person who subsequently becomes a member of the Board, while such Person is a member of the Board, who is not an Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person, or a representative of an Acquiring Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate, if such Person's nomination for election or election to the Board is recommended or approved by a
majority of the Continuing Directors. 

        (h)  "Person"
shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity. 

        (i)    "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"
shall mean any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (B) hereof. 

        (j)    "Section 13
Event" shall mean any event described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a) hereof. 

        (k)  "Stock
Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed
pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such. 

        (l)    "Subsidiary"
shall mean, with reference to any other Person, any corporation of which an amount of voting securities sufficient to elect at least a majority of the
directors of such corporation is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, or which is otherwise controlled by such Person. 

        (m)  "Triggering
Event" shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13 Event hereof. 

        Section 2.    Appointment
of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in accordance
with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date also be the holders of the Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such
appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. 

        Section 3.    Issue
of Rights Certificates. (a)Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth
day after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the close of business on the Record Date), or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as the
Board of Directors of the Company may determine) after the date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or
employee stock plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) is
first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, if upon consummation 

thereof, such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as the
"Distribution Date"), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3) by the certificates for the Common Stock registered in the
names of the holders of the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights) and not by separate certificates, and (y) the Rights will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will
prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or instruct the Rights Agent to send by first-class, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock
as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder
shown on the records of the Company, one or more right certificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Rights Certificates"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common
Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per share of Common Stock has been made pursuant to Section 11(1) or 11(p)
hereof, at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates, the Company shall make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof) so that Rights
Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by
such Rights Certificates. 

        (b)  At
the request of any holder of Common Stock, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights, in substantially the form attached hereto an Exhibit B (the
"Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage prepaid mail, to such holder at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock
outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be the
registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date (as such term is defined in Section 7 hereof), the transfer of any certificates
representing shares of Common Stock in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock. 

        (c)  Rights
shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock which are issued (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record
Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date or, in certain circumstances provided for in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date. Certificates issued
after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribu tion Date or the Expiration Date upon the transfer or new issuance of shares of Common Stock shall also be deemed to be certificates for
Rights, and shall bear the following legend or such similar legend as the Company may deem appropriate: 

        This
certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Questar Corporation and Chemical Mellon Shareholder
Services, L.L.C., dated as of February 13, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which in on file at the principal offices
of Questar Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate.
The Rights will expire on the close of business on March 25, 2006 unless redeemed prior thereto. Questar Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement,
as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by,
any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliates or Associates thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether then held by or on behalf of such Person or
by any subsequent holder, may become null and void. 

With
respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earlier of (i) the Distribution Date or (ii) the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock
represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone and registered holders of Common Stock shall 

also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by
such certificates. 

        Section 4.    Form
of Rights Certificates. 

        (a)  The
Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall each be substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit A hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22 hereof, the Rights Certificates,
whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record Date and on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be set forth therein at the
price per share set forth therein (the "Purchase Price"), but the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment as provided
herein. 

        (b)  Any
Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person or
any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes
such, or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives
such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom
such Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company has determined is
part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect avoidance of Section 7(e) hereof, and any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or
Section 11 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend: 

The
Rights represented by this Rights Certificate are or were beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms
are defined in the Rights Agreement). Accordingly, this Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby may become void in the circumstances specified in Section 7(e) of the Rights
Agreement. 

        Section 5.    Countersignature
and Registration. (a) The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President or any Vice President, either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the Company's seal or a facsimile thereof which shall
be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Rights Certificates shall be countersigned by the Rights Agent, either manually or
by facsimile signature, and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Rights Certificates shall cease to be such
officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Rights Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued
and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Rights Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Rights Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Rights Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Rights Certificate, although at
the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an officer. 

        (b)  Following
the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its principal office or offices designated as the appropriate place for surrender of
Rights Certificates upon exercise or transfer, books for registration and transfer of the Rights Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders
of the Rights Certificates, the Certificate number of the Rights Certificate, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Rights Certificates and the date of each of the Rights
Certificates. 

        Section 6.    Transfer,
Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates. (a) Subject to the
provisions of Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and Section 14 hereof, at any time after the close of business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the close of business on the
Expiration Date, any Rights Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase
(or receive) a like number of shares of Common Stock (or, following a Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates
surrendered then entitled such holder (or former holder in the case of a transfer) to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Rights Certificate or
Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Rights Certificate or Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the
principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of
any such surrendered Rights Certificate until the registered holder shall have completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment set forth on the reverse side of each such
Rights Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall
reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and Section 14 hereof, countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Rights
Certificate or Rights Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Rights Certificates. 

        (b)  Upon
receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Rights Certificate, and,
in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the
Rights Agent and cancellation of the Rights Certificate if mutilated, the Company will execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and delivery
to the registered owner in lieu of the Rights Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. 

        Section 7.    Exercise
of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights. (a) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, the registered holder of any Rights
Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein including, without limitation, the restrictions on exercisability set forth in Section 9(c),
Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a) hereof) in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase set forth on the reverse side thereof and the certificate contained therein duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, together with payment of the Purchase Price with respect to each surrendered Right for the total number of shares (or other securities or property, as the case may be) as to which such
surrendered Rights are exercisable, at or prior to the earlier of (i) the close of business on March 25, 2006 (the "Final Expiration Date"), or (ii) the time at which the Rights
are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the earlier of (i) or (ii) being herein referred to as the "Expiration Date"). 

        (b)  The
Purchase Price for each share of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $175, and shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as
provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof and shall be payable in accordance with paragraph (c) below. 

        (c)  Upon
receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side thereof and the certificate
contained therein duly executed, accompanied by payment, with respect to each Right so exercised, of the Purchase Price for the shares (or other shares, securities or property, as the case may be) to
be purchased as set forth below and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax, the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 20(k) hereof, thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from
any transfer agent of the shares of Common Stock (or make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent for the Common Stock) certificates for the total number of shares of Common Stock to be
purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such requests subject to applicable law, or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit the
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights hereunder with a depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing such number of
shares of Common Stock as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the shares of Common Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary
agent) and the Company will direct the depositary agent to comply with such request, (ii) requisition from the Company the amount of cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of fractional shares of
Common Stock in accordance with Section 14 hereof, (iii) after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts for shares of Common Stock, cause the same to be delivered to or upon
the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder, and (iv) after receipt thereof, deliver such cash, if any,
to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate. The payment of the Purchase Price (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) shall be
made in cash or by certified
bank check or money order payable to the order of the Company. In the event that the Company is obligated to issue other securities (including Common Stock) of the Company, pay cash and/or distribute
other property pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Company will make all arrangements necessary so that such other securities, cash and/or other property are available for distribution by the
Rights Agent, if and when appropriate. 

        (d)  In
case the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent
to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent and delivered to, or upon the order of, the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as
may be designated by such holder, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof. 

        (e)  Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights beneficially owned
by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee
after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the
Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such
Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of
Directors of the Company has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e), shall become null and void
without any further action and no holder of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use
all reasonable efforts to insure that the provisions of this Section 7(e) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied with but shall have no liability to any holder of Right Certificates or
other Person as a result of its failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. 

        (f)    Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a
registered holder upon 

the occurrence of any purported exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of
election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or
former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. 

        Section 8.    Cancellation
and Destruction of Rights Certificates. All Rights Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or
exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled
by it, and no Rights Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Company
shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Rights Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than
upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights Certificates,
and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company. 

        Section 9.    Reservation
and Availability of Common Stock. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out of its
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, other securities) or shares of Common Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event,
other securities) held in its treasury, the number of shares of Common Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, other securities) that, except as provided this Agreement, including
in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights. 

        (b)  So
long as the shares of Common Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, other securities) issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights
may be listed on any national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ stock market, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become
exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to be listed on such exchange or so quoted upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise. 

        (c)  The
Company shall use its reasonable efforts to (i) file, as soon as practicable following the earliest date after the first occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event on which the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Rights has been determined in accordance with
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, or an soon as is required by law or regulation following the Distribution Date, as the case may be, a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Common Stock or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) cause such registration statement to
become effective as soon as practicable after such filing, and (iii) cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of which the rights are no longer exercisable for such securities, and (B) the date of the expiration of the Rights. The Company will
also take such action as may be appropriate under, or to ensure compliance with, the securities or "blue sky" laws of the various states in connection with the exercisability of the Rights. The
Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days after the date set forth in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 9(c)(i), the
exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become effective. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating
that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. In addition, if the Company shall
determine that a registration statement is required following the Distribution Date, the Company may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights until such time as a registration statement
has been declared effective. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction if the requisite qualification in such
jurisdiction shall not have been 

obtained, the exercise thereof shall not be permitted under applicable law or a registration statement shall not have been declared effective. 

        (d)  The
Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all shares of Common Stock (and, following the occurrence of a
Triggering Event, other securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly
authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable. 

        (e)  The
Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state to transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in
respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates and of any certificates for shares of Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise of Rights. The Company
shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates to a person other than, or the issuance or delivery of the
shares of Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) in respect of a name other than that of, the registered holder of the Rights Certificates evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise or
to issue or deliver any certificates for shares of Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) in a name other than that of the registered holder upon the exercise of any Rights until such
tax shall have been paid (any such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificates at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax
is due. 

        Section 10.    Common
Stock Record Date. Each person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) is issued upon
the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) represented thereby on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price (and all applicable transfer taxes) was made;
provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Common Stock (or other securities, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person
shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Common Stock (or other securities, as the case
may be) transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the
Company with respect to shares for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive
rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein. 

        Section 11.    Adjustment
of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares covered by each Right and
the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time, is provided in this Section 11. 

        (a)(i)
In the event the Company shall at any time after the Distribution Date (A) declare a dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common
Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this
Section 11(a) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right
exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be,
which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Common Stock (or other 

capital stock, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this
Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof. 

        (ii)  In
the event: 

        (A)  any
Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall merge into the
Company or otherwise combine with the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger or combination and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain
outstanding and unchanged, or 

        (B)  any
Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company,
or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become the
Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, and except pursuant to a cash tender
offer made pursuant to a Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor form) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for all outstanding shares of Common Stock not beneficially owned
by the Person making such offer (or by its Affiliates or Associates) at a price and on terms determined by a majority of the Continuing Directors, after receiving the advice from one or more
investment banking firms, to be (a) fair to the Company's stockholders (other than the Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof on whose behalf the offer is being made), after taking into
account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis
designed to realize maximum value, and (b) otherwise in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders (other than the Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof on whose behalf the
offer is being made), then promptly following ten (10) days after the date of the 

occurrence
of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof and promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) hereof, proper provision shall be
made so that each holder of a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the
then number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right was exercisable by such holder immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and dividing that product
(such product, following such first occurrence, shall be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by (y) 50% of the current market price
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares is herein called the "Adjustment Shares"). 

        (iii)  In
the event that the number of shares of Common Stock which are authorized by the Company's certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance
for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this
Section 11(a), the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value") over
(2) the Purchase Price (such excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase
Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company 

(including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company, based on the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm, has
deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or
(6) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon
the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver
value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon
the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock (to the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which in the aggregate are
equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon
exercise in full of the Rights, the thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days following the first occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution
Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall
provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of
the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the
Value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public
announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock
on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date. 

        (b)  In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Common Stock, shares having the same rights, privileges and preference
as the Common Stock ("equivalent Common Stock") or securities convertible into Common Stock or equivalent Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock or equivalent Common Stock (or having a
conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Common Stock or equivalent Common Stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share
of Common Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares of Common Stock and/or equivalent Common Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at
such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock and/or
equivalent Common Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by
delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be an determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be described in a statement filed with the 

Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the
purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price
shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. 

