Document:

Exhibit 10.2

 

[FORM OF]
  AMENDED AND RESTATED INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT is made effective as of November 6, 2016, by and between DATALINK CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), and                             (“Indemnitee”).

 

WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors the most capable persons available;

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee continues to serve as a director of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Company require the Company to indemnify its directors to the full extent permitted by law and Indemnitee is serving as a director of the Company, in part, in reliance on such Bylaws;

 

WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for substantial protection against personal liability in order to maintain Indemnitee’s continued service to the Company in an effective manner and Indemnitee’s reliance on the aforesaid Bylaws and, in part, to provide Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by such Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of such Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or any acquisition transaction relating to the Company), the Company desires to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advance of expenses to Indemnitee to the full extent (whether partial or complete) permitted by law, as set forth in this Agreement and, to the extent officers’ and directors’ liability insurance is maintained by the Company, to provide for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company’s officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policies; and

 

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is party to an existing indemnification agreement with the Company (the “Existing Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee desire to amend and restate the Existing Agreement, in its entirety, as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained herein and of Indemnitee’s continuing service to the Company directly or, at its request, other enterprises, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Existing Agreement and Indemnitee is hereby amended and restated to read, and the Company and Indemnitee hereby do covenant and agree as follows:

 

1.                                      CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

 

(a)                                 CHANGE IN CONTROL.  A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said

 

 

Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company, and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were (x) directors at the beginning of the period or (y) whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such a merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.  A “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to occur as a result of transactions in contemplation of or in connection with the Company’s initial public offering of Common Stock, including without limitation, the election of Class I, Class II and Class III directors or the issuance of Common Stock to the public in the offering.

 

(b)                                 CLAIM.  Any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, or proceeding, and any appeal thereof, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and/or any inquiry or investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action.

 

(c)                                  EXPENSES.  Include attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses, and obligations, including retainers, court costs, transcript costs, expert fees, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, and delivery services fees, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness in or participate in any claim relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

 

(d)                                 INDEMNIFIABLE EVENT.  Any event, occurrence, or circumstance related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity.

 

(e)                                  REVIEWING PARTY.  Any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Company’s Board of Directors including the Special Independent Counsel referred to in Section 4 (or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other person or body

 

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appointed by the Board), who is not a party to the particular claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.

 

(f)                                   VOTING SECURITIES.  Any securities of the Company which vote generally in the election of directors.

 

2.                                      AGREEMENT TO SERVE.  Indemnitee agrees to continue to serve as a director of the Company.  Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law). The Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in any position with the Company.

 

3.                                      BASIC INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT.

 

(a)                                 In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Claim by reason of (or airing in party out of), an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty days after written demand is presented to the Company against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments, and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, or amounts paid in settlement) of such Claim. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to a Change in Control, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Claim.  If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within two business days of such request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”).

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 3(a) shall be subject to the condition that any Reviewing Party shall not have determined in a written opinion (in any case in which the Special Independent Counsel referred to in Section 4 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be subject to the condition that if, when and to the extent that any Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company, without interest) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by a Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). If there has not been a Change in Control, a Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, a Reviewing Party shall be the Special Independent Counsel referred to in Section 4 hereof. If there has been no appointment or no

 

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determination by a Reviewing Party or if a Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the State of Minnesota having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual basis therefor, and the Company hereby (i) consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding, (ii) shall be precluded from asserting that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding, and enforceable, and (iii) shall stipulate in any such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

 

4.                                      CHANGE IN CONTROL.  The Company agrees that if there is a Change in Control of the Company (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) then with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity payment and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, or the Company’s Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from “Special Independent Counsel” selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last five years (other than in connection with such matters). Such Special Independent Counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent the Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Special Independent Counsel referred to above and may fully indemnify such Special Independent Counsel against any and all expenses (including attorney’s fees), claims, liabilities, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

5.                                      INDEMNIFICATION FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify against any and all Expenses (including attorney’s fees) and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within two business days of such request) advance such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim asserted against or action brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Company under this Agreement or any other agreement, the Company’s Bylaws, or Articles of Incorporation hereafter in effect relating to Claims for Indemnifiable Events and/or (ii) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, Expense advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

 

6.                                      PARTIAL INDEMNITY, ETC.  If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement of a claim but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled. Moreover, notwithstanding any other provision of this

 

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Agreement, all Claims relating in whole or in part to any Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith. In connection with any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled.

