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EXHIBIT 4.3

CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

AND

[                    ]

TRUSTEE

JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE

DATED AS OF [                    ], 20[     ]

 

 

CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

INDENTURE DATED AS OF [                    ], 20[     ]

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*

Showing the Location in the Indenture of the Provisions Inserted Pursuant to Sections 310 to 318(a)
inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

	 	 	 
	PROVISIONS OF	 	 
	TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939	 	INDENTURE PROVISION
	(3)

	 	Not Applicable
	(4)

	 	Not Applicable
	(b)

	 	Section 8.08, Section 8.10
	(c)

	 	Not Applicable
	Section 311(a)

	 	Section 8.13(a)
	(b)

	 	Section 8.13(b)
	(b)(2)

	 	Section 9.03 (a)(ii); Section 9.03(b)
	(c)

	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312(a)

	 	Section 9.01; Section 9.02(a)
	(b)

	 	Section 9.02(b)
	(c)

	 	Section 9.03(a)
	Section 313(a)

	 	Section 9.03(a)
	(b) (1)

	 	Not Applicable
	(2)

	 	Section 9.03(b)
	(c)

	 	Section 9.03(a); Section 9.03(b)
	(d)

	 	Section 9.03(c)
	Section 314(a)

	 	Section 9.04
	(b)

	 	Not Applicable
	(c)

	 	Section 1.02
	(d)

	 	Not Applicable
	(e)

	 	Section 1.02
	(f)

	 	Not Applicable
	Section 315(a)(1)

	 	Section 8.01(a)(i)
	(2)

	 	Section 8.01(a)(ii)
	(b)

	 	Section 8.02
	(c)

	 	Section 8.01(b)
	(d)(1)

	 	Section 8.01(a)
	(2)

	 	Section 8.01(c)(ii)
	(3)

	 	Section 8.01(c)(iii)
	(e)

	 	Section 7.14
	Section 316(a)

	 	Section 7.12; Section 7.13
	(b)

	 	Section 7.08
	(c)

	 	Section 1.04
	Section 317(a)(1), (2)

	 	Section 7.03; Section 7.04
	(b)

	 	Section 12.03
	Section 318(a)

	 	Section 1.08

 

 

 

			
	*	 	This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ONE
	 	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	 	 	1	 
	 
	Section 1.01
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02
	 	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.03
	 	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	 	 	8	 
	Section 1.04
	 	Act of Holders	 	 	9	 
	Section 1.05
	 	Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company	 	 	9	 
	Section 1.06
	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.07
	 	Immunity of Incorporator, Stockholders, Officers and Directors	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.08
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.09
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.10
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.11
	 	Separability Clause	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.12
	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.13
	 	Governing Law	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.14
	 	Cross References	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.15
	 	Counterparts	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.16
	 	Legal Holidays	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.17
	 	Securities in Foreign Currencies	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.18
	 	Treatment of Securities as Debt	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.19
	 	Force Majeure	 	 	12	 
	Section 1.20
	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO
	 	SECURITY FORMS	 	 	12	 
	 
	Section 2.01
	 	Forms Generally	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.02
	 	Form of Certificate of Authentication	 	 	12	 
	Section 2.03
	 	Securities in Global Form	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE
	 	THE SECURITIES	 	 	13	 
	 
	Section 3.01
	 	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	 	 	13	 
	Section 3.02
	 	Denominations	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.03
	 	Authentication and Dating	 	 	16	 
	Section 3.04
	 	Execution of Securities	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.05
	 	Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities	 	 	17	 
	Section 3.06
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.07
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	20	 
	Section 3.08
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	21	 
	Section 3.09
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.10
	 	Cancellation	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.11
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	22	 

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	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.12
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR
	 	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	23	 
	 
	Section 4.01
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.02
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.03
	 	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.04
	 	Notice of Redemption	 	 	23	 
	Section 4.05
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	 	24	 
	Section 4.06
	 	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	 	 	24	 
	Section 4.07
	 	Securities Redeemed in Part	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE
	 	SINKING FUNDS	 	 	25	 
	 
	Section 5.01
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.02
	 	Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	 	25	 
	Section 5.03
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	 	25	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX
	 	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	27	 
	 
	Section 6.01
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	27	 
	Section 6.02
	 	Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any Series	 	 	28	 
	Section 6.03
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	29	 
	Section 6.04
	 	Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held	 	 	30	 
	Section 6.05
	 	Return of Unclaimed Moneys	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SEVEN
	 	REMEDIES	 	 	30	 
	 
	Section 7.01
	 	Events of Default	 	 	30	 
	Section 7.02
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	 	31	 
	Section 7.03
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	32	 
	Section 7.04
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	33	 
	Section 7.05
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.06
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.07
	 	Limitation on Suits	 	 	34	 
	Section 7.08
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.09
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.10
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.11
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	35	 
	Section 7.12
	 	Control by Holders	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.13
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.14
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	36	 
	Section 7.15
	 	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	 	 	37	 

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	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT
	 	THE TRUSTEE	 	 	37	 
	 
	Section 8.01
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	 	 	37	 
	Section 8.02
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.03
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	38	 
	Section 8.04
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	40	 
	Section 8.05
	 	May Hold Securities	 	 	40	 
	Section 8.06
	 	Money Held in Trust	 	 	40	 
	Section 8.07
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	40	 
	Section 8.08
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.09
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Different Trustees for Different Series; Eligibility	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.10
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	 	 	41	 
	Section 8.11
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	 	 	43	 
	Section 8.12
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	 	 	44	 
	Section 8.13
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims against Company	 	 	44	 
	Section 8.14
	 	Authenticating Agent	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE
	 	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	 	 	45	 
	 
	Section 9.01
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	 	 	45	 
	Section 9.02
	 	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	 	 	46	 
	Section 9.03
	 	Reports by Trustee	 	 	47	 
	Section 9.04
	 	Reports by Company	 	 	47	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN
	 	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER	 	 	48	 
	 
	Section 10.01
	 	Company May Consolidate, etc	 	 	48	 
	Section 10.02
	 	Successor Substituted	 	 	48	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN
	 	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	49	 
	 
	Section 11.01
	 	Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders	 	 	49	 
	Section 11.02
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	 	 	50	 
	Section 11.03
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	51	 
	Section 11.04
	 	Notice of Supplemental Indenture	 	 	51	 
	Section 11.05
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	52	 
	Section 11.06
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	52	 
	Section 11.07
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	 	 	52	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWELVE
	 	COVENANTS	 	 	52	 
	 
	Section 12.01
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	52	 
	Section 12.02
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	52	 
	Section 12.03
	 	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust	 	 	53	 
	Section 12.04
	 	Statement as to Compliance	 	 	54	 

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	 	 	 	 	PAGE	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.05
	 	Corporate Existence	 	 	54	 
	Section 12.06
	 	Permit No Vacancy in Office of Trustee	 	 	54	 
	Section 12.07
	 	Waiver	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN
	SUBORDINATION OF THE SECURITIES	 	 	54	 
	 
	Section 13.01
	 	Agreement to Subordinate	 	 	54	 
	Section 13.02
	 	Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy	 	 	55	 
	Section 13.03
	 	Default on Senior Indebtedness	 	 	55	 
	Section 13.04
	 	Acceleration of Payment of Securities	 	 	55	 
	Section 13.05
	 	When Distribution Must Be Paid Over	 	 	56	 
	Section 13.06
	 	Subrogation	 	 	56	 
	Section 13.07
	 	Relative Rights	 	 	56	 
	Section 13.08
	 	Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company	 	 	56	 
	Section 13.09
	 	Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent	 	 	57	 
	Section 13.10
	 	Distribution or Notice to Representative	 	 	57	 
	Section 13.11
	 	Article Thirteen Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Accelerate	 	 	57	 
	Section 13.12
	 	Trust Monies Not Subordinated	 	 	57	 
	Section 13.13
	 	Trustee Entitled to Rely	 	 	57	 
	Section 13.14
	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination	 	 	58	 
	Section 13.15
	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness	 	 	58	 
	Section 13.16
	 	Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions	 	 	58	 

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     JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE, dated as of [                    ], 20[     ], between CITIZENS
REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC., a Michigan corporation, having its principal office at 328 South Saginaw
Street, Flint, Michigan 48502 (the “Company”), and [                    ], a [                    ], having its
designated corporate trust office at [                    ], as trustee hereunder (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     The Company is authorized to borrow money for its corporate purposes and to issue debentures,
notes or other evidences of unsecured indebtedness therefor; and for its corporate purposes, the
Company has determined to make and issue its debentures, notes or other evidences of unsecured
indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”), as hereinafter provided, up to
such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized by or pursuant to the
authority granted in one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors.

     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained
and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof, and for other valuable
considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in order to declare the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities are to be issued, IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND
AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, that all the Securities are to be executed,
authenticated and delivered subject to the further covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth;
and the Company, for itself and its successors, does hereby covenant and agree to and with the
Trustee and its successors in said trust, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Securities,
or any of them, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, of all indentures
supplemental hereto and all Securities issued hereunder except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires: (a) the terms defined in this Article shall have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular; (b) all
terms used in this Indenture, in any indenture supplemental hereto or in any such Securities which
are defined in the Trust Indenture Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Act; (c)
all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein or in such Securities shall have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     Certain terms used in Article Eight hereof are defined in that Article.

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

 

 

     “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.

     “Authenticating Agent”: See Section 8.14 hereof.

     “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in the same city in which the
Place of Payment with respect to Securities of a series shall be located or in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, printed in the English language 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 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
in different Authorized Newspapers.

     “Bearer Rules” means the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect from time to time,
governing the treatment of bearer obligations and any regulations thereunder including, to the
extent applicable to any series of Securities, proposed or temporary regulations.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of
that board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution or resolutions 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.

     “Business Day” means (i) when used with respect to any payment, each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the Place of
Payment with respect to such payment are authorized or required by law or executive order to close
and (ii) when used for any other purpose, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close.

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

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

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     “Company Consent,” “Company Order” and “Company Request” mean, respectively, a written
consent, order or request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board, any one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its
Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, any one of its Vice Presidents, its
Treasurer, any one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Controller, any one of its Assistant
Controllers, its Secretary or any one of its Assistant Secretaries, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office of [                    ],
at the date of the execution of this Indenture, is located at [                    ].

     “corporation” means a corporation, association, company or business trust.

     “Defaulted Interest”: See Section 3.08 hereof.

     “Depositary” when used with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued, in
whole or in part, in the form of a Global Security, means the Person designated as Depositary by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 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” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the
Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

     “Dollars” and the sign “$” mean 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.

     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     “Event of Default”: See Section 7.01 hereof.

     “Federal Bankruptcy Code”: See Section 7.01 hereof.

     “Foreign Currency” means any currency issued by the government of any country other than the
United States of America or any composite currency (including, without limitation, the European
Currency Unit).

     “Global Security” means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of
Securities which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

     “Holder” means, unless otherwise established as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to
the Securities of any series, a Person in whose name a Security of any series is registered in the
Securities Register for the Securities of such series.

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time as herein provided, and shall include the form and terms of the
Securities of each series established as contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 3.01.

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     “interest” when used with respect to any non-interest bearing Security means interest payable
after Maturity thereof.

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

     “Issue Date” means the first date on which Securities are issued pursuant to this Indenture.

     “Maturity” when used with respect to any Security means the date on which the principal of
such Security becomes due and payable whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption, pursuant to a sinking fund, notice of option to elect repayment
or otherwise.

     “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the Company signed by its Chairman of the
Board, its Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board, any one of its Vice Chairmen, its
President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, any one of its Vice
Presidents, its General Counsel, its Treasurer, any one of its Assistant Treasurers, its
Controller, any one of its Assistant Controllers, its Secretary or any one of its Assistant
Secretaries, and delivered to the Trustee. Wherever this Indenture requires that an Officer’s
Certificate be signed also by an accountant or other expert, such accountant or other expert
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) may be in the employ of the Company.

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

     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security less than the principal amount of which
becomes due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof.

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

     (a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;

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

     (c) Securities paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by a holder in due course; provided, however, that in

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determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities Outstanding
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded (Securities so owned which have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor), and (ii) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof.

     “Overdue Rate” when used with respect to the Securities of any series means the rate
designated as such, established as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities of such series.

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

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

     “Permitted Junior Securities” shall mean unsecured debt or equity securities of the Company or
any successor corporation issued pursuant to a plan of reorganization or readjustment of the
Company, as applicable, that are subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as applicable, at least to the same extent that the Securities are
subordinated to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

     “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, if any, on the Securities of such
series are specified as payable, established as contemplated by Section 3.01 or, if not so
established, specified in Section 12.02.

     “Predecessor Securities” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and for the
purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 hereof in
lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

     “record date”: See Section 3.08 hereof.

     “Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant hereto.

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     “Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed on
any Redemption Date means the price at which it is to be so redeemed, established as contemplated
by Section 3.01 exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to such Redemption Date.

     “Representative” means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior
Indebtedness; provided that if, and for so long as, such Senior Indebtedness lacks such a
Representative, then the Representative for such Senior Indebtedness shall at all times constitute
the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such
Senior Indebtedness.

     “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer of the Trustee
authorized by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

     “Securities”: See RECITALS OF THE COMPANY herein.

     “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar”: See Section 3.05 hereof.

     “Senior Indebtedness” with respect to the Company means the principal, premium (if any) and
interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is
allowed in such proceeding) on and of all indebtedness and obligations (other than the Securities,
but including any debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued under the Senior
Indenture or Senior Subordinated Indenture) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company that (i)
are for borrowed money (ii) are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) represent obligations to policyholders of insurance or investment contracts, (iv) represent a
reimbursement obligation with respect to a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar
facility, or (v) represent the deferred purchase price of property or services, in each case,
whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and
all amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of such indebtedness and
obligations, unless in any such case the instrument by which such indebtedness or obligations are
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, or are otherwise evidenced, provides that
they are subordinated, or are not superior, in right of payment to the Securities; provided,
however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include, as applicable: (1) any obligation of the
Company to any Subsidiary of the Company, (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other
taxes owed or owing by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (3) any accounts payable or
other liability to trade creditors (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such
liabilities) (4) any obligations with respect to any capital stock of the Company, or (5) any
indebtedness which by its terms is expressly made equal in rank and payment with or subordinated to
the Securities. If any Senior Indebtedness is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant to the
provisions of Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable state fraudulent
conveyance law, such Senior Indebtedness nevertheless will constitute Senior Indebtedness.

     “Senior Indenture” means an Indenture, dated as of [                    ], 20[     ], between the Company
and [                    ], as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time.

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     “Senior Subordinated Indenture” means a Subordinated Indenture, dated as of [                    ],
20[___], between the Company and [                    ], as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to
time.

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

     “Subsidiary” of any Person means (i) any corporation of which such Person at the time owns or
controls, directly or through an intervening medium, more than fifty per cent (50%) of each class
of outstanding Voting Stock, (ii) any limited liability company, general partnership, joint
venture, joint stock company or similar entity, of which such Person at the time owns or controls,
directly or through an intervening medium, more than fifty per cent (50%) of its outstanding
partnership, membership or similar voting interests, as the case may be and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person, directly or through an intervening medium, is a general partner,
and unless otherwise specified shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company.