        (c)  In
case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company),
assets (other than a dividend payable in Common Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in
Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of
indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that
such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed. 

        (d)  For
the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii)(A) hereof, the "current market price" per share of
Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter
defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date
shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that
in the event that then current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (i) any dividend or
distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (ii) any subdivision, combination
or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not
have occurred prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the "current market price"
shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted
to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock
are not listed or admitted to trading on any national Securities exchange, the last quoted sale price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or,
if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as 

furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common
Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal
national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted
to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, "current market price" per share shall mean the fair value per
share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. 

        (e)  Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least one percent (1%) in the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth
of a share, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of
(i) three (3) years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment, or (ii) the Expiration Date. 

        (f)    If
as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) or Section 13(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled
to receive any shares of capital stock other than Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in Sections 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i),
(j), (k) and (m) hereof, and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares. 

        (g)  All
Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted
Purchase Price, the number (or fraction) of shares of Common Stock purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein. 

        (h)  Unless
the Company shall have exercised its election an provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price and a result of the calculations
made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number
of shares of Common Stock (calculated to the nearest one-ten-thousandth) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of shares covered by a Right immediately prior
to this adjustment, by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price, and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in
effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price. 

        (i)    The
Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any adjustment in the number (or
fraction) of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number (or
fraction) of shares of Common Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that
number of Rights (calculated to the nearest ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in
effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment,
and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date 

may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten (10) days later than the date of the
public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause
to be distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to
Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders
of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights Certificates hold by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Rights
Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates so to be distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner
provided for herein (and may bear, at the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record date
specified in the public announcement. 

        (j)    Irrespective
of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number (or fraction) of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Rights
Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder. 

        (k)  Before
taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares
of Common Stock at such adjusted Purchase Price. 

        (l)    In
any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the
Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock or securities
of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of
the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to
receive such additional shares of Common Stock and other capital stock or securities upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. 

        (m)  Anything
in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in addition to those
adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that in their good faith judgment the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine to be advisable in order that any
(i) consolidation or subdivision of the Common Stock, (ii) issuance for cash of any shares of Common Stock at less than the current market price, (iii) issuance for cash of shares
of Common Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, (iv) stock dividends or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants
referred to in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Common Stock shall not be taxable to such stockholders. 

        (n)  The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the
Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (iii) sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one transaction or a series of
related transactions, assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any other Person or Persons (other
than the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if (x) at the time of or immediately after such 

consolidation, merger or sale there are any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the
benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale, the shareholders of the Person who constitutes, or
would constitute, the "Principal Party" for purposes of Section 13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates and
Associates. 

        (o)  The
Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution Date, it will not, except as permitted by Section 23 or Section 26 hereof, take (or permit
any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by
the Rights. 

        (p)  Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the Company shall at any time after the Record Date and prior to the Distribution Date
(i) declare a dividend on the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Purchase Price associated with each Right (whether issued or delivered thereafter but prior to the Distribution Date) shall be proportionately
adjusted so that the Purchase Price of each Right thereafter associated with each share of Common Stock following any such event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price
associated with each Right immediately prior to such event by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of
the event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such event. 

        Section 12.    Certificate
of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof,
the Company shall (a) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with the Rights
Agent, and with each transfer agent for the Common Stock, a copy of such certificate, and (c) if deemed appropriate by the Company, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right
Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing shares of Common Stock) in accordance with Section 25 hereof. The Rights Agent shall be fully
protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein contained. 

        Section 13.    Consolidation,
Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power. (a) In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or
indirectly, (x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person, and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving
corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person shall consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or merger, all or part of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of
any other Person or cash or any other property, or (z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or
a series of related transactions, assets, cash flow or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any
Person or Persons (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), then, and in each such case (except an may be contemplated by Section 13(d) hereof), proper provision shall be made
so that: (i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof, shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, non-assessable and freely tradeable shares of common stock of the Principal Party
(as such term is hereinafter defined), not subject to any liens, encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the
then current Purchase Price by the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right is exercisable by such holder immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred prior to the 

Section 13(a) Event, multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to this first occurrence of such event set forth in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (B) by the number of
shares of Common Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such first occurrence) and dividing that product (such product, following the first occurrence of a Section 13(a)
Event, shall be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by (2) 50% of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)
hereof with respect to the Common Stock) per share of the common stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of the Section 13(a) Event; (ii) such Principal Party shall
thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term "Company" shall
thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party, it being specifically intended that the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall apply only to such Principal Party following the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event; (iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its common stock) in
connection with the consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its
shares of common stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; and (v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no effect following the first
occurrence of any Section 13 Event. 

        (b)  "Principal
Party" shall mean 

          (i)  in
the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any
securities into which shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted in such merger or consolidation, and if no securities are so issued, the Person that is the other party to such merger or
consolidation; and 

        (ii)  in
the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the greatest portion
of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to
such transaction or transactions; provided, however, that in any such case, (1) if the common stock of such Person is not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding twelve
(12) month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the common stock of which is and has been so
registered, "Principal Party" shall refer to such other Person; and (2) in case such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person, the common stocks of two or more of
which are and have been so registered, "Principal Party" shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the common stock having the greatest aggregate market value. 

        (c)  The
Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer unless the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of autho-rized shares of its
common stock which have not been issued or reserved for issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this Section 13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such
Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing for the terms set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 and
further providing that, as soon as practicable after the date of any consolidation, merger or sale of assets mentioned in paragraph (a) of this Section 13, the Principal Party will: 

          (i)  prepare
and file a registration statement under the Securities Act, with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an
appropriate form, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to (A) become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and (B) remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Securities Act) until the Expiration Date; and 

        (ii)  will
deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply in all respects with the
requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act. 

The
provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a Section 13 Event shall occur at any time
after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Rights which have not theretofore been exercised shall thereafter become exercisable in the manner described in
Section 13(a). 

        (d)  Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 13 shall not be applicable to a transaction described in subparagraphs (x) and
(y) of Section 13(a) if (i) such transaction is consummated with a Person or Persons who acquired shares of Common Stock pursuant to a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares
of Common Stock which complies with the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof (or a wholly owned Subsidiary of any such Person or Persons), (ii) the price per share of Common Stock
offered in such transaction is not less than the price per share of Common Stock paid to holders of shares of Common Stock whose shares were purchased pursuant to such tender offer, and
(iii) the form
of consideration being offered to the remaining holders of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such transaction is the same as the form of consideration paid pursuant to such tender offer. Upon
consummation of any such transaction contemplated by this Section 13(d), all Rights hereunder shall expire. 

        Section 14.    Fractional
Rights and Fractional Shares.(a)The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Rights Certificates which
evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be
issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right. For purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall be the
closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The closing price of the Rights for any day shall be
the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Rights are
listed or admitted to trading, or if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ or such other system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any
such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights the fair value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. 

        (b)  The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares
of Common Stock. In lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount
in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of one share of Common Stock shall be
the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to of Section 11(d) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise. 

        (c)  The
holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right. 

        Section 15.    Rights
of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement are vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior
to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock); and any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), without the
consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), may, 

in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise
the Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of
Rights, it in specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance of the
obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement. 

        Section 16.    Agreement
of Rights Holders. Every holder of a Right by accepting the same consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other
holder of a Right that: 

        (a)  prior
to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Stock; 

        (b)  after
the Distribution Date, the Rights Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the principal office or offices of
the Rights Agent designated for such purposes, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and with the appropriate forms and certificates duly completed and executed in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Rights Agent; and 

        (c)  subject
to Section 6(a) and Section 7(f) hereof, the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name a Rights Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Stock certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or
writing on the Rights Certificates or the associated Common Stock certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the
Rights Agent shall, subject to the last sentence of Section 7(e) hereof, be required to be affected by any notice to the contrary; and 

        (d)  notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or other Person as
a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority,
prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation; provided, however, the Company must use its reasonable efforts to have any such order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise
overturned as soon as possible. 

        Section 17.    Rights
Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as such, of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be
deemed for any purpose the holder of the shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall
anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote
for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other
actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section 24 hereof), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Rights
Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof. 

        Section 18.    Concerning
the Rights Agent. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder
and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and disbursements and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement
and the exercise and 

performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the
costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises. 

        (b)  The
Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration
of this Agreement in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or certificate for Common Stock or for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement,
affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or
acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons. 

        Section 19.    Merger
or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent. (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust or stock transfer business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the
provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of a predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that
time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor or in the name of the
successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement. 

        (b)  In
case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the
Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force
provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement. 

        Section 20.    Duties
of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all
of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound: 

        (a)  The
Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion. 

        (b)  Whenever
in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that any fact or matter (including,
without limitation, the identity of any Acquiring Person and the determination of "current market price") be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder,
such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization
to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. 

        (c)  The
Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 

        (d)  The
Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Rights Certificates or be
required to verify the same (except as to its countersignature on such Rights Certificates), but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only. 

        (e)  The
Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof
by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any
covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 11 or Section 13
hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise
of Rights evidenced by Rights Certificates after actual notice of any such adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or
reservation of any shares of Common Stock or other securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will, when so issued, be
validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 

        (f)    The
Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts,
instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement. 

        (g)  The
Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Company or any designee of any of the foregoing, and to apply to such officers for advice or
instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer. 

        (h)  The
Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or
become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights
Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity. 

        (i)    The
Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or
agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or' agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such
act, default, neglect or misconduct; provided, however, reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof. 

        (j)    No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent 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 its rights if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it. 

        (k)  If,
with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate contained in the form of assignment or the form of
election to purchase set forth on the reverse thereof, as the case may be, has either not been completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2 thereof, the Rights Agent
shall not take any further 

action with respect to such requested exercise of transfer without first consulting with the Company. 

        Section 21.    Change
of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon thirty
(30) days' notice in writing mailed to the Company, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock, by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class
mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon thirty (30) days' notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be,
and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock, by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or
shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days
after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by any registered holder of a Rights
Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then any registered holder of any Rights Certificate or the Rights Agent may apply to any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be (a) a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States or of the States of New York or Utah (or of any other state of the United States so long as such corporation is authorized to do business in the
States of New York or Utah), in good standing, having a principal office in the States of New York or Utah, which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers and
is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 or
(b) an affiliate of any such corporation described in clause (a) above. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property
at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the
purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Stock, and
mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the legality or validity of the Rights, the Rights Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be. 

        Section 22.    Issuance
of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its
option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or
class of shares or other securities or property purchasable under the Rights Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection with the issuance or sale
of shares of Common Stock following the Distribution Date and prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the Company (a) shall, with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or
sold pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement granted or awarded as of the Distribution Date, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities
hereinafter issued by the Company, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company, issue Rights Certificates representing the
appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided, however, that (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, the Company shall be
advised by counsel that such issuance would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or the Person to whom such Rights Certificate would be issued, and
(ii) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof. 

        Section 23.    Redemption
and Termination. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day following the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, the
close of business on the tenth day following the Record Date), or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per
Right, an such amount shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar trans-action occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter
referred to as the "Redemption Price"). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company's right of redemption hereunder has expired. 

        (b)  Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, evidence of which shall have been filed with the Rights Agent
and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price
for each Right so held. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders
of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on
the registry books of
the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption
will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. 

        Section 24.    Notice
of Certain Events. (a) In case the Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) to pay any dividend payable in
stock of any class to the holders of Common Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of Common Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of earnings or retained earnings of
the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Common Stock or shares of stock of any class or any
other securities, rights or options, or (iii) to affect any reclassification of its Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding shares of Common
Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer),
in one transaction or series of related transactions, of more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any other Person, or (v) to
effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible, and in accordance with
Section 25 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock, if
any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least twenty (20) days prior to the record date
for determining holders of the shares of Common Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such
proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock, whichever shall be the earlier. 