 

7.                                      CONTRIBUTION.  If the indemnification provided in this Agreement is unavailable and may not be paid to Indemnitee because such indemnification is not permitted by law, then in respect of any threatened, pending, or completed Claim in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Claim), the Company shall contribute, to the full extent permitted by law, to the amount of expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments, and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, or amounts paid in settlement) actually incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and Indemnitee on the other hand from the transaction from which such Claim arose, and (ii) the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and Indemnitee on the other in connection with the events which resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of Indemnitee on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances resulting in such expenses, judgment, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement. The Company agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this paragraph were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the foregoing equitable considerations.

 

8.                                      NO PRESUMPTION.  For purposes of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the termination of any Claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

 

9.                                      NON-EXCLUSIVITY, ETC. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or the Minnesota Business Corporation Act or otherwise. To the extent that a change in the Minnesota Business Corporation Act (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change immediately upon the occurrence of such change without further action by the Company or Indemnitee.

 

10.                               LIABILITY INSURANCE.  To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be

 

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covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director or officer of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the amount and coverage of such directors’ and officers’ liability insurance from time to time.

 

11.                               PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.  No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company or any affiliate of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company or its affiliate shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action such shorter period shall govern.

 

12.                               AMENDMENTS, ETC..  No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

13.                               SUBROGATION.  In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

14.                               NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.  The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, Bylaws, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

15.                               BINDING EFFECT, ETC..  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, including any direct or indirect successors by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as an officer or director of the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company’s requests.

 

16.                               SEVERABILITY.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a single section, paragraph, or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or

 

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otherwise unenforceable in any respect, and the validity and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired, and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

17.                               TERM.  All obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee serves the Company in a capacity referred to in Section 2 hereof, and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event.

 

18.                               GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effects to the principles of conflicts of law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto affixed their signatures as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
DATALINK CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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INDEMNITEE
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    

 

Signature PageEX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
  

LAZARD GROUP LLC 
  

 
 SEVENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of November 4, 2016 

 
  

to the 
 INDENTURE

 Dated as of May 10, 2005 

between 
 LAZARD GROUP
LLC 
 and 
 THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 
 as Trustee 
  

 
  

 Table of Contents 

 

					
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	ARTICLE I
	
	Definitions
			
	 SECTION 1.01.
	 	 Definitions
	  	2
	 SECTION 1.02.
	 	 Other Definitions
	  	6
	
	ARTICLE II
	
	Designation and Terms of the Securities
			
	 SECTION 2.01.
	 	 Title and Aggregate Principal Amount
	  	6
	 SECTION 2.02.
	 	 Execution
	  	7
	 SECTION 2.03.
	 	 Other Terms and Form of the Notes
	  	7
	 SECTION 2.04.
	 	 Further Issues
	  	7
	 SECTION 2.05.
	 	 Interest and Principal
	  	7
	 SECTION 2.06.
	 	 Place of Payment
	  	7
	 SECTION 2.07.
	 	 Depositary; Registrar
	  	8
	 SECTION 2.08.
	 	 Optional Redemption
	  	8
	 SECTION 2.09.
	 	 Redemption at the Option of Holder; Sinking Fund
	  	8
	 SECTION 2.10.
	 	 Change of Control
	  	9
	 SECTION 2.11.
	 	 Modification of Original Indenture
	  	11
	
	ARTICLE III
	
	Transfer and Exchange
			
	 SECTION 3.01.
	 	 Exchanges of Global Note for Non Global Note
	  	14
	 SECTION 3.02.
	 	 Legends
	  	14
	 SECTION 3.03.
	 	 Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes
	  	15
	