     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
and, subject to the provisions of Article Eight hereof, shall also include its successors and
assigns as Trustee hereunder. If there shall be at any one time more than one Trustee hereunder,
“Trustee” shall mean each such Trustee and shall apply to each such Trustee only with respect to
the Securities of those series with respect to which it is serving as Trustee.

     “Trust Indenture Act” and “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.06
hereof.

     “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which 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 payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof, and which shall also include a depository receipt issued by a
bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such obligation set forth in (i) or (ii)
above or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such 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
obligation evidenced by such depository receipt or the specific payment of interest on or principal
of such obligation.

     “Vice President” when used with respect to the Company 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 having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees

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of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or
classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

     Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
(including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have
been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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     Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by
an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel,
as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her
certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous.

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

     Section 1.04 Act 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 agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 8.01 hereof) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section 1.04.

     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in any manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable requirements as the Trustee may determine.

     (c) The ownership of Securities of any series shall be proved by the Securities Register.

     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by
the Holder of any Security shall bind 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 or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

     (e) The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders
entitled to vote or consent or take any other action under this Indenture, which record date shall
not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days prior to the solicitation with respect thereto, and
only such Holders shall be so entitled.

     Section 1.05 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

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     (a) 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

     (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (except as provided in Subsection (d) of Section 7.01 hereof) if in writing (including
telecopy) and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

     Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect
to other Holders. Any notice mailed in the manner prescribed by this Indenture shall be deemed to
have been given whether or not such Holder receives said notice. Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such
notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

     Section 1.07 Immunity of Incorporator, Stockholders, Officers and Directors. No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or the interest, if
any, on any Security of any series, or for any claim based thereon, or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or indirectly through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Securities are
solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is
incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or any
successor corporation, because of the incurring of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or
by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any
of the Securities, or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that all such personal liability is
hereby expressly released and waived as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the
execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

     Section 1.08 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with any provision deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such deemed-included provision shall control.

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     Section 1.09 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.

     Section 1.10 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

     Section 1.11 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof or of any Securities shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.

     Section 1.12 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.

     Section 1.13 Governing Law. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the laws of the State of New York and this Indenture and each Security for all
purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

     Section 1.14 Cross References. All references herein to “Articles” and other
subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles or other subdivisions of this Indenture; and the
words “herein” “hereof” “hereby” “hereunder” “hereinbefore” and “hereinafter” and other words of
similar purport refer to this Indenture generally and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision hereof.

     Section 1.15 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

     Section 1.16 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated Maturity of a Security of any series is not a Business Day at the relevant Place of
Payment with respect to Securities of such series, then notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or the Securities, payment of interest, if any, or principal and premium, if any, with
respect to such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date but may be made on
the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made
on such Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall
accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

     Section 1.17 Securities in Foreign Currencies. Whenever this Indenture provides for
any action by, or any distribution to, Holders of Securities denominated in Dollars and in any
Foreign Currency, in the absence of any provision to the contrary established as contemplated by
Section 3.01 for the Securities of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that

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amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange
and as of such date as the Company may specify in a Company Order.

     Section 1.18 Treatment of Securities as Debt. It is intended that the Securities
shall be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions
of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

     Section 1.19 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable
for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused
by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

     Section 1.20 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

     Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to Board Resolution or 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 any 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 any law or with any rules made
pursuant thereto or with any rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.

     The definitive Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.

     Section 2.02 Form of Certificate of Authentication. The Certificate of Authentication
on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:

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

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	 	[                    ], as Trustee

 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	or 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	[As Authenticating Agent] 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	[As Authorized Officer] 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

     Section 2.03 Securities in Global Form. If any Security of a series is issuable as a
Global Security (in whole or in part), such Global Security may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time represented
thereby in the records of the Trustee or endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby in the records of the
Trustee or endorsed thereon may from time to time be reduced or increased. Any change in the
records of the Trustee or any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the aggregate principal
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with provisions established as contemplated by Section
3.01.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

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

     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of any
Securities of any series:

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

     (b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may
be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to Section 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 4.07, or 11.07 hereof);

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

     (d) the Persons to whom interest on Securities of such series shall be payable, if other than
the Persons in whose names such Securities are registered at the close of business on the record
date for such interest;

     (e) the rate or rates, or the method to be used in determining the rate or rates, at which the
Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest

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Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and, if other than as set forth in
Section 3.08 hereof, the record date for the determination of Holders to whom such interest is
payable, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other than as set forth in
Section 3.11;

     (f) the place or places at which (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on Securities of such series shall be payable if other than as set forth in the third sentence
of Section 12.02, (ii) registration of transfer of Securities of such series may be effected, (iii)
exchanges of Securities of such series may be effected and notice and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served; and (iv) if
such is the case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable without the presentment or
surrender thereof;

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

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

     (i) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Foreign Currencies in which payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series shall be
payable or in which such Securities will be denominated;

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

     (k) if denominated or payable in any coin or currency, including composite currencies, other
than Dollars, or if the terms of the Securities provide that the principal amount thereof payable
at maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance, the
method by which the Securities of such series shall be valued, which may be any reasonable method,
against the Securities of all other series for voting, the giving of any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, distribution and all other purposes hereof and
any provisions required for purposes of applying Sections 6.01 and 6.02 hereof;

     (l) if the amount of payments of principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Securities of such series may be determined with reference to an index, the formula or other method
(which may be based on one or more currencies (including a composite currency), commodities, equity
indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

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

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     (n) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of such series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

     (o) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default or any covenant of
the Company specified herein with respect to the Securities of such series;

     (p) if other than the rate of interest stated in the title of the Securities of such series,
the applicable Overdue Rate;

     (q) if the Securities of such series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes
of Section 9.01 hereof;

     (r) the inapplicability to the Securities of such series of Section 6.02 relating to
satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of Securities or, if applicable, any modification to Section
6.02 with respect to the Securities of such series;

     (s) if other than [                    ] is to act as Trustee for the Securities of such series, the
name and Corporate Trust Office of such Trustee;

     (t) whether the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a
Global Security or Securities and, in such case the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other definitive Securities,
the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities (which shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, or any other applicable statute or regulation, to the extent required
thereunder), whether such Global Security shall be permanent or temporary, any limitations on the
rights of the Holder or Holders to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain the registration of
transfer thereof in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.05, any limitations on
the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain certificates in definitive form, and, the
provisions for determining the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities from time to
time represented thereby and any and all matters incidental to such Global Security or Securities;

     (u) if the Securities of such series may be converted into or exchanged for other securities
of the Company or any other Persons, the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Securities of
such series may be converted or exchanged;

     (v) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in securities or
other property, the type and amount of such securities or other property, or the method by which
such amount shall be determined, and the periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, any such election may be made;

     (w) if the Securities of any such series are to be issuable as bearer securities, any and all
matters incidental thereto;

     (x) if the Securities of such series are to be issued upon the exercise of a warrant or right,
the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered; and

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     (y) any and all other terms of the Securities of such series including any terms which may be
required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with
the marketing of Securities of that series.

     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to principal
amount and except as may otherwise be established as contemplated by this Section 3.01.

     Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on
which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest,
if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on
which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates. Unless otherwise provided,
a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

     Section 3.02 Denominations. Unless otherwise established as contemplated by Section
3.01, the Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in
such denominations as shall be established as contemplated by Section 3.01 or in the absence
thereof, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

     Section 3.03 Authentication and Dating. At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed
by the Company to the Trustee for authentication. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, said
Securities pursuant to a Company Order. In authenticating (or causing authentication of) such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with, prior to the authentication of such Securities, and
(subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.03 hereof) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon:

     (a) a Board Resolution relating thereto and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any
action taken pursuant to such resolution, in each case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company;

     (b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any, relating thereto;

     (c) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the Securities of such series
as established as contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 hereof (to the extent not set forth in the
documents delivered pursuant to Subsection 3.03(a) or 3.03(b)) and stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of such Securities have been
complied with, that no Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any Series has occurred
and is continuing and that the issuance of such Securities is not and will not result in (i) an
Event of Default or an event or condition which, upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default or (ii) a default under the provisions of any other
instrument or agreement by which the Company is bound; and

     (d) an Opinion of Counsel stating

          (i) that the form and terms of such Securities have been established as contemplated by
Sections 2.01 and 3.01 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

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          (ii) that such Securities, when executed and delivered by the Company, and authenticated and
delivered by or on behalf of the Trustee in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in
such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights,
to general principles of equity and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do
not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities. The Trustee shall have the right
to decline to authenticate and deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities
under this Section 3.03 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may
not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose
the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or would otherwise adversely affect its
rights, duties, obligations or immunities hereunder.

     Unless otherwise provided in the form of Securities of any particular series, each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     Section 3.04 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed in the name and
on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signatures of its Chairman of the Board, any
one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer
or any one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal (which may be printed, engraved or
otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise) and attested to by its Secretary or any
one of its Assistant Secretaries, whose signatures may be manual or facsimile. Only such Securities
as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore
recited, executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by or on
behalf of the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that
the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to
be such officer before the Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by or
on behalf of the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Securities nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Securities had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company
by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper
officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person
was not such an officer.

     Section 3.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities. Securities of any
series (except for Global Securities, which may only be exchanged in limited circumstances
described below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same
series of other authorized denominations. Unless otherwise established as contemplated by Section
3.01, Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at any of the offices or agencies of the
Company maintained as provided in Section 12.02 hereof for such purpose, and the Company shall
execute and register, or cause to be registered, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, or
cause to be authenticated and delivered, in exchange therefor the Security or Securities which the
Holder making such exchange shall be entitled to receive.

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     Unless otherwise established as contemplated by Section 3.01, the Company shall keep at the
office or agency in the same city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, a
register for the Securities of each series issued hereunder (the register maintained at such office
or agency and at any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
collectively referred to as the “Securities Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of
such series and registration of transfer of such Securities as provided in this Article. Such
Securities Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed “Securities
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and registering transfers of Securities as
herein provided. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at
any of the offices or agencies of the Company maintained as provided in Section 12.02 hereof for
such purpose, the Company shall execute and register, or cause to be registered, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series in authorized
denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount.

     Every Security issued upon registration of transfer or exchange of Securities pursuant to this
Section 3.05 shall be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Security or Securities surrendered upon
registration of such transfer or exchange.

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

     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.07, 4.07 or 11.07 hereof not involving any
transfer.

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

     Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single
Security for all purposes of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, no Global Security shall be registered for transfer or
exchange, or authenticated or delivered, pursuant to this Section 3.05 or Sections

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3.06, 3.07, 4.07 or 11.07 in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Security
or its nominee until (i) the Depositary with respect to a Global Security notifies the Company in
writing that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or the
Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or other applicable
statute or regulation if required thereunder, and the Company notifies the Trustee that it is
unable to locate a qualified successor Depositary, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so transferable and exchangeable or
there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such Series. Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series of any one or more
of the conditions specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence or such other
conditions as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such series, such Global
Security may be registered for transfer or exchange for Securities registered in the names of, or
authenticated and delivered to, such Persons as the Depositary with respect to such series shall
instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee, upon receipt of such instruction, will authenticate
and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing
such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

     Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, any Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer or, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Section 3.05, Section 3.06, 3.07, 4.07 or 11.07 or otherwise,
shall also be a Global Security. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, a Global
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such Global Security to a
nominee of such Depositary or to another Depositary or a nominee thereof or by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or to another Depositary or a
nominee thereof.

     Upon such terms established as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Depositary for the Securities of such series may surrender a Global Security for
such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series of like tenor and terms
and in definitive form. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a
Company Order shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to the Depositary or to
each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like
tenor and terms in definitive form and 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 and terms and in a
principal amount equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered pursuant to clause (i).

     Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive form, such Global Security
shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Definitive Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section shall either be in global form, established as contemplated by Sections
2.01 and 3.01, or shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations and
delivered to the Depositary or to such Persons at such addresses as the Depositary for such Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee in writing.

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     Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. In case any temporary
or definitive Security of any series shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, and in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company in the case of a mutilated Security shall, and in the case of a lost,
stolen or destroyed Security may in its discretion, execute, and upon a Company Request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, a new Security of the
same series bearing a number, letter or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen, or if any such Security shall have
become due and payable or shall be about to become due and payable, instead of issuing a
substituted Security, the Company may pay or authorize the payment of the same without surrender
thereof (except in the case of a mutilated Security). In every case the applicant for a substituted
Security shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft,
the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

     Upon the issuance of any substituted Security under this Section 3.06, 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 and any
Authenticating Agent) connected therewith.

     Every substituted Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section
3.06 by virtue of the fact that any Security of such series is destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition
that the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.06 are exclusive with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) any and all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

     Section 3.07 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series the Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, or cause to
be authenticated and delivered, temporary Securities of such series (printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced). Temporary Securities shall be issuable in any
authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which
they are issued but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee.
Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated by or on
behalf of Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same
effect, as the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued. Without unreasonable delay
the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of such series and
thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor,
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provided in Section 12.02 hereof for such purpose, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, in exchange for such temporary Securities an
equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series. Such exchange shall be
made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor except that in case of any
such exchange involving any registration of transfer the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.
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 authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07, Global
Securities may remain in temporary form and, unless otherwise established as contemplated by
Section 3.01, shall not be exchangeable for definitive Global Securities.

     Section 3.08 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. The Holder at the close
of business on any record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to
receive the interest, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the
cancellation of such Securities upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the record date and
prior to such Interest Payment Date. Except as otherwise established as contemplated by Section
3.01 for Securities of a particular series, the term “record date” as used in this Section 3.08
with respect to any Interest Payment Date, shall mean the last day of the calendar month preceding
such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar
month, and shall mean the fifteenth day of the calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date
if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of the calendar month, whether or not such day shall
be a Business Day.

     If and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such
Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such record date by virtue of having been such
Holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

     (a) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Holders entitled thereto at
the close of business on a subsequent record date established in the following manner. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
applicable Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Holders entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause (a) provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall not be 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 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 record date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto
at his address as it appears on the Securities Register, not less than 10 days prior to such record
date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the record date therefor having
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such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Holders of applicable Securities at the close of
business on such record date (notwithstanding the cancellation of such Securities upon any transfer
or exchange subsequent to such record date and prior to such payment) and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (b).

     (b) 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
the Securities of such series 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 (b), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 3.08, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon
registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

     Section 3.09 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to the due presentment for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and premium, if any and (subject to Section 3.08 hereof) interest, if any,
on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.

     None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Securities Registrar shall have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests and they shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting on any such information provided by the Depositary.

     Section 3.10 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, exchange or registration of transfer or for credit against any sinking fund shall, if
surrendered to the Company or any Paying Agent or any Securities Registrar, be surrendered to the
Trustee and promptly cancelled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly
cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by
any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities in
accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation.

     Section 3.11 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise established as contemplated
by Section 3.01 hereof for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

     Section 3.12 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that

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no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE FOUR

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     Section 4.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to all Securities which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as otherwise
established as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof for Securities of any series.

