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Exhibit 4.1

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN
THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND,
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY,
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY,
A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.

9% Notes, Due December 31, 2016

$39,000,000

			
	 	 	 
	No. A-1
	 	 
	CUSIP No. 82670C AA8	 	 

     SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Nevada (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of Thirty Nine Million and 00/100 DOLLARS
($39,000,000) on December 31, 2016, and to pay interest on said principal sum from June 11, 2010 or
from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing September 30,
2010, at the rate of 9% per annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable,
and on any overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same
rate per annum. The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of
twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter
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for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed
per 30-day month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not
a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force
and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A “Business Day” shall mean
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the City of
New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business. The interest installment so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided
in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities, as defined in the Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.

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

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

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

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Signature Group Holdings, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: July 16, 2010

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Kyle Ross	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Kyle Ross
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Executive Vice President and
Assistant Secretary	 	 

Attest: /s/ Christine B. Wessel, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, designated as
its 9% Notes, due December 31, 2016 (herein called the “Securities”), limited in aggregate
principal amount to $39,000,000 issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2010 (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

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

     At any time on or after June 11, 2011, the Company shall have the right, subject to the terms
and conditions of Article Twelve of the Indenture, to redeem this Security at the option of the
Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of
the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued but unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date. Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30, nor
more than 60, days’ notice to the Holders, at the Redemption Price. If the Securities are only
partially redeemed by the Company, the Securities will be redeemed pro rata. In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion
hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

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

     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected by
such modification, to modify the Indenture in a manner affecting the rights of the Holders of the
Securities; provided that no such modification may, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, (i) change the fixed maturity of the Securities, or reduce
the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or, except as described below, extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or (ii)
reduce the percentage of principal amount of the Securities, the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such modification of the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
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of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders
of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.

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

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

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

     The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in authorized
denominations of $5,000 or any multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.

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

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association

as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Madeleina J. Hall	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatoryexv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., as Issuer

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 11, 2010

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

9.0% Notes due December 31, 2016

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 

	RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ONE Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 101. Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	 	 	6	 
	SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 105. Notices to Trustee and the Company
	 	 	7	 
	SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 109. Separability Clause
	 	 	8	 
	SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 111. U.S.A. Patriot Act
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 112. Force Majeure
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 113. Governing Law
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 114. Legal Holidays
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 115. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
	 	 	9	 
	SECTION 116. No Security Interest Created
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 117. Conditions Precedent to Initial Issuance of Securities
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TWO Security Forms
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 201. Forms Generally
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security
	 	 	10	 
	SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security
	 	 	12	 
	SECTION 204. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THREE The Securities
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 301. Title and Terms
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 302. Denominations
	 	 	14	 
	SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 304. Temporary Securities
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
	 	 	15	 
	SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
	 	 	16	 
	SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
	 	 	17	 
	SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 309. Cancellation
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 310. Computation of Interest
	 	 	18	 
	SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers
	 	 	18	 

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	SECTION 312. Global Securities
	 	 	18	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FOUR Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	 	 	20	 
	SECTION 402. Defeasance and Discharge
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 403. Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	 	 	21	 
	SECTION 405. Application of Trust Money
	 	 	22	 
	SECTION 406. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations
	 	 	22	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE FIVE Remedies
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 501. Events of Default
	 	 	23	 
	SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
	 	 	24	 
	SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected
	 	 	25	 
	SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	 	 	26	 
	SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 512. Control by Holders
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs
	 	 	27	 
	SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE SIX The Trustee
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	 	 	28	 
	SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee
	 	 	29	 
	SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 605. May Hold Securities
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 607.
Compensation; Reimbursement; and Indemnity
	 	 	30	 
	SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	 	 	31	 
	SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	 	 	32	 
	SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	 	 	33	 

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	ARTICLE SEVEN Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	 	 	33	 
	SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 704. Reports by Company
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE EIGHT Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 801. Successor Substituted
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE NINE Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
	 	 	34	 
	SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
	 	 	35	 
	SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE TEN Covenants; Representations and Warranties
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest
	 	 	36	 
	SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust
	 	 	37	 
	SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 1005. Existence
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 1008. Additional Covenants
	 	 	38	 
	SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE ELEVEN Redemption of Securities
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 1101. Optional Redemption; Conditions to Optional Redemption
	 	 	39	 
	SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption
	 	 	40	 
	SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
	 	 	41	 
	SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part
	 	 	41	 