	ARTICLE IV
	
	Defeasance
			
	 SECTION 4.01.
	 	 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
	  	16

  
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	ARTICLE V
	
	Miscellaneous
			
	 SECTION 5.01.
	 	 Ratification of Original Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Original Indenture
	  	16
	 SECTION 5.02.
	 	 Concerning the Trustee
	  	16
	 SECTION 5.03.
	 	 Counterparts
	  	16
	 SECTION 5.04.
	 	 GOVERNING LAW
	  	16
			
	 Exhibit A
	 	 Form of Note
	  	

  
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 SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 4, 2016 (this “Seventh Supplemental
Indenture”), to the Indenture, dated as of May 10, 2005 (the “Original Indenture”), between LAZARD GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly
known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore
executed and delivered the Original Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of Securities (as defined in the Original Indenture) of the Company, to be issued in one or more Series; 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.02 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into
indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture for, among other things, the purpose of establishing the designation, form, terms and conditions of Securities of any Series permitted by Sections 2.01 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company (i) desires the issuance of a Series of Securities to be designated as hereinafter provided and (ii) has
requested the Trustee to enter into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of establishing the designation, form, terms and conditions of the Securities of such Series; 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes,” which
expression includes any further notes issued pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof and forming a single series therewith) of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth; and 

WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Original Indenture and this Seventh
Supplemental Indenture (the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, being hereinafter called the “Indenture”) has been duly taken. 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 

That, in order to establish the designation, form, terms and conditions of, and to authorize the authentication and delivery of, the Notes,
and in consideration of the acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

 ARTICLE I 

DEFINITIONS 
 SECTION 1.01.
Definitions. 
 (a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed
thereto in the Original Indenture. 
 (b) The rules of interpretation set forth in the Original Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set
forth in full herein. 
 (c) For all purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings (such meanings shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the respective terms) and to the extent inconsistent with the
meanings of the same terms in the Original Indenture shall supersede the same terms set forth in the Original Indenture: 
 “Applicable
Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange. 

“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means that, following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Notes are rated below an
Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date not later than the end of the 60-day period following public notice of such occurrence of a Change of Control; provided, however, that such 60-day period will be
extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies; provided, further, however, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of
a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering
Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the request of the Company that the reduction was the result, in
whole or in substantial part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Below Investment
Grade Rating Event). 
 “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any shares or other equivalents (however designated) of
any class of corporate stock or partnership interests or any other participations, rights, warrants, options or other interests in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, including preferred stock, and including any debt security
convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest. 

  
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 “Change of Control” means the occurrence, at such time after the original issuance of
the Notes, of any of the following: 
 (a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act, other than (x) the Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries), or (y) any such person or group a majority of which (measured by reference to beneficial ownership of voting stock) consists of current executive
officers, managing directors or other employees of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries) (any such person or group described in clauses (x) and (y), a “Permitted Holder”), has become the direct or
indirect “beneficial owner”, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of (i) the Company’s membership units representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s membership units entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors or (ii) for so long as the Parent controls the Company, common stock of the Parent representing more than 50% of the voting power of common stock of the Parent entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
Parent; 
 (b) the current executive officers, managing directors or other employees of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the
Company and its Subsidiaries) have become the direct or indirect “beneficial owners”, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of (x) the Company’s membership units (or other Capital Stock of the Company’s successor
pursuant to Article Five of the Original Indenture) representing more than 75% of the voting power of the Company’s membership units (or other Capital Stock of the Company’s successor pursuant to Article Five of the Original Indenture)
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or (y) for so long as the Parent controls the Company, common stock of the Parent representing more than 75% of the voting power of common stock of the Parent entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of the Parent; or 
 (c) (x) a consolidation or merger involving the Company or, for so long as the Parent controls
the Company, the Parent or (y) a disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another person, other than the following transactions: 

(i) any transaction undertaken solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s or the Parent’s jurisdiction of organization or legal
form; 
 (ii) [Reserved]; 

(iii) any transaction involving the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Company’s Subsidiaries), so long as such transaction
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part of a plan or a series of transactions designed to or having the effect of merging or consolidating with, or disposing all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to,
any person (other than a Permitted Holder); 
 (iv) in the case of a transaction involving the merger or consolidation of the Parent with
another person, any transaction pursuant to which holders of the Parent common stock immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the voting power of all equity interests entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors of the continuing or surviving or successor entity immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or 