     Section 4.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to
redeem any Securities of any series shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of a 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) deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth
such Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and
stating that no default in payment of interest or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
with respect to the Securities of such series.

     Section 4.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the
Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of such series to be
redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (which is in compliance with the requirements of any
national securities exchange on which such Securities are listed) and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities
of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities of a denomination
greater than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Security 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 Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed, whether or not such provisions so provide.

     Section 4.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given electronically
or by mailing first-class, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Securities Register. Neither the failure to provide such notice, nor any defect in any notice so

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provided, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders.

     All notices of redemption shall state:

     (a) the Redemption Date,

     (b) the Redemption Price, and accrued interest, if any,

     (c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the
Securities of such series to be redeemed,

     (d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any,
to the Redemption Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security, and that interest
thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date,

     (e) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
and accrued interest, if any,

     (f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if that be the case, and

     (g) the applicable CUSIP number, if any.

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

     Section 4.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before any Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.03 hereof) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all the
Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.

     Section 4.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption
Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price thereof together with accrued interest, if
any, thereon to the Redemption Date, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price and such accrued interest, if any) such Securities or
portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in
accordance with said notice such Securities or specified portions thereof shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
Installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant record dates according
to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.08 hereof.

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     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof on such
Redemption Date, the principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.

     Section 4.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Security of any series which is to be
redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place of Payment (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, or cause
to be authenticated and delivered, to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal amount of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE FIVE

SINKING FUNDS

     Section 5.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities except as otherwise established as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment established as contemplated by Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any
permitted payment in excess of such minimum amount established as contemplated by Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.”

     Section 5.02 Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. In lieu
of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a
series in cash, the Company may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of that series
theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, or (b) receive credit for the principal
amount of Securities of that series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking
fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities; 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 mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.

     Section 5.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior
to each sinking fund payment date for the Securities of any series, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee a certificate signed by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company specifying
the amount of such next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, 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 such series pursuant to Section 5.02 (which Securities will
accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to make any permitted optional sinking
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state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to Securities of
such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be
obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
certificate when due (or to deliver the Securities specified in this Section 5.03) the sinking fund
payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for Securities of that series shall be
paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities
subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as
provided in Section 5.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, in
connection therewith.

     Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with respect to the Securities of
any particular series made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments
with respect to Securities of such series made in cash which shall equal or exceed $100,000 or the
equivalent thereof in the Foreign Currency in which such series is denominated (or a lesser sum if
the Company shall so request) shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date on
which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the
sinking fund payment date following the date of such payment) to the redemption of such Securities
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for operation of the sinking fund together
with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption. Any sinking fund moneys not so
applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of such Securities shall be added to the next
cash sinking fund payment received by the Trustee for Securities of such series and, together with
such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.03. Any and all
sinking fund moneys with respect to the Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee on
the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Securities of such series and not held for the
payment or redemption of particular Securities shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other
moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal
of the Securities of such series at Maturity.

     The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in the first paragraph of Section 4.03 hereof and the Company shall cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 4.04 hereof. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 4.06 and 4.07 hereof.

     On or before any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money sufficient to pay any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Securities or
portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 5.03.

     The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of any series with sinking fund moneys or mail any
notice of redemption of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund therefor during
the continuance of a default in payment of interest on Securities of such series or of any Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect
to Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption of any Securities of such
series shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee
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deposited with the Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article.
Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for Securities of such series at the time when
any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking
fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the
payment of such Securities; provided, however, that in case such Event of Default or default shall
have been cured or waived as, provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next
sinking fund payment date for such Securities on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 5.03.

ARTICLE SIX

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     Section 6.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to
be of further effect with respect to the Securities of any series (except as to the rights of
Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, from the trust funds described in
paragraph (a) of this Section 6.01, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on such Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal, premium, if any, or
installment of interest, if any, the Company’s obligations with respect to such Outstanding
Securities of such series under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 6.05 and 12.02 as may be applicable to
Outstanding Securities of such series, and the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee for the Securities of such series, on demand
of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, when

     (a) either

          (i) all the Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A)
Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 3.06 hereof and (B) Securities of such series for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent for the Securities of such
series 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 6.05 hereof) have been delivered to such
Trustee for cancellation; or

          (ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to such Trustee for cancellation

               (A) have become due and payable, or

               (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

               (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to such
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by such Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,

     and the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee irrevocably as trust
funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of

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the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, with reference to this Section 6.01,
(i) money in an amount in the currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated or
(ii) U.S. Government Obligations in the case of Securities denominated in Dollars or obligations
issued or guaranteed by the government which issued the currency in which the Securities of such
series are denominated in the case of Securities denominated in Foreign Currencies, which through
the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide, not later than the opening of business on the due date of any payment referred to below,
money in an amount in the currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated, or (iii)
a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to such Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities of such series which have become due
and payable), or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

     (b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company
in connection with Outstanding Securities of such series, including all fees and expenses of the
Trustee for such series; and

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

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of any series, the obligations of the Company with respect to Securities of any other
series and to the Trustee for the Securities of such series under Section 8.07 hereof shall survive
such satisfaction and discharge, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture with respect to the applicable series.

     Section 6.02 Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any Series.
Unless otherwise established, as contemplated by Section 3.01, with respect to Securities of any
series, the Company shall, notwithstanding Section 6.01, be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of any such series from and after the
ninety-first day after the date of the deposit referred to in paragraph (a) below, the provisions
of this Indenture (except as to the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to
receive, from the trust funds described in paragraph (a) below, payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity of
such principal, premium, if any, or installment of interest, if any, the Company’s obligations with
respect to such Outstanding Securities of such series under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 6.05 and 12.02 as
may be applicable to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the rights, powers, trusts, duties,
indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder) shall no longer be in effect in respect of
Outstanding Securities of such series, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness; provided
that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

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     (a) the Company is permitted pursuant to Article Thirteen to deposit or cause to be deposited
and has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee irrevocably as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of all
Outstanding Securities of such series, with reference to this Section 6.02, (i) money in an amount
in the currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated or U.S. Government
Obligations in the case of Securities denominated in Dollars or obligations issued or guaranteed by
the government which issued the currency in which the Securities are denominated in the case of
Securities denominated in Foreign Currencies, which through the payment of interest and principal
in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the opening of
business on the due date of any payment referred to in this paragraph (a), money in an amount in
the currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated, or (iii) a combination
thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities of such series for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, to the Stated Maturity as such principal, premium, if any,
or interest, if any, becomes due and payable in accordance with the term of this Indenture and the
Securities of such series;

     (b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company
in connection with the Outstanding Securities of such series, including all fees and expenses of
the Trustee for such series; and

     (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities of such series
have been complied with.

     Section 6.03 Application of Trust Money.

     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.05, all money, U.S. Government Obligations and
other government obligations deposited with the Trustee for the Securities of any series pursuant
to Section 6.01 or 6.02, and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government
Obligations and such other government obligations deposited with the Trustee for the Securities of
any series pursuant to Section 6.01 or 6.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities of such series 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 of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law and the Trustee shall have no liability to pay
interest thereon or for the investment thereof. Money and securities so held in trust are not
subject to Article Thirteen.

     (b) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company request any
U.S. Government Obligations, other government obligations or money held by it as provided in
Sections 6.01 and 6.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in
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deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations, other government
obligations or money were deposited or received.

     Section 6.04 Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the appropriate Trustee, and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys.

     Section 6.05 Return of Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Securities of any series pursuant to this Article, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on Securities of such series and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of
Securities of such series for two years after the date upon which the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and
payable, shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company by such Trustee or any Paying Agent
on demand or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
any such Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

ARTICLE SEVEN

REMEDIES

     Section 7.01 Events of Default. “Event of Default” whenever used herein with respect
to Securities of any series means any one of the following events and such other events as may be
established with respect to the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof,
continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of notice, if any, designated herein
or therein, as the case may be, unless the same is either not applicable to the Securities of such
series or is deleted or modified in the terms of the Securities of such series established as
contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof:

     (a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of such series when the same
becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article Thirteen, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of
an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or

     (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of such series at its Maturity, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article
Thirteen; or

     (c) default in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation
when the same becomes due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series; or

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     (d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in
respect of the Securities of such series contained in this Indenture or in such Securities (other
than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such series a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 7.01 specifically dealt with) or
established as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof for the Securities of such 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 for the Securities of such series, or
to the Company and such Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such 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

     (e) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises 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 Title
11 of the United States Code as now constituted or hereafter amended (the “Federal Bankruptcy
Code”) or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a 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 unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

     (f) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent,
or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of
any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
(or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by
the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

     (g) any other Event of Default established as contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof for
Securities of such series.

     Section 7.02 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 and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal
amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all the Securities of
such 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 of acceleration the same shall become
immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series or any
resolution of the Board of Directors relating thereto contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

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     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained or entered as hereinafter in this Article
provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to
such Securities and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

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

          (i) all overdue installments of interest, if any, on all Securities of such series;

          (ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of such series which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the
Overdue Rate applicable to the Securities of such series;

          (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue
installment of interest at the Overdue Rate applicable to the Securities of such series;

          (iv) 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 other amounts owing
the Trustee under Section 8.07; and

     (b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities which have become due solely by such acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.13 or 12.09 hereof. No such waiver and rescission
shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 7.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Company covenants that if:

     (a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any
series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30
days,

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

     (c) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous
obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Securities of any series
established as contemplated by Section 3.01, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or Holders of Securities of any
such series in the case of clause (c) above), the whole amount then due and payable on any such
Security (or Securities of any such series in the case of clause (c) above) for principal, premium,
if any, and interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and,
to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue
installment of interest, at the Overdue Rate of any such Security (or Securities of any such series
in the case of clause (c) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
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compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and all other amounts owing the Trustee under Section 8.07.

     If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decrees, and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of the Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as such Trustee
shall deem necessary 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 7.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee (irrespective of whether
the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 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 of such series
or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors,

          (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal (or, if the
Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in
accordance with Section 7.02 hereof), premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities of such series 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 and
counsel) and of the Holders of the Securities of such series allowed in such judicial proceeding,
and

          (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;

     and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in
any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee, and in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, 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 8.07 hereof.

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

     Section 7.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities. All rights
of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities of any series may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

     Section 7.06 Application of Money Collected. Any moneys 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, if any, upon presentation of the several Securities with respect to which such moneys
were collected, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid.

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07 hereof.

     SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the extent required by Article
Thirteen;

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

     FOURTH: The balance, if any, to the Company.

     Section 7.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a receiver or trustee (or other similar official), or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless

     (a) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder previously shall
have given to the Trustee written notice of default with respect to the Securities of such series
and of the continuance thereof;

     (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
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;

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     (c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

     (d) the Trustee for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has
failed to institute any such proceeding; and

     (e) 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 such series;

     it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of such series
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of such
series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other 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 the Holders of the Securities of such series (it being understood that the
Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances
are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

     Section 7.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Holder of a Security of
any series shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.08) interest, if any, on such Security
on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on
the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

     Section 7.09 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 the Company, the Trustee and such Holder shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Trustee and such Holder
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

     Section 7.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon
or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities of any series 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 7.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of
the Holders of the Securities of any series 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
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the Trustee or to such Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holders, as the case may be.

     Section 7.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, provided that

     (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
unduly prejudice the rights of the Holders or involve the Trustee in personal liability (it being
understood that the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any determination with respect to such
conflict, prejudice or liability), and

     (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.

     Section 7.13 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 waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a
default

     (a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation
with respect to the Securities of such series, or

     (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Eleven hereof cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security 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 7.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 7.14 shall
not apply to any suit instituted by such Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security on or after the respective
Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).

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     Section 7.15 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.

ARTICLE EIGHT

THE TRUSTEE

     Section 8.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series,

          (i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and all other series, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

          (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

     (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of such person’s own affairs.

     (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that

          (i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section 8.01;

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

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          (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to
be taken by it in respect of the Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series pursuant to Section 7.12 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture; and

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

     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section 8.01.

     Section 8.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default
hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of the Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities
Register, notice of such default hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series known to
the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except
in the case of a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any,
on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous
obligation in respect thereof, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is
in the interest of such Holders; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 7.01(d) hereof no such notice to Holders shall be given until at
least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section 8.02, the term
“default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default.

     Section 8.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section 8.01 hereof:

     (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, coupon 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, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order 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

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hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

     (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith 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, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to such Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
satisfactory to it 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 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 at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of
any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

     (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) except with respect to Section 12.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the
performance of the Company with respect to covenants contained in Article Twelve. In addition, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any default or
Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 12.01, 7.01(a) or 7.01(b) or (ii) any default or
Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual
knowledge;

     (i) delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 9.04 is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates);

     (j) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action;

     (k) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee pursuant
to this Indenture, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended

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to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each
agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and

     (l) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to
this Indenture.

     Section 8.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities, except the certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee and any Authenticating Agent assume no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee and any Authenticating Agent make no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee and any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

     Section 8.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Securities
Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities of any series and may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying
Agent, Securities Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.

     Section 8.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company and for the sole benefit of the Company.

     Section 8.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees

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

     (b) 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 and of any Authenticating Agent), except to
the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct; and

     (c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any and
all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this trust and performance of their duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of their counsel) of defending
themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other person) or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties
hereunder, except as to the Trustee or any agent to the extent any such loss, liability, damage,
claim or expense may be attributable to its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

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     As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 8.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities. The provisions of this Section 8.07 shall
survive any Trustee succession and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. “Trustee” for
purposes of this Section 8.07 shall include any predecessor trustee but the negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this
Section 8.07. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event
of Default specified in Section 7.01(e) or Section 7.01(f), the expenses (including the reasonable
charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law.

     Section 8.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. Reference is made to Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. For purposes of Section 310(b)(l) of the Trust Indenture Act no
Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being Trustee for the
Securities of more than one series.

     Section 8.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Different Trustees for Different Series;
Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder for the Securities of each series
which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State or the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, and, if there is such a corporation that
has a corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the State of New
York, or in such other city as shall be established as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to
the Securities of any series that is willing to act upon reasonable and customary terms, having a
corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan or such other city. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. A different Trustee may
be appointed by the Company for the Securities of each series prior to the issuance of such
Securities. If the initial Trustee for the Securities of any series is to be other than
[                    ], the Company and such Trustee shall, prior to the issuance of such Securities, execute
and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, which shall provide for the appointment of such
Trustee as Trustee for the Securities of such series and 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. If at any time the Trustee for the
Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 8.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article.

     Section 8.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

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     (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee for the Securities of any series and no
appointment of a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 8.11
hereof.

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

     (c) The Trustee for the Securities of any series may be removed at any time with respect to
one or more or all such series by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such one or more series (each voting as a class) delivered to such
Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee for the
Securities of any series shall not have been delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of such
series within thirty days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee to be removed may
petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series.

     (d) If at any time:

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

          (ii) such Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 8.09 hereof and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of Securities, or

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

     then, in any such case, (1) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (2)
subject to Section 7.14 hereof, any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide
Holder of such Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series.