        (b)  In
case any of the events set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then, in any such case, the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter
give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible, in accordance with Section 25 hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event and the
consequences of the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof. 

        Section 25.    Notices.
Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the
Company shall be sufficiently 

given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows: 

	 	Questar Corporation

180 East First South Street

P.O. Box 45433

Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0433

Attention: Corporate Secretary	 	 

Subject
to the provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Rights
Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as follows: 

	 	Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.

300 South Grand Avenue

4th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: Roxanne Pinal

	 	 

Notices
or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or if prior to the Distribution Date, to the holder of
certificates representing shares of Common Stock) shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on
the registry books of the Company. 

        Section 26.    Supplements
and Amendments. Prior to the Distribution Date, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any
provision of this Agreement without the approval of any holders of certificates representing shares of Common Stock. From and after the Distribution Date and subject to the next to last sentence of
this Section 26, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order
(i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, (iii) to change or
supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner which the
Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person); or (iv) to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder; provided, this Agreement may not be supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iv) of this
sentence, (A) a time period relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as the Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless such lengthening is for
the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights (other than as Acquiring Person and its Affiliates and Associates). Upon the delivery of
a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 26, the Rights Agent shall
execute such supplement or amendment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, following the Distribution Date, no supplement or amendment shall be made which changes the Purchase
Price or the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right is exercisable. Prior to the Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of
the holders of Common Stock. 

        Section 27.    Successors.
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns here-under. 

        Section 28.    Determinations
and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any particular 

time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last
sentence of Rule 13d-3d(l)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect as of the date hereof. The Board of Directors of the Company (and,
where specifically provided for herein, the Continuing Directors) shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted
to the Board or the Company (or, where specifically provided for herein, the Continuing Directors), or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Agreement
(including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of
clause (ii) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (or, where specifically provided for herein, the Continuing Directors) in good faith, shall
(i) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (ii) not subject the Board or the Continuing Directors to any
liability to the holders of the Rights Certificates. 

        Section 29.    Benefits
of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered
holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the
Common Stock). 

        Section 30.    Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid,
void or unenforceable and the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that severing the invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or
effect of this Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated and shall not expire until the close of business on the tenth day following the date of such
determination by the Board of Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision requiring that a determination be made by less than the entire Board (or at a time or with the concurrence of
a group of directors consisting of less than the entire Board) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, such determination shall then be
made by the Board in accordance with applicable law and the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. 

        Section 31.    Governing
Law. This Agreement, each Right and each Rights Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State
of Utah and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State, except that the
rights and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. 

        Section 32.    Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

        Section 33.    Descriptive
Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. 

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

	Attest:	 	QUESTAR CORPORATION
	

By	
 	

/s/  CONNIE C. HOLBROOK    

Name: Connie C. Holbrook

Title: Corporate Secretary	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  R. D. CASH   

Name: R. D. Cash

Title: Chairman, President and C.E.O.
	

Attest:	
 	
CHEMICAL MELLON

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
	

By	
 	

/s/  WILLIAM T. BEAUCHAMP   

Name: William T. Beauchamp

Title: Assistant Vice President	
 	

By	
 	

/s/  ROXANNE A. PINAL    

Name: Roxanne A. Pinal

Title: Vice President

 
 

Exhibit A    
  

        [Form
of Rights Certificate] 

	Certificate No. R-	 	 	 	Rights
	 	 	
	 	 

NOT
EXERCISABLE AFTER MARCH 26, 2006 OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED BY TEE COMPANY. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF TEE COMPANY, AT $.01 PER RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN TEE RIGHTS
AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN). UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE
RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS
OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT). ACCORDINGLY, THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED
HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(a) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.] 1/ 

1/
The portion of the legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable and shall replace the preceding sentence. 

 
 

Right Certificate
  
    QUESTAR CORPORATION    

        This
certifies that                        , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth above,
each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"), between Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), and Chemical
Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., a New Jersey Limited Liability Company (the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time prior to 5:00 PM (New York City time) on March 25,
2006 at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or its successors as Rights Agent, one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, without par value
(the "Common Stock"), of the Company, at a purchase price of $175 per share (the "Purchase Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase set
forth on the reverse hereof and the Certificate contained therein duly executed. The Purchase Price shall be paid in cash. The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, the number of
shares of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise thereof and the Purchase Price per share of Common Stock, set forth above, are the number of Rights, number of shares of Common Stock and
Purchase Price as of March 25, 1996, based on the Common Stock as constituted at such date. 

        Upon
the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are beneficially
owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), (ii) a transferee of any such Acquiring Person,
Associate or Affiliate, or (iii) under certain circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such transfer, became an Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any rights with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such
Section 11(a)(ii) Event. 

        As
provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares of Common Stock or other securities, which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights
evidenced 

by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events, including Triggering Events. 

        This
Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances
set forth in the Rights Agreement. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Rights Agent and are also available upon written request to the Company. 

        This
Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged
for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as the Rights
evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled
to receive upon surrender hereof another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised. 

        Subject
to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Board of Directors of the Company at its option at a redemption price
of $.01 per Right at any time prior to the earlier of the close of business on (i) the tenth day following the Stock Acquisition Date (as such time period may be extended pursuant to the Rights
Agreement), and (ii) the Final Expiration Date. 

        No
fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights
Agreement. 

        No
holder of this Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the shares of Common Stock or of any other securities of
the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement. 

        This
Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent. 

        WITNESS
the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate seal. 

	Dated as of                       ,        
	

ATTEST:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

By	
 	

 
	 	 	Secretary	 	 	 	Title:
	

Countersigned:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

By	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	Authorized Signature	 	 	 	 

 
 

[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate]
  
    FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
  
    (To be executed by the registered holder if such
  holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.)    

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED 

hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto 

 
 

(Please print name and address of transferee)    

this
Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint                        Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on
the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution. 

Dated:                       ,        

 
 

Signature    

Signature
Guaranteed: 

 
 

Certificate    

        The
undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that: 

        this
Rights Certificate [    ] is [    ] is not being sold, assigned and transferred by or on behalf of a Person who
is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement); 

        after
due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights
evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person. 

Dated:                       ,        

 
 

Signature
  
    NOTICE    

        The
signatures to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever. 

 
 

FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
  
    (To be executed if the registered holder desires to
  exercise Rights represented by the Rights Certificates.)    

To:
QUESTAR CORPORATION: 

        The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                        Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the Rights (or 

such other securities of the Company or of any other person which may be issuable upon the exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of: 

 
 

(Please print name and address)    

Please
insert social security

or other identifying number: 

        If
such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and
delivered to: 

 
 

(Please print name and address)    

Please
insert social security

or other identifying number: 

Dated:                       ,        

 
 

Signature    

Signature
Guaranteed: 

 
 

Certificate    

        The
undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that: 

        the
Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [    ] are [    ] are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person
who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement); 

        after
due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [    ] did [    ] did not acquire the Rights
evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person. 

Dated:                       ,        

 
 

Signature
  
    NOTICE    

        The
signatures to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. 

 
 

Exhibit B    
  

 
 

SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE    
  

COMMON STOCK  

        On February 13 1996, the Board of Directors of Questar Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), declared a dividend distribution of one Right for
each outstanding share of common stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of the Company to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 25, 1996 (the "Record Date"). Each
Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one share of Common Stock at a price of $175 (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The Purchase
Price shall be paid in cash. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and
Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Rights Agent. 

        Initially,
the Rights will be attached to the certificates representing outstanding shares of Common Stock, and no separate certificates evidencing the Rights (the "Rights Certificates")
will be distributed. Until the earlier to occur of (i) ten (10) days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an "Acquiring Person")
has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Stock Acquisition Date"), or (ii) ten (10) business
days (or such later date as the Board of Directors may determine) following the commencement of (or public announcement of the intent to commence) a tender offer or exchange offer by any person or
group if upon consummation thereof, such person or group would be the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the earlier of such dates being called the
"Distribution Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect to any Common Stock certificates outstanding as of the Record Date, by such Common Stock certificates. The Rights Agreement provides
that, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferred with and only with Common Stock certificates. From the Record Date until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of
the Rights), new Common Stock certificates issued upon transfer or new issuance of the Common Stock will contain a legend incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until the Distribution Date
(or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the transfer of any certificate for Common Stock will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by
such certificate. As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, Right Certificates will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution
Date and, thereafter, such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights. 

        The
Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the close of business on March 25, 2006, unless earlier redeemed by the Company as described below. 

        In
the event that (i) the Company is the,surviving corporation in a merger or consolidation with an Acquiring Person and the Common Stock is not changed or exchanged, or
(ii) a person or group (other than the Company and its affiliates) becomes the beneficial owner of more than 15% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (except pursuant to a cash tender
offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms which a majority of the Continuing Directors (as defined below) determine to be fair to, and in the best interests of, the
Company and its stockholders, other than such person, its affiliates and associates), the Rights Agreement provides that proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right will thereafter
have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof, Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the
Company) having a value equal to two (2) times the exercise price of the Right. However, Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of either of the events set forth above until such
time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of any of the events set forth in this paragraph, any
Rights that are, or (under certain circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person shall immediately become null and void. 

        In
the event that following the Distribution Date, (i) the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, (ii) the
Company engages in a merger or consolidation with another person in which the Company is the surviving corporation, but in which all or part of its Common Stock is changed or exchanged, or
(iii) 50% or more of the Company's assets, cash flow or earning power is sold or transferred, the Rights Agreement provides that proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right
shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof, common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two (2) times the exercise price of the Right.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Rights shall be made if, among other things, such transaction is consummated with a Person who acquired shares of Common Stock pursuant to a cash
tender offer approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors as referred to in the preceding paragraph and if the price offered in such transaction is not less than the price paid pursuant to such
offer. The events set forth in this paragraph and in the preceding paragraph are referred to as the "Triggering Events." 

        The
term "Continuing Director" means any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who was a member of the Board prior to the date of the Rights Agreement, and any person who is
subsequently elected to the Board if such person's nomination or election is recommended or approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors, but shall not include an Acquiring Person, an affiliate
or associate of an Acquiring Person, or a representative of an Acquiring Person or of any such affiliate or associate. 

        The
Purchase Price payable, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in
the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Common Stock, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the Common Stock of certain rights or warrants to
subscribe for Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock at less than the current market price of the Common Stock, or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Common Stock
of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular quarterly cash dividends) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above). 

        With
certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price. No fractional
shares of Common Stock will be issued upon exercise of the Rights and, in lieu thereof, a cash payment will be made based on the market price of the Common Stock on the last trading date prior to the
date of exercise. 

        At
any time after the date of the Rights Agreement until ten (10) days following the Stock Acquisition Date or the Record Date, whichever is later, the Board of Directors of the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.01 per Right (the "Redemption Price"). Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering redemption
of the Rights, the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price. 

        Until
a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, an such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
While the distribution of the Rights will not be taxable to stockholders or to the Company, stockholders may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights
become exercisable for Common Stock (or other consideration) of the Company or for common stock of the acquiring company as set forth above. 

        Any
of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the Distribution Date. Thereafter, the provisions, other than certain
provisions relating to the principal economic terms of the Rights, of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the Board: to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; to shorten or lengthen any time
period under the Rights Agreement; or in any other respect that will not adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person); provided that no
amendment to adjust the time period governing redemption shall be made at such time as the Rights are not redeemable. 

        A
copy of the Rights Agreement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to a Registration Statement of the Company on Form 8-A. A copy
of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company upon written request therefor. This summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement which is incorporated herein by reference. 