(v) in the case of a transaction involving the merger or consolidation of the Company with another person, any transaction pursuant to which
holders of the Company’s membership interests immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the voting power of all equity interests entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the continuing or surviving or successor entity immediately after giving effect to such transaction. 
 For purposes of the
definition of “Change in Control”, the term “person” includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to Notes subject to redemption, the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining life of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity with the remaining life of the Notes to be redeemed. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with
respect to any redemption date applicable to the Notes, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or, if the Quotation Agent
obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. 
 “Definitive Note” means
a Note in definitive registered form without coupons. 

  
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 “DTC Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 3.02(b), which is required to
be placed on all Global Notes, for which DTC is acting as the Depositary. 
 “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and any
successor entity. 
 “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 3.02(a), which is required to be place
on all Global Notes. 
 “Global Notes” means the Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in
accordance with Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture. 
 “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than
“BBB-” (or the equivalent) by Fitch, “Baa3” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and “BBB-” (or the equivalent) by S&P. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor entity. 

“Parent” means Lazard Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda. 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary,
Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear or Clearstream) as indirect participants. 

“Paying Agent” means any Person appointed by the Company as Paying Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture
and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company. 

“Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate
the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act,
selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date applicable to
the Notes, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable 

  
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Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time,
on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., and their respective successors, and any other primary U.S. Treasury dealers selected by the Company, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Treasury dealer in New York
City, the Company will substitute another primary U.S. Treasury dealer. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor entity. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any
redemption date applicable to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date using a price for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions. 
  

			
	 Term
	  	 Defined in Section

	 “Additional Amounts”
	  	2.11
	 “Change of Control Offer”
	  	2.10
	 “Change of Control Payment”
	  	2.10
	 “Change of Control Payment Date”
	  	2.10
	 “DTC”
	  	2.07
	 “Interest Payment Date”
	  	2.05
	 “Maturity Date”
	  	2.05
	 “Notes”
	  	2.01
	 “Record Date”
	  	2.05
	 “Redemption Price”
	  	2.08
	 “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”
	  	2.11
	 “Taxes”
	  	2.11

 ARTICLE II 

DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF THE SECURITIES 

SECTION 2.01. Title and Aggregate Principal Amount. There is hereby created one Series of Securities designated: 3.625%
Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”). 

  
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 SECTION 2.02. Execution. The Notes may forthwith be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication and delivery by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04 of the Original Indenture. 

SECTION 2.03. Other Terms and Form of the Notes. The Notes shall have and be subject to such other terms as provided in the
Original Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and shall be evidenced by one or more Global Notes in the form of Exhibit A hereof. 

SECTION 2.04. Further Issues. The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes and in
accordance with the Original Indenture and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, create and issue further notes having the same form and terms as the Notes in all respects (other than the date of issuance and, if applicable, the date from which
interest thereon will begin to accrue) and will carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, and such additional notes will form a single series with the Notes previously issued, including for voting purposes. If any such additional
notes are not fungible for United States federal income tax purposes with the Notes previously issued, such additional notes will not have the same CUSIP number as the Notes previously issued. 

SECTION 2.05. Interest and Principal. The Notes will mature on March 1, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”) and
will bear interest at the rate of 3.625% per annum. The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on March 1, 2017. All payments of
interest will be made to the Holders of record at the close of business on the February 15 or August 15 immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (each a “Record Date”), respectively. Interest on the Notes shall
accrue from the date of original issuance of the Notes or, if interest has already been paid on the Notes, from the date interest was most recently paid. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months. Payments of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be made in Dollars, and the Notes shall be denominated in Dollars. 

SECTION 2.06. Place of Payment. The place of payment where the Notes issued in the form of Definitive Notes may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where the principal of and interest and any other payments due on the Notes issued in the form of Definitive Notes are payable, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to and upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and the office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose shall initially
be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. All payments on Notes issued in the form of Global Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary and, at the option of the Company, payment of interest on the
Notes issued in the form of Definitive Notes may be made by check mailed to registered Holders. 