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

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Trustee for the Securities of such series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee for the Securities of such
series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee for the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed
by the Company. If no successor Trustee for the Securities of such series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or such Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series.

     (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee for the
Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee for the Securities of such
series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders
of the Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register.
Each notice shall include the name of such successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.

     Section 8.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Trustee
appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee
all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder,
subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 8.07 hereof. 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.

     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee for the Securities of one or more
(but not all) series, the Company, the predecessor Trustee and each successor Trustee for the
Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee for the Securities of any series
as to which the predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor
Trustee, and 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.

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     No successor Trustee for the Securities of any series shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified under Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act and eligible under Section 8.09.

     Section 8.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee for the Securities of any series 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 Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall be the successor of the
Trustee for such series hereunder, provided such corporation shall be, with respect to such series,
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 of any series
shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee for such series or an
Authenticating Agent for such series, then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee or Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee or successor Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Securities.

     Section 8.13 Preferential Collection of Claims against Company. Reference is made to
Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, for purposes of which:

          (i) The term “cash transaction” means any transaction in which full payment for goods or
securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or
in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand.

          (ii) The term “self-liquidating paper” means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing
the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise
and which is secured by documents evidencing title to possession of, or a lien upon, the goods,
wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or
merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee
simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the
making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.

     Section 8.14 Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent
for the Securities of each series which shall be acceptable to the Company, to act on behalf of
such Trustee and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication of the Securities
of such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws
to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.14 the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

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     Securities of any series authenticated by the Authenticating Agent for the Securities of such
series shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee for the Securities of such series. Whenever
reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series
by the Trustee or such Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by the Authenticating Agent for the
Securities of such series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by
such Authenticating Agent.

     Any corporation into which any 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 any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be
the Authenticating Agent with respect to the Securities of all series for which it served as
Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent.

     Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent for the Securities of any series by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.14, with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all series, the Trustee promptly shall appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be
acceptable to the Company, and upon doing so shall give written notice of such appointment to the
Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of the Securities of such series
as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Securities Register. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder with like effect as if
originally appointed as Authenticating Agent hereunder. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 8.14.

     The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments
subject to the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof.

ARTICLE NINE

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

     Section 9.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) semi-annually, on a date not more than 15
days after each regular record date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the
Securities of each series, and (b) on semi-annual dates in each year to be established as
contemplated by Section 3.01 hereof if the Securities of any series do not bear interest and (c) at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company
of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require

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containing all the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its
Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities of such series, obtained since the date as of which the next previous list, if any, was
furnished. Any such list may be dated as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished or caused to be furnished and need not include information received after
such date; provided, however, that as long as the Trustee is the Securities Registrar for the
Securities of such series, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

     Section 9.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names
and addresses of Holders of the Securities of each series contained in the most recent list
furnished to such Trustee as provided in Section 9.01 hereof or in the Securities Register if such
Trustee be the Securities Registrar for such series and the names and addresses of Holders received
by the Trustee in its capacity as Paying Agent for the Securities of such series. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 9.01 hereof upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.

     (b) If three or more Holders of the Securities of any series (hereinafter referred to as
“applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each
such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding
the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate
with other Holders of the Securities of any series with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Securities of any series and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within
five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either

          (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with Subsection (a) of this Section 9.02, or

          (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of such Holders whose names and
addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with
Subsection of this Section 9.02, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form
of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.

     If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder to whom the
applicant desires to communicate whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the
time by such Trustee in accordance with Subsection (a) of this Section 9.02, a copy of the form of
proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a
tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of
the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall
mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be
mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would
be contrary to the best interests of such Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such
written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for
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statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if,
after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and
shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender;
otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting
their application.

     (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and
the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee,
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and
addresses of the Holders in accordance with Subsection (b) of this Section 9.02, 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 Subsection (b) of this Section
9.02.

     Section 9.03 Reports by Trustee.

     (a) Within 60 days after the first May 15 which occurs not less than 60 days following the
first date of issuance of the Securities of any series under this Indenture and within 60 days
after May 15 in every year thereafter, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of such
series, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, any brief report, dated as
of such May 15, required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and at such other times in
such manner such other reports as may be required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act in each
case with respect to the Securities of such series. A copy of each such report shall, at the time
of such transmission to such Holders, be filed by such Trustee with each stock exchange upon which
such Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify such Trustee when
such Securities are listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.

     Section 9.04 Reports by Company. The Company will

     (a) file with the Trustee for the Securities of each series (unless such reports have been
filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, or any
successor thereto) within 15 days after the Company files 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)
that 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 no longer required to file information, documents
or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will provide the Trustee with reports
containing substantially the same information as would have been required to be filed with the
Commission had the Company continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. In such
event, such reports shall be provided to the Trustee within 15 days after the dates applicable to a
registrant that is not an accelerated filer or a large accelerated filer on which the Company would
have been required to provide reports to the Commission had it continued to have been subject to
such reporting requirements. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall also comply with the
other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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

     (c) transmit electronically or by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in
the Securities Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 9.04 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.

ARTICLE TEN

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER

     Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, etc. Unless otherwise specified in a
supplemental indenture hereto, 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 (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 sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an
entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same;
provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all of the Securities of all series in
accordance with the terms of each series, according to their tenor and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to
each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 3.01 to be kept or
performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform
to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the
Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consideration, or into
which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property.

     The provisions of this Section 10.01 shall not be applicable to a merger or consolidation in
which the Company is the surviving corporation.

     Section 10.02 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any
conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 10.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with
the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and
thereafter the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the
Indenture and the Securities.

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ARTICLE ELEVEN

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.

     (a) In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by 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:

          (i) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or

          (ii) to add to or modify the covenants or Events of Default of the Company, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Securities of any or all series, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge
any property to or with such Trustee, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or

          (iii) to add to or modify the provisions of Article Thirteen for the benefit of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or Representatives thereof) under Article Thirteen; or

          (iv) to establish the form and terms of the Securities of any series as contemplated by
Section 2.01 or 3.01 hereof; or

          (v) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as is necessary or advisable
to facilitate the issuance of Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or
nonregistrable as to principal and with or without interest coupons, and to provide for
exchangeability of such Securities with the Securities of the same series issued hereunder in fully
registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose, or to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

          (vi) 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 which shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders in any material respect; or

          (vii) 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, or premium, if any, or interest on bearer Securities or on the delivery of
bearer Securities, or to permit bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for bearer Securities of
other authorized denominations, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of bearer Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect
unless such amendment is required to comply with the Bearer Rules; or

          (viii) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
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pursuant to Article Six, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any
material respect;

          (ix) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder of a Trustee other
than [                    ], as Trustee for the Securities of any series of Securities 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 8.09 hereof; or

          (x) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series or 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 8.11 hereof; or

          (xi) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall become effective only when no Security of any
series entitled to the benefits of such provision and issued prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture is outstanding or (B) shall not apply to any outstanding Security.

     (b) An amendment under this Section 11.01 may not make any change that adversely affects the
rights under Article Thirteen of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company then outstanding
unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized
to give a consent) consent to such change.

     Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. Subject to Sections
7.12 and 7.13 hereof, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by 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 the Securities of such series
under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

     (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon, or any premium payable on
the redemption thereof, or change the Place of Payment, or the coin or currency in which any
Security or the interest, if any, thereon is payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the Maturity
thereof or adversely affect the right of repayment, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce
the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under the sinking fund for any Security,
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

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

     (c) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the
Securities of any series in a manner adverse to the holders thereof, or

     (d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 11.02 or Section 7.13 hereof, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby.

     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has been expressly included solely for the benefit of the Securities of one or more
particular series, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of the Securities of one or more
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 the Securities of any other series.

     It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 11.02 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.

     An amendment under this Section 11.02 may not make any change that adversely affects the
rights under Article Thirteen of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a
consent) consent to such change.

     Section 11.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee for the Securities of
any series shall be provided with, and (subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.03 hereof) shall be fully
protected in conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate each
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with
the execution of a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series of Securities
pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof. Such Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects such Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.

     Section 11.04 Notice of Supplemental Indenture. Promptly after the execution by the
Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof,
the Company shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of any series affected thereby, as
their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, a notice setting forth in general
terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail

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such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way, impair or affect the
validity of any such supplemental indenture.

     Section 11.05 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith
but only with respect to the Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, and
such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes with respect to
the Securities of such series; and every Holder of Securities of any such series theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

     Section 11.06 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.

     Section 11.07 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of
Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by or on behalf of such Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of the same series.

ARTICLE TWELVE

COVENANTS

     Section 12.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company will duly and
punctually pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of each
series in accordance with the terms of such Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01
and this Indenture.

     Section 12.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in each
Place of Payment for the Securities of any series, an office or agency where Securities of such
series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such 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 such series and this Indenture may be served; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (subject to collection)
by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register. With respect to the Securities of any series, such office or agency and each
Place of Payment shall be as established as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of
establishment as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series, (i) the
Place of Payment for such Securities shall be in the city that the Corporate Trust Office shall be
in and (ii) such office or agency in such Place of Payment shall initially be the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee. 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 for the
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surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of such
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands with respect to the Securities of such series.

     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside the Place of Payment) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all of such purposes specified above, 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 such
purpose.

     Section 12.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall
at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, any of the Securities of any series, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of
such series of its failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, any Securities of any series,
deposit with a Paying Agent for the Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay the
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, if any, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee for the Securities of such series) the Company will promptly
notify such Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office of its failure so to act.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for the Securities of any series 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 12.03, that such Paying Agent will

     (a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such 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;

     (b) give such Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest,
if any; and

     (c) 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
such Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
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such Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.

     Section 12.04 Statement as to Compliance. The Company will file with the Trustee
within four months after the close of each fiscal year (which, until the Company shall otherwise
notify the Trustee, shall be deemed to be the calendar year) a brief certificate, which need not
comply with Section 1.02 hereof, from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of
the Company as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided in this Indenture).

     Section 12.05 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Ten hereof, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.

     Section 12.06 Permit No Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Company, whenever necessary
to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of the Trustee for the Securities of any series, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 8.10 hereof, a Trustee for the Securities of such
series, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee for the Securities of every series hereunder.

     Section 12.07 Waiver. Without limitation of the rights of the Holders and the Company
with respect to waivers and amendments set forth in Sections 7.13 and 11.02, the Company may omit
in any particular instance to comply with a covenant or provision hereof which non-compliance could
constitute a default hereunder (other than (i) a covenant or provision with respect to the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series, or in
payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Securities of
such series or (ii) a covenant or provision which under Article Eleven hereof cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected), if before or
after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of any series affected by the omission shall, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
covenant or provision, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or provision
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 covenant or
provision shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

SUBORDINATION OF THE SECURITIES

     Section 13.01 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and each Holder by
accepting a Security agrees, that the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is subordinated in
right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article Thirteen, to the prior
payment in full of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Company and that the
subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. All
provisions of this Article Thirteen shall be subject to Section 13.12.

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     Section 13.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any payment or distribution
of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial
dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property or upon an assignment by the Company for the
benefit of creditors:

     (a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full
in cash (or other consideration acceptable to the applicable holder of Senior Indebtedness) of such
Senior Indebtedness (including interest accruing after, or which would accrue but for, the
commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Indebtedness,
whether or not a claim for such interest would be allowed) before any payment or distribution
(other than Permitted Junior Securities), whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be
made by the Company on account of principal, interest or other amounts owing in respect of the
Securities; and

     (b) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full in cash (or other
consideration acceptable to the applicable holder of Senior Indebtedness), any payment or
distribution (other than Permitted Junior Securities), whether in cash, securities or other
property, to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article Thirteen shall be made to holders
of such Senior Indebtedness, for application to the payment thereof, as their interests may appear,
except that the Holders may receive and retain payments made from the trust described under Article
Six, so long as, on the date or dates the respective amounts were paid into the trust such payments
were made with respect to the Securities without violating this Article Thirteen.

     Section 13.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness. The Company may not pay principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on, the Securities or make any deposit pursuant to the provisions
described under Section 6.02 and may not otherwise purchase, redeem or otherwise retire any
Securities (except that the Holders may receive and retain (a) Permitted Junior Securities and (b)
payments made from the trust described under Article Six) (collectively, “pay the Securities”) if:

               (A) a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Senior
Indebtedness of the Company occurs and is continuing or any other amount owing in respect of any
Senior Indebtedness of the Company is not paid when due, or

               (B) any other default occurs with respect to Senior Indebtedness of the Company and the
maturity of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company is accelerated in accordance with its terms,

     unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has
been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash (or other consideration
acceptable to the applicable holder of Senior Indebtedness).

     Section 13.04 Acceleration of Payment of Securities. In the event that any Securities
are declared due and payable before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash (or other
consideration acceptable to the applicable holder of Senior Indebtedness) of such Senior
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commencement of any such proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior
Indebtedness, whether or not a claim for such interest would be allowed) before any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made by the Company on
account of principal, interest or other amounts owing in respect of the Securities or on account of
purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 13.04 shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with this
Indenture or as otherwise specified for the Securities of any series by delivering and crediting
pursuant to Section 5.02 or as otherwise specified for the Securities of any series Securities
which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such declaration of acceleration.

     Section 13.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If any distribution is made to the
Trustee or to the Holders that because of this Article Thirteen should not have been made to them,
the Trustee or such Holders who receive the distribution, as applicable, shall hold such
distribution in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and shall, upon the written
instruction of the Company, pay it over to them as their interests may appear. Nothing contained in
this Article Thirteen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time
except under the conditions specified in sections 13.02, 13.03 and 13.04, from making payments at
any time of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities, or the application by
the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities or the retention of such payment
by the Holders if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, the conditions specified in
sections 13.02, 13.03 and 13.04 did not exist.

     Section 13.06 Subrogation. After all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in
full and until the Securities are paid in full, the Holders shall, to the extent of the payments or
distributions made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness pursuant to this Article Thirteen, be
subrogated (equally and ratably with all other indebtedness as to which the right to receive
payment is pari passu with the Securities) to the rights of holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness of the Company. A distribution made under
this Article Thirteen to holders of Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to the
Holders is not, as between the Company and the Holders, a payment by the Company on such Senior
Indebtedness.

     Section 13.07 Relative Rights. This Article Thirteen defines the relative rights of
the Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

     (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Securities in accordance with
their terms; or

     (b) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its available remedies upon a Default,
subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to receive distributions
otherwise payable to the Holders.

     Section 13.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. No right of any holder of
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evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or
by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

     Section 13.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. Notwithstanding Section 13.03, the
Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities and shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such
payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee receives notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this
Article Thirteen. The Company, the Registrar, any Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company has a Representative, only the Representative may give the
notice.

     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness of the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and any Paying
Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth
in this Article Thirteen with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Company which may at any
time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness; and nothing
in Article Eight shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this
Article Thirteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section
8.07 or any other Section of this Indenture.