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	ARTICLE TWELVE Meetings Of Holders
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 1201. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 1202. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 1203. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 1204. Quorum; Action
	 	 	42	 
	SECTION 1205. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
	 	 	43	 
	SECTION 1206 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
	 	 	43	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE THIRTEEN Expenses
	 	 	44	 
	SECTION 1301. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal
	 	 	44	 

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Sections 310 through 318 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trust Indenture	 	 	 	Indenture
	Act Section	 	 	 	Section
	Section 310(a	)(1) 	 
	 	 	609
	 	(a      	)(2)	 	 
	 	609
	 	(a      	)(3)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(a      	)(4)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	608, 610
	Section 311(a	) 	 
	 	 	613
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	613
	Section 312(a	) 	 
	 	 	701
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	702(b)
	 	(c	)	 	 
	 	702(c)
	Section 313(a	) 	 
	 	 	703(a)
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	703(a)
	 	(c	)	 	 
	 	703(a)
	 	(d	)	 	 
	 	703(b)
	Section 314(a	) 	 
	 	 	704
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(c      	)(1)	 	 
	 	102
	 	(c      	)(2)	 	 
	 	102
	 	(c      	)(3)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(d	)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(e	)	 	 
	 	102
	Section 315(a	) 	 
	 	 	601
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	602
	 	(c	)	 	 
	 	601
	 	(d	)	 	 
	 	601
	 	(e	)	 	 
	 	514
	Section 316(a	) 	 
	 	 	101
	 	(a      	)(1)(A)	 	 
	 	512
	 	(a      	)(1)(B)	 	 
	 	513
	 	(a      	)(2)	 	 
	 	Not Applicable
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	508
	 	(c	)	 	 
	 	104(c)
	Section 317(a	)(1) 	 
	 	 	503
	 	(a      	)(2)	 	 
	 	504
	 	(b	)	 	 
	 	1003
	Section 318(a	) 	 
	 	 	107

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     INDENTURE, dated as of June 11, 2010, between Signature Group Holdings, Inc. (formerly
known as Fremont General Corporation), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Nevada (herein called the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     WHEREAS, pursuant to an Indenture dated as of March 6, 1996 between the Company and First
Interstate Bank of California, as Trustee (the “Old Indenture”), the Company issued
$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 9% Junior Subordinated Debentures due March 31, 2026
(the “Old Securities”) to Fremont Financing General Financing I, a Delaware statutory trust
(“Fremont Financing”);

     WHEREAS Fremont Financing issued $100,000,000 of its 9% Trust Originated Preferred Securities
(the “Preferred Securities”) with a liquidation preference of $25 per Preferred Security and
$3,092,784 of its 9% Trust Originated Common Securities (the “Common Securities”) with a
liquidation amount of $25 per Common Security, and used the proceeds thereof to acquire the Old
Securities;

     WHEREAS, the Company, as Sponsor of Fremont Financing, purchased the Common Securities and, as
Guarantor, guaranteed the payment of (i) accrued and unpaid distributions, (ii) the redemption
price and (iii) upon dissolution, winding-up or termination of Fremont Financing, any liquidation
amounts, in each case with respect to the Preferred Securities and as and to the extent set forth
in that certain Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 6, 1996 by the Company
in favor of The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., as trustee;

     WHEREAS, the Company filed for reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United
States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District
of California, Santa Ana Division (the “Bankruptcy Court”);

     WHEREAS by order, amended as of June 9, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court has confirmed the Company’s
plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) in accordance with Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and such
Plan has become effective as of June 11, 2010 (the “Effective Date”);

     WHEREAS, as part of the Plan, the Company has agreed, among other forms of
consideration, to issue $39,000,000 of its Securities (hereinafter defined) to Holders of the
Preferred Securities in satisfaction of all rights of payment from the Company under the Old
Securities and the Preferred Securities for the period prior to the Effective Date;

     WHEREAS, this Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, which are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions;

     WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 9% Notes due December
31, 2016 (the “Securities”), of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth and to
provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

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

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

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ARTICLE ONE

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

SECTION 101. Definitions.