  
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 SECTION 2.07. Depositary; Registrar. The Company initially appoints The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and the Paying Agent and designates the Trustee’s New York office as the office or
agency referred to in Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture. 
 SECTION 2.08. Optional Redemption.

(a) Prior to the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date, the Company at its option may redeem the Notes, in whole at any time or
in part from time to time, upon payment of a redemption price equal to (A) the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed on the redemption date; and (ii) the sum, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the
present values of the principal amount and the remaining scheduled payments of interest on such Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date), in each case, discounted from their respective scheduled payment dates to
the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points, plus (B) in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but not
including, the redemption date (the “Redemption Price”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on
the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date and (ii) if the date fixed for redemption is on or after the Record Date and on or before the next following Interest Payment Date, then the
installment of interest on Notes that is due and payable on such date shall be paid to the Holders of record as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date. The Redemption Price shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Price, calculated as described in this Section 2.08, promptly after
such calculation. 
 (b) On or after the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date, the Company at its option may redeem the
Notes, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon payment of a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the
redemption date. 
 SECTION 2.09. Redemption at the Option of Holder; Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be redeemable at
the option of any Holder thereof, upon the occurrence of any particular circumstances or otherwise. The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund. 

  
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 SECTION 2.10. Change of Control.  

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes pursuant to
Section 2.08 of this Indenture, the Company will make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Company shall mail a notice to holders of the Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event, stating: 

(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 2.10 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; 

(ii) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); 
 (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; 

(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (v) that Holders electing to have any Notes
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (vi) that Holders will be
entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, no later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and 

(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion
of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof. 

  
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 (b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 2.10, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.10 by virtue
of such compliance. 
 (c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, 

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered; and 
 (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Note or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company. 
 (d) The Paying Agent will
promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount
to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount. The Company will publicly announce the results of the
Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit Holders of the Notes to require
the Company to repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction. 
 (e) Notwithstanding
anything to this contrary in this Section 2.10, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.10 and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer; or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof,
unless and until there is a default in the payment of the applicable redemption price. 
 (f) The Company shall not repurchase any Note if
there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an event of default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event. 

  
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 SECTION 2.11. Modification of Original Indenture. For purposes of the Notes
only, 
 (a) Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture is amended by deleting the following terms in their entirety: “Additional
Assets,” “Credit Agreement,” “Deconsolidating Disposition,” “Designated Subsidiary,” “Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition” and “Disposition Amount”. 

(b) Section 1.02 of the Original Indenture is amended by deleting the following terms in their entirety: “Offer Amount,”
“Offered Period,” “Offered Price,” “Pari Passu Debt Price,” “Payment Amount,” “Purchase Date” and “Stock Disposition Offer”. 

(c) Section 4.08 of the Original Indenture, entitled “Limitations on Dispositions of Capital Stock of Designated Subsidiaries”, is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “[Reserved]” in lieu thereof. 
 (d) Instead of Section 4.09 of the Original
Indenture, entitled “Additional Amounts”, the following covenant shall be applicable to the Notes: 
 Section 4.09. Additional
Amounts. 
 If, following any transactions permitted by Section 5.01 of this Indenture, the Surviving Person is organized
other than under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, all payments made by the Surviving Person under or with respect to the Notes shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or
deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (hereinafter “Taxes”) imposed or levied by
or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of the Surviving Person or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority therein (each a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Surviving Person is required to
withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the official interpretation or administration thereof. 

  
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 If the Surviving Person is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for, or
on account of, such Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes, the Surviving Person shall pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder
(including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to
pay Additional Amounts does not apply to (1) any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of,
or possessor of power over the relevant Holder, if the relevant Holder is an estate, nominee, trust or corporation) and a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than the mere receipt of such payment or the ownership or holding outside of the Surviving
Person’s country of incorporation of such Note); (2) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by the relevant Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with a written request of the Surviving Person addressed
to such Holder, after reasonable notice, to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Holder or such beneficial owner or to make any declaration or similar claim or
satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, which is required by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the applicable Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the
rate of withholding or deduction of, all or part of such Taxes; (3) any Taxes withheld or deducted pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any amended or successor version of such Sections), any
U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof or any agreements (including any law implementing any such agreement) entered into in connection with the implementation thereof; or (4) any estate, inheritance,
gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge; nor shall the Surviving Person be required to pay Additional Amounts (a) if the payment could have been made without such deduction or
withholding if the beneficiary of the payment had presented the Note for payment within 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later
(except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period), or (b) with respect to any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on such
Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial
owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note. 