     Section 13.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative. Whenever a distribution is to
be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the distribution may be
made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

     Section 13.11 Article Thirteen Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to
Accelerate. The failure to make a payment pursuant to the terms of the Securities by reason of
any provision in this Article Thirteen shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a
Default in respect thereof. Nothing in this Article Thirteen shall have any effect on the right of
the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Securities.

     Section 13.12 Trust Monies Not Subordinated. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in
trust under Article Six by the Trustee and deposited at a time when permitted by the subordination
provisions of this Article Thirteen for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities
shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company or subject
to the restrictions set forth in this Article Thirteen, and none of the Trustee or the Holders
shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company or any holder of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company or any other creditor of the Company.

     Section 13.13 Trustee Entitled to Rely. Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article Thirteen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to conclusively rely (a) upon
any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature
referred to in Section 13.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c)
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ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable
thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article Thirteen. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Thirteen, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article Thirteen, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer
any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such payment. The provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.03 shall be applicable to all actions or
omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Thirteen.

     Section 13.14 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder by accepting a
Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary
or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company as provided in this Article Thirteen and appoints the Trustee
as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

     Section 13.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to the
Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Thirteen or otherwise. With
respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only
such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Thirteen and no
implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee.

     Section 13.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions.
Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination
provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before
or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold,
such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively
to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in
continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

     Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or
notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring responsibility to the Trustee or the
Holders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Thirteen or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or otherwise amend or
supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness of the

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Company, or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior
Indebtedness of the Company is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any
property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness of the Company; (iii) release
any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other
Person.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Officer 	 
	 
	 	[                    ]

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name 	 
	 	 	Title 	 
	 

59exv4w4

EXHIBIT 4.4

CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

as Issuer to

[                    ]

as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

 

JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES

Dated as of [                    ], 20[     ]

 

 

CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

     Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including cross-references to
provisions of Sections 310 to and including 318(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

	 	 	 
	TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION	 	SECTION
	 
	 	 
	Section 310 (a)(1), (2) and (5)
	 	6.9
	(a)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)
	 	Not Applicable
	(b)
	 	6.8, 6.10
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 311 (a)
	 	6.13
	(b)
	 	5.6, 6.13
	(c)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 312 (a)
	 	7.1, 7.2(a)
	(b)
	 	7.2(b)
	(c)
	 	7.2(c)
	Section 313 (a)
	 	7.3(a), 7.3(b)
	(b)
	 	7.3(a)
	(c)
	 	7.3(a), 7.3(b)
	(d)
	 	7.3(c)
	Section 314 (a)(1), (2) and (3)
	 	7.4
	(a)(4)
	 	10.4
	(b)
	 	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)
	 	1.2
	(c)(2)
	 	1.2
	(c)(3)
	 	Not Applicable
	(d)
	 	Not Applicable
	(e)
	 	1.2
	(f)
	 	Not Applicable
	Section 315 (a)
	 	6.1(a)
	(b)
	 	6.2, 7.3(a)
	(c)
	 	6.1(b)
	(d)
	 	6.1(c)
	(d)(1)
	 	6.1(a) (1)
	(d)(2)
	 	6.1(c) (2)
	(d)(3)
	 	6.1(c) (3)
	(e)
	 	5.14
	Section 316 (a)(1)(A)
	 	5.12
	(a)(1) (B)
	 	5.13
	(a)(2)
	 	Not Applicable
	(b)
	 	5.8
	(c)
	 	1.4(f)

 

 

	 	 	 
	TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION	 	SECTION
	 
	 	 
	Section 317 (a)(1)
	 	5.3
	(a)(2)
	 	5.4
	(b)
	 	10.3
	Section 318 (a) 1.7
	 	 

 

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

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I
	 	DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.1
	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2
	 	Compliance Certificate and Opinions	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.3
	 	Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee	 	 	10	 
	Section 1.4
	 	Acts of Holders	 	 	11	 
	Section 1.5
	 	Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.6
	 	Notice to Holders; Waiver	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.7
	 	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.8
	 	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	 	 	13	 
	Section 1.9
	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.10
	 	Separability Clause	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.11
	 	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.12
	 	Governing Law	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.13
	 	Non-Business Days	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.14
	 	Treatment of Securities as Debt	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.15
	 	Waiver of Jury Trial	 	 	14	 
	Section 1.16
	 	Force Majeure	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II
	 	SECURITY FORMS	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.1
	 	Forms Generally	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.2
	 	Form of Face of Security	 	 	15	 
	Section 2.3
	 	Form of Reverse of Security	 	 	19	 
	Section 2.4
	 	Additional Provisions Required in Global Security	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.5
	 	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III
	 	THE SECURITIES	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.1
	 	Title and Terms	 	 	22	 
	Section 3.2
	 	Denominations	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.3
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	 	 	25	 
	Section 3.4
	 	Temporary Securities	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.5
	 	Global Securities	 	 	27	 
	Section 3.6
	 	Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally, Certain Transfers and Exchanges; Securities Act Legends	 	 	28	 
	Section 3.7
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	 	 	30	 
	Section 3.8
	 	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	 	 	31	 
	Section 3.9
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.10
	 	Cancellation	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.11
	 	Computation of Interest	 	 	32	 
	Section 3.12
	 	Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates	 	 	33	 
	Section 3.13
	 	Right of Set-Off	 	 	34	 
	Section 3.14
	 	Agreed Tax Treatment	 	 	34	 

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	Section 3.15
	 	CUSIP Numbers	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV
	 	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.1
	 	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	35	 
	Section 4.2
	 	Defeasance and Discharge	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.3
	 	Covenant Defeasance	 	 	36	 
	Section 4.4
	 	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	 	 	37	 
	Section 4.5
	 	Application of Trust Money	 	 	37	 
	Section 4.6
	 	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations	 	 	38	 
	Section 4.7
	 	Reinstatement	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V
	 	REMEDIES	 	 	38	 
	Section 5.1
	 	Events of Default	 	 	38	 
	Section 5.2
	 	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	 	 	39	 
	Section 5.3
	 	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	40	 
	Section 5.4
	 	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	 	 	40	 
	Section 5.5
	 	Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.6
	 	Application of Money Collected	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.7
	 	Limitation on Suits	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.8
	 	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Capital Securities	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.9
	 	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.10
	 	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.11
	 	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.12
	 	Control by Holders	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.13
	 	Waiver of Past Defaults	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.14
	 	Undertaking for Costs	 	 	44	 
	Section 5.15
	 	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws	 	 	44	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI
	 	THE TRUSTEE	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.1
	 	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	 	 	45	 
	Section 6.2
	 	Notice of Defaults	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.3
	 	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	46	 
	Section 6.4
	 	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	47	 
	Section 6.5
	 	May Hold Securities	 	 	48	 
	Section 6.6
	 	Money Held in Trust	 	 	48	 
	Section 6.7
	 	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	48	 
	Section 6.8
	 	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	 	 	49	 
	Section 6.9
	 	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	 	 	49	 
	Section 6.10
	 	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	 	 	49	 
	Section 6.11
	 	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	 	 	50	 
	Section 6.12
	 	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	 	 	51	 
	Section 6.13
	 	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	 	 	52	 
	Section 6.14
	 	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	 	 	52	 

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	ARTICLE VII
	 	HOLDER’S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY	 	 	53	 
	Section 7.1
	 	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	 	 	53	 
	Section 7.2
	 	Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders	 	 	53	 
	Section 7.3
	 	Reports by Trustee	 	 	54	 
	Section 7.4
	 	Reports by Company	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII
	 	CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE	 	 	55	 
	Section 8.1
	 	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	 	 	55	 
	Section 8.2
	 	Successor Corporation Substituted	 	 	55	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX
	 	SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES	 	 	56	 
	Section 9.1
	 	Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders	 	 	56	 
	Section 9.2
	 	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	 	 	57	 
	Section 9.3
	 	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	58	 
	Section 9.4
	 	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	58	 
	Section 9.5
	 	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	 	 	58	 
	Section 9.6
	 	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	 	 	59	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X
	 	COVENANTS	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.1
	 	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.2
	 	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.3
	 	Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust	 	 	59	 
	Section 10.4
	 	Statement as to Compliance; Statement by Officers as to Default	 	 	60	 
	Section 10.5
	 	Waiver of Certain Covenants	 	 	61	 
	Section 10.6
	 	Additional Sums	 	 	61	 
	Section 10.7
	 	Additional Covenants	 	 	61	 
	Section 10.8
	 	Original Issue Discount	 	 	63	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI
	 	REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.1
	 	Applicability of This Article	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.2
	 	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.3
	 	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed	 	 	63	 
	Section 11.4
	 	Notice of Redemption	 	 	64	 
	Section 11.5
	 	Deposit of Redemption Price	 	 	64	 
	Section 11.6
	 	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption	 	 	65	 
	Section 11.7
	 	Right of Redemption of Securities Initially Issued to a Citizens Trust	 	 	65	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XII
	 	SINKING FUNDS	 	 	65	 
	Section 12.1
	 	Applicability of Article	 	 	65	 
	Section 12.2
	 	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	 	66	 
	Section 12.3
	 	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	 	66	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XIII
	 	SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES	 	 	67	 

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	Section 13.1
	 	Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness	 	 	67	 
	Section 13.2
	 	No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.	 	 	68	 
	Section 13.3
	 	Payment Permitted If No Default	 	 	69	 
	Section 13.4
	 	Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness	 	 	69	 
	Section 13.5
	 	Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights	 	 	70	 
	Section 13.6
	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination	 	 	70	 
	Section 13.7
	 	No Waiver of Subordination Provisions	 	 	70	 
	Section 13.8
	 	Notice to Trustee	 	 	71	 
	Section 13.9
	 	Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent	 	 	71	 
	Section 13.10
	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness	 	 	72	 
	Section 13.11
	 	Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights	 	 	72	 
	Section 13.12
	 	Article Applicable to Paying Agents	 	 	72	 

ANNEX A — Form of Trust Agreement

ANNEX B — Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement

ANNEX C — Form of Guarantee Agreement

ANNEX D — Form of Certificate

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     INDENTURE, dated as of [                    ] [     ], 20[     ], between CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC., a
Michigan corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”) having its principal office at 328 South
Saginaw Street, Flint, Michigan 48502, and [                    ], a [                              ], duly organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, having its designated corporate trust
office at [                                        ], as Trustee (hereinafter 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 junior subordinated debt securities in series
(hereinafter called the “Securities”) of substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, including,
without limitation, Securities issued to evidence loans made to the Company of the proceeds from
the issuance from time to time by one or more business trusts (each a “Citizens Trust,” and,
collectively, the “Citizens Trusts”) of preferred trust interests in such Citizens Trusts (the
“Capital Securities”) and common interests in such Citizens Trusts (the “Common Securities” and,
collectively with the Capital Securities, the “Trust Securities”), and to provide the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered.

     All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and
to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms,
have been done.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

     (3) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean
such accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such computation;
provided, that when two or more principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of
principles consistent with those in use by the Company; and

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

     “Act” when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

     “Additional Interest” means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on any interest on the
Securities of any series the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest Payment
Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or determined as specified in such
Security.

     “Additional Sums” has the meaning specified in Section 10.6.

     “Additional Taxes” means the sum of any additional taxes, duties and other governmental
charges to which a Citizens Trust has become subject from time to time as a result of a Tax Event.

     “Administrator” means, in respect of any Citizens Trust, each Person identified as an
“Administrator” in the related Trust Agreement, solely in such Person’s capacity as Administrator
of such Citizens Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in such Person’s individual capacity, or
any successor administrator appointed as therein provided.

     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; provided,
however, no Citizens Trust to which Securities have been issued shall be deemed to be an Affiliate
of the Company. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “Agent Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depository.

     “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global
Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such
Securities, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any executive
committee or other committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.

     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or officers of the
Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

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     “Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or, with respect to the
Securities of a series initially issued to a Citizens Trust, the designated office of the Property
Trustee under the related Trust Agreement, is closed for business.

     “Capital Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.

     “Capital Treatment Event” means, with respect to an issue of Capital Securities under the
related Trust Agreement, the reasonable determination by the Company (as evidenced by an Officers’
Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that, as a result of the occurrence of any amendment to, or
change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of
the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, or as a result of any official
or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws
or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement, action or decision is
announced on or after the Original Issue Date of such Capital Securities, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Company will not be entitled to treat an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount of such Capital Securities as “Tier 1 Capital” (or the then equivalent thereof)
for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Federal Reserve, as then in effect.

     “Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Annex D.

     “Citizens Guarantee” means the guarantee by the Company of distributions on the Capital
Securities of a Citizens Trust to the extent provided in the Guarantee Agreement.

     “Citizens Trust” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.

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

     “Common Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.

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

     “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, the written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office as of the date of this
Indenture is located at [                                        ].

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     “Corporation” includes a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.

     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8.

     “Delaware Trustee” means, in respect of any Citizens Trust, the commercial bank or trust
company identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in the related Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity
as Delaware Trustee of such Citizens Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual
capacity, or any successor thereto.

     “Depository” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to such series (or any successor thereto).

     “Discount Security” means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2.

     “Distributions,” with respect to the Trust Securities issued by a Citizens Trust, means
amounts payable in respect of such Trust Securities as provided in the related Trust Agreement and
referred to therein as “Distributions.”

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

     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

     “Event of Default” unless otherwise specified in the supplemental indenture or Officer’s
Certificate creating a series of Securities has the meaning specified in Article V.

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

     “Extension Period” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.

     “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

     “Global Security” means a Security in the form prescribed in Section 2.4 evidencing all or
part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depository or its nominee for such series, and
registered in the name of such Depository or its nominee.

     “Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto
as Annex C, or substantially in such form as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with
respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time to time.

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

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.1.

     “Interest Payment Date” means as to each series of Securities the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Securities.

     “Investment Company Event” means receipt by the Company and a Citizens Trust of an opinion of
independent counsel experienced in matters relating to investment companies (which opinion shall
not have been rescinded), to the effect that, as a result of any change (including any announced
proposed change) in law or regulation or change in interpretation or application of law or
regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, that
becomes effective on or after the original issuance of the Capital Securities, the Citizens Trust
is or will be considered an investment company that is required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.

     “Issuer Trustees” means the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee.

     “Junior Subordinated Debt” means any obligation of the Company to its creditors, whether now
outstanding or subsequently incurred, where the instrument creating or evidencing the obligations
pursuant to which the obligation provides that it is subordinated and junior in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness pursuant to subordination provisions substantially similar to those set forth
in this Indenture. “Junior Subordinated Debt” includes the Securities.

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

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

     “Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.1(3).

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to
the Trustee.

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

     “Original Issue Date” means the date of issuance specified as such in each Security.

     “Other Securities” means Securities transferred, upon exchange or otherwise, to holders of
“Other Capital Securities” as defined in the related Trust Agreement.

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

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

          (ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities; and

          (iii) Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered or which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.7, unless proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in whose
hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all
Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company,
or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such obligor, and,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all
Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

     “Paying Agent” means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

     “Place of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of such series are
payable pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.8.

     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in

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lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

     “Proceeding” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.

     “Property Trustee” means, in respect of any Citizens Trust, the commercial bank or trust
company identified as the “Property Trustee” in the related Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity
as Property Trustee of such Citizens Trust under such Trust Agreement and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee
appointed as therein provided.