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

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

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

     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

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

     (5) a reference to any Person shall include its successors and assigns;

     (6) a reference to any agreement or instrument shall mean such agreement or instrument
as supplemented, modified, amended or amended and restated and in effect from time to time;

     (7) a reference to any statute, law, rule or regulation, shall include any amendments
thereto applicable to the relevant Person, and any successor statute, law, rule or
regulation; and

     (8) a reference to any particular rating category shall be deemed to include any
corresponding successor category, or any corresponding rating category issued by a successor
or subsequent rating agency.

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

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

     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities.

     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board as the context requires.

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

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business.

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     “Change in Control” means (A) a direct or indirect sale, transfer, or other disposition, in
one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
(B) as a result of a transaction or series of transactions following which the percentage of stock
of the Company owned by one or more persons holding 5% or more of the stock of the Company (before
or after such transaction or series of transactions) has increased by more than 50 percentage
points as compared to such person(s) ownership prior to such transaction or series of transactions,
i.e., a change of ownership under Section 382(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
or (C) the consummation of any transaction, the result of which is that any Person becomes the
owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the equity interests of the Company.

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

     “Common Stock” includes any capital stock of any class of the Company which has no preference
in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the
Company.

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

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

     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered. As of the date hereof, the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
90017, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.

     “Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 403.

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

     “Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 402.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities issuable in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated
to act as Depositary for such Securities.

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

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

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

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

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     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) the principal,
premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds or other similar
instruments issued by the Company and its Subsidiaries and other notes payable, short term debt and
open letters of credit of the Company, (ii) all capital lease obligations of the Company, (iii) all
obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business), (iv) all obligations of the Company for the reimbursement on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction, (v) all obligations
arising under any rate or basis swap, forward contract, commodity swap or option, equity or equity
index swap or option, bond, note or bill option, interest rate option, foreign currency exchange
transaction, cross currency rate swap, currency option, cap, collar or floor transaction, swap
option, synthetic trust product, synthetic lease or any similar transaction or agreement, (vi) all
obligations of other Persons for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise including all obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries to
insure specified levels of equity capital for another person or otherwise to maintain the net worth
or solvency of another person and (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (vi) above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company
(whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company).

     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.

     “Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security,
means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which an installment of interest
with respect to the Securities is due and payable.

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

     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (a) the Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and (b) by the Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to
Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any
Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:

     (a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers’ Certificate has read the
covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;

     (b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers’ Certificate;

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

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

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     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company
(and who may be an employee of the Company), and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
An opinion of counsel may rely on certificates as to matters of fact.

     “Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) any such
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii)
any such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory
to the Trustee has been made; and (iii) any such Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306, or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company.

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

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

     “Plan of Reorganization” means Signature Group Holdings, LLC’s Chapter 11 Plan of
Reorganization of Fremont General Corporation Joined By James McIntyre As Co-Plan Proponent, Dated
April 26, 2010, including, without limitation, all exhibits, supplements, appendices, and schedules
hereto, either in its present form or as it may be altered, amended, or modified from time to time.

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

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

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

     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the Business
Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

     “Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive
committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice
president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any
trust
officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer
of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

     “Securities” has the meaning specified in the Recitals to this instrument.

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     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     “U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 404.

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

     Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall
comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirement set forth in this
Indenture.

SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

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

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

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unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

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

SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

     (c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, fix any day as
the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any
action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. If not set by the Company prior
to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the
case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the
30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided
pursuant to Section 701) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be.

     With regard to any record date, only the Holders on such date (or their duly designated
proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.

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

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

SECTION 105. Notices to Trustee and the Company.

     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with:

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     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Maddy Hall; or

     (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Indenture, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or
permitted under this Indenture shall not be deemed to be made, given, filed or furnished to the
Trustee unless made, given, filed or furnished in writing to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office.

SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

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

     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

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

SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

SECTION 109. Separability Clause.

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

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SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.

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

SECTION 111. U.S.A. Patriot Act.

     The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act,
the Trustee is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or
legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to
this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in
order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 112 Force Majeure

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

SECTION 113. Governing Law.

     THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF. THIS
INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED, THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH
PROVISIONS.

SECTION 114. Legal Holidays.

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

SECTION 115. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations.

     No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental
indenture or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby,
shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer or director, as such,
past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through
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any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that
this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no
such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
shareholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants
or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and
all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer or director, as such, because of the creation
of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in this Indenture or in any Security or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issuance of such Security.

SECTION 116. No Security Interest Created.

     Nothing in this Indenture or in any Securities, express or implied, shall be construed to
constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or
hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its
Subsidiaries is or may be located. Nothing in this Indenture, express or implied, shall be
construed to indicate the priority of the Securities which shall be subordinated to all other debt
which the Company may incur in the future.

SECTION 117. Conditions Precedent to Initial Issuance of Securities.

     The initial issuance of the Securities is subject to delivery to the Trustee of (i) an
Officer’s Certificate; (ii) Opinion of Counsel; and (iii) such other documents, certificates and
consents as Trustee may reasonably request pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Plan of
Reorganization.

ARTICLE TWO

Security Forms

SECTION 201. Forms Generally.

     The Securities and the Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
forms set forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.

     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these or other methods, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.

SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.

9% Notes, Due December 31, 2016

$                    

No.                    

CUSIP No.                     

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     SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. (formerly known as Fremont General Corporation), a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (herein called the “Company”,
which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of                          
DOLLARS ($ `           ) on December 31, 2016, and to pay interest on said principal sum from June
11, 2010 or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”)
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30,
September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing September 30, 2010, at the rate of 9% per
annum, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal
and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. The amount of
interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day
year. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which
interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed per 30-day
month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business
Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay),
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if
made on the date the payment was originally payable. A “Business Day” shall mean any day other
than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are
authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee is closed for business. The interest installment so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities, as defined in the Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.

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

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

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

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Signature Group Holdings, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:                    , 2010

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	 	 	SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

Attest:

                                        

SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the “Company”, designated as
its 9% Notes, due December 31, 2016 (herein called the “Securities”), limited in aggregate
principal amount to $39,000,000 issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2010 (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

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

     At any time on or after June 11, 2011, the Company shall have the right, subject to the terms
and conditions of Article Twelve of the Indenture, to redeem this Security at the option of the
Company, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of
the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued but unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the
Redemption DateAny redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30, nor
more than 60, days’ notice to the Holders, at the Redemption Price. If the Securities are only
partially redeemed by the Company, the Securities will be redeemed pro rata.

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

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

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

     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected by
such modification, to modify the Indenture in a manner affecting the rights of the Holders of the
Securities; provided that no such modification may, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, (i) change the fixed maturity of the Securities, or reduce
the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or, except as described below, extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or (ii)
reduce the percentage of principal amount of the Securities, the Holders of which are required to
consent to any

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such modification of the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders
of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf
of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent
or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.

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

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

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

     The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in authorized
denominations of $5,000 or any multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.

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

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SECTION 204. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

ARTICLE THREE

The Securities

SECTION 301. Title and Terms.

     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is limited to $39,000,000 except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1208.

     The Securities shall be known and designated as the “9% Notes, Due December 31, 2016” of the
Company. Their Stated Maturity is December 31, 2016. The Securities shall bear interest at the
rate of 9% per annum, from June 11, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable quarterly, in arrears, on
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing September 30, 2010 until
the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest will compound quarterly and
will accrue at the rate of 9% per annum on any interest installment in arrears for more than one
quarter. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Securities is not a
Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) (and
without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).

     The principal of and interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Paying Agent in the United States maintained for such purpose and at any other office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or
(ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.

     The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.

SECTION 302. Denominations.

     Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and
interest with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in
or pursuant to this Indenture, Securities shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

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

     Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this
Indenture provided and not otherwise.

     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.