  
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 Upon request, the Surviving Person shall provide the Trustee with official
receipts or other documentation satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of the Taxes with respect to which Additional Amounts are paid. 

Whenever in this Indenture, a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, or in any
Note there is mentioned, in any context: (1) the payment of principal; (2) purchase prices in connection with a purchase of Notes; (3) interest; or (4) any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes, such reference shall be
deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 4.09 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof. 

The obligations described under this Section 4.09 shall survive any termination or discharge of this Indenture and any
defeasance of the Notes and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Company or any Surviving Person is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein. 

(e) Section 5.01 of the Original Indenture is amended by deleting clause (c) and inserting “[Reserved]” in lieu thereof. 

(f) Section 7.02(l) of the Original Indenture is amended to read, “In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special,
indirect, punitive 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.” 
 (g) Section 8.03 of the Original Indenture is amended to read: 

“SECTION 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.  

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any
Series of Securities, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenant contained in Section 4.07 of this Indenture (if applicable to such Series of
Securities) and any covenants made applicable to the Series of Securities which are subject to defeasance under the terms of a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the outstanding
Securities of that Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied 

  
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(hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of that Series shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be
deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of that Series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such 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 and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition,
upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof with respect to any Series of Securities, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Section 6.01(3)
hereof (solely with respect to the covenants described in Sections 4.02 and 4.07) shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to such Securities.” 

ARTICLE III 
 TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE 
 SECTION 3.01. Exchanges of Global Note for Non Global Note. In the
event that a Global Note or any portion thereof is exchanged for Notes other than Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture, such other Notes may in turn be exchanged (on transfer or otherwise) for Notes that are
not Global Notes or for beneficial interests in a Global Note (if any is then outstanding) only in accordance with such procedures and any Applicable Procedures, as may be from time to time adopted by the Company and the Trustee. 

SECTION 3.02. Legends. The following legends shall, as indicated below, appear on the face of Notes issued under the
Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
 (a) Global Note
Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
 “THIS SECURITY IS
HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, 

  
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AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.04 OF THE ORIGINAL
INDENTURE, (B) THIS SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15(B) OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.13 OF THE ORIGINAL
INDENTURE AND (D) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.15(B) OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, ONLY (X) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, (Y) BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (Z) BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR TO A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.” 

(b) DTC Legend. Each Global Note for which DTC is acting as the Depositary shall bear a legend in the following form: 

“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL BECAUSE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.” 
 SECTION 3.03. Cancellation
and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased
or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.13 of the Original Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented

  
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by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

ARTICLE IV 
 DEFEASANCE 

SECTION 4.01. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. Article Eight of the Original Indenture, as amended by this Seventh
Supplement Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. 
 ARTICLE V 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 5.01.
Ratification of Original Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Original Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and
provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Original Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound
hereby. 
 SECTION 5.02. Concerning the Trustee. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except with respect to
the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. 
 SECTION 5.03. Counterparts. This Seventh
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 5.04. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE OF THE SERIES CREATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE

  
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REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF HEREBY (A) 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 AND (B) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW
YORK, FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE NOTES. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	 LAZARD GROUP LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Matthieu Bucaille

		 	 Name: Matthieu Bucaille

		 	 Title:   Chief Financial Officer

	
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Laurence J. O’Brien

		 	 Name: Laurence J. O’Brien

		 	 Title:   Vice President

  
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 [Face of Note] 

LAZARD GROUP LLC 

3.625% Senior Notes due 2027 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL BECAUSE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THIS SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.04 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15(B) OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.13 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.15(B) OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, ONLY (X) BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY, (Y) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (Z) BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR TO A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 

  
 A-1 

 CUSIP: 52107Q AH8 

ISIN: US52107QAH83 
 3.625% Senior
Notes due 2027 
  

					
	No.     	  	$            	  	

 LAZARD GROUP LLC 

promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]1 or registered assigns, the principal sum of
[            ] Dollars ($[        ]) [as such amount may be adjusted as set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges, Redemptions, Repurchases,
Cancellations and Transfers annexed hereto]2 on March 1, 2027. 
 Interest Payment
Dates: March 1 and September 1, commencing on March 1, 2017. 
 Record Dates: February 15 and August 15. 