QuickLinks

Exhibit 4.02

QUESTAR CORPORATION and CHEMICAL MELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C. Rights Agent

Rights Agreement Dated as of February 13, 1996

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RIGHTS AGREEMENT

W I T N E S S E T H

Exhibit A

Right Certificate QUESTAR CORPORATION

[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate] FORM OF ASSIGNMENT (To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.)

(Please print name and address of transferee)

Signature

Certificate

Signature NOTICE

FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE (To be executed if the registered holder desires to exercise Rights represented by the Rights Certificates.)

(Please print name and address)

(Please print name and address)

Signature

Certificate

Signature NOTICE

Exhibit B

SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASEUse these links to rapidly review the document

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Exhibit 4.03    
  

QUESTAR CORPORATION  

 TO  

 WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  

Trustee  

INDENTURE  

Dated as of [                        ], 2002  

DEBT SECURITIES  

QUESTAR CORPORATION

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of

1939 and Indenture, dated as of [                        ], 2002  

	Trust Indenture

Act Section
	 	Indenture Section

	§310	(a)	606(d)
	 	 	609
	 	 	610
	 	(b)	603
	 	 	606(d)
	§311	(a)	603
	 	(b)	703
	§312	(a)	701
	 	 	702
	 	(b)	702
	 	(c)	702
	§313	(a)	703
	 	(b)	703
	 	(c)	703
	 	 	704
	 	(d)	703
	§314	(a)	704
	 	(b)	Not Applicable
	 	(c)(1)	102
	 	(c)(2)	102
	 	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	 	(d)	Not Applicable
	 	(e)	101
	 	 	102
	 	 	203
	§315	(a)	601(a)
	 	(b)	703
	 	(c)	601
	 	(d)	601(a)
	 	(d)(1)	601(a)
	 	(d)(2)	601(c)
	 	(d)(3)	601(e)
	 	(e)	Not Applicable
	§316	(a)(1)(A)	512
	 	(a)(1)(B)	513
	 	(a)(2)	Not Applicable
	 	(b)	508
	§317	(a)(1)	503
	 	(a)(2)	504
	 	(b)	1003
	§318	 	107

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

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS    
  

        
 

	 
	 	 

	ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	

SECTION 101.	
 	

Definitions.
	

SECTION 102.	
 	

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
	

SECTION 103.	
 	

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
	

SECTION 104.	
 	

Acts of Holders.
	

SECTION 105.	
 	

Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
	

SECTION 106.	
 	

Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
	

SECTION 107.	
 	

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
	

SECTION 108.	
 	

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
	

SECTION 109.	
 	

Successors and Assigns.
	

SECTION 110.	
 	

Separability Clause.
	

SECTION 111.	
 	

Benefits of Indenture.
	

SECTION 112.	
 	

Governing Law.
	

SECTION 113.	
 	

Moneys of Different Currencies to be Segregated.
	

SECTION 114.	
 	

Payment to be in Proper Currency.
	

SECTION 115.	
 	

Language of Notices.
	

SECTION 116.	
 	

Legal Holidays.
	

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS
	

SECTION 201.	
 	

Forms Generally.
	

SECTION 202.	
 	

Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
	

SECTION 203.	
 	

Securities in Global Form.
	

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
	

SECTION 301.	
 	

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
	

SECTION 302.	
 	

Currency; Denominations.
	

SECTION 303.	
 	

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
	

SECTION 304.	
 	

Temporary Securities.
	

SECTION 305.	
 	

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
	

SECTION 306.	
 	

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
	

SECTION 307.	
 	

Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
	

SECTION 308.	
 	

Persons Deemed Owners.
	

SECTION 309.	
 	

Cancellation.
	

SECTION 310.	
 	

Computation of Interest.
	

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
	
 	
 	

 

	

SECTION 401.	
 	

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
	

SECTION 402.	
 	

Application of Trust Money.
	

SECTION 403.	
 	

Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series.
	

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
	

SECTION 501.	
 	

Events of Default.
	

SECTION 502.	
 	

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
	

SECTION 503.	
 	

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
	

SECTION 504.	
 	

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
	

SECTION 505.	
 	

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
	

SECTION 506.	
 	

Application of Money Collected.
	

SECTION 507.	
 	

Limitation on Suits.
	

SECTION 508.	
 	

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
	

SECTION 509.	
 	

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
	

SECTION 510.	
 	

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
	

SECTION 511.	
 	

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
	

SECTION 512.	
 	

Control by Holders.
	

SECTION 513.	
 	

Waiver of Past Defaults.
	

SECTION 514.	
 	

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
	

SECTION 515.	
 	

Judgment Currency.
	

ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
	

SECTION 601.	
 	

Certain Rights of Trustee.
	

SECTION 602.	
 	

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
	

SECTION 603.	
 	

May Hold Securities.
	

SECTION 604.	
 	

Money Held in Trust.
	

SECTION 605.	
 	

Compensation and Reimbursement.
	

SECTION 606.	
 	

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
	

SECTION 607.	
 	

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
	

SECTION 608.	
 	

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
	

SECTION 609.	
 	

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
	

SECTION 610.	
 	

Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
	

SECTION 611.	
 	

Notice of Defaults.
	

ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
	

SECTION 701.	
 	

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
	

SECTION 702.	
 	

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
	

SECTION 703.	
 	

Reports by Trustee.
	
 	
 	

 

	

SECTION 704.	
 	

Reports by Company.
	

ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE
	

SECTION 801.	
 	

Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
	

SECTION 802.	
 	

Successor Corporation Substituted.
	

ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	

SECTION 901.	
 	

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
	

SECTION 902.	
 	

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
	

SECTION 903.	
 	

Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
	

SECTION 904.	
 	

Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
	

SECTION 905.	
 	

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
	

SECTION 906.	
 	

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
	

ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
	

SECTION 1001.	
 	

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest and Additional Amounts.
	

SECTION 1002.	
 	

Maintenance of Office or Agency.
	

SECTION 1003.	
 	

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
	

SECTION 1004.	
 	

Additional Amounts.
	

SECTION 1005.	
 	

Corporate Existence.
	

SECTION 1006.	
 	

Limitation on Liens.
	

SECTION 1007.	
 	

Waiver of Covenant.
	

SECTION 1008.	
 	

Statements as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
	

ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
	

SECTION 1101.	
 	

Applicability of Article.
	

SECTION 1102.	
 	

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
	

SECTION 1103.	
 	

Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
	

SECTION 1104.	
 	

Notice of Redemption.
	

SECTION 1105.	
 	

Deposit of Redemption Price.
	

SECTION 1106.	
 	

Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
	

SECTION 1107.	
 	

Securities Redeemed in Part.
	

ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
	

SECTION 1201.	
 	

Applicability of Article.
	

SECTION 1202.	
 	

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
	

SECTION 1203.	
 	

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
	

ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
	

SECTION 1301.	
 	

Applicability of Article.
	

ARTICLE FOURTEEN SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
	
 	
 	

 

	

SECTION 1401.	
 	

Applicability of Article.
	

ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
	

SECTION 1501.	
 	

Purposes for Which Meetings May be Called.
	

SECTION 1502.	
 	

Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
	

SECTION 1503.	
 	

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
	

SECTION 1504.	
 	

Quorum; Action.
	

SECTION 1505.	
 	

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
	

SECTION 1506.	
 	

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

  

        INDENTURE, dated as of [            ], 2002 (the "Indenture"), between QUESTAR CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the
State of Utah (herein called "Company"), having its principal office at 180 East 100 South Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, and WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America (herein called the "Trustee"). 

 
 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY    
  

        The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series
and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided. 

        The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. 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 of' 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder that are required to be 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 (as hereinafter defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as hereinafter defined), 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 to any
computation required or permitted pursuant to, and relating to any covenant of the Company contained in, any indenture supplemental hereto relating to any series of Securities, which such computation
(unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture) shall be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such supplemental
indenture, or except as otherwise herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto 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 at the date of such computation; and 

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

        (5)  the
word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both"). 

        Certain
terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article. 

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

        "Additional
Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of
certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders. 

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

        "Attributable
Debt" means, as of the date of determination, the present value of net rent for the remaining term of a capital lease, determined in accordance with GAAP, which is part of
a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any periods for which the lessee has the right to renew or extend the lease. For purposes of the foregoing, "net rent" means the sum of capitalized rental
payments required to be paid by the lessee, other than amounts required to be paid by the lessee for maintenance, repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, energy, fuel, utilities and similar charges.
In the case of a capital lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered to be
required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated. 

        "Authenticating
Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 610 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series. 

        "Authorized
Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation in the place of publication, printed in the official language of the country of publication and customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive weekly publications in an Authorized Newspaper are authorized or required hereunder, they may be made
(unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or different days of the week and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers. 

        "Bearer
Security" means any Security in the form of bearer securities established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer and is not a Registered Security. 

        "Board
of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that Board. 

        "Board
Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by 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. 

        "Book-Entry
Security" means a security evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series of Securities in accordance with
Section 303, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 303. 

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

        "Commission"
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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, and any other obligor under the Securities. 

        "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 President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Consolidated
Capitalization" means, without duplication, the sum of (a) the principal amount of Consolidated Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the time
outstanding, (b) the total capital represented by the capital stock of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the time outstanding, based, in the case of stock having par value, upon its par
value, and in the case of stock having no par value, upon the value stated on the books of the Company, (c) the total amount of (or less the amount of any deficit in) retained earnings and
paid-in capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (d) reserves for deferred federal and state income taxes arising from timing differences, and (e) Attributable Debt,
all as shown on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that in determining the
consolidated retained earnings and paid-in capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries no effect shall be given to any unrealized write-up or write-down in the
value of assets or any amortization thereof, except for accumulated provisions for depreciation, depletion, amortization and property retirement which shall have been created by charges made by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries on its books. 

        "Consolidated
Funded Debt" means the Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP. 

        "Corporate
Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in Salt Lake City, Utah, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date of initial execution of this Indenture, as to the Trustee, is 79 South Main Street, 3rd Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, Attention: Corporate Trust Department. 

        "Corporation"
includes corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, companies and business trusts. 

        "Coupon"
means any interest coupon appertaining to any Security. 

        "Currency"
or "Money", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security, means the unit or units of legal tender for the payment of public and private debts (or any composite thereof) in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or
pursuant to the terms hereof and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof, means Dollars. 

        "Currency
Indexed Note" means any Security with the amount of principal payments determined by reference to an index Currency. 

        "Defaulted
Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307. 

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        "Depositary" or "U.S. Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, including Book-Entry Securities,
the Person designated as Depositary or "U.S. Depositary" by the Company pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person "Depositary" shall be a collective
reference to such Persons. "Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series. 

        "Dollar"
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. 

        "ECU"
means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities. 

        "Event
of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501. 

        "Foreign
Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States of America. 

        "Funded
Debt" means all Indebtedness that will mature, pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or prepayment provision or otherwise, and all installments of Indebtedness that will fall due,
more than one year from the date of determination. In calculating the maturity of any Indebtedness, there shall be included the term of any unexercised right of the debtor to renew or extend such
Indebtedness existing at the time of determination. 

        "GAAP"
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect on the date on which the determination is to be made under the Indenture. 

        "Government
Obligations", with respect to any Security, means (i) direct obligations of the government or governments which issued the Currency in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of
such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government or governments, in each case where the
payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 

        "Holder"
means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, with respect to a Bearer Security (or any temporary
Global Security), and/or Coupons, the bearer thereof. 