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

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

SECTION 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

     The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to
Section 1002 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided.

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

     At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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

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

     No service charge shall be made to the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1208 not involving any
transfer.

     If the Securities are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities
selected for redemption under Section 1203 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

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

     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

     The Company will on or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment date
deposit with the Trustee the amount of interest which is payable on such Interest Payment Date.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest.

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

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

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

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

SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.

     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
(subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 309. Cancellation.

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

SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.

     Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for
which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed per
30-day month.

SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers.

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

SECTION 312. Global Securities.

     The Securities will initially be issued as a Global Security. The Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company Order, authenticate and deliver
one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities to be issued in the form of Global
Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions.

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     Global Securities shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

     This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.
This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other
than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the
Indenture, and no transfer of this Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such
limited circumstances. Every Security delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, this Global Security shall be a Global Security subject to the
foregoing, except in the limited circumstances described above.

     Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depositary
Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Company or its agent for registration
of 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 DTC
(and any payment is to be made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 305, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in
part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a part of
the Securities may not be transferred in the manner provided in Section 305 except as a whole by
the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

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

     The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities issued in
the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or
Securities. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order or an Officers’ Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities,
shall authenticate and deliver, Securities in definitive registered form, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities representing such Securities, in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.

     In accordance with the provisions of this Section 312, the Depositary for such Global Security
will surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge:

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

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

     Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an agent of the
Company or the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global
Security pursuant to this Section 312 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the
Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver at its office such Securities to or as directed
by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

ARTICLE FOUR

Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance

SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

     This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee,
on written demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments supplied by the
Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

	 	(1)	 	either:

(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore
been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

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

(i) have become due and payable, or

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

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

and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

     (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
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     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to sub-clause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

SECTION 402. Defeasance and Discharge.

     The following provisions shall apply to the Securities unless specifically otherwise provided
in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to
Section 301. In addition to discharge or defeasance of this Indenture pursuant to Sections 401 and
403, in the case of any Securities with respect to which the exact amount described in subparagraph
(a) of Section 404 can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such
subparagraph (a), the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
on all the Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 404 are satisfied, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities
shall no longer be in effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of
Securities, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii)
rights of Holders of Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in subparagraph
(a) of Section 404, payments of principal thereof and interest, if any, thereon upon the original
stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) this Section 402 and (vi) the rights of the Holders of
Securities as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee
payable to all or any of them)(hereinafter called “Defeasance”), and the Trustee at the cost and
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same.

SECTION 403. Covenant Defeasance.

     In the case of any Securities with respect to which the exact amount described in subparagraph
(a) of Section 404 can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such
subparagraph (a), (i) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenants
specified in or pursuant to this Indenture (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and
exchange of Securities, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the Company pursuant to Section
1001, payments of principal thereof and interest, if any, thereon upon the original stated due
dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of
the Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them), and (ii) the
occurrence of any event specified in Section 501(3) (with respect to any of the covenants specified
in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in
each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities as provided in this Section on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 404 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant
Defeasance”), and the Trustee, at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the
Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such covenant (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)
), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant
or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 402 or 403 to the
Outstanding Securities:

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     (a) with reference to Section 402 or 403, the Company has irrevocably deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Securities (i) cash
in an amount, or (ii) direct obligations of the United States of America, backed by its full
faith and credit (“U.S. Government Obligations”), maturing as to principal and interest, if
any, at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (iii) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee, to pay and discharge (A) the principal of and interest, if any, on all
Securities on each date that such principal or interest, if any, is due and payable, and (B)
any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities;

     (b) in the case of Defeasance under Section 402, the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date
hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit, Defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United
States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times,
as would have been the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

     (c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance under Section 403, the Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that,
the Holders of the Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be
subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at
the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred;

     (d) such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound; and

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

SECTION 405. Application of Trust Money.

     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and such money and all money from such U.S. Government Obligations shall be applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose
payment such money and U.S. Government Obligations has been deposited with the Trustee.

SECTION 406. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.

     The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 404 or the
principal or interest received in respect of such obligations other than any such tax, fee or other
charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

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ARTICLE FIVE

Remedies

SECTION 501. Events of Default.