 

	1 	Insert for Global Notes. 

	2 	Insert for Global Notes. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed. 

 

			
	LAZARD GROUP LLC
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
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	TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
	
	Dated:
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

  
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 [Reverse of Note] 

LAZARD GROUP LLC 

3.625% Senior Notes due 2027 
  

	1.	Indenture 

 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company,
designated as its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2027 (herein called the “Notes,” which expression includes any further notes issued pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Supplemental Indenture (as hereinafter defined) and forming a single
series therewith), issued and to be issued under an indenture, dated as of May 10, 2005 (herein called the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, dated as of November 4, 2016 (the
“Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), between LAZARD GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (such company, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto relevant to the Notes reference is hereby made for a complete description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms
used but not defined in this Note shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture imposes certain limitations on
the ability of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries to create or incur Liens. The Indenture also imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other person (other than a merger
of a wholly owned Subsidiary into the Company) or sell, transfer, assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the property of the Company in any one transaction or series of related transactions. 

Each Note is subject to, and qualified by, all such terms as set forth in the Indenture certain of which are summarized herein and each Holder
of a Note is referred to the corresponding provisions of the Indenture for a complete statement of such terms. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the summary provisions set forth in the Notes and the Indenture, the provisions of
the Indenture shall govern. 
  

	2.	Interest 

 (a) The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note
at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on March 1, 2017. Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the date of original issuance of the Notes or, if interest has already been paid on the Notes, from the date interest was most recently paid. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. 

	3.	Paying Agent, Registrar and Service Agent 

 Initially, the Trustee will act as paying
agent, registrar and service agent. The Company may appoint and change any paying agent, registrar or co-registrar and service agent without notice. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as paying
agent, registrar, co-registrar or service agent. 
  

	4.	Defaults and Remedies; Waiver 

 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes due and payable immediately. In the case of an Event of Default resulting from certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal (or such specified amount) and premium, if any, of all outstanding Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the Trustee or any Holder of
outstanding Notes. 
 Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may
refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives reasonable indemnification. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise
of any trust or power under the Indenture. 
 At any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable (or
have become immediately due and payable), and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding under the
Indenture, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all
the Notes and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under
applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Notes to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.07 of the Original Indenture and (ii) any and all
existing Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes, other than the nonpayment of principal on Notes that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.04 of the
Original Indenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 
 The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except a Default in the payment of the principal amount of premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on a Note. When a
Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right. 

  
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	5.	Amendment 

 In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by the
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into supplemental indentures (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of any Holder of Notes, for one
or more of the following purposes: (i) to evidence the succession of another person to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the Company’s covenants, agreements and obligations; (ii) to surrender any right or power conferred
upon the Company by the Indenture, to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of all or any Notes as the Board of Directors of the Company shall consider to
be for the protection of the Holders of such Notes, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in respect of any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default
under the Indenture; provided, however, that with respect to any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision, such amendment may provide for a period of grace after default, which may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other Defaults, may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default, may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default or may limit the right of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes to waive such default; (iii) to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision contained in the Indenture, in any supplemental indenture or in any Notes that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained
therein; (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of any
Holders of Notes; (v) to modify or amend the Indenture in such a manner as to permit the qualification of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture thereto under the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect; (vi) to add or to change any of the
provisions of the Indenture to provide that Notes in bearer form may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal or premium with respect to Notes in registered form or of principal, premium or
interest with respect to Notes in bearer form, or to permit Notes in registered form to be exchanged for Notes in bearer form, so as to not adversely affect the interests of the Holders or any coupons in any material respect or permit or facilitate
the issuance of Notes in uncertificated form; (vii) to secure the Notes; (viii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (ix) to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture
with respect to the Notes, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under the Indenture shall (A) neither apply to any Note created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the
benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Note with respect to the benefit of such provision or (B) become effective only when there is no such Note outstanding; (x) to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Indenture by more than
one Trustee. 