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

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

     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to
the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to
Securities of a series, the date which is 15 days next preceding such Interest Payment Date
(whether or not a Business Day).

     “Responsible Officer” means when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the
Corporate Trust Office, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.

     “Securities” or “Security” means any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (or any successor statute), as it may be
amended from time to time.

     “Securities Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.6.

     “Senior Indebtedness” with respect to the Company means the principal, premium (if any) and
interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is
allowed in such proceeding) on and of all indebtedness and obligations (other than the Securities,
but including any debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued under the Senior
Indenture or Senior Subordinated Indenture) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company that (i)
are for borrowed money (ii) are evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) represent obligations to policyholders of insurance or investment

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contracts, (iv) represent a reimbursement obligation with respect to a letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance or similar facility, or (v) represent the deferred purchase price of property
or services, in each case, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred,
assumed or guaranteed, and all amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of
such indebtedness and obligations, unless in any such case the instrument by which such
indebtedness or obligations are created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, or are
otherwise evidenced, provides that they are subordinated, or are not superior, in right of payment
to the Securities; provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include, as applicable:

     (1) any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary of the Company,

     (2) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company,

     (3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors (including guarantees thereof
or instruments evidencing such liabilities),

     (4) any obligations with respect to any capital stock of the Company, or

     (5) any indebtedness which by its terms is expressly made equal in rank and payment with or
subordinated to the Securities.

Provided further, that if any Senior Indebtedness is disallowed, avoided or subordinated pursuant
to the provisions of Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable state
fraudulent conveyance law, such Senior Indebtedness nevertheless will constitute Senior
Indebtedness.

     “Senior Indenture” means an Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt, including the word “senior”
in its title), dated as of [                    ], 20[     ], between the Company and [                    ], as trustee,
as the same may be amended from time to time.

     “Senior Subordinated Indenture” means an Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt, including the
words “senior subordinated” in its title), dated as of [                    ], 20[     ], between the Company
and [                    ], as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time.

     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8.

     “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon means the date specified pursuant to the terms of such Security as the
date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable, in
the case of such principal, as such date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the
terms of such Security and this Indenture.

     “Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.

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     For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power
for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has
such voting power by reason of any contingency.

     “Successor Security” of any particular Security means every Security issued after, and
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by, such particular Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.7 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

     “Tax Event” means the receipt by a Citizens Trust of an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the
relevant Trust Agreement) experienced in such matters (which opinion shall not have been
rescinded), to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein that is enacted or becomes effective after the initial issuance of the Capital
Securities; proposed change in those laws (or any regulations under those laws) that is announced
after the initial issuance of the Capital Securities; official interpretation or application of
those laws or regulations by any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority that is
announced after the initial issuance of the Capital Securities; or threatened challenge asserted in
connection with an audit of the Company, the Trust or Company subsidiaries or a threatened
challenge asserted in writing against any other taxpayer that has raised capital through the
issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the Debentures or the Capital Securities;
there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is or will be subject to United States
federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures; (ii) interest
payable by the Company on the Debentures is not or will not be deductible, in whole or in part, by
the Company, for United States federal income tax purposes; or (iii) the Trust is or will be
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.

     “Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex
A, as amended by the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Annex B, or substantially in such form as may be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time to
time.

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

     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbb),
as amended and as in effect on the date as of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.5.

     “Trust Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.

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

Section 1.2 Compliance Certificate and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the
Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including
covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent (including covenants compliance
with which constitute a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall
include:

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

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

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

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

Section 1.3 Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

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

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

Section 1.4 Acts of Holders.

     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments is or are delivered to the Trustee, and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.

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

     (c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.

     (d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.

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

     (f) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such

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record date, provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as hereinafter in this Section 1.4(f) provided) by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date.

     Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be
cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any
record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.

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

Section 1.5 Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

          (1) the Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Capital Securities or the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (including
telecopy) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust office, or (2) the Company by the Trustee,
any Holder or any holder of Capital Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as
otherwise provided in Section 5.2) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class, postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company.

Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders
of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at
the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect
in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or for any other reason, it shall be impossible or impracticable to mail notice of any
event to Holders when said notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture or of the relevant Securities, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.

Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. The Trust Indenture Act shall apply as a
matter of contract to this Indenture for purposes of interpretation, construction and defining the
rights and obligations hereunder. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act
through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control. If any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to
317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c) thereof and the
immediately preceding paragraph, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.

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Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
and assigns, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities and, to the extent
expressly provided in Sections 5.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 9.1 and 9.2, the holders of Capital
Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws
principles thereof.

Section 1.13 Non-Business Days. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium,
if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day (in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity).

Section 1.14 Treatment of Securities as Debt. This Security is intended to constitute
indebtedness for United States federal, state and local tax purposes, and the Indenture and the
Security shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 1.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 1.16 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by,
directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and the Trustee’s certificate
of authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, or in such other
form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities exchange or as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such securities, as evidenced
by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 with respect to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.

     The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in
this Article.

     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods, if required by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner
permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
securities.

     Securities distributed to holders of Book-Entry Capital Securities, as such term is defined in
the Trust Agreement, upon the dissolution of a Citizens Trust shall be distributed in the form of
one or more Global Securities registered in the name of a Depository or its nominee, and deposited
with the Securities Registrar, as custodian for such Depository, or held by such Depository, for
credit by the Depository to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities
represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct). Securities distributed to holders
of Capital Securities other than Book-Entry Capital Securities upon the dissolution of a Citizens
Trust shall not be issued in the form of a Global Security or any other form intended to facilitate
book-entry trading in beneficial interests in such Securities.

Section 2.2 Form of Face of Security. NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I
OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) (EACH, A “PLAN”), NO ENTITY WHOSE
UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A “PLAN
ASSET ENTITY”), AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”)
96-23, 95-60, 91-38,

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90-1 OR 84-14 WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING
THEREOF THAT IT EITHER (A) IS NOT A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING THIS SECURITY
ON BEHALF OF OR WITH “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN OR (B) IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91- 38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.

CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

(TITLE OF SECURITY)

			
	 	 	 
	No.
	 	$                    

     CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Michigan (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to           , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of            Dollars [if the Security is a Global Security,
then insert, if applicable—, or such other principal amount as may be set forth in the records of
the Securities Registrar hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture,] on                     ,      .
The Company further promises to pay interest on said principal sum from                     ,       or from the
most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) on which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] [if applicable, insert —
(subject to deferral as set forth herein)] in arrears on [insert applicable Interest Payment Dates]
of each year, commencing                     ,           , at the rate of           % per annum, together with
Additional Sums, if any, as provided in Section 10.6 of the Indenture, until the principal hereof
shall have become due and payable, [if applicable, insert — plus Additional Interest, if any,]
until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment [if
applicable, insert — and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of
interest at the rate of           % per annum, compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]]. The
amount of interest payable for any period less than a full interest period shall be computed on the
basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in a partial
month in a period. The amount of interest payable for any full interest period shall be computed by
dividing the rate per annum by [twelve][four][two]. In the event that any date on which interest is
payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee [if applicable, insert—,
or the designated office of the Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred to
for [insert name of related Citizens Trust           ,]] is closed for business. The interest installment
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or

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more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest installment, which shall be the [insert definition of Regular Record Dates]. Any
such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture.

     [If applicable, insert—So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right at any time during the term of this Security to defer payment of
interest on this Security, at any time or from time to time, for up to                 consecutive [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annual] interest payment periods with respect to each deferral period (each an
“Extension Period”), during which Extension Periods the Company shall have the right to make
partial payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date, and at the end of which the Company
shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Additional Interest thereon to the
extent permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that no Extension Period shall extend
beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security; provided, further, that during any
such Extension Period, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company
to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital stock or (ii) make any payment of
principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt security of
the Company that ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to this Security or make any guarantee
payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiaries of
the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to this
Security (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock
of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or
consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or shareholder stock purchase plan or in
connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or
exercisable for such stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to
the Extension Period, (b) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock for any other class or series of the Company’s capital stock or of any
class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s capital
stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant
to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation or amendment of
the Company shareholders’ rights plan (or any successor thereto), or the issuance of rights, stock
or other property under any such rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant
hereto, or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the
dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants options or other rights is the
same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such
stock). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further extend the
interest payment period, provided

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that no Extension Period shall exceed consecutive [months] [quarters] [semi-annual periods] or
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of this Security.

     Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and
unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then due, the Company may elect to begin a new
Extension Period, subject to the above conditions. No interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period except at the end thereof. The Company shall give the Issuer Trustees notice of
its election to begin any Extension Period at least one Business Day prior to the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date on which interest on this Security would be payable but for such deferral [if
applicable, insert — or, with respect to the Securities issued to a Citizens Trust, so long as
such Securities are held by such Citizens Trust, prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding
date on which Distributions on the Capital Securities would be payable but for such deferral or
(ii) the date the Property Trustee is required to give notice to any securities exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of such Capital Securities of the record date
or the date such Distributions are payable, but in any event not less than one Business Day prior
to such record date. The Property Trustee will give notice of the Company’s election to begin a new
Extension Period to the holders of the Capital Securities. For purposes hereof, the Company’s
Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be pari passu with this Security.

     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including Additional Interest)
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
the United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert-; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Securities Register
or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register].

     The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and junior in right of payments to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect
thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by
such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such actions as may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance
hereof, waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in
the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred,
and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.

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

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	[President or Vice President] 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:

 	 
	
 	 
	[Secretary or Assistant Secretary] 	 

Section 2.3 Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue
of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of [                    ], 20[        ] (herein called the “Indenture”),
between the Company and [                    ], as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and
of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal
amount to $                    ].

     All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture [if applicable, insert—or
in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of                     ,         , as amended (the “Trust
Agreement”), for [insert name of related Citizens Trust ,] among CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.,
as Depositor, and the Trustees named therein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture [if applicable, insert—or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be].

     [If applicable, insert—The Company may at any time, at its option, on or after                     ,
        , and subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture, redeem this Security
in whole at any time or in part from time to time, without premium or penalty, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest [if
applicable, insert — including Additional Interest, if any] to the Redemption Date.]

     [If applicable, insert—The Company may at any time, at its option, on or after                     ,
        , and subject to the terms and conditions of Article XI of the Indenture, redeem this Security
in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) together with accrued interest to but excluding the date fixed
for redemption. If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                     ,

	 	 	 
	YEAR
	 	REDEMPTION PRICE

and at 100% on or after                     ,         , together in the case of any such redemption with accrued
interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption.]

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     [If applicable, insert—Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Tax Event,
Capital Treatment Event or Investment Company Event in respect of a Citizens Trust, the Company
may, at its option, [at any time][before                     ,            and] within 90 days of the occurrence of
such Tax Event, Capital Treatment Event or Investment Company Event redeem this Security, in whole
but not in part, subject to the provisions of Section 11.7 and the other provisions of Article XI
of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to [describe formulation].]

     In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.

     The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of
this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the
Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of
modifying in any manner the rights and obligations of the Company and of the Holders of the
Securities, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series to be affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.

     [If the Security is not a Discount Security, insert—As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series
at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series may
declare the principal amount of all the Securities of this series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
provided that, in the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Citizens Trust, if upon an
Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of this series fails to declare the principal of all the Securities of
this series to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities of such Citizens Trust then outstanding shall have such right by a
notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration the principal
amount of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of
this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the
extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture.]

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     [If the Security is a Discount Security, insert—As provided in and subject to the provisions
of the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of this series may
declare an amount of principal of the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately,
by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided that, in
the case of the Securities of this series issued to a Citizens Trust, if upon an Event of Default,
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of this series fails to declare the principal of all the Securities of this series to be
immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities of such Citizens Trust then outstanding shall have such right by a notice in
writing to the Company and the Trustee. Such amount shall be calculated by the Company and shall be
equal to—insert formula for determining the amount. Upon any such declaration, such amount of the
principal of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities of
this series shall become immediately due and payable, provided that the payment of principal and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the
extent provided in Article XIII of the Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so
declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in
each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the
Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on this
Security shall terminate.]

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

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities Register, upon surrender of this
Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained under
Section 10.2 of the Indenture duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this
series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

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

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this

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series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series of
a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

     The Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest therein, the
Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, this Security agree that for
United States federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that this Security constitute
indebtedness, and the Indenture and the Security shall be interpreted to further this intention.

     THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

Section 2.4 Additional Provisions Required in Global Security. Any Global Security issued
hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, bear a legend in
substantially the following form:

“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY.”

Section 2.5 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. This is one of the Securities
referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

Dated:                               

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[                    ],

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

Section 3.1 Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

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

     (a) the title of the Securities of such series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from all other Securities;

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     (b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 9.6 or 11.6 and except for any Securities
which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be
increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;

     (c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the Securities of such series
is payable or the method of determination thereof;

     (d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series shall bear interest, if
any, the rate or rates and extent to which Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect
of any Securities of such series, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable, the right, pursuant to Section 3.11 or as otherwise set forth therein, of the Company to
defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date or the method by which any of the foregoing shall be determined;

     (e) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such series
may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;

     (f) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if any, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

     (g) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase the
Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions, or at
the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and the other terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

     (h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be issuable, if other than
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

     (i) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in
which the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series
shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the definition of Outstanding;

     (j) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events of Default or covenants
of the Company set forth herein with respect to the Securities of such series;

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     (k) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of such series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof;

     (l) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series
in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest
coupons;

     (m) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and premium,
if any, on the Securities of such series or the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

     (n) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be issuable
in the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the Securities of
such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security for definitive
Securities of such series;

     (o) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositories for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4 and any circumstances in
addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security
in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depository
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

     (p) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of such series;

     (q) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such series into any other
securities or property of the Company, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;

     (r) the form or forms of the Trust Agreement, Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and
Guarantee Agreement, if different from the forms attached hereto as Annexes A, B and C,
respectively;

     (s) the relative degree, if any, to which the Securities of the series shall be senior to or
be subordinated to other series of Securities in right of payment, whether such other series of
Securities are Outstanding or not; and

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

     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set
forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

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

     The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness as provided in
Article XIII.

     Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, at the option of the
Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears 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 in immediately available funds at such place and to such account
as may be designated by the person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.

Section 3.2 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be in registered form
without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by its President or one of its Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal reproduced or impressed thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.

     Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time
to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of
any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the
Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive,
and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,

          (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;

          (2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and

          (3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in

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accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

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

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of
one of its authorized 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.10, for all purposes of this
Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such
series in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender
of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary
Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series

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shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.

Section 3.5 Global Securities.

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

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depository for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof unless (a) such Depository advises the Trustee in writing that such
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository
with respect to such Global Security, and the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor,
(b) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository, (c) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default or (d) pursuant to the following sentence. All or any portion of
a Global Security may be exchanged for a Security that has a like aggregate principal amount and is
not a Global Security upon 20 days’ prior request made by the Depository or its Agent Member to the
Securities Registrar.