     “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events that has
occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it is
voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

     (1) failure for 90 days to pay any interest on the Securities when due; or

     (2) failure to pay any principal on the Securities when due whether at Stated Maturity,
following notice of redemption, by declaration, date fixed for payment thereto or otherwise;
or

     (3) failure by the Company to observe or perform in any material respect any other
covenant herein for ninety (90) days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; or

     (4) default under any bond, debenture, indenture or any other evidence of Indebtedness
for money borrowed by the Company having an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess
of $10 million, which default shall have resulted in such Indebtedness being accelerated,
without such Indebtedness being discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled within 30 days after receipt of notice thereof by the Company from the Trustee or
by the Company and the Trustee from the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount at Maturity of the Securities then Outstanding; or

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

     (6) (A) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or other
similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
(B) the consent by the Company or to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of
itself in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company, or (C) the filing by the
Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State law, or (D) the consent by the Company to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of all or
substantially all of the property of the Company, or (E) the making by the Company of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors.

     (7) the Company shall become unable or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due.

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     (8) failure by the Company to pay final judgments entered in a court or courts of
competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $5 million, which judgments are not paid,
discharged or stayed for a period of 90 days.

     (9) except as provided in the Indenture, the Securities are held in any judicial
proceeding to be unenforceable or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect or
the Company, or any authorized Person acting on behalf of the Company, denies or disaffirms
its obligations under the Securities.

     (10) A material default, breach or violation of the Plan of Reorganization.

SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have the
right to declare the principal of and the interest on all the Securities and any other amounts
payable hereunder to be due and payable immediately and upon any such declaration such principal
and all accrued interest shall become immediately due and payable.

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section
501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities (or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities) shall become immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security.

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

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

     (A) all overdue interest on all Securities,

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

     (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
interest at the rate borne by the Securities, and

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

     (2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.

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

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

     The Company covenants that if:

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

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     (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Security at the Maturity
thereof,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest,
and, to the extent that payment thereof shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and on any overdue interest, at the rate borne by the Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel.

     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or pursue any available remedy to collect payment of
principal, interest and other sums due under the Note or hereunder to enforce any other proper
remedy.

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the
Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

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

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

SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.

     Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if
only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

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     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;

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

     THIRD: Any remainder, to any other Person lawfully entitled thereto or to the Company.

SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.

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

     (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default;

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

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

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

     (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

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

SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

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

SECTION 512. Control by Holders.

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

     (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture
or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines to be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in such direction; and

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

SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.

     Subject to Sections 902 and 1010 hereof, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any
past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default

     (1) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security (unless such default
has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Trustee); or

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

     Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, effective as of the date specified in
such waiver (and effective retroactively to the date of default, if so specified) and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent
thereon.

SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.

     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any such party litigant,
in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that neither this
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Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee or in any suit for the
enforcement of the right to receive the principal of and interest on any Security on or after the
respective due dates therefore expressed in such security.

SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

The Trustee

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person’s own affairs.

     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

	 	(1)	 	the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those
duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
	 
	 	(2)	 	in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates of opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the
Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

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

	 	(1)	 	this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 601;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by
it pursuant to Section 512 hereof; and

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	 	(4)	 	the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion
or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

     Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any
way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 601.

     None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is ground for believing that the
repayment of such funds or liability is not assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act, except as expressly modified herein, subject to the provisions of Section
107.

(e) All indemnifications and releases from liability granted herein to the Trustee shall
extend to the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Trustee.

SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.

     The Trustee shall give the Holders notice of any default hereunder which is made known to the
officer of the Trustee having primary responsibility for administering this Indenture, confirmed in
writing, and as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the
executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in
good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of
Securities; provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section 501(3), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is,
or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default. For purposes of this
Section, the officer of the Trustee having responsibility for administering this Indenture shall
not be deemed to have knowledge of a default unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of such
default or has received written notice of such default in the manner contemplated by Section 105.

SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.

     Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

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

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

     (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
shall, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

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

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

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

     (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder.

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

     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.