        "Indebtedness"
means all items of indebtedness for borrowed money (other than unamortized debt discount and premium) which would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on
the liability side of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined, and shall include indebtedness for borrowed money (other than
unamortized debt discount and premium) with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary customarily pays interest 

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secured by any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance of or upon, or any security interest in, any properties or assets owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby shall have been assumed, and shall also include guarantees of Indebtedness of others; provided that in determining Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary there shall be included the aggregate liquidation preference of all outstanding securities of any Subsidiary senior to its Common Stock that are not owned by the Company or a
Subsidiary; and provided, further, that Indebtedness of any Person shall not include the following: 

        (a)  any
indebtedness evidence of which is held in treasury (but the subsequent resale of such indebtedness shall be deemed to constitute the creation thereof); or 

        (b)  any
particular indebtedness if, upon or prior to the maturity thereof, there shall have been deposited with a depository (or set aside and segregated, if permitted by
the instrument creating such indebtedness), in trust, money (or evidence of such indebtedness as permitted by the instrument creating such indebtedness) in the necessary amount to pay, redeem or
satisfy such indebtedness; or 

        (c)  any
indebtedness incurred to finance oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon, inert gas or other mineral exploration or development to the extent that the issuer thereof has
outstanding advances to finance oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon, inert gas or other mineral exploration or development, but only to the extent such advances are not in default; or 

        (d)  any
indebtedness incurred without recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary; or 

        (e)  any
indebtedness incurred to finance advance payments for gas (pursuant to take-or-pay provisions or otherwise), but only to the extent that such
advance payments are pursuant to gas purchase contracts entered into in the normal course of business; or 

        (f)    any
amount (whether or not included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) representing
capitalized rent under any lease; or 

        (g)  any
indirect guarantees or other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of other Persons, including agreements, contingent or otherwise, with such other
Persons or with third parties with respect to, or to permit or assure the payment of, obligations of such other Persons, including, without limitation, agreements to purchase or repurchase obligations
of such other Persons, to advance or supply funds to, or to invest in, such other Persons, or to pay for property, products or services of such other Persons (whether or not conveyed, delivered or
rendered); demand charge contracts, through-put, take-or-pay, keep-well, make-whole or maintenance of working capital or similar agreements;
or guarantees with respect to rental or similar periodic payments to be made by such other Persons. 

        "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 and with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established as contemplated by Section 301
(as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof) provided,  however, that, if at any time more than one Person is
acting as Trustee under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees for
any one or more separate series of Securities, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this Indenture 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 and shall include the terms of particular
series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of
Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more 

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indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party. 

        "Independent
Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the Securities or the Coupons, are independent
public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants
regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any
legal matters relating to the Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder. 

        "Indexed
Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at
original issuance. 

        "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. 

        "Legal
Holiday", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or
other location are authorized or obligated to be closed. 

        "Material
Subsidiary" shall mean at any time any Subsidiary meeting the definition of a "significant subsidiary" contained as of the date hereof in Regulation S-X of
the Exchange Act. 

        "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, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise and includes any Redemption Date. 

        "New
York Business Day" means each weekday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law to close. 

        "Office
or Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such Securities pursuant to
Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to
Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

        "Officers'
Certificate" means a certificate signed (i) by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and (ii) by the Controller, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee. 

        "Opinion
of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that
complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

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

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

          (i)  Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation; 

        (ii)  Securities
for whose payment or redemption (a) 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 or (b) U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Securities as contemplated by Section 403 in the necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the Trustee in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance
with Section 403; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provisions therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; 

        (iii)  any
such Security with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance pursuant to Section 403 hereof; and 

        (iv)  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; 

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 or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, the
principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Securities that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable
as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, the principal amount of a Security denominated other than in Dollars
shall be deemed to be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange for such Foreign Currency or such currency unit as determined by
the Company or by an authorized exchange rate agent, the principal amount of any indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose
shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 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, which may be the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect
to any Securities or any Coupon on behalf of the Company. 

        "Person"
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, 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 the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to, the Securities of that series are payable as specified and 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 or any Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Coupon appertains. 

        "Redemption
Date", when used with respect to any Security or portion thereof 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 or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. 

        "Registered
Security" means any Security in the form of Registered Securities established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register. 

        "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. 

        "Required
Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 114. 

        "Responsible
Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means an officer of the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee engaged in the administration of corporate trust matters. 

        "Sale
and Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement in which the Company or a Subsidiary sells any of its property which was placed into service more than 120 days prior to such
sale to a Person and leases it back from that Person within 180 days of the sale. 

        "Security"
or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee. 

        "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 or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, 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 or such Additional Amounts are 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 more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. 

        "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" shall mean each such Person, and
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series. 

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        "Trust
Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905. 

        "United
States", except as otherwise provided herein or in any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories
and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction. 

        "United
States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States
Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust. 

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

        "Voting
Stock" means stock of the class or classes of any corporation having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors,
managers or trustees of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether
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SECTION 102.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions.    

        Upon
any Company Request made by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such Company Request as to which the furnishing of such documents or any of them is specifically
required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular Company Request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Each such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

 
 

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 

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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 or any
Security, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 

 
 

SECTION 104.    Acts of Holders.    

        (a)  Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided 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 by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may,
alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, 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 and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made
in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506. 

        Without
limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global
Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture
to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security
through such U.S. Depositary's standing instructions and customary practices. 

        The
Trustee or the Company shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S.
Depositary entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and
only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such
record date. 

        (b)  The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by 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 

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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. 

        (c)  The
ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of termination of holding the
same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as Depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the
Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such Depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later
date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. 

        (d)  The
fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing pursuant to clause (c) above, the authority of the Person executing the same and the principal
amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of termination of holding the same may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this clause. 

        (e)  The
ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 

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

        (g)  Whenever
for purposes of any Act to be taken hereunder by the Holders of a series of Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency (or any currency unit), the principal
amount of Securities is required to be determined, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities shall be deemed to be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on
the basis of the spot rate of exchange for such Foreign Currency or such currency unit 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 taking of such Act 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, the Company and the Trustee, and neither the Company nor any such exchange rate agent shall be liable therefor in the absence of bad faith. 

        (h)  If
the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed
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Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the
Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the 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, 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 the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company. 

 
 

SECTION 106.    Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.    

        Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event, (i) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Registered Securities, such notice to the
Holders thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Security Register, within the time prescribed for the giving of such notice and (ii) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Bearer Securities, notice
to the Holders thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such Bearer Securities expressly provided) if published once in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New
York, and in such other city or cities, if any, as may be specified in such Securities and, if the Securities of such series are listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in any place at
which such Securities are listed on a securities exchange to the extent that such securities exchange so requires, and mailed to such Persons whose names and addresses as were previously filed with
the Trustee, within the time prescribed for giving 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. In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized
Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such publication in lieu thereof as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice. Neither failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any
defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above. 

        Any
notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. 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 as provided above, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder. 

        Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver. 

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SECTION 107.    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.    

        This
Indenture is subject to the Trust Indenture Act and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such
Trust Indenture 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 to be 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, any Security or any Coupon 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, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any paying agent 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, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments
entered into and, in each case, performed in such state. 

 
 

SECTION 113.    Moneys of Different Currencies to be Segregated.    

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

 
 

SECTION 114.    Payment to be in Proper Currency.    

        The
following provisions of this Section 114 shall apply to the extent permitted by applicable law: In the case of any Security payable in any particular currency or currency unit
(the "Required Currency"), except as otherwise provided herein, therein or in or pursuant to the related Board Resolution or supplemental indenture or as contemplated by Section 301, the
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Company to make any payment of principal, premium or interest thereon shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency or currency unit
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 then due and payable. If any
such tender or recovery is made in other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, take such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such other currency or
currency unit for the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the
Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of the 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. 

 
 

SECTION 115.    Language of Notices.    

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

 
 

SECTION 116.    Legal Holidays.    

        In
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon other than a provision in this Indenture, any Security or Coupon that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be. 

 
 

ARTICLE TWO
  
    SECURITY FORMS    
  

 
  SECTION 201.    Forms Generally.    

        The
Securities of each series and the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be in substantially such 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 or indenture
supplemental hereto, 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 and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities and Coupons, if any. If
temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 304, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of
Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series are established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution together with an appropriate record of any such
action taken pursuant thereto, including a copy of the approved form of Securities or Coupons, if any, shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. 

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        The
Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 202. 

        Unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants. 

        The
definitive Securities and Coupons, if any, 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 and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and Coupons, if any. 

 
 

SECTION 202.    Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.    

        Subject
to Section 610, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: 

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

	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By	 	
 Authorized Signatory

 
 

SECTION 203.    Securities in Global Form.    

        If
Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding
Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount or changes in the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities represented thereby, shall be
made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the
provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the
Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. Any
instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

 
 

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 set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, 

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

        (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 such series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 309, 403, 906, 1106, 1107 or 1203); 

        (3)  the
date or dates, or the method, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of the series
is payable; 

        (4)  the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall be payable, and the
basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; 

        (5)  the
Person to whom any interest on any Registered Securities 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 and the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Securities of the
series shall be payable if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature; 

        (6)  if
in addition to or other than in [            ,            ], the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable; 

        (7)  whether
any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on 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, or option of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of
a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or
in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or purchased; 

        (9)  the
denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000; 

        (10) 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 by which such portion is to be determined; 

        (11) whether
Bearer Securities of the series are to be issuable and if so, whether Registered Securities are to be issuable and whether the Bearer Securities are to be
issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be
exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa; 

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        (12) the
date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other
than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued; 

        (13) if
Bearer Securities of the series are to be issuable, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form (representing all of the
Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities of the series
shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification
requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date; 

        (14) the
currency of denomination of the Securities of any series, which may be in Dollars, any Foreign Currency or any composite currency, including but not limited to the
ECU, and, if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency; 

        (15) the
currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities will be
made, and the currency or currencies (in addition to Dollars), if any, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or the interest on Registered Securities, at the election of each of
the Holders thereof, may also be payable; 

        (16) if
the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or, interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable; 

        (17) if
the payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or the interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series are to be made in a
Foreign Currency other than the Foreign Currency in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined; 

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

        (19) the
form of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series; 

        (20) whether
the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities or property of the Company and, if so,
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or exchange price and the conversion or exchange period; 

        (21) whether
the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, including Book-Entry Securities, and the Depositary for such
global Securities and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interest for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any
authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (ii) the name of the
Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security; 

        (22) the
application, if any, of Section 403; 

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        (23) if
any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, this shall be so established and (if established by Board Resolution) so set forth, as well
as the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; 

        (24) if
any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; 

        (25) if
there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent
with respect to such Securities; and 

        (26) any
other terms of the series of Securities (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture). 

        All
Securities (including Coupons, if any) of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate or rates of
interest, if any, the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined and Maturity, the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such
series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities. 

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

 
 

SECTION 302.    Currency; Denominations.    

        Unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in
Dollars. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000, if Registered Securities, in denominations of $5,000, if Bearer Securities, and, in the case of
Registered Securities, any integral multiple of the applicable denomination. 

 
 

SECTION 303.    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.    

        The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested
by the signature of its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries or its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers. The Coupons, if any, shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents attested by its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities (and Coupons, if any) may be manual or facsimile. 

        Securities
(and Coupons, if any) 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 (and Coupons, if any) or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities (and Coupons, if any). 

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        At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities (with or without Coupons) 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. 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 Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall be fully protected in relying upon, 

          (i)  an
Opinion of Counsel stating to the effect that: 

        (a)  the
form or forms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 

        (b)  the
terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; 

        (c)  the
terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, have been established in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and all conditions precedent provided for in the
Indenture relating to the Trustee's authentication and delivery of the Securities and Coupons, if any, will have been complied with; and 

        (d)  as
to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and 

        (ii)  an
Officers' Certificate stating that, all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have
been complied with and to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing. 