     (c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or cancelled in whole, it
shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depository or its nominee to the Securities Registrar
for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article III. If any Global Security is to be
exchanged for other Securities or cancelled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then either (i) such Global
Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article III or
(ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, subject to Section 3.6(b)(v), or increased by
an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the principal
amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may
be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar,
whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Depository
or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such
surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by the Depository, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 3.5(b) and as otherwise provided in this
Article III, authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Security
(or any portion thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Depository. The Trustee shall
not be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on, such instructions.

     (d) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this
Article III, Section 9.6 or 11.6 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of,
and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other
than the Depository for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

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     (e) The Depository or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Security, shall be the
Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture and the Securities, and owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security shall be shown
only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by
the Depository or its nominee or its Agent Members. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected, or for any other actions
taken or not taken, by the Depository.

     (f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall be exercised only
through the Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
owners and the Depository and/or its Agent Members.

Section 3.6 Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally, Certain Transfers and Exchanges;
Securities Act Legends.

     (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. Such register is herein sometimes
referred to as the “Securities Register.” The Trustee is hereby appointed “Securities Registrar”
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the
Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same
Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms and bearing such restrictive
legends as may be required by this Indenture.

     At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of the same
series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same Original
Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms and bearing such restrictive legends as
may be required by this Indenture, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office
or agency. Whenever any securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.

     All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

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

     No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of Securities, but
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governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Securities.

     Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing notice of redemption of Securities
pursuant to Article XI and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (b) to
transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the
case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, transfers and exchanges of
Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Security of the kinds specified in this Section
3.6(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section 3.6(b).

	 	(i)	 	Non-Global Security to Global Security. If the Holder of a
Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at any time to transfer all or
any portion of such Security to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, such transfer may be
effected only in accordance with the provisions of this Clause (b)(i) and
subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Securities Registrar
of such Security as provided in Section 3.6(a) and instructions satisfactory to
the Securities Registrar directing that a beneficial interest in the Global
Security in a specified principal amount not greater than the principal amount
of such Security be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account, then the
Securities Registrar shall cancel such Security (and issue a new Security in
respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in Section 3.6(a) and
increase the aggregate principal amount of the Global Security by the specified
principal amount as provided in Section 3.5(c).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Non-Global Security to Non-Global Security. A Security that is
not a Global Security may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who
takes delivery in the form of another Security that is not a Global Security as
provided in Section 3.6(a).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Exchanges Between Global Security and Non-Global Security. A
beneficial interest in a Global Security may be exchanged for a Security that
is not a Global Security as provided in Section 3.5.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Intentionally Omitted.
	 
	 	(v)	 	Limitations Relating to Principal Amount. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Indenture and unless otherwise specified as permitted by
Section 3.1, Securities or portions thereof may be held, transferred or
exchanged only in principal amounts of not less than $100,000. Any transfer,
exchange or other disposition of Securities in contravention of this Section
3.6(b)(v) shall be deemed to be void and of no legal effect whatsoever,

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	 	 	 	any such transferee shall be deemed not to be the Holder or owner of any
beneficial interest in such Securities for any purpose, including but not
limited to the receipt of interest payable on such Securities, and such
transferee shall be deemed to have no interest whatsoever in such
Securities.

     The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent
Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of
such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if
and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 3.7 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue and series of
like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity, and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

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

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

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

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

Section 3.8 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security of
any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in
respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of
such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid
to the Person to whom principal is paid.

The initial payment of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular
Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or
in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the related series of Securities.

     Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”), shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by
virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

          (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to
the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than
10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security of
such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper,
customarily published in the English language on each Business Day and of general circulation in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
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Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant
to the following Clause (2).

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

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

Section 3.9 Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 3.8) any
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.

     No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depository
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such
Depository 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a
Depository or impair, as between a Depository and such holders of beneficial interests, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depository (or its
nominee) as Holder of any Security.

Section 3.10 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee,
and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose
shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled
by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.

Section 3.11 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series for any partial
period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days
elapsed in a partial month in such period, and interest on the Securities of each series for a

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full period shall be computed by dividing the rate per annum by the number of interest periods that
together constitute a full twelve months.

Section 3.12 Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates. If specified as contemplated by Section
2.1 or Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time during the
term of such series, from time to time to defer the payment of interest on such Securities for such
period or periods as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 (each, an “Extension Period”)
during which Extension Periods the Company shall have the right to make partial payments of
interest on any Interest Payment Date. No Extension Period shall end on a date other than an
Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon, if any, at
the rate specified for the Securities of such series to the extent permitted by applicable law);
provided, however, that no Extension Period shall extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the
principal of the Securities of such series; provided, further, that during any such Extension
Period and until all accrued but unpaid interest is paid in full, the Company shall not, and shall
not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company’s capital
stock, or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt security of the Company that ranks pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Securities of such series or make any guarantee payments with respect to
any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the securities of such
series (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of
the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement
with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in
connection with a dividend reinvestment or shareholder stock purchase plan or in connection with
the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for
such stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the Extension
Period, (b) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the
Company as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s capital
stock (or any capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Company) for any other class or series of the
Company’s capital stock, or of any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or
series of the Company’s capital stock, (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or
the security being converted or exchanged, (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation or amendment of the Company shareholders’ rights plan (or any successor thereto), or
the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any such rights plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or
other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options
or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu
with or junior to such stock, (f) any payment of current or deferred interest on pari passu
securities that is made pro rata to the amount due on such pari passu securities (including the
Securities); or (g) any payment of principal on pari passu securities necessary to avoid a breach
of the instrument governing such pari passu securities). Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Company may further extend the interest payment period, provided that no
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Securities or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of such Securities. Upon
termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any
Additional Interest then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new
Extension Period, subject to the above conditions. No interest shall be due and payable during an
Extension Period, except at the end thereof. The Company shall give the Issuer Trustees notice of
its election to begin any such Extension Period at least one Business Day prior to the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date on which interest on Securities of such series would be payable
but for such deferral or, with respect to the Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, so
long as such Securities are held by such Citizens Trust, prior to the earlier of (i) the next
succeeding date on which Distributions on the Capital Securities of such Citizens Trust would be
payable but for such deferral or (ii) the date the Property Trustee of such Citizens Trust is
required to give notice to any securities exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization
or to holders of such Capital Securities of the record date or the date such Distributions are
payable, but in any event not less than one Business Day prior to such record date. For purposes
hereof, the Company’s Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be pari passu with the Securities.

     The Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall promptly give notice of the Company’s
election to begin any such Extension Period to the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series.

Section 3.13 Right of Set-Off. With respect to the Securities of a series issued to a
Citizens Trust, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall have the right
to set-off any payment it is otherwise required to make thereunder in respect of any such Security
to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or is concurrently on the date of such payment
making, a payment under the Citizens Guarantee relating to such Security or under Section 5.8
hereof.

Section 3.14 Agreed Tax Treatment. Each Security issued hereunder shall provide that the
Company and, by its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and
any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Security agree that for United States
federal, state and local tax purposes it is intended that such Security constitutes indebtedness.

Section 3.15 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of
redemption or other related material as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice or
other related material may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or other
related material and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed
on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number(s).

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ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall, upon Company
Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.1) and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

          (1) either

(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.7 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or

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

	 	(i)	 	have become due and payable, or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	are to be called for redemption within one
year by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of Clause (B) (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for such purpose an amount in cash, direct obligations of the United States
of America backed by its full faith and credit (“U.S. Government
Obligations”), or a combination thereof in each case sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

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

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

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or the earlier resignation
or removal of the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent, the obligations of the Company to the

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Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Subclause (B) of
Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.5 and the last paragraph
of Section 10.3 shall survive.

Section 4.2 Defeasance and Discharge. The following provisions shall apply to the
Securities of each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 3.1. In addition to
discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.3, the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of such a series as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.4 are satisfied, and the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in
effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such
series, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such
series, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in subparagraph (a) of Section 4.4, payments of principal thereof and interest, if any,
thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if
any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) this Section
4.2, (vi) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (vii) the
Company’s obligation to pay the expenses of any Citizens Trust under Section 6.7) (hereinafter
called “Defeasance”), and the Trustee at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same.

Section 4.3 Covenant Defeasance. (i) The Company shall be released from its obligations
under any covenants specified in or pursuant to this Indenture (except as to (A) rights of
registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series, (B) substitution of mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such series, (C) rights of Holders of Securities
of such series to receive, from the Company pursuant to Section 10.1, payments of principal thereof
and interest, if any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon
acceleration), the Holders of Securities of such series to receive mandatory sinking fund payments,
if any, (D) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (E) the rights
of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so
deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (F) the Company’s obligation to pay
the expenses of any Citizens Trust under Section 10.6), and (ii) any default related to released
covenants shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 4.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”), and
the Trustee, at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply
with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such covenant, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any
such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or
in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall
be unaffected thereby.

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Section 4.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the
conditions to application of either Section 4.2 or 4.3 to the Outstanding Securities:

          (1) with reference to Section 4.2 or 4.3, the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to
be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest, if any, at such
times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (iii) a combination thereof,
in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge (A) the principal of and interest, if any, on all Securities of such series on each date
that such principal or interest, if any, is due and payable, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund
payments on the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and the Securities of such series;

          (2) in the case of Defeasance under Section 4.2, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (y), since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United
States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, Defeasance and discharge and
will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and
at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge had not
occurred;

          (3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance under Section 4.3, the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders
of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to
United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times,
as would have been the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

          (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent contemplated by this provision have been
complied with.

Section 4.5 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.4 shall be held in trust, and such money and all money from such U.S. Government
Obligations shall be applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of
the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money and U.S. Government
Obligations has been deposited with the Trustee.

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Section 4.6 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and indemnify
the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.4 or the principal or interest received in respect of
such obligations other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the
Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Section 4.7 Reinstatement. If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 4.4 by reason of any legal preceding or by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.4, until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 4.4; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of
principal or interest on the Securities of any series because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

Section 5.1 Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to
the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body):

          (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series, including any
Additional Interest in respect thereof, when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case of an
Extension Period); or

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

          (3) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant of the
Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in the performance of which or the
breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), 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; or

          (4) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under Federal or State bankruptcy laws, as now
or hereafter constituted, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect
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          (5) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under Federal or State bankruptcy
laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or the consent by the Company to the entry of a decree or
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such laws; or

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

Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(4) or 5.1(5)) with respect to Securities
of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series
are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of
that series) of all 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), provided that, in the case of the
Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, if, upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series fail to declare the principal of all the Securities of that series to be immediately due and
payable, the holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the related
Trust Agreement) of the corresponding series of Capital Securities then Outstanding shall have such
right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration such
principal amount (or specified portion thereof) of and the accrued interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities of such series shall become immediately due and payable.
Payment of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall
remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII notwithstanding that such amount shall
become immediately due and payable as herein provided. If an Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(4) or 5.1(5) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the
principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if the Securities of that series are
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by
the terms of that series) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder, 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 interest (including any Additional Interest)
on all Securities of that series,

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

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

          (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

     In the case of Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, the holders of a majority in
aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust Agreement under which such Citizens Trust is
formed) of the related series of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust shall also have
the right to rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Clauses (1) and
(2) above of this Section 5.2.

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

Section 5.3 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 (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or

          (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and 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, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any)
and interest (including any Additional Interest); and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the
Trustee under Section 6.7.

     If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated.

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

Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership,
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other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the
property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors,

     (a) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal
(and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest)) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

	 	(i)	 	to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal
(and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) owing
and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable and to take any and all actions as
are authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the claims of the
Holders and any predecessor to the Trustee under Section 6.7 allowed in any
such judicial proceedings; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6; and

     (b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments
to the Trustee for distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7.

     Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities. All rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the
payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its
agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected. Any money or property collected or to be
applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be
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distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest
(including any Additional Interest), upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon
of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee;

     SECOND: Subject to Article XIII, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such
series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional
Interest), in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such series
of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest),
respectively; and

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

Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any
right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official)
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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

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

          (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against
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 itself of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty
to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct
Action by Holders of Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.8) interest

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(including any Additional Interest) on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder. In the case of Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, any holder of the
corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust shall have the right, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2), to institute a suit
directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of principal of (premium, if
any) and (subject to Section 3.8) interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities
having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Trust
Agreement under which such Citizens Trust is formed) of such Capital Securities of the
corresponding series held by such holder.

Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee, any Holder or any holder
of Capital Securities has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee, such Holder or such holder of Capital Securities, then and in
every such case the Company, the Trustee, the Holders and such Holder of Capital Securities shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, the Holders and
the holders of Capital Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided in the last
paragraph of Section 3.7, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to
the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion
or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Holder
of any Security or any holder of any Capital Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon
any Event of Default 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 and
the right and remedy given to the holders of Capital Securities by Section 5.8 may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Holders or the
holders of Capital Securities, as the case may be.

Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

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

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

          (3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to
follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith,
determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not joining
in any such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series and, in the case of any Securities of a series
issued to a Citizens Trust, the holders of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust may
waive any past default hereunder and its consequences with respect to such series except a default:

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

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

     Any such waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series or, in the case of a waiver by holders of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust,
by all holders of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust.

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

Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of
any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security on or after
the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security.

Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby

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expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

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

          (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need
not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein).

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

     (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct
except that

          (1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;

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

          (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series.

     (d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,

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or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.

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

Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as
their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, notice of such default, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice
if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further,
that, in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(3), no such notice to
Holders of Securities of such series shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.

Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:

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

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

     (c) whenever in the 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, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

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

     (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 security or indemnity

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satisfactory to it 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, indenture, Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its
discretion may make such inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the
sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason
of such inquiry or investigation;

     (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 under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary
under the provisions of this Indenture;

     (i) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless either (i)
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the Trustee shall
have received notice thereof in accordance with Section 1.5(1) hereof from the Company or a Holder;

     (j) no permissive power or authority available to the Trustee shall be construed as a duty;

     (k) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action;

     (l) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder; and

     (m) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of
individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to
this Indenture.

Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating

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Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the
proceeds thereof.

Section 6.5 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Securities Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar or such other agent.

Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing
with the Company.

Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees

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

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

          (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to
hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claims or expense (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) incurred
without negligence or bad faith, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or
any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or duties hereunder.

     The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 shall survive the termination of the
Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

     To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Company and the Holders agree
that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended

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to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 or any
successor statute.

Section 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee for the Securities of any
series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act as a matter of contract. Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the
Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of said Section 310(b).

Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be

     (a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America
or of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority, or

     (b) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign
government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a rule, regulation or order of the
Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to
supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision
thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United States
institutional trustees, in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued
hereunder.

Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee under Section 6.11.

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

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

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     (d) If at any time:

          (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

          (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

          (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company, acting pursuant to the
authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii)
subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.

     (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.

     (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
Securities Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and

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thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of
the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

     (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more 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 instrument in writing or 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 instrument in writing or
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each
such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such instrument in writing or supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

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

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

Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of
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otherwise 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, and in case any Securities shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor
Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of
authentication shall have the full force which it is provided anywhere in the Securities or in this
Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee
shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of
claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or
pursuant to Section 3.7, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of
Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, or of any
State or Territory or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of
such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in
its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor
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.