     The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any other agent of the Company, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, or such other agent. Money held by the Trustee
in trust hereunder shall not be invested by the Trustee pending distribution thereof to the holders
of the Securities.

SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.

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

SECTION 607. Compensation; Reimbursement; and Indemnity.

     The Company agrees:

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

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

     (3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including taxes
(other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without gross negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of this trust or the trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder (including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee
will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by
the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations
hereunder. The Company will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense.
The Trustee may have separate counsel at its own expense, but if (i) the Company fails to
assume the defense of such claim, (ii) there is an actual conflict of interests or (iii)
there is the potential for the imposition of criminal liability against the Company, then
the Company will, in any such case, pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.

     The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless
the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations of the
Company, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any, on) or interest on particular Securities.

     To the extent permitted by law, any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a
default specified in or pursuant to Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of
administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. “Trustee” for purposes of
this Section 607 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any
Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 607.

     The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall apply with equal force and
effect to the Trustee in its capacity as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Security Registrar.

SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

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

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

     There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

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SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

     (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee under Section 611.

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

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

     (d) If at any time:

     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by
the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or

     (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (ii)
subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

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

     (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each
appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 106. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.

SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

     Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; provided that, on request of the Company or the
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such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held
by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.

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

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

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

SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

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

ARTICLE SEVEN

Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

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

     The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

     (a) semiannually, not later than February 15 and August 15 in each year, a list, in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
to the extent the Company has knowledge thereof as of a date not more than 15 days prior to
the delivery thereof, and

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

provided that the Company shall not be required to furnish any such list so long as the Trustee is
acting as Security Registrar or the Securities are represented by one or more Global Securities.

SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names
and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 or supplied to the Trustee by the Depository at the Trustee’s request, and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list
so furnished.

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

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

SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.

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

     (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, with the Commission and
with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.

SECTION 704. Reports by Company.

     The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such
information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Trust Indenture
Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed
with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

ARTICLE EIGHT

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

SECTION 801. Successor Substituted.

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

ARTICLE NINE

Supplemental Indentures

SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

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

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

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     (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

     (3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (3)
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities; or

     (4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 610; or

     (5) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

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

     (7) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all Securities (as shall be
specified in such supplemental indenture); or

     (8) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities pursuant to
Article 4, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any
Holder of an Outstanding Security in any material respect; or

     (9) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.

SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

     With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

     (1) change the Stated Maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
or the rate of interest thereon, or any installment of interest on, or change the place of
payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date), or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the
Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders,

     (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
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     (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1010, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby.

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

SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in, and
shall incur no liability that may result from, relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and any
Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution of such supplemental
Indenture have been fulfilled. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

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

SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

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

SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

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

SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.

     Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to Section 902, the Company shall transmit to the Holders of Outstanding Securities a
notice setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TEN

Covenants; Representations and Warranties

SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest.

     The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

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

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

SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.

     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or at the option of
the Company on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
the principal or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act. In such case the Company shall not invest the amount so segregated and held in
trust pending the distribution thereof.

     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, on or prior to each due
date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act; provided, however, that any such deposit on a due date shall be
initiated prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) in same-day funds.

     The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the
Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by
the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of
the Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by such Paying Agent as such.

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

     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company
on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
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for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the
best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance
of any of the material terms, conditions and covenants of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have
knowledge.

SECTION 1005. Existence.

     Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence in accordance with its organizational
documents, rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise if the Board of
Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of
the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders.

SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.

     The Company will cause all properties, assets and interests used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be preserved and maintained and to the extent
applicable, in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of
the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

     The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary,
and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary that comprise more than 10% of the assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.

SECTION 1008. Additional Covenants.