        The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver such Securities if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or
if the Trustee in
good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or would adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

        The
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate Securities denominated in a coin or currency (or unit including a coin or currency) other than that of the United States of America if
the Trustee reasonably determines that such Securities impose duties or obligations on the Trustee which the Trustee is not able or reasonably willing to accept; provided that the Trustee, upon a
Company Request, will resign as Trustee with respect to Securities of any series as to which such a determination is made, prior to the issuance of such Securities, and will comply with the request of
the Company to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture appointing a successor Trustee pursuant to Section 901. 

        If
all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate at the time of issuance of
each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. 

        If
the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities in global form that (i) shall represent and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such global Security or Securities, (ii) shall be
registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depositary for such Book-Entry Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, 

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(iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction and (iv) where such Depositary is The Depository Trust Company, shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or
a nominee of such successor Depositary" or to such other effect as the Depositary and the Trustee may agree. 

        Each
Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301 for a Book-Entry Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves
as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so
registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee governing their respective duties and rights with regard to Book-Entry Securities. 

        Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except that each Bearer Security, including any Bearer Security in global form, shall be dated as of the date specified or
contemplated by Section 301. 

        No
Security or Coupon appertaining thereto 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 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as
permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant Coupons then matured have been detached and cancelled. 

 
 

SECTION 304.    Temporary Securities.    

        Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of a 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 and form, with or without Coupons 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
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities and Coupons, if any. Such temporary Securities may be in global form. 

        Except
in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities of any series are issued,
the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and
provisions that are identical to those of any temporary Securities, 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 pursuant to Section 1002 in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor; provided,  however,
that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and  provided, further, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security unless the Trustee shall have received from the person entitled to receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially in the form approved in the 

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Board Resolutions relating thereto and such delivery shall occur only outside the United States. 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 except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the payment of interest on Bearer
Securities in temporary form. 

 
 

SECTION 305.    Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.    

        The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company
maintained pursuant to Section 1002 in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall not be the Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the
Security Register at all reasonable times. In the event that the Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security
Register for such series at all reasonable times. 

        Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 1002 in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of
any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions. 

        At
the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series (except a Book-Entry Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of such series) may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at
such office or agency. Registered Securities may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 

        At
the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities (if the Securities of such series are issuable in registered form) or Bearer
Securities (if Bearer Securities of such series are issuable in more than one denomination and such exchanges are permitted by such series) of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing
Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002,
interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or
agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of
the same series after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date 

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and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may
be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case
may be, shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but
shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 

        Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, a Security in global form representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. 

        If
at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any
time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 303, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such
series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility,
the Company's election pursuant to Section 301(20) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in certificated form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities in global form representing such series in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. 

        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
such global Security or Securities. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such
series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in certificated form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities in
global form representing such series in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. 

        If
specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a global Security of such
series in exchange in
whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge, 

          (i)  to
each Person specified by such Depositary a new certificated Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by
such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the global Security; and 

        (ii)  to
such Depositary a new global security of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global
Security and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof. 

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        In
any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities in certificated form in
authorized denominations. 

        Upon
the exchange of a global Security for Securities in certificated form, such global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Unless expressly provided with respect to the
Securities of any series that such Security may be exchanged for Bearer Securities, Securities issued in exchange for a Book-Entry Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in
such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Book-Entry Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. 

        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 entitling the Holders
thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

        Every
Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing. 

        No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption 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. 

        Except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series for a
period of 15 days before the selection of any Securities of that series for redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security
may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for
redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with
its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid. 

 
 

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

        If
any mutilated Security or Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a new Security with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security. 

        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 or Security with a destroyed, lost
or stolen Coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of 

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either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request 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 with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen Security. 

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security or Coupon, pay such Security or Coupon; provided,
however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional
Amounts with respect to such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto. 

        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 with its Coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its Coupons, if
any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon, 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 and their Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder. 

        The
provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, 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 or Coupons. 

 
 

SECTION 307.    Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts  Preserved.    

        Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered 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. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business
(at an Office or Agency for such Security) on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business (at such Office or Agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefore,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 

        Any
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered 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 

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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 Registered 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 Registered 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 is provided in this
Clause (1). 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 Registered 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. The
Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been 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). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office
or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such Office or
Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest
shall not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. 

        (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. 

        At
the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities of any series that bear interest may be paid (i) by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in
the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the person entitled thereto as specified in the applicable Security Register. 

        Notwithstanding
the above, except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, a Holder of $10,000,000 or more
in aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same series having the same Interest Payment Date shall, upon written request received by the Trustee prior to the Regular Record Date in respect of
an interest payment, or the date which is 15 days before the Stated Maturity or date of redemption of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Securities, as the case may be, be entitled
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(and premium, if any) and interest by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Holder with a bank located in the United States; provided,  however,
that no payment of principal (and premium, if any) will be made without prior presentment and surrender of the Securities.
 

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

 
 

SECTION 308.    Persons Deemed Owners.    

        Prior
to due presentment of a Registered 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 Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest
on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered 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 the 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,
any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a global
Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest. 

        The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer
Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon 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 the 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,
any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a global
Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest. 

 
 

SECTION 309.    Cancellation.    

        All
Securities and Coupons 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 all Securities and Coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities or Coupons
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities or Coupons cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and
Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it, and a certificate evidencing such destruction shall be delivered to the
Company. 

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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. 

 
 

ARTICLE FOUR
  
    SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE    
  

 
  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 Securities of such series and replacement of lost, stolen or mutilated Securities of such series herein expressly provided for) and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series, when 

        (1)  either

        (A)  all
Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to Bearer
Securities of such series surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, surrender of which is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305,
(ii) Securities of such series and Coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, surrender of which has been waived as provided in Section 1106 and (iv) Securities
of such series and Coupons 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 and Coupons of such series 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)  if
redeemable at the option of the Company, 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 (B)(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 sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and Coupons of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and Coupons to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities and
Coupons of such series which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; 

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

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

        In
the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only
if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met. 

        Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 605 and, if Money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 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 and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 401 and 403 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such Money and
Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such Money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

 
 

SECTION 403.    Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series.    

        If
this Section is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series, at the Company's option, either 

        (a)  the
Company will be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series or 

        (b)  the
Company will cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in (i) Article Eight and Section 1006 or
(ii) the terms, provisions or conditions of such series specified pursuant to Section 301 (provided,  however, that the Company may not cease to
comply with any obligations as to which it may not be Discharged pursuant to the definition of "Discharged"),
if, in the case of (a) and (b), with respect to the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series on the 91st day after the applicable conditions set forth below in (x) and either
(y) or (z) have been satisfied: 

        (x)(1)    the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to the Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series (in addition to any
required under (y) or (z)); and 

            (2)    the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of any such series have been complied with; 

        (y)(1)    the
Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as a trust fund specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series (i) an amount (in such currency or currency unit in which the Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of
such series are payable) or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) or, in the case of Securities and 

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Coupons, if any, denominated in a Foreign Currency, Foreign Government Securities (as defined below) denominated in such Foreign Currency, which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment of principal (including any premium), and interest, if any, under the Securities and Coupons, if
any, of such series, Money in an amount or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii) sufficient (in the opinion with respect to (ii) and (iii) of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee) to pay and discharge each installment of principal of (including any premium), and
interest, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due; 

            (2)(i)    no
Event of Default or event (including such deposit) 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, (ii) no Event of Default as defined in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501, or event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become an Event of Default under either such clause, shall have occurred within 90 days after the date of such deposit and (iii) such deposit and the related intended consequence
under
(a) or (b) will not result in any default or event of default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
properties; and 

            (3)    the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee 

        (A)  an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of its option under this Section 403 and will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such option had not been exercised; and 

        (B)  if
the Securities of such series are then listed on any exchange, an Opinion of Counsel that the Securities of such series shall not be delisted as a result of the
exercise of this option; 

        (z)  the
Company has properly fulfilled such other means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to the
Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series. 

        Any
deposits with the Trustee referred to in clause (y)(1) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee. If any Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any mandatory redemption
provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow trust agreement will provide therefor and the Company will make such arrangements as are satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company. 

        "Discharged"
means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the
series as to which this Section is specified as applicable as aforesaid and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, will execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders thereof to receive, from the trust fund described in
clause (y)(1) above, payments of the principal of, premium and the interest, if any, on such Securities and Coupons, if any, when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations
with respect to such Securities and Coupons, if any, under Sections 305 and 306 (insofar as applicable to Securities of such series), 402, 1002 and 1003 (last paragraph only) and the Company's
obligations to the Trustee under Sections 605 and 606 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, will survive such discharge. The 

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Company will reimburse the trust fund for any loss suffered by it as a result of any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Securities, as the case may be, or any principal, premium or interest paid on such Obligations, and,
subject to the provisions of Section 605, will indemnify the Trustee against any claims made against the Trustee in connection with any such loss. 

        "Foreign
Government Securities" as used in Section 403 means, with respect to Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, securities
that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued such currency for the payment of which obligations 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 such government (the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such
government) which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and will also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or
trust company as custodian with respect to any such Foreign Government Obligation or a specified payment of interest on or principal of any such Foreign Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Foreign Government Obligations or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Foreign Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt. 

        "U.S.
Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America 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 of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as
a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and will
also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specified payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction
from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 

 
 

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 or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series when such interest becomes or such Additional
Amounts become 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 deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of
30 days; or 

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        (4)  default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the Securities of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities
other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 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 

        (5)  if
any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any
indebtedness of the Company or its Material Subsidiaries for money borrowed, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in such indebtedness in
principal amount in excess of $100,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded
or annulled, or such indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there shall have 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 such series, a written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the
Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or 

        (6)  the
entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief
or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days, or 

        (7)  the
commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by
it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action; or 

        (8)  any
other Event of Default provided 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
331/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the 

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Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) 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 this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: 

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

        (A)  all
overdue installments of any interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of that series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; 

        (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 interest thereon
and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities; 

        (C)  to
the extent that payment of such interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of any interest and Additional Amounts 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 (and premium, if any,) and interest on, and
any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or Coupon, if any, when such interest or
Additional Amounts become 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 the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or Coupons, if any, the whole amount of Money then due and payable on such
Securities and any Coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and
premium, if any) and on any overdue interest and Additional Amounts, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or Coupons, if any, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of
Money 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 the Money and is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee in its own name and as 

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trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the Money so due and unpaid and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or Coupons, if any, and collect the Money adjudged or decreed to be paid in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or Coupons, if any, 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 or Coupons, if any, by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 

 
 

SECTION 504.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.    

        In
case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of any overdue principal,
premium, interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 

          (i)  to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium,
interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and to file such 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and 

        (ii)  to
collect and receive any Monies 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 of Securities or any Coupons 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 of Securities or any Coupons, 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 605. 

        Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or any Coupon any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or any Coupon in any such proceeding. 

 
 

SECTION 505.    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.    

        All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or
Coupons 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
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shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expense, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and for any other amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 605, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities or any Coupons 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 premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities
or Coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 

        First:
To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 605; and 

        Second:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any), interest and Additional Amounts on the Securities and any Coupons 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 and any Coupons for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, respectively; and 

        Third:
The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. 

 
 

SECTION 507.    Limitation on Suits.    

        No
Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless 

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

        (2)  the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings
in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 

        (3)  such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee 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 or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, 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. 

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SECTION 508.    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional  Amounts.    

        Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated
Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right 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 each such Holder shall be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 or Coupons 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 Security or Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be. 

 
 

SECTION 512.    Control by Holders.    

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

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

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

        (3)  such
direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action. 

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SECTION 513.    Waiver of Past Defaults.    

        The
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons
waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default 

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

        (2)  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.    Waiver of 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 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. 

 
 

SECTION 515.    Judgment Currency.    