     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an

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Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any
time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provision of this Section.

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

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

     This is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

Dated:                               

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[                    ]

As Trustee

 

	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	As Authenticating Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

ARTICLE VII

HOLDER’S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

     (a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in each year, a list,
in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of
such Regular Record 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, excluding from any such list names and
addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar.

Section 7.2 Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders.

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     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names
and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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

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

Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee.

     (a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, at the times and in
the manner provided pursuant thereto.

     (b) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall
be transmitted no later than 60 days after May 15 in each calendar year, commencing with the first
May 15 after the first issuance of Securities under this Indenture.

     (c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by
the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed and also with the
Commission. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed
or delisted on any securities exchange.

Section 7.4 Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and with the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the Commission. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to remain subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall continue to
file with the Commission and provide the Trustee with the annual reports and the information,
documents and other reports which are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The
Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).

     Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

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ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

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

          (1) 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
corporation 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, partnership or trust organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the performance of
every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

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

          (3) in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is permitted under the related Trust Agreement and Citizens
Guarantee and does not give rise to any breach or violation of the related Trust Agreement or
Citizens Guarantee; and

          (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with; and the Trustee, subject to Section 6.1,
may rely upon such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such
transaction complies with this Section 8.1.

Section 8.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger by the
Company with or into any other Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.1,
the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance,
transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the
Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.

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     Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which
previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for
authentication pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such successor Person
thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose
pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the
date of the execution hereof.

     In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such changes in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any
Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

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

          (2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

          (3) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 or
3.1; or

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

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

          (6) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such
change or elimination (a) shall become effective only when there is no Security

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Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which
is entitled to the benefit of such provision or (b) shall not apply to any Outstanding Securities;
or

          (7) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action pursuant to
this Clause (7) shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of any series
in any material respect or, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust
and for so long as any of the corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens
Trust shall remain outstanding, the holders of such Capital Securities; or

          (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or

          (9) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each
series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby,

          (1) except to the extent permitted by Section 3.12 or as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with respect to the deferral of the payment of interest on the
Securities of any series, change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
interest (including any Additional Interest) on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof,
or reduce the amount of principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the place of
payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

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

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          (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.5, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby;
provided, further, that, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a Citizens Trust, so
long as any of the corresponding series of Capital Securities issued by such Citizens Trust remains
outstanding, (i) no such amendment shall be made that adversely affects the holders of such Capital
Securities in any material respect, and no termination of this Indenture shall occur, and no waiver
of any Event of Default or compliance with any covenant under this Indenture shall be effective,
without the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of such Capital Securities then outstanding unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of
the Securities of such series and all accrued and, subject to Section 3.8, unpaid interest
(including any Additional Interest) thereon have been paid in full and (ii) no amendment shall be
made to Section 5.8 of this Indenture that would impair the rights of the holders of Capital
Securities provided therein without the prior consent of the holders of each Capital Security then
outstanding unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of such series
and all accrued and (subject to Section 3.8) unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest)
thereon have been paid in full.

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

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

Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing or accepting the additional
trusts created by any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 6.1)
shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture, and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise or that may subject it to any
liability.

Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 9.5 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 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities authenticated
and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and
shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of
any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Company, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees
for the benefit of each series of securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
such Securities and this Indenture.

Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in each Place of
Payment for any series of Securities, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment and an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purposes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any
such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.

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

Section 10.3 Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any
time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of
such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its failure so to act.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to 10:00 a.m. New
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deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such principal and premium (if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.

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

          (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

          (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest;

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

          (4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent.

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

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid on Company Request to the Company, or (if then held by the Company)
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 10.4 Statement as to Compliance; Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate executed by the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company covering the preceding
calendar year, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is
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provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the Company shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
For the purpose of this Section 10.4, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace
period (other than an Extension Period) or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.

     The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five
days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which,
with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the
Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 10.5 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance
to comply with any covenant or condition provided pursuant to Section 3.1, 9.1(3) or 9.1(4) with
respect to the Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain
in full force and effect.

Section 10.6 Additional Sums. In the case of the Securities of a series issued to a
Citizens Trust, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1, in the event that (i) a Citizens
Trust is the Holder of all of the Outstanding Securities of such series and (ii) a Tax Event in
respect of such Citizens Trust shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall pay to such
Citizens Trust (and its permitted successors or assigns under the related Trust Agreement) as
Holder of the Securities of such series for so long as such Citizens Trust (or its permitted
successor or assignee) is the registered Holder of any Securities of such series, such additional
sums as may be necessary in order that the amount of Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts (as defined in such Trust Agreement)) paid by such Citizens Trust on the related Capital
Securities and Common Securities that at any time remain outstanding in accordance with the terms
thereof shall not be reduced as a result of any Additional Taxes (the “Additional Sums”). Whenever
in this Indenture or the Securities there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal
of or interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payments
of the Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph and express mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made; provided, however, that the deferral of the payment of interest
pursuant to Section 3.12 or the Securities shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that
may be due and payable.

Section 10.7 Additional Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of
Securities of each series that it shall not, and it shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company
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liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company’s capital stock, or (b) make any
payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the
Securities of such series or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the
Company of debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with
or junior in interest to the Securities (other than (a) repurchases, redemptions or other
acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract,
benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees,
officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or shareholder stock
purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities
convertible into or exercisable for such stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction
entered into prior to the Extension Period; (b) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any
class or series of the Company’s capital stock for any other class or series of the Company’s
capital stock or any class or series of the Company’s indebtedness for any class or series of the
Company’s capital stock; (c) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s
capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security being converted or exchanged; (d) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation or amendment of the Company shareholders’ rights plan (or any successor thereto), or
the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any such rights plan, or the redemption or
repurchase of rights pursuant hereto; or (e) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options
or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants,
options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari
passu with or junior to such stock) if at such time (i) there shall have occurred any event of
which the Company has actual knowledge that (A) with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series and (B) in
respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if the Securities
of such series are held by a Citizens Trust, the Company shall be in default with respect to its
payment of any obligations under the Citizens Guarantee relating to the Capital Securities issued
by such Citizens Trust or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election to begin an
Extension Period with respect to the Securities of such series as provided herein and shall not
have rescinded such notice, or such Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be
continuing. For purposes hereof, the Company’s Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be pari
passu with the Securities.

     The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series issued to a Citizens
Trust (i) to maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the Common Securities of such
Citizens Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may
succeed to the Company’s ownership of such Common Securities; (ii) as holder of the Common
Securities, not to voluntarily terminate, wind-up or liquidate such Citizens Trust, except upon
prior approval of the Federal Reserve, if then required under applicable capital guidelines or
policies of the Federal Reserve, and (a) in connection with a distribution of the Securities of
such series to the holders of Capital Securities in liquidation of such Citizens Trust or (b) in
connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the related Trust
Agreement; and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of
such Trust Agreement, to cause such Citizens Trust to remain classified as not an association
taxable as a corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes.

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Section 10.8 Original Issue Discount. On or before December 15 of each year during which
any Securities are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to each Paying Agent such information as
may be necessary in order that each Paying Agent may prepare the information which it is required
to report for such year on Internal Revenue Service Forms 1096 and 1099 pursuant to Section 6049 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such information shall include the amount of
original issue discount includible in income for each $1,000 of principal amount at Stated Maturity
of outstanding Securities during such year.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.1 Applicability of This Article. Redemption of Securities of any series
(whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of
Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security
and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall
conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.
Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series, each Security of such series
shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof
and the principal amount of the unredeemed portion of such Security is not less than $100,000.

Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem
any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption
at the election of the Company of any of the Securities of any particular series and having the
same terms, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee and, in the case
of Securities of a series held by a Citizens Trust, the related Property Trustee of such date and
of the principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed and provide the additional
information required to be included in the notice or notices contemplated by Section 11.4. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 11.3 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of
any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such
series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal
amount of any Security of such series. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to
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portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If the
Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any
Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than the 30th day, and not earlier than the 60th day, prior
to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Securities Register.

     With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall
identify the Securities (including CUSIP number(s)) to be redeemed and shall state:

     (a) the Redemption Date;

     (b) the Redemption Price or if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to the time the
notice is required to be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the
Indenture together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price
will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date (if such an estimate of
the Redemption Price is given, a subsequent notice shall be given as set forth above setting forth
the Redemption Price promptly following the calculation thereof);

     (c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular series and having the same
terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

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

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

     (f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

     (g) such other provisions as may be required in respect of the terms of a particular series of
Securities.

     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company and shall not be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives
such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 11.4, the
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acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest
(including Additional Interest) on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 11.6 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If any notice of redemption has
been given as provided in Section 11.4, the Securities or portion of Securities with respect to
which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or
places stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
(including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date. On presentation and surrender of such
Securities at a Place of Payment in said notice specified, the said securities or the specified
portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.8.

     Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new
Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented and having the same Original
Issue Date, Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security
(subject to Section 3.5) will also be a new Global Security.

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

Section 11.7 Right of Redemption of Securities Initially Issued to a Citizens Trust. In
the case of the Securities of a series initially issued to a Citizens Trust, if specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, the Company, at its option, may redeem such Securities (i) on or after
the date 10 years after the Original Issue Date of such Securities, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, or (ii) in whole (but not in part) at any time within 90 days following the
occurrence of a Tax Event, Capital Treatment Event or Investment Company Event in respect of such
Citizens Trust, in each case at a Redemption Price specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

ARTICLE XII

SINKING FUNDS

Section 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable
to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.

     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities of
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sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the
terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.”
If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption (or purchase by tender or otherwise) of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of such Securities.

Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. In lieu of making all
or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash,
the Company may at its option, at any time no more than 16 months and no less than 45 days prior to
the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Securities of such
series (together with the unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or
otherwise acquired by the Company, except Securities of such series that have been redeemed through
the application of mandatory or optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the
Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such
obligations and stating that the Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by
way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value; provided that the Securities to be so
credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received
and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price for such Securities, as
specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days prior to
each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to
the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Such Officers’ Certificate shall be irrevocable and
upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein
referred to, if any, on or before the succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the
failure of the Company to deliver such Officers’ Certificate (or, as required by this Indenture,
the Securities and coupons, if any, specified in such Officers’ Certificate) by the due date
therefor, the sinking fund payment due on the succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series
shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the
Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver
or credit securities as provided in Section 12.2 and without the right to make the optional sinking
fund payment with respect to such series at such time.

     Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused
balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Securities of any
particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as
its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such
payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately
following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Securities of such series at the
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fund monies not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust by the Company as provided in Section 10.3) for such
series and together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 12.3. Any and all sinking fund monies with respect to the
Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 10.3) on the last sinking fund
payment date with respect to Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption
of particular Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other monies, if necessary, to be
deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the
Securities of such series at Maturity. The Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 11.6. On or before each sinking
fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) in cash a
sum in the currency in which Securities of such series are payable (except as provided pursuant to
Section 3.1) equal to the principal, premium, if any, and any interest accrued to the Redemption
Date for Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant
to this Section 12.3.

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

ARTICLE XIII

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

Section 13.1 Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness. The Company covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees,
that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the
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of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.

Section 13.2 No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon
Dissolution, Etc. In the event that the Company shall default in the payment of any principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and
payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration of acceleration or
otherwise, then, upon written notice of such default to the Company by the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or any trustee therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived
or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by
set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities, or in respect of any redemption, repayment,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities.

     In the event of (a) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
readjustment, composition or other similar proceedings relating to the Company, its creditors or
its property, (b) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the
Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
(c) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors or (d) any other marshalling of the
assets of the Company (each such event, if any, herein sometimes referred to as a “Proceeding”),
all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such
proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution, whether in cash,
securities or other property, shall be made to any Holder of any of the Securities on account
thereof. Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this Article
XIII, as such may be modified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities with
respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness
at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of
reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for this Article XIII, as such may be
modified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities) be payable or
deliverable in respect of the Securities of any series shall be paid or delivered directly to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders
until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of
any Proceeding) shall have been paid in full.

     In the event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to Senior
Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities, together with the holders of any obligations of the
Company ranking on a parity with the Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining
assets of the Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and such other obligations before any payment or
other distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital
stock or any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities and such other
obligations.

     In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of any character
or any security, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of

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the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment
the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination
provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under
any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder in
contravention of any of the terms hereof and before all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in
full, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for the benefit of, and
shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness at the
time outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application
to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all such
Senior Indebtedness in full. In the event of the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or
assign any such payment, distribution or security, each holder of Senior Indebtedness is hereby
irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.

     The Trustee and Holders will take such action (including, without limitation, the delivery of
this Indenture to an agent for the holders of Senior Indebtedness or consent to the filing of a
financing statement with respect hereto) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated by the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding, be
necessary or appropriate to assure the effectiveness of the subordination effected by these
provisions.

     The provisions of this Section 13.2 shall not impair any rights, interests, remedies or powers
of any secured creditor of the Company in respect of any security interest the creation of which is
not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture.

     The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise raking on a parity with the
Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be deemed to prevent such obligations
from constituting, respectively, obligations ranking on a parity with the Securities or ranking
junior to the Securities.

Section 13.3 Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in this Article or
elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company at any
time, except during the conditions described in the first paragraph of Section 13.2 or the pendency
of any Proceeding referred to in Section 13.2, from making payments at any time of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities, or (b) the
application by the Trustee of any monies deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on
account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest)
on the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time of such
application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited
by the provisions of this Article.

Section 13.4 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness. Subject to the
payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior Indebtedness, or the provision
for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the
payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the
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Company which by its express terms is subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company to
substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness and is
entitled to like rights of subrogation by reason of any payments or distributions made to holders
of such Senior Indebtedness) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full.
For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant
to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the
Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.

Section 13.5 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Article
are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall (a) impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the
Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities as and when the same shall become due in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the
relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company
other than their rights in relation to the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture including, without limitation, filing and voting
claims in any Proceeding, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to
the Trustee or such Holder.

Section 13.6 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a Security by his or her
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided in this
Article and appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

Section 13.7 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any present or future
holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any
act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
that any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

     Without in any way limiting the generality of the immediately preceding paragraph, the holders
of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from to time, without the consent of or notice to the
Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the
Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the
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Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of
payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release
any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.

Section 13.8 Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by
the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any
other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, agent or representative therefor;
provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies may
become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security), then, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority
to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within two Business Days
prior to such date.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely
on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee or attorney-in-fact therefor) to establish that such notice has been
given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or attorney-in-fact therefor). In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution
and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination
as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

Section 13.9 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to
conclusively rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose
of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of
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thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article.

Section 13.10 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee, in
its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good
faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other
Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled
by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to
holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.

Section 13.11 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth
in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the
same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive
the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in the Article shall apply to claims of,
or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7.

Section 13.12 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any Paying Agent
other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the
term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires)
be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all
intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place
of the Trustee.

* * * *

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

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CITIZENS REPUBLIC BANCORP, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Officer 	 
	 
	 	[                    ]

As Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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