     The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the
Company (other than its wholly owned Subsidiaries) to: (a) declare or pay any dividends on or make
a distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i) repurchases or acquisitions of shares of the
Common Stock of the Company as contemplated by any employment arrangement, benefit plan or other
similar contract with or for the benefit of employees, officers or directors entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series
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capital stock for the Company’s Common Stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such
Company capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, or (iv) the payment of any
stock dividend by the Company payable in the Company’s Common Stock or the same stock as that on
which the dividend is being paid) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing and
(b) make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem
any debt securities issued by the Company that rank pari passu with or junior to the Securities
except as (i) required in accordance with the terms thereof (including, in the case of junior debt,
the subordination provisions thereof), (ii) in connection with a contemporaneous refinancing of
such debt securities with the proceeds of a new issuance of debt securities which have terms and
provisions no more favorable to the holder than those of the debt securities repurchased or
refinanced (iii) in connection with the contemporaneous conversion or exchange of such debt
securities for Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, that in no event shall the amount to
be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under (a) or (b)(ii) or (iii) above exceed in the
aggregate $500,000 per year if at such time (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing any
event that (y) with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default hereunder and (z) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to
cure.

     The Company shall not, during such time as the material financial obligations under this
Indenture remain outstanding, effect a Change in Control of the Company through a transaction or
series of related transactions without the prior written consent of a majority of the holders of
the Securities as of the record date applicable to such transaction..

     The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire or lease any property from,
or sell, transfer or lease any property to, any officer, director, subsidiary or other affiliate of
the Company, except that are at prices and on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Company
that could be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction from unrelated third parties.

SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.

     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities, the Company may,
with respect to the Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant set forth in Sections 1005, 1006, 1007 or 1008 with respect
to the Securities if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent
so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

Redemption of Securities

SECTION 1101. Optional Redemption; Conditions to Optional Redemption.

     At any time on or after June 11, 2011, the Company shall have the right to redeem the
Securities, in whole or in part, from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date.

     The Company shall not redeem the Securities in part unless all accrued and unpaid interest has
been paid in full on all Outstanding Securities for all quarterly interest periods terminating on
or prior to the Redemption Date.

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SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.

     Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, as permitted by Section 1201, shall
be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.

SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

     The election of the Company to redeem Securities pursuant to Section 1101 shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company
shall, at least 45 days and no more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company,
notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed
and provide a copy of the notice of redemption given to Holders of Securities to be redeemed
pursuant to Section 1104.

SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

     If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis
(or such other method of selection as the Trustee may customarily employ) not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called
for redemption.

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

     The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.

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

SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.

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

     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP
number) and shall state:

     (1) the Redemption Date;

     (2) the Redemption Price;

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

     (4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to
such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such

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Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining
unredeemed;

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

     (6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and any accrued interest pertaining thereto; and

     (7) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of such
Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify such Securities).

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

SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.

     On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date; provided, however, that any such deposit on a Redemption
Date shall be initiated prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York time) in same-day funds.

SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however,
that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as
such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.

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

SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part.

     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a place of payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the
Security so surrendered.

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ARTICLE TWELVE

Meetings Of Holders

SECTION 1201. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

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

SECTION 1202. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

     (1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of the Holders for any purpose specified in
Section 1201, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
every meeting of Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms
the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

     (2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) or the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have requested the Trustee to
call a meeting of the Holders for any purpose specified in Section 1201, by written request setting
forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall
not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21
days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 1.6) or shall
not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the
Holders in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for
such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
clause (1) of this Section.

SECTION 1203. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

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

SECTION 1204. Quorum; Action.

     The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of Holders. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes
after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
Holders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than
10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In
the absence of a quorum at any reconvened meeting, such reconvened meeting may be further adjourned
for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such reconvened meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1202(1), except that such notice need be given only once not less than
five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the
reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities which shall constitute a quorum.

     Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by
the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
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to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act which
this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may be
adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities.

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

SECTION 1205. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

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

     (2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in
Section 1202(2), in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary
of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at the meeting.

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

     (4) Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to Section 1202 at which a quorum is present
may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned
without further notice.

SECTION 1206 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

     The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots
on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and
the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities held or represented by them.
The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all
votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the
secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the
meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or
more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1202 and, if applicable, Section 1204.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits

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of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to
the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive
evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

Expenses

SECTION 1301. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.

     Upon termination of this Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 610, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of such
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     This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Kyle Ross	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:

Title:
	 	Kyle Ross

Executive Vice President and

Assistant Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Madeleina J. Hall	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Madeleina J. Hall	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Vice President	 	 

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