        The
following provisions of this Section 515 shall apply to the extent permissible under applicable law: Judgments in respect of any obligations of the Company under any
Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series shall be rendered in the currency or currency unit in which such Securities or Coupons are payable. If for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court
with respect to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Security or Coupon, it shall become necessary to convert into any other currency or currency unit any amount in the currency or
currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or Coupon, then such conversion shall be made at the Conversion Rate (as defined below) as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to
any person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such
Conversion Rate and the Conversion Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is the amount
in such other currency or currency unit which, when converted at the Conversion Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Security or
Coupon. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 515 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due
hereunder or in respect of any Security or Coupon so that in any event the Company's obligations hereunder or under such Security or Coupon will be effectively maintained as obligations in such
currency or currency unit. In no event, however,
shall the Company be required to pay more in the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or Coupon at the Conversion Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of
currency or currency unit stated to be due hereunder or under such Security or Coupon. 

        For
purposes of this Section 515, "Conversion Rate" shall mean the spot rate as determined by the Company at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the currency or
currency unit into which an amount due hereunder or under any Security or Coupon is to be converted could be purchased with the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under any Security or Coupon,
at the option of the Company from major banks located in New York, London or any other principal market for such purchased currency or currency unit. 

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ARTICLE SIX
  
    THE TRUSTEE    
  

 
  SECTION 601.    Certain Rights of Trustee.    

        Subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act: 

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

        (b)  any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (in each case, other than delivery of any
Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, 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 may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; 

        (c)  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 Officers' Certificate; 

        (d)  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; 

        (e)  the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction; 

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

        (g)  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; 

        (h)  the
Trustee shall not be required 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; 

        (i)    prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which it has or is deemed to have notice hereunder, and after the curing or waiver of any Event of Default which may
have occurred, the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
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        (j)    the
Trustee shall not be required to take notice of or be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge thereof, and in the absence of any such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that no such default or Event of Default exists. 

 
 

SECTION 602.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.    

        The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or the sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons, except that the
Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. 

 
 

SECTION 603.    May Hold Securities.    

        The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Trustee or the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, 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 604.    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 605.    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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and 

        (3)  to
indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their 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 themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of their powers or duties hereunder. 

        As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and funds held
or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto. 

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        The
obligations of the Company under this Section 605 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 

 
 

SECTION 606.    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.    

        (a)  No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 607. 

        (b)  The
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance
by a successor Trustee required by Section 607 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 

        (c)  The
Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. 

        (d)  If
at any time: 

        (1)  the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security of
such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, or 

        (2)  the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Holder, or 

        (3)  the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, 

then,
in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (ii) any Holder of a Security 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
removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 

        (e)  if
the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities
of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee 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 607. 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 607,
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 

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Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 607, any Holder of a Security 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. 

        (f)    The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided in Section 105. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 

 
 

SECTION 607.    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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, all property and Money held by 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, subject nevertheless to
its claim, if any, provided for in Section 605. 

        (b)  In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and
each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and
which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to
all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities
of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee
hereunder; 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. 

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

 
 

SECTION 608.    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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. 

 
 

SECTION 609.    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.    

        There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
and that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. 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.    Appointment of Authenticating Agent.    

        The
Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption 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, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation that would be permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a
combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it 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 the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor
of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, 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 the Authenticating Agent. 

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        An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and 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 the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
(i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent
shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once
in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. 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. 

        The
Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If the Trustee makes such payments, it shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 605. 

        The
provisions of Sections 308, 602 and 603 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent. 

        If
an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to
or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: 

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

	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

As Trustee
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By	 	
 As Authenticating Agent
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By	 	
 Authorized Signatory

        If
all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance
located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the
Company with respect to such series of Securities. 

 
 

SECTION 611.    Notice of Defaults.    

        The
Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, mail to all Holders of Securities of that series entitled to
receive reports pursuant to Section 703, notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice;  provided,
however, that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series or in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to such series, the Trustee shall be protected 

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in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of Directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series. For the purpose of this Section the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default. 

 
 

ARTICLE SEVEN
  
    HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY    
  

 
  SECTION 701.    Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of  Holders.    

        In
accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee 

        (a)  semi-annually
with respect to Securities of each series on May 15 and November 15 of each year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of
Holders as of not more than 15 days prior to the applicable date, and 

        (b)  at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, 

provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required
to be furnished. 

 
 

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. 

        Every
Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Security
Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312 of the Trust
Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

 
 

SECTION 703.    Reports by Trustee.    

        (a)  Within
60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301,
if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such May 15
with respect to any of the events specified in such Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture. 

        (b)  The
Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein. 

        (c)  Reports
pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange. 

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SECTION 704.    Reports by Company.    

        The
Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall: 

        (1)  file
with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information,
documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then the Company 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 provided for in this Indenture, as may be required by such rules and regulations; 

        (3)  transmit
to the Holders of the Securities, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and 

        (4)  furnish
to the Trustee, not less often than annually, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all the conditions and covenants under this Indenture. 

 
 

ARTICLE EIGHT
  
    CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE    
  

 
  SECTION 801.    Consolidation, Merger or Sale.    

        Nothing
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not
affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or
lease of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company);  provided, however, that: 

        (a)  in
case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed and delivered by the
successor Person to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium, if any, and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
all the Securities and the performance of every other covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; 

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        (b)  immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no event which, after notice or lapse of time, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing; and 

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

 
 

SECTION 802.    Successor Corporation Substituted.    

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

 
 

ARTICLE NINE
  
    SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    
  

 
  SECTION 901.    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.    

        Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: 

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

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

        (3)  to
add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities; 

        (4)  to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons or to provide for uncertificated (commonly known as "book entry") Securities on terms satisfactory in substance to
the Trustee; 

        (5)  to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions
on the payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Registered Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer
Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form,  provided any such action shall not
aversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any
material respect; 

        (6)  to
change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; 

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        (7)  to
secure the Securities; 

        (8)  to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; 

        (9)  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 607(b); 

        (10) if
allowed without penalty under applicable laws and regulations, to permit payment in the United States of America (including any of the states and the District of
Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities or Coupons, if any; 

        (11) to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; 

        (12) to
add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of
Securities, as herein set forth; or 

        (13) to
supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of
Securities pursuant to Article Four; provided that any such action shall not aversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series
and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect. 

 
 

SECTION 902.    Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.    

        With
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of such
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under
this Indenture; provided, however, that no 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 on any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable
in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment, or change the
coin or currency in which the principal of, any premium or the interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or
after the date for repayment), 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 

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defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or 

        (3)  change
any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 1002, or 

        (4)  modify
any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513, or Section 1007, except to increase any such percentage or to provide with respect to
any particular series the right to condition the effectiveness of any supplemental indenture as to that series on the consent of the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of such series (which provision may be made pursuant to Section 301 without the consent of any Holder) 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 607(b) and 901(9). 

        For
the purposes of this Section 902, if the Securities of any series are issuable upon the exercise of warrants, any holder of an unexercised and unexpired warrant with respect
to such series shall not be deemed to be a Holder of Outstanding Securities of such series in the amount issuable upon the exercise of such warrants. 

        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.    

        As
a condition to 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 shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate each 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.    

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

 
 

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,
including any Coupons, 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 including any Coupons 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 including any Coupons of such series. 

 
 

ARTICLE TEN
  
    COVENANTS    
  

 
  SECTION 1001.    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest and Additional  Amounts.    

        The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. 

        The
interest on Securities with Coupons appertaining thereto shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced
thereby as they severally mature. The interest, if any, on any temporary Bearer Security shall be paid, as to any installment of interest evidenced by a Coupon attached thereto only upon presentation
and surrender of such Coupon and, as to other installments of interest, only upon presentation of such Security for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. 

 
 

SECTION 1002.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.    

        If
Securities of a series are issued as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities and
Coupons, if any 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. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain an office or
agency, (A) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, where Securities of that series and related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed on The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland Limited, the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in London,
Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange and (B) subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for 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 any 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, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may
be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such 

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Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 

        Except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United
States, by check mailed to any address in the United States, by transfer to an account located in the United States or upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer Security or
coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an account located outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of
a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Bearer Security shall be made at the office of the
Company's Paying Agent in Salt Lake City, Utah or in the event that certificated senior notes are issued or if The Depositary Trust Company shall so require, the Company will be required to appoint a
paying agent and security registrar in the City of New York if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices
or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar
restrictions. 

        The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities (including any Coupons, if any) 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 (including any Coupons, if any) 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. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series as Salt
Lake City, Utah and initially appoints the office or agency of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee for such purpose. In the event that certificated senior notes are issued or if The Depositary
Trust Company shall so require, the Company will appoint a paying agent and security registrar in the City of New York. Pursuant to Section 301(6) of this Indenture, the Company may
subsequently appoint a place or places in addition to or other than Salt Lake City, Utah where such Securities may be payable. 

 
 

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 shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum of Money sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any), interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall 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 shall, on or prior to (but in the case of payments to be made at a Place of Payment outside of
the United States, its territories, possessions and areas subject to its jurisdiction, at least one New York Business Day before) each due date of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum of Money sufficient to pay the principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
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        The
Company shall 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 shall: 

        (1)  hold
all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series; and 

        (3)  at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent. 

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

        Any
Money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for 2 years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts shall have 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 and Coupon, if any, 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 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 for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than
2 years after such principal and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such Money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company. 

 
 

SECTION 1004.    Additional Amounts.    

        If
any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional
Amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series
or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the
terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made. 

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        Except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first
Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal is made),
and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in
the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the
Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons
appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such series. If any such
withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or Coupons and the
Company agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and
to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of
them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section. 

 
 

SECTION 1005.    Corporate 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 corporate existence, rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders. 

 
 

SECTION 1006.    Limitation on Liens.    

        Except
as hereinafter in this Section 1006 expressly permitted and as permitted by Section 801, so long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company will not at
any time directly or indirectly create, assume or suffer to exist, and will not cause, suffer or permit any Subsidiary to create, assume or suffer to exist, otherwise than in favor of the Company or a
Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance of or upon or security interest (collectively, "Liens") upon any of its properties or assets, real, personal or mixed, whether owned at the date of
this Indenture or thereafter acquired, or of or upon, any income or profits therefrom, without making effective provision, and the Company covenants that in any such case it will make or cause to be
made effective provision, whereby the Securities then or thereafter Outstanding shall be secured by such Liens equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured,
so long as any such other obligations or indebtedness shall be so secured. 