  
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 With the written consent (as evidenced as provided in Section 9.02 of the Original
Indenture) of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding affected by such amendment (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), the Company and the
Trustee, may amend the Indenture without notice to any Holder; provided that no such amendment shall, without the consent of the Holders of each Note then outstanding and affected thereby, (i) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose
Holders must consent to an amendment, modification, supplement or waiver; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note; (iii) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note; (iv) reduce the amount
payable upon the redemption of any Note or add redemption provisions to any Note; (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note; or (vi) make any change in the Sections of the Indenture relating to waivers of past
defaults and the rights of Holders to receive payments, or in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 Any consent to an amendment or a waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless
revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any
notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes. Any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke its consent if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. Neither the
Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the
terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders, ratably, that so consent, waive or agree to amend. 
  

	6.	Obligations Absolute 

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

	7.	Redemption Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event 

 Upon a Change of Control
Triggering Event, any Holder of Notes shall have the right to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued
interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture. 

  
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	8.	Sinking Fund 

 The Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of any Holder thereof,
upon the occurrence of any particular circumstances or otherwise. The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund. 
  

	9.	Denominations; Transfer; Exchange 

 The Notes are issuable in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 above that amount. When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal
amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes. 

The Company and the Registrar shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (b) to register the transfer or
exchange of Notes of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part. 

10. Further Issues 
 The Company may, from
time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes and in accordance with the Original Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, create and issue further notes having the same form and terms as the Notes in all respects (other
than the date of issuance and, if applicable, the date from which interest thereon will begin to accrue) and will carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid interest, and such additional notes will form a single series with the Notes
previously issued, including for voting purposes. If any such additional notes are not fungible for United States federal income tax purposes with the Notes previously issued, such additional notes will not have the same CUSIP number as the Notes
previously issued. 
 11. Optional Redemption 

Prior to the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date, the Company at its option may redeem the Notes, upon notice as set forth in
the Indenture, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon payment of a redemption price equal to (A) the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed on the redemption date; and (ii) the sum, as
determined by the Quotation Agent, of the present values of the principal amount and the remaining scheduled payments of interest on such Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date), in each case, discounted from
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semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points, plus (B) in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the
Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date and (ii) if the date fixed for redemption is on or after the Record Date and on or before the next following Interest Payment Date, then the
installment of interest on Notes that is due and payable on such date shall be paid to the Holders of record as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date. 

On or after the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes, the Company at its option may redeem the Notes, in whole at
any time or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date. 

12. Persons Deemed Owners 
 The ownership
of Notes shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar. 
 13. No Recourse Against Others 

A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. This waiver and release shall be part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Notes. 
 14. Discharge and Defeasance 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Company at any time may terminate some or
all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the
case may be. 
 15. Unclaimed 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, premium,
if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged
from such trust. Thereafter the Holder of such Note shall 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

  
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the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense
of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 
 16. Trustee Dealings with
the Company 
 Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-paying agent may do
the same with like rights. 
 17. Abbreviations 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act). 

18. CUSIP Numbers 
 Pursuant to a
recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, check the
box: 
  
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $         
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	Your Signature:	 	  

		 		 		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.)

  

			
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  

		 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 Annex 2 to 

Exhibit A 
 ASSIGNMENT FORM

 For value received              hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto              (please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
             attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. 

 

			
	Dated:	 	  

	
	  

	
	  

	
	Signature(s)

 Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and
credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15. 

 

	
	  

	Signature Guarantee

  
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 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES, REDEMPTIONS, REPURCHASES 

CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS 
 The
initial principal amount of this Global Note is $        . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

 

																	
	 Date of Increase or Decrease
	  	Amount of Decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note	 	  	Amount of Increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note	 	  	Remaining Principal
Amount of this
Global Note Following
such Decrease or
Increase	 	  	Signature of
Authorized Signatory
of Trustee or
Custodian	 
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			
		  				  				  				  			

  
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