        Nothing
in this Section 1006 shall be construed to prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from creating, assuming or suffering to exist Liens of the following character, to all of
which the provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 1006 shall not be applicable: 

        (a)  Liens
existing as of the date of this Indenture; 

        (b)  Any
purchase money mortgage or Lien created to secure all or part of the purchase price of any property (or to secure a loan made to the Company or any Subsidiary to
enable it to acquire the property described in such mortgage or in any applicable security agreement); provided that such Lien shall extend only to the
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        (c)  Liens on any property at the time of the acquisition thereof, whether or not assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary;  provided that such
Lien shall extend only to the property so acquired, improvements thereon, replacements thereof and the income or profits therefrom; 

        (d)  Liens
on any property or any contract for the sale of any product or service, or any rights thereunder or any proceeds therefrom, acquired or constructed by the Company
or a Subsidiary, and created not later than twelve months after (i) such acquisition or completion of such construction, or (ii) commencement of operation of such property, whichever is
later; provided that such Lien shall extend only to the property so acquired or constructed, improvements thereon, replacements thereof and the income
or profits therefrom; 

        (e)  Liens
on the properties or assets, real, personal or mixed, of a Subsidiary, or of or upon or in any income or profits therefrom, which is outstanding at the time such
Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary; 

        (f)    Liens
created or assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary on coal, geothermal, oil, natural gas, inert gas, other hydrocarbon or mineral properties owned or leased by the
Company or a Subsidiary to secure loans to the Company or a Subsidiary for the purpose of developing such properties; 

        (g)  Liens
on any investment of the Company or a Subsidiary in any Person other than a Subsidiary or any security representing any investment of the Company or a Subsidiary;
for the purposes of this Clause (g), "investment" means any equity investment in any Person, any obligation of any Person for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property which
is owed to the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and any amount advanced to any person by the Company or any Subsidiary, excluding, however, current accounts payable other than for cash
advances; 

        (h)  Any
Lien not otherwise permitted by this Section 1006 if, after giving effect to the creation or assumption of the proposed mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or
security interest the sum of (i) all indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 1006, and (ii) to the extent not
included in (i) above, all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Capitalization; 

        (i)    Any
refunding or extension of maturity, in whole or in part, of any obligation or indebtedness secured by any Lien created, existing or assumed in accordance with the
provisions of Clauses (a) through (h) above, inclusive, provided that the principal amount of the obligation or indebtedness secured by
such refunding or extended Liens shall not exceed the principal amount of the obligation or indebtedness to be refunded or extended outstanding at the time of such refunding or extension, together
with related financing costs, and that such refunding or extended Liens shall be limited in lien to the same property that secured the obligation or indebtedness refunded or extended, and property
substituted therefor and property acquired after the date thereof and subject to the lien thereof, in accordance with the provisions of such refunding or extension; 

        (j)    Liens
on any office equipment or data processing equipment (including, without limitation, computer and computer peripheral equipment) or any motor vehicles, tractors or
trailers; 

        (k)  Liens
of or upon or in current assets of the Company or a Subsidiary, determined in accordance with GAAP, created or assumed to secure indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business; 

        (l)    Mechanics'
or materialmen's liens; any lien or charge arising by reason of pledges or deposits to secure payment of or to permit participation in workmen's compensation,
unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other Social Security or other insurance or to permit self-insurance; good faith deposits in connection with tenders or leases of real estate,
bids or contracts or in connection with the financing of the acquisition or construction of property to be used in the business of the Company or a 

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Subsidiary; deposits to secure public or statutory obligations; deposits to secure or in lieu of surety, stay or appeal bonds; deposits as security for the payment of taxes or assessments or other
similar charges; judgment liens against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof in an aggregate amount not in excess $5,000,000, or any such judgment lien so long as the finality of such judgment is
being contested and execution thereon is stayed and which has been appealed and secured, if necessary, by the filing of an appeal bond; and liens for taxes or assessments for the current year or which
are not due or which remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith and against which an adequate reserve has been established; 

        (m)  Any
lien arising by reason of deposits with or the giving of any form of security to any governmental agency or any body created or approved by law or governmental
regulation for any purpose at any time in connection with the financing of the acquisition or construction of property to be used in the business of the Company or a Subsidiary, or as required by law
or governmental regulation as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege or license, or to permit the maintenance of self-insurance or participation in
any fund for liability on any insurance risks or in connection with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security or to share in the privileges or benefits
required for companies participating in such arrangements; 

        (n)  Liens
which are payable, both with respect to principal and interest, solely out of the proceeds of natural gas, oil, coal, geothermal resources, inert gas, hydrocarbons
or minerals to be produced from the property subject thereto and to be sold or delivered by the Company or a Subsidiary; 

        (o)  Liens
to secure indebtedness incurred to finance advances made by the Company or any Subsidiary to any third party for the purpose of financing oil, natural gas,
hydrocarbon, inert gas or other mineral exploration or development, provided that such liens shall extend only to the receivables of the Company or such
Subsidiary in respect of such advances; 

        (p)  Any
rights reserved in others to take or reserve any part of the natural gas, oil, coal, geothermal resources, inert gas, other hydrocarbons or mineral produced at any
time on any property of the Company or a Subsidiary; 

        (q)  Any
rights reserved to or vested in, or any obligations or duties to, any person, firm, corporation or governmental authority by the terms of any franchise, grant,
lease, license, easement or permit or by any provision of law with respect to any property of the Company or a Subsidiary. 

        (r)  Leases
(whether pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions or otherwise) now or hereafter existing and any renewals or extensions thereof; 

        (s)  Liens
upon the underlying interests in property covered by any lease, contract, easement or right-of-way existing at the time of the acquisition
thereof; easements or similar encumbrances, the existence of which does not materially impair the use of the property subject thereto for the purposes for which it was acquired; liens upon
rights-of-way for pipeline or distribution plant purposes and undetermined liens and charges incidental to construction or maintenance; or defects and irregularities in the
titles to any property (including right-of-way) which are not material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole; 

        (t)    The
lien reserved in leases for rent and for compliance with the terms of the lease in the case of leasehold estates; 

        (u)  Zoning
laws and ordinances; and 

        (v)  Liens
which secure indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or another Subsidiary. 

        If
at any time the Company or any Subsidiary shall create or assume any Lien to which the covenant in the first paragraph of this Section 1006 is applicable, the Company will
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the Trustee an Officers' Certificate, stating that such covenant has been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that in his opinion such covenant has been complied with and that any
instruments executed by the Company or any Subsidiary in the performance of such covenant complied with the requirements thereof. 

        In
the event that the Company or any Subsidiary shall hereafter secure the Securities equally and ratably with any other obligation or indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 1006, the Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into an indenture supplemental hereto and to take such action, if any, as it may deem advisable to enable it to enforce effectively the
rights of the Holders of the Securities so secured, equally and ratably with such other obligation or indebtedness. 

        The
Trustee may accept an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such supplemental indenture or steps taken to secure the Securities equally and
ratably comply with the provisions of this Section 1006. 

 
 

SECTION 1007.    Waiver of Covenant.    

        The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article Eight and Sections 1005 and 1006, if before the time for such
compliance the Holders of (i) a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities or (ii) in case less than all of the several series of Securities then Outstanding are affected
by the omission, at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series so affected voting as a single 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. 

 
 

SECTION 1008.    Statements as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.    

        (a)  The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by
an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company stating that 

        (1)  a
review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and 

        (2)  to
the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying
each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof. 

        (b)  The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which after notice or lapse of time or both would
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
  
    REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES    
  

 
  SECTION 1101.    Applicability of Article.    

        Securities
(including Coupons, if any) of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified or 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 (including Coupons, if any) shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all
or less than all of the Securities (including Coupons, if any) of any 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 such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities
(including Coupons, if any) prior to
the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. 

 
 

SECTION 1103.    Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.    

        If
less than all the Securities (including Coupons, if any) of any series with the same terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities (including Coupons, if any) to be redeemed
shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities (including Coupons, if any) 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 (including Coupons, if any) of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities (including Coupons, if any) 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 (including Coupons, if any) 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 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, as provided in Section 105. 

        Each
such notice of redemption shall specify the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the Place or Places of Payment, the CUSIP number of such Securities, if any, that the Securities
of such series are being redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to provisions contained in the terms of the Securities of such series or in a supplemental indenture establishing such series,
if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the applicable Securities, that all Coupons,
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subsequent to the date fixed for redemption shall be void, that any interest accrued to the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in such notice, and that on and after such Redemption Date any
interest thereon or, in case of partial redemptions, on the portions thereof to be redeemed, will cease to accrue. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the notice of
redemption shall specify the numbers of the Securities of such series to be redeemed, and, if only Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for
Registered Securities, the last date on which exchanges of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities not subject to redemption may be made. In case any Security of any series is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof and with appropriate Coupons will be issued, or, in the case
of Registered Securities providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holders, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation
on such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof. 

        Notice
of redemption of Securities and Coupons, if any, to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Company. 

 
 

SECTION 1105.    Deposit of Redemption Price.    

        On
or before (but in the case of payments to be made at a Place of Payment outside of the United States, its territories, possessions and areas subject to its jurisdiction, at least one
New York Business Day before) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit in immediately available funds 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 in the relevant currency (or a sufficient number of currency units, as
the case may be) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all the
Securities or portions thereof 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 and the Coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Except as provided in the next succeeding paragraph, upon surrender of any such Security
(including Coupons, if any) for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest and Additional Amounts to
the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for
such interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided,  further, that
installments of interest on Registered Securities 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 Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Bearer Security may be paid after deducting
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surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made
from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,  however, that any interest or Additional Amounts
represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an
office or agency located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided pursuant to Sections 901(10) and 1002. 

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

 
 

SECTION 1107.    Securities Redeemed in Part.    

        Any
Registered Security (including Coupons, if any) 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 Registered Security or Securities (with appropriate Coupons,
if any, attached) of the same series, containing identical terms and provisions, 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 (including Coupons, if any) so surrendered. If a Security in global from is so surrendered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository or other depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, to the Trustee, without service
charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered. 

 
 

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 or any of such Securities in respect of which cash shall have been
released to the Company), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series
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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 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount
of the next ensuing mandatory 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 will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.
Not less than 30 nor more than 60 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. 

 
 

ARTICLE THIRTEEN
  
    REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS    
  

 
  SECTION 1301.    Applicability of Article.    

        Securities
of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such
series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309,
shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the
Trustee with a directive that such Securities be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1301, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company
may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or
before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the
repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers. 

        The
Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee at least 30 days before any tender period related to a repayment pursuant to this Section 1301. 

 
 

ARTICLE FOURTEEN
  
    SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES    
  

 
  SECTION 1401.    Applicability of Article.    

        Whenever
this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are
denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the 

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contrary in the form of Security of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as
that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the noon buying rate in the City of New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no
applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee. 

 
 

ARTICLE FIFTEEN
  
    MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES    
  

 
  SECTION 1501.    Purposes for Which Meetings May be Called.    

        A
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. 

 
 

SECTION 1502.    Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.    

        (a)  The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or, if Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London, as
the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. 

        (b)  In
case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail
the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the
time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series are to issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section. 

 
 

SECTION 1503.    Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.    

        To
be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to
be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel
and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. 

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SECTION 1504.    Quorum; Action.    

        The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders, of Securities of such series;  provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver
which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote
662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than
10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for period of not less than 10 days as determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that such
notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the
percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum. 

        Except
as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution represented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be
adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided,  however, that,
 except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any consent or waiver which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting
duly convened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and  provided, further, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series. 

        Any
resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities
of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not present or represented at the meeting. 

 
 

SECTION 1505.    Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.    

        (a)  Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of
Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the
manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
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provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof. 

        (b)  The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary
chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series represented at the meeting. 

        (c)  At
any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series held or
represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect
of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security
of such series or proxy. 

        (d)  Any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. 

 
 

SECTION 1506.    Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.    

        The
vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signature of the Holders of
Securities of such series or of their representative by proxy and the principal amounts and serial number of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that such notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable,
Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated. 

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

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

	 	 	QUESTAR CORPORATION
	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]	 	By	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:	 	 	 	 
	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee
	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]	 	By	 	
 Name:

Title:
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:	 	 	 	 
	Title:	 	 	 	 

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	STATE OF UTAH	 	)	 	 
	 	 	:	 	SS.:
	COUNTY OF SALT LAKE	 	)	 	 

        On
this    of [            ] 2002 before me personally
appeared                        , who acknowledged himself to be
the                        of QUESTAR
CORPORATION, a Utah corporation, and that he, as such                        , being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the
corporation by himself as such                        . 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set may hand and official seal. 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notary Public
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[STATE OF [                        ]]	 	)	 	 	 	 
	 	 	:	 	SS.:	 	 
	COUNTY OF                        	 	)	 	 	 	 

        On
this            day of [                        ], 2002 before me
personally came                        , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a                        of WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the national banking association
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of
said national banking association; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said national banking association, and that
he signed his name thereto by like authority. 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notary Public
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[NOTARY SEAL]	 	 	 	 	 	